Weekly national intelligencer., 1854-11-11
MORMON DrFFIcuLrIEs-popULAR SOVEREIGNTY
PROM THE OHIO STATE JounsAL.

PROM THE OHIO JOURNAL.
One OF the most difficult questions of the day. and upon
which the Administration is called act is the govern
ment of the Mormon Territory of Utah. II is part of
the Union and the Government must look after it go long
as it remains Territory. Congress makes annual an
preparations Of solid cash to pay the expenses Of the Ter
ritoria Government and yet the to whom it is paid
in total disregard Of oil law neglect or refuse to make
any returns in any way account to the Executive
for the manner in which this moneyis expended For
more than two not single voucher or report has
been received from them while they have been in the an
nual receipt of the Government funds
Some time ago Judges, not Of Mormon faith were an
pointed by the President confirmed by the Senate and
sent among them very short residence satisfied
them that they had no practical authority and that the
people treated them and their attempts at the exercise
of their judicial functions with great contempt They
finally driven out of tho Territory and returned to
Washington with the history Of their exploits which was
published in the papers at the time Brigham Young
the patriarch of the fock time since appointed
Governor His commission has expired yet no successor
has been appointed and be appointed
with any hope Of acting Governor unless he has two
three regiments of troops at his command In an ad
dress to his people, published in the Deseret News Of
March 10th, Brigham Young holds the following lam
guage:
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will be the Governor, and power hinder it, until
the Lord Almighty says Brigham you need be Gov
ernor any longer; and then am willing to yield to
mo persons need trouble themselves about whether or
he would be removed for the Lord would control that
matter just he pleased and neither President Pierce
any other President would remove him until the Lord
permitted" n n Il
Every man that comes to impose on this people, no
matter by whom they sent who they that are
sent they lay the axe at the root Of the tree to kiln them
lest should bend my little finger"
This looks very much like declaration of war against
the rest of the Union 1t is least defiance that is full
of evil omen for the future peace and being of that
Territory. The practical question is now forced upon
the Government at Washington whether they will see
that the laws Of the nation obeyed whether they
will permit this lawess band to remain in open rebellion
without effort to bring them to subjecton 1t is pros
babe the subject will up before Congress at its
next session.
We have thought that the present aspect of affairs in
Utah affords capital illustration of the Locofoco idea Of
popular Sovereignty and we take the liberty in ad
vance Of the meeting of Congress- of suggesting to the
men who passed the Nebraska bill that here chance to
finish the work goriousy begun in that Let
Congress pass act authorizing the Mormons to elect
their Governor Secretary of State Judges Marshas
&c. What right has the President and Senate to usurp
this prerogative of freemens We cannot think of any
easier Democratic way of escaping from the d-
lemma in which the Government is placed Let there be
practical application Of the doctrines about which the
people have heard much during the late canvass IL
these Mormons not nterfered WITH if they are left to
carry out the great idea of popular SOVEREIGNTY there will
be no difficulty. Why not do it?