The daily union. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1845-1857, 1856-09-27
(CouespOndehcs Of the Boston COursr.l
WHO Is GOVERNOR REEDER?
NEW YoAK, September


several personal friends have much to complain ohcse
cques and parties Who for selfish purposes have under
taken 10 monopoze the privilege OF being friends OF free
labor and northern institutions Regardless Of the best
interests Of the Territory and CONTEMPORARY overlooking
the fact that peace and legal protection both necessary
TO induce northern settlers to occupy the Territory and
display the energy and superiority Of the northern insti
tons they sought the Territory make pOlit
cal capital for themselves.
A. H. Reeder has become Of the main pillars Of this
conspiracy TO sacrifice the freeSate Of Kansas by
pushing them into civil war with its ungoyerned deeds Of
license. He was long leading democratic lawyer OF East
Penusyyania-one of those hard couny-eourt law
yers of the quick rather than the CANNON ordersever
ayareous, and relentless His popularity was
great his reputation for ability and money making.
When he made governor of the Territory TO his
instincts, he in the important duty assigned him only
new road TO fortune and he threw his whole capital
which considerable into the bodest land specuaton
prostuted his official power for the of these spec
uations and all public patronage to this
common object The testimony taken by the Investigating
committee reveals the story of his acts.
When the members of the first territorial legislature met
at Pawneea site of Mr. Reeders-they found
commodaons they campedo the open prairie provisions
ran short and they adjourned to the Shawnee Mission
where food and shelter could be had. This damper
to the prospects OF Pawnee and Mr.. Reeders rapaciy
forced him into open quarrel with the removing legis-
other town lots than bis own and commenced forming
party against the legislature The habrsed Indians
Of the Territory wards Of the United States aud could
sell their lands without consent Of the government
Mr. Reeder and his friends used their official power TO in
vege these Indians into contracts Of sale andhe soon
in company with several other territorial and army ot
GERS dismissed from office for this derelicton from duty
Mr. Reeder passed from the governorshp to the conyen
ton Big Springs where he offered resolutions refusing
IN he nv The lppisl
claring that if peaceful remedies should fail they would
resist them to bloody issue and recommending the for
nation of companies for that purpose.
When the Topeka convention met in the autumn Mr.
Reeder struck up bargain, and week after the
regular election of delegates 10 Congress from the Terri
tory his friends held district of their party and
receiving votes than any other candidate at the
GUS they declared him elected delegate On this he claimed
the seat in Congress which Mr. Whitfield regularly
elected the week before
Mr. Reeders main object in relying this fimsy claim
in the House of Representatives to get the
pay and mileage allowed ordinarily contestants of
in Congress- and in consideration of he gave his counte
Topeka constitution and backed its supporters
Washington The Topeka confederates had not much
confidence in each other, and their secret opinions
modified by their intimate association have unintentionay
been made public Thus, while Mr. Resder in charging
the administration with destroying and crushing out the
freeSate and settlement of Pawnee and the persecu
ton of its projectors, Breeder and Montgomery the
Herald of Freedom the exponent of the Lawrence party
engaged in actively denouncing the projectors and
former settlers of Pawnee" Mr. Reeder thereupon writes
his friends in Kansas that they spelling his free
State thunder and that Brown, the editor must shut
pam once the world will find out that the Lawrence
folks agree with President Pierce and Jefferson Davis in
their opinion of the great Mr.. Reeder
The republicans Of the House of Representatives had lit
tie confidence in Mr. Reeder, and insisted that he
should earn his pay and mileage by service He
thereupon selected lying.
Writing Kansas February &c he admits that the OBJ
ecs of the makers of the Topeka constitution were lie
gall and their movement of "consummae folly and
ntmaed that Pierce and Douglas would go against them
because they did confne their simply to an app
cation for admission free State The honest dele
gate who claimed under the Kansas and Nebraska act
seat did not forget his trade with Gen Lane and Robinson
and the Topeka party for he proceeded state do not
talk thus 10 the public TO enemies ." skOu d-
vded 'front.' What a champion of truth No wonder the
black republicans gave him pay and mileage out Of the
contingent fund Of the House Honor" &c-but the quo
taon is stale Mr. Reeders letters from Washington have
bean published whether by the vany OF "dear Grover
from other causes, know not The infamous mora-
~ they exhibit is revolving 10 all honest men, and
old lawyers startled by the GOODNESS with which be ad
vsed dear Grover not to try the Supreme Court Of the
United States about his in the legislature as costs
much, when e0 ree-Satc smggled in on jury
sould Be reliance. nice opinion he have
had Of the honesty Of dear Gro7e and of the upright
Of the feeStae party for whom he then show
ing no divided front" at Washington.
Gov Reeder got his pay and lost the little Of character
which had survived his dsmsa these letters the
last suspicion Of his having any integrity and he was
in for the voyage The troops Of the United States had
driven out the border ruans in February rescued Law
from its enemies and gave protection the peaceful
in the Territory. Mr. Reeder wrote home, February 26
that the proclamation aud the troops produced main
ly by his interference and e1erons-throuRh Cas- and
Douglas and the admnistraton-and he desired Grover
to read this part Of his letter Robinson the Topeausurp
ing governor Those troops have kept the border ruff
fans since and maintained the government from all
foreign assaults and Reeder goried In II as party due
TO his exertions-he then only ally Of the free
State party. Let me follow his history from this point
When the factous Of the "black republicans
in the House defeated the army appropriation and the
wheels Of government temporarily blocked at that
moment the forger Of public documents and deserte
OF his wife and children marching band Of men into
Kansas to get up connections and bloodshed with
the hope Of influencing the presidential election The
paralysis OF the army aud the lighting the flames Of civil
war were to be simultaneous Mr. Reeders services as an
orator were necessary condition was probably At
tached TO the pay and mileage At all events the ally
TO his masters false preenee OF neutrality on
the presidential question kept upstatements Of form
friendship TO Mr. Buchanan in order that he might give
weight TO his next step with efforts 70 obtain conf
dence which he might beray, openly made honest
men we're aroused the shallow imposture-
R.eder took the stumP-stl wearing these thin yels