Daily Davenport gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1854-1855, 1855-03-22
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The question whether Utah .aoali be
Uanlssea as State into the rnion i bSg'n-
Ming souewhas to occupy the attention Of
sAk PEOPLE. lsceriainiy i naae seo soon that
sach 81 ,uld be tho fast. ana W. cannot hei'
tAinssax thar IL II. pso2s- CONSIDER the
taasser th,rougaly, their decision VIII DC
snst Utah should nstbe received as State
while she c,nsina.s ~ hold and pra ,tcc
4 hey necaliar social theories. II is well for
the people to b, now discussing this cues
ton, because OF late y ears many important
n,s,srs have heen established By the gem
-sral soyesnment, of which the people had
scarcely at all thought, and which they
certainly had ne idea were on the very eve
OF being inally passcdsuPcn by congress
and the President. .Tae ,isne - rapidly APP
pssaeh.ss when u.sa territory viii contA.n
q population Sufficient to warrant an aPp!'-
sssi,n for admission If the psopie are o..
possa to it, AMI express their opinion prompt
" aal uasqa.voca!,y. We &, MT ;hias that
9cangrcss. Taught as it has been BY late
events, would venture 10 &C. in direct opPo.
sition to the cxpresssd aud snawn opinions
q i,s constituents. The punishment for
.snac,ins q lax agaias.only the conjectured
w..hca Of the pcoplc. was suii:ien,iy ss-
we're ~ serve as 4 waning to politicians
for some time, and few of them. we ina
sine. desire the repetition Of such lesson.
It is often said thatin republics, the peo-
pie being tbs reco- nized sovereign, netting
10 done without their knowledge and con-
sets withJu, any reference to the opinions
Or desires Of The majority. THIS may b.
.trua to some exte1t. but il will not much
tax the memory Of any one to remember
seyaral instances Of late, where very i'm
pertain. q cations have been started ind
pressed towards settlement by the govern
ment. oil which the people were either en-
,tirely ignorant, or, as far as their opinions
were known, they were opposed to she con-
TEN plated action of their representative -
The repeal 9th Missouri compromise IS a
very glaring case in point. And what did
The people know, and when had they dis
eussed the treaty which gave Santa Anna
ten millions Of dollars, And what did they
know about offering Spain one hundred an'
twenty millions of dollars for CGba. ant
which offer was not consummated simply be
eause Spain did not choose to agree to il
IN bQth these cases, The people ofIhfs coun
try were as completely in the dark concern
Ing the action OF their Governors, as arr
Che subjects OF the Czar concerning what il
may please his autocratic majesty 10 per-
form. Numbers Of instances Of this kline
miyht be cited, bu, these two sufficiently Il
hstrate what we mean
Tia. rem ejy for this evil Is very nplc
one. When questions of importance loom
Ia the distance, and cast their shadows De
fore, then is the time for the people to take
them up and investigate them, SO that " hen
they come before Congress, the members Of
that body, in their decision, viii in truth be-
the representatives Of the people. This il
the way TO make the practice of republic
correspond with the theory, and is The only
~sy to hinder such wrongful Legislation a;
that Of which the last Cong ress furnished
such distasteiui specimens. l. is fJr these
seasons we are glad the question of admit
ting Utah is already being discussed. a.
long az Utah holds to its present doctrine,
ADD practices, we doubt notthat very large
majority OF the sober and rational people o
the United States are opposed to its being
admitted as State;-ifihey give that epin
ION proper and prom9tlttsrance, no Con
gress will probably venture to l.gi.iat,
against it..