Minnesota weekly times. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1854-1859, 1856-02-16
TUESDAY, FEB. IL, 1856.
REILLY OF GOVERNOR REEDER.

REILLY OF GOVERNOR REEDER.
Ia Governor Reeder the President has found a
match, and the people of Kansas a bold and earn
est champion. The Governor speaks plainly
though courteous1y,and gives the President to un-
derstand that he knows what he is talking about.
He proposes not to discuss the themes of the
Message through the columns Of the press, but
cat the proper time and place." he says, 81
pledge myself to meet and expose the mistate-
ments of facts and the errors of law and logic
which it contains" We think we can do no
better than give his reply in full. Read it.
Governor Reeder In Reply to the President.
To the Editor OF the N. Y. Tribune.
SIR: The Special Message of the President of
the United States, communicated yesterday to
Congress, assails not only myself personally, but
also nv constituents, whom inclination as well as
duty imperiously demands of me to Justify and
protect. Entirely satisfied as l an with the
course adopted, up to this time, by the people of
Kansas-cOnyinced that it has been dictated by
desire to preserve the peace, the reputation and
the glory of our country-knUwing that it has, at
everv stage, been characterized by the most con-
servative moderation and regard for the rights of
others-having seen at every step the piainest
manifestation of the anxious desire to avoid even
the semblance of encroachment or aggression,
should be false to every manly impulse and every
sense of duty, if allowed the aspersons of the
Message to pass unnoticed.
Unless the Message shall incite and stimulate
new invas:Ons of our Territory and fresh outra-
gcs upon our citizens,it will produce to no re-
gret, as it has caused no surprise. After hav-
ing seen our people trdmpled on, oppressed and
robbed on the one hand by the invaders of their
SOIL and on the 9th by the influence, the author
ty, and the officers Of the present Administration;
after having witnessed the cold-blooded murder
xE
fcer Of the Administration, who is not only un-
molested by the laws and unrcbuked by the Pres
ident who appointed him, but who has, perhaps,
strengthened his official zen INT and enhanced his
chances of promotion by the act it is not at all
surprising that we should, by the head of that
Administration, be misrepresented and perverted
After having seen the Chief Magistrate, during
five organized invasions of our Terri Ory, unmOv-
ed by single sympathy in favor of an unoif md
ing people, innocent of all wrcng, and laboring
only to carry out faithfully for themselves the
doctrine of self-governmcat, and to build up and
extend the greatness OF our country-nf'er hav
ing seen our invaders coming in upon Us arme /
without reproof if not without Official prrmis-
SON. from the contents of the Arsenals of the
United States, establishing a system of martial
law over life and property. regulated only by the
uncontrolled will Of vindctve and irresponsible
men-a system under which life was taken AID
property destroyed /: The highways obssructcd !;
travellers soizuui, sc rchcd and detained all the
pursuits of life paralyzad, and the destruction
ard determination of whole settlements threaten
ed and evidently intended-backed up by the
sanction and authority of the Federal officers,
who PIE lge publicly the co operation of the Presi-
dent, and all based upon the fact that a man en-
cOuraged, perhaps aided, 10y his friends, had
made his escape from an arrest on a constaLle's
peace warrant. After having thus seen our nat
ural and legal protectors joining in the most at
rocious measures of oppression and wrong, it is
no matter or surprise to see misrepresentation
of our post and our objects emanating from
the same source.
This is not the mode nor the time. in which 10
discuss the themes Of this Message. Expecting,
as have right to expect from the clcarncSs of
the exclusive title | am prepared to show, that
shall en- JOY sen. and voice on thc floor of the
House, am willing patiently 'tv abide my time.'
AT the proper time and place. liwcver,l | pledge
myself to meet and expose the misstatements of
facts and the errors of law and logic which it
contains. | will show that there is nothing but
cold cruelty and insult in the request of an ap-
preparation to pay an army or posse to prevent
the people Of Kansas from the commis>iO of
outrage and treason. will show that the move
ment of State Government is msstated as to
the facts of its orig in and progress, and that all
we have ovnc in this direct on has been under the
sanction of precepts and exrmpcs Of all the great
men of the country for the last fifty years--of the
legislation of Congress and the action OF the Ex-
ccutive in repeated and wel-considered cases, ,and
of deliberate opinion of high and distinguished
Attorney General of the United States, and which
as it is part of the archives of the Executive De-
partment, it is to be regretted the President did
not consult before the delivery of the Message If
it is illcgality. and Incl picnt treason fora new
state to be formed without enabling Act of Con-
gress, will show that fourteen Senators Of the Uni
ted states hold their seats, and states stand
this Union, by virtue of illegal and reasonable
proceedings-that Congress has sanctioned revo.
i:::on, ;llegality, and treason, again and again;
and that the rank and nox;ous weed has even,
hourishcd in the White House ard the Executive
Department; and having vind,cated my people,
| will also with the utmost confience of success,
proceed with the minor and secondary task OF
vindicating myself in such manner, trust, as
to show the attack to have been i'll advised and
unfortunate.
AS to the discussion in the Message of tie points
involved in the contested seat, shall meet them
when the case is heard and as the House is the
sole constitutional judge of the qualifications of
its own members, trust that the minds of men,
bers may be kept open and unprtjudiced until
they shall hear the law and the facts of the case,
and that whether the discussion Of the Executive
of some of the points involved has been made
because they were incidental to another subject,
or aimed and intended to PREJUDICE my claim,
hope in either case that both sides may be heard
1et3rc decision.
This hasty note has swsilcd to an unpremed.
tated length. Its object is only to solicit from
the House and the public a suspension of juds-
mcnt as to the position and action of our people
AS to my right to seat, and as to the charges
against me in the Message, until can be heard.
Very respectfully, yours,
A. III. REEDER.
WASHINGTON CRY, Jan. 25tb, 1856.
OUR COUNTY MATTERS AGAIN.
We find that our article on the financial con-
d:tion Of the county, meets with general appro-