The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1856-09-26
A Letter from Governor Reeder
on rHI
Apprsaehiss Electiss OF Presidess and
The Caadidatss.

ON
ApPrsachiss Eiecti.s Of Presidess and
The Candidates.
Nrw York CrY. Sept. Is, 1856.
To the Editors Of The Erening POa;-
GKSrL1nES-The letter OF your CORES
pondeat H., and your editorial comments
upon il OF the 10th inst, seem in common
court sy 10 demand reply. Your cores |
pondcnt does not err in saying that desire
the success Of tho Republican party, and the
election Of their candidate, and that | am
ready TO contribute any honorable effort 10
bring it about. This Is not the result Of
any preferences rs to men, but in spite of il.
With Colonel Fremont am unacQuainted.
! have never seen him, nor had any COM
munication with him, direct or indirect,
verbal or written. On the other hand, my
feelings OF friendship and admiration for
Mr.. buchanan, as u man, are of no ordina-
~ character, and are strengthened by years
OF friendly intimacy and reciprocal acts Of
kindness, uninterrupted 10 this time by u
single misunderstanding or unpleasant feel
ing; and would at any time defend him
promptly and Indignantly against personal
attacks upon his reputation. | believe him
:, DO man Of distinguished ability, Of high
integrity and valuable experience. lie is
surrounded, too, in sylvania. by many
political friends, whom personally love
and esteem, and to whom am united by
ties OF ong-cherished political aid social in
tiInacy, and the loss Of whose friendship
should regard rs great calamity. For
more than quarter Of a century have
steadily labored with the Democratic party.
and never doubted that should do No dur
ing my life. For years have exerted my
self to bring about Mr.. Buchanan's noInina-
ton. In lSIS and 1852 was une Of thosr
who carried for him the delegates Of Que
district, and was his Jealous and ardent sup
porter. On each OCCASION VAS in the Ma
tional Convention as one of his delegates.
These lies are exceedingly strung and hard
TO sever, especially with one who Is natural
'ly OF conservative cast, and slow to change
old habits Of thought and action and
have resisted for months the CONVICTIONS that
were urging me To my present declaration.
1 have diligently sought reasons and argu-
ments to save myself the pain Of breaking
up old associations and alternating myself
from my old friends, but all in vain. NY
love of country and hatred OF oppression
would not allow my feelings and inclina-
tions either TO delude my Judgment or still
my Conscience, and am compelled to forfeit
my self respect by committing what be.
hcye To be palpably wrong, or else enroll
myself in opposition to the Democratic
party.
see no reasonable hope Of justice and
sympathy for the people Of Kansas IN the
succers OF the Democracy. In its ranks
AID with the power "a control its action
are found the Border Ruih.lns Of Missouri
and their accompliccs Of the South, whC
have trampled upon the Constitution anC
oil the essential principles Of our Govern
Inent, and robbed Kansas Of its civil libert,
and rig { of suffrage, laid waste its terri
tiny with fire and sword, and repudiateC
o On civiliz ,tion itself
In its platform find the enunciation o
principles which would put the rope about
the necks Of men for exercising the consti
tutional right Of petitioning Congress for ;
State Government, or u redress of grieUn
Co far worse than those which lei to tn
war Of the Revolution, and a declaration
stigmatizing as EARNED resistance u Law
the moderate and iustiiable seli.dciencc q
men Shamcfully and UNANIMOUSLY oppresset
by rutii,n violence and outrage, beyond al
human endurance.
lind the whole party of the nation as
semblcd in National Convention, with Du
one individual dissent, expressing its ''un
q alifcd admiration" of On Administration
which has lent itself a. the tool and accom-
plice Of all the wrongs inflicted upon Kan
ss, and by its venIlity and imbecilit,
brought the country to an Intestine war.
End all lts Representatives in Congress
with three individual exceptions, lnbOrinj
IN earnest zeal. by speech and vote, to cove
up the iniquities Of this Administration an,
the Border Ruihans Of Missouri, and to sup
press fair investigation of outrlgcs whcl
shock both humanity and republicInism
and defy the Constitution and the laws.
| find these same representatives, after tn
truth wa elected in spite OF their efforts
still refusing to relieve the people FROM
code of laws imposed upon them by u for
eign army, and still refusing to admit then
into the Union, only for reasons which, ii
tIe cases Of nine existing States, had becl
declared untenablc and of no account.
end them disrcgirdlng a FREQ COnstitu
ton adopted in legal, constitutional AN
ii nc-sanctioncd manner land which no ma
can doubt to have reflected the will Of tn
people), and supporting law to produce
substitute. which il is elsy To show wOul,
have perpetu,tei in the State Government
the usurpation which had by force alrcad,
seized upon the Government of the Territory
find them refusing to make apprOprLs
tions for the army, unless that army is q
BE- used 10 enforce code Of laws yiOlativ
on their face, OF the Constitution, enactc,
by n legislature. IN violation of the laws o
the United States, and imposed by ioreigr
force upon conquered and subjuglted Ameri
can citizens.
| find them, in word, steadily aiding by
all their Congressional action TO make :
slave State in northern ATTITUDES, and that
too. against the will of its inhabitants.
find that one member. who more thar
any other stood out against the enslavemen,
OF his white fellow citizens. is refused q
rcnomination by the Democratic party Of
his district.
find in the canvass now going on that
the whole tone Of their party pres is in tn,
same direction. When the first startling
intelligence Of the outnigs in KanSi:
reached the States, their editors denounced
the foul wrong in terms Of fitting indigna,
ton. lt was Out spismodlc eiOrt, how
ever, and in Difference To the South and the
prevailing sentiment Of the party, they hay,
dropped OF. one after the other, until now,
30 Ear Us have boen able to ascertain, there
is not Democratic paper which darcs bold.
ly to justify and defend the Free State party,
and denounce their invaders. In place Of
encouragement ard sympathy for their out
rag,d fellow citizens from the North, there
Is little elsc than !ieers and ridicule for their
Oppressed and suffering conditiOn-misrsp-
rc~entation Of their motives and conduct,
and n pretended incredulity Of the state
msuts and appeals which they send their
brethren Of the States.
End their speakers exhibiting tho same
spirit, some OF them ignoring the question
entirely; Others Of them treating u with
pcryerions, Interpretations and false IS
h, az al