Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-04-07

the British ParliameB. on a motion by Mr..
Gibson, praying Her Majesty .'to give special
Instructions to the officers Of BRUSH cruisers
to aoss.in from interfering with neutral yes
sells on account Of any goods not contrabsnd
Of war that they may have on board; g. to
direct the Ministry to consider the policy of
entering into treaty stipulation with foreign
countries, on the principle thu. free ships
shall make free goods, and that the eutral flag
gives neutrality to the cargo'-we have to say
til at We are strongly inclined to the impress
sion that for some months past our own Gov
erument have been urging the subject upon
more than one leading European power. Its
vital Importance to the commercial interest of
the United States at this particular ju cture,
will be recognized by all engaged in trans
marine commerce. We think M our Govern
nent have made two .eading POINTS in this
matter, viz that free ships make free goods
and that neutral goods are exempt in an ene-
my's ship. These questions have benin issue
ever since civilization began. Or perhaps. we
| should more properly write, ever since the
present Governments Of Europe have had ex-
istence They made our last war with Britain,
| il will be recollected. Since then, however,
| the interests of the commercial men of nations
have become emphatieally the interests of the
governing and all other classes. England's
government has its being only in the prosper
ity Of her working classes; which doctrine holds
good with reference to our OWL, the French,
| and all the other European continental gov
| ernments, except, perhaps, Russia. The day
| has arrived when all governments must appre-
| ciate the fact That they are doing so, we be-
| lieve to be apparent in what we gather Incl
| dontally concerning the state of the negotia-
tons of our public functionaries ON the subject.
The time is very near when all the civilized
| world will acknowledge the correctness of tie
| eternal principles Of right and justice, for
| which we commended in 1912, or we are much
mistaken indeed.
| The Mormon Wife System-A corrospon.
dent who has "seen the elephant in person
in Utah, writes US criticising the plan which
the House Committee on Public Lands have
fallen on, by way of preventing the plurality
ofwives' which man may have in Utah, from
enjoying the benefits of the presumption system
on the death of their joint lord and master
lie says:
"a correspondent of the Baltimore SIN
headssa part of his letter of the 4th instant
The Utah Land Bill-The Plurality Of Wive.
disposed Of'-and, among other things, says:
| MIR. Latham, of the Committee ON Public
| Lands reported this morning q bill for the
| establishment of the Office Of surveyor general
In Utah. and for granting lands to actual set.
tiers The bill! grants double the quantity ol
lands to actual settlers that is granted in the
hcms stead bill; but. in case of death, excludes
those wives from the benefits of the bill whose
husbands have, or at any time Of their lives
had more than one wife. The Land Commit
tee of the House have no respect for patri-
archal life
Nov, II the committee suppose, for d mo-
i Elent, that such a law will prevent, or rebuke
or even punish polygamy in Utah, they will
lind themselves greatly mistaken. This pro-
vision is AL act of supeIerOgation. AS wei
might the Legislature OF Virginia provide
against the descent of the masters real estate
to his slave. Whatever forms or profession;
may be made to the contrary, there is no sucI
thing known in that territory, apart from the
pleasure of the Mormon Church rs descau
or distribution Of either real or personal estate
to wife, child, or even creditors-the church
gels ell. Its NAV is large. enough to take no.
only all the estates OF dead men, but much OF
that of the living. If polygamy is thus to b.
; pat.oniZed and sustained by the GOvernmen
giving each polygamist double the quantity o
Lands (320 acres) that Ia granted in the home
stead bill, how much more hum ne and jus
| would it be to give these poor, helpless. de
fe:.cclsss females q lega. right to the estate o.
the man who reduced them to their Degrade
| condition. than 10 give il to the monster him
Il xopc i-io ,or4 h,, I ~ L. ,
into the hands Of til church--for it, upon The
death Of the husband, the wives cannot get it
who will bus the church The provis: n viii
work a cruelty, instead of a blessing by pun
ishing the innocent victims e system which
they cannot prevent. IT tue subject is worth
the attention Of Congress Mt If Congress:
Lays its hand upon it at all, i it be to say
that each settler, with or with 1t one wife
| shall be e-titied to its provisions-that no man
having more than one wife living at the sam,
time, shall be entitled to a foot Of 1t. and tha
any man, after settling upon a tract, who shall
take more than one wife, shall forfeit his land
Ii the descent can be regulated by Congress
these conditions can be imposed5 But, aite
all, think the Indian title to this Id ough
to be obtained before it is conferred on ths
Mormons. JUsrCE.'
The Proposed New Assistant Postmaster
Generalship.-The bill recently reported from
the House Post Office Committee for the e lab
lishnaent of a Fourth Assistant Postmaste
deneralship, will probably pass at an early
day. We learn, on inquiry of the Committee
that the duties to be placed in the hands o
this proposed new officer, are those of what il
termed in the Department the inspection
branch Of the business Of the service. A.
present the Chief Clerk of the Department il
at Its head, and it monopolizes bis time so a:
literally TO leave the Department proper with
out Chief Clerk. The inspection Department
sees to and corrects all Eagrant mai, failures
and also looks to such matters as mail robbie.
ries. Indeed, it is charged with the duty Of
inspecting everything done by the Depart
rnent's 1908 or more employees Last year
Congress made 500 new post routes, and this
year there is fair prospect that 200 will lie
added to those already established. At Ieas
| 1000 new post-ofhces have been established
within twelve month, we hear. Thus our read.
ers will perceive how by degrees the aggregate
OF the Departments business is accommodating
Already the duty of experimenting the in
spection branch require all the services of the
nominal Chief Clerk. SO the Department is.
| We learn, practically without such an officer.
Hence the necessity for IN akino Tho branch in