The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-07-24


profssed 70 be able to do that his transactions fair
and legal no one would have been gratifed than
President Pierce; but at tune did he express himself
satisfied on these points and the entire statement Of Gov
Reeder 70 this effect s without the shadow OF foundation
Notwithstanding the prominence given 10 the
tons in regard to the land transactions in his deposition
Governor Reeder says these subjects only incidental
y discussed whilst the main matter how arrange
satisfactorily for his removal from office without leaving
any imputaon his character The plan suggested by
the President be says that Governor Reeder should
address the President letter stating bis course of official
action in Kansas the embarrassments in the way of
successful administration Of the affairs Of the Territory
and submitting to him the adoption Of such remedy the
public interests might suggest that the President would
this letter. give every of his satisfaction
with his official conduct and take the whole responsible
~ of removing him of duty to the public, Re
says that by way of giving the most ndubabe mark of
his undated confidence the President expressed his will
ngness confer him other important public trust
and named tho mission China likely be
Gov Reeder far yielded to these suggestions to write
many three letters before prepared which sat
sactory the President This detail OF the conversations
shows the deep oicude of President Pierce for the public
putaton man in whose official integrity he confded If
Gov Reeder had been acnaed by the noble impulses
and sentiments he would have laid down his life before he
would have been forced much less before he would have
volunteered to make distorted and perverted and par
a account of these negotiations He says that the whole
substance of the conversations written down by him in
three letters We affirm unhesitatiugly, that If he had
given publicity to these letters together with that which
be says written by President Pierce there would have
been for the false colorings and msrepresenta
tons which he has sought to throw around the inter
view President Pierce generously returned to him these
letters when the negotiations failed of success Without
trusting his aundced impressions the interviews
he could have given the truth written out and signed by
himself He carried these papers with him, he says to
Kansas with the committee for weeks and bad abund
opportunities to give his testimony when he could have
produced the letters The truthful inference is that the
production of these documents would have overwhelmed
him with shame; and if he thinks differently he has only
now to give them the public But Governor Reeder
forward with the poor apology for the non-pro-
ducton of the letters that he left them in his trunk in
the hotel at Lawrence in Kansas and that be learns that
when the hotel in Lawrence sacked his trunk riHed
and Its contents stolen and says that his letters have not
is unnecessary. m+.
Gov Reeders description Of his last interview with
the President ia amongst the most extraordinary por-
tons of his deposition He says this last interview
courteous" but not SO aamicabe" the others had
been. The point which its consummation or failure
turned, Governor Reeder says, whether the Presi
dent in his future policy in Kansas should make
compensation 10 the North in the pending difficult
ties in Kansas II the President would have agreed to fol-
low Gov Reeders suggestion of making to the
NORTH the arrangement would have Teen contaminated.
The President declined to adopt his suggestion and he
had done otherwise he would not have shown that
palous devotion his official duties which has distinguish
ed his whole executive policy 1t upon his failure
convince the President that he ought lean to the North
In his policy instead of standing firmly upon the compro
misses Of the constitution that Gov Reeder says he broke of
the negotiation 1t then that President Pierce said
hm SWELL Ishall not you account of your Off
cia action; IL remove you at ALL 1t s be account OF
your speculation in lands Of the Territory = and il was
then that President Pierce generously returned him
the written papers which contained every admission which
necessary for his vndcaton against any msrep-
resentaon of their several interviews and which Gov
Reeder has so unfortunately lost Gov Reeder however,
according to his account still fingered long enough
to make another appeal in regard his land transactions
and only took leave when the President shocked his nice
sensibty by remarlng that u hs rdcation Of his office
could Be satisfactorily adjusted he thought all hess matters
could Be arranged sueh shape topromos his prioae
iatersas Gov. Reeder says he much nsul,ed by
this remark that he forced to the alternative Of silent
contempt or angry and ndecorous reply" He chose
the former and @bade him good morning, and left him.
There something preposerous and ridiculous in this
assumption Of nice sensibty the part Of Governor
Reeder-especialy in view Of the groundess insinua-
ton in the deposition that President Pierce had
rendered him the mission to China as an induce
ment to vaCae his governorship without offending his
delicate Of honoand the fact also stated in the
deposition that he had suggested to the President the pro-
priety of making TO the North the condition
which he would vaca,e his governorshiphat IL Is
scarcely necessary for to say that this whole scene
described by Governor Reede Is baseless II is posi-
BILE for pure fabrication to be- We dismiss this invention
with two remarks FIRST that we have apprehension
that any one rghtmindcd in the Union will credit
the statements the second Is that IL Governor Reeder
not giving testimony 10 his own and for his own
benefit IL he voluntary witness voluntarily DIS
closing partial and partisan view Of strictly confidential
II be was not exhibiting degree Of ingratude
who his friend when Others censured the peril
nacity with which that friendship manifested, and
which species Of ngratude IN the universal Judgment Of
good men, entities the migrate TO the distinction OF being
regarded as ahe meanest Of his kind T all these thing
NJ he he same which conta CO.