The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-05-10

TIE MORMoNs MOVING FOR STATE SOVEREIGN
TY-A MsRE DfLnArE Issue THAN THE NrGGER
QUESTION -AccordiDg to our last advices from
Utah, (Which we publish tO-day,) convention
wac to have been held at Salt Lake City in
Mszcb, !" with view to the admission Of Utah
into the Union az @ State" Thirty-nine dele
estes had been appointed, AID everything ap-
pears to have been out and dried for delibe-
rate movement for State independence of fede-
"tqustter sovereignty" anquestionably the
Mormons will insist that Congress can have
n0thing to do with their religion. All that Con-
eress can exact is the requisite population aud
''erepublican form Of government" in behalf of
the new State. The horrible polygamy Of the
Letter Day Saints is claimed on their part to
be nothing more than religious and pstri-
creed. The question then arises, should the
Mocnons apply for the admission of Utah into
the Union as State with the requisite popula-
tion, and with a republican form of govern
ment, what can Congress do, in conformity
with the sublime principle Of "squatter sove-
reignty," but admit them into the Union? We
dare say their application vial be rejected, for
the constitution, which says Congress may
admit new States" leaves also the discretion
to Congress, by q forced construction, of re-
fusal to admit them. At all events, the Nor
mon difficulty Of polygamy involves a much
nicer and more interesting constitutional pro-
blem than the oderiferous niger question in
Kansas or any other Territory We should like
to have the views Of General Cass upon Nor
mon poly gamy in connection with the doctrine
Of "squatter sovereignty"
An AWFUL PICTURE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION
The Buffalo Express Seward niger wor-
shipper) INDUCES in the following awful Ian
guage concerning Gen. Walker, Judge Doug
Lac, Col. Weller and the administration =
Walker has claims upon this country to recognise
hit sEimpe skanbe huff sku half black and blue and
striped MT giumAte; and If and In
trefe 70 aid him, 1t must involve us in war with Eng
laId and ether Powers On just grouncs and In air
might fight; but think OF . wsged 81 the
bef<st ef little douglas, Cshf'rIiA Weller and Walker
the bbuster, and out Of which jeff Davis aud Caleb
great country asn to what depths of disnonor viii
not these men, not hauled from pc wer lead IL? Think
CT bat les, lost lives ruined families desolaed fconter
cities lsia in sshes and death yelling halt the land
mourning to make this certain
Of another four years Of disaster and egrAes 70 the
country, and TO elevate tho political fortunes such
mounteosnks and managers CALEB Cushing JEFF Davis
little Douglas and that refinement Of stoidity, John B.
Weller. C,me earthquake, pestlence and famine, out
spare this abused country from such fate.
What q sense of relief it will bring to our
Buffalo lecturer to be assured of the fact that
Marcy has been lecturing the President after
the same fashion, that Caleb Gushing has be-
come conservative, and that between the Pre-
mier and the Attorney General they have put
q spoke in the wheel of Douglas and Weller.
Some say the peace with Russia has made our
Executive unusually cautious about treading
on the toes of John Bull; but that can't be.
We must live and learn.