Glasgow weekly times. (Glasgow, Mo.) 1848-1861, 1856-07-17

"would nave degraded them; until 1t INSIST
"ed upon pursuing line Of policy, which,
sit was fereseen, would result in building
sup anew the Free Soil party Of l948."
From that same paper, Of its issue Of A
pril 10, 1856, quote as follows:
"On the one hand the friends of Van Bu-
"ren and Marcy present themselves, urging
"that their recognition by this present nd
administration should be taken in bar of all
investigation of antecedents; on the other
"hand the Hard or National Democrats have
"taken solemn and serious appeal from
''the prescriptions Of the Administration
sand its recognition of unUaShed .Aboliiion-
lists as better Democrats than Themselves"
"When the separation of Hards and Softs
occurred in 1853, after the preliminary
'session of the Syracuse Convention had
"been broken up by prize fighters and bull
''lies, imported by the Soft leaders from
"New York city, the Administration al
" Washington, influenced by Marcy, took
"upon itself TO declare the Free Soilers and
"not the Nationals to be the regular Dertoc-
'rdcy."
"The real offence for which Judge Bron-
"son was removed, whatever the pretense
''might have been, was his refusal TO sup
"port the Soft ticket, ornamented by Kelly,
"Grover, Dryer, & Co.. all unchanged Free
"soilers."
The Washington Sentinel, also Demo-
cratic paper, now in the support of Mr.. Bu-
chanan, speaking Of Mr.. Pierce, says:
"You are asked if his course in the New
"York controversy--his prostration of the
''true sound Constitutional men in the
"North, and his vitalzation of the Van
"Buren Free-soilers, met your appreciation?
"Your answer is again in the negatives; and
"yet here is the frightiul record before YOU.
General Pierce declared in presence of
Hon. Jere. Clemens, that in his opinion the
Kansas bill was measure Of freedom, and
if its principles should obtain and be estab.
lished, no more Slave States would come
into the Union. He seems 10 have deter
mined that his prediction should be realized
at least in the case Of Kansas. When we
divided Nebraska into two territories, the
South expected the members of the terrific
rial administration Of Kansas to be from the
South. But it suited General Pierce tc
send the Southern man to Nebraska, ant
Free Soil Gov. Reeder to Kansas. Heal
what he himself says Of the conduct of tha
Governor. Iquote from his message:
"The Governor of the Territory Of Kan
"sas, commissioned, as before stated, on tn
"29th OF June, 1854, did not reach the de
"signated seat Of his government until tn
9th of the ensuing October; and even thel
, ''failed to make the first step in its lega
, "organization-that of ordering the census o
enumeration of its Inhabitants until s.
slate day that the election of the member
"of the Legislative Assembly did not TAX
, "place until the Both of March, 1855, no
, 'its meeting until the I'd OF July, 1856
$50 that for year after the Territory wa
CONSTITUTED by the act Of Congress and tn
"officers to be appointed by the Federal Ex
"ecutive had been commissioned, it wa
"wilhout complete government, withou
, ''any legislative authority. without local law
! "and OF course, without the ordinary guar
, "antees of peace and public order"
Why did he suffer this delay-why di
he permit these growing evils, and not re
move Mr.. Reeder when loudly calle
for by the people of Kansasp
My colleague, (Mr. Oliver speaking G
D this matter, holds this language:
"Now, the question naturally arises, wha
"occasloned this marked delay on his part
"What was the cause Of this tardiness q
: "his movementsl There is, according t
5 1.-The convictions of my mind, from all tn
slight before me, but one answer TO be Civ
zen to these questions, and that answer is
"that Governor Reeder, when he accepte,
"the Office of Governor of the Territory O
: "kansas, accepted it with the understand
J sing, at least in his own mind, that h
"would administer il in such a way as I
snake the Territory free soil, if possible.
When we reflect that to have made Kan
sss free soil by action of the Federal Execu
tive, he would have allayed the excitelneu
against him in the North for his favor to tn
Kansas bill, may we not justly infer tia
, President Pierce was privy to this under
standing of Gov. Reeder, that he woul
make it free territory il possible7 If no
why was 1t, that after. all this delinquenc
with which the President charges him, an
after his return to Easton, and his speec
there denouncing the Missourians, he wa
fully endorsed by the Union, Mr.. Pierce
organ, and still retained in his ofice?--an
J was finally removed for alleged speculation
in the public lands; and the Presidan< ex
) presses himself embarrassed to know no,
to retain him in Office, and will hear an
satisfactory explanation Of that matter;" bu
asks for none respecting his free soil el
forts, and other misdeeds, in Kansas.
II these facts, together with the President
hostility to River and Harbor improve
rnents, in which the people of my distric
are SO much interested are not enough, wi
not his recent decapitation and dismissio
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