. A new centennial history of the State of Kansas [microform] : being a full and complete civil, political, and military history of the state from its earliest settlement to the present time. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. /"ashington, g the legis- ent sources lent Pierce, I from the eating mat- leared to ap- e same time 0 secure his . personally 1 were very rnor should counsel be- Mr. Reeder. y distasteful the ground of duty be- If, while the I probability J facts, might E discussions be adopted, would meet o please the lut offending s diplomatic nplete digest > in oetail his t
. A new centennial history of the State of Kansas [microform] : being a full and complete civil, political, and military history of the state from its earliest settlement to the present time. Natural history; Sciences naturelles. /"ashington, g the legis- ent sources lent Pierce, I from the eating mat- leared to ap- e same time 0 secure his . personally 1 were very rnor should counsel be- Mr. Reeder. y distasteful the ground of duty be- If, while the I probability J facts, might E discussions be adopted, would meet o please the lut offending s diplomatic nplete digest > in oetail his t upon the re- [ assume the n the ground expedient to 1, and in the cision of the 3 excneratioa ( and his mo- but it was not asition in such Tebritohial UisTonr. 165 a way as to satisfy President Pierce. He was in his first term of oifice, and wliile tlicre was a chance of reelection it was natural he should not wish to alienate votes; but unless the maneuver now in hand could be managed with supreme skill, it was possible that he would offend both sections of his supporters. Hence the negotiation came to nothing, because Mr. Reeder objected to figure as a victim. An intimation that it would bs made personally advantageous to him if he would, as of his own accord, resign, was resented by him as an insult, and the parties were left each to his own resources and responsibilities. There was one point at which Mr. Reeder was vulnerable; he had become one of a company which had urged upon the general government the sale of an Indian reservation, and which had intimated its willingness to buy the land in question at a very liberal valuation. There had been nothing in the nature of a conspiracy to procure the property for less than value, nor was there any clandestine action on the part of the governor; but it was an attempt to speculate in the lands of the territory over which he temporarily ruled, and that was the ])retext upon which the president intimated that ho might act in remov
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