Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1856-07-17

pired three years ago As he had thrown off the
authority of the United States, it was determined
to send him SUCCESSOR military graduate
of West Point-and Captain Steptoe was called
from his pleasant quarters to go upon the en-
terprise. When Brigham heard Of it, he made
a speech to his people, in which he told them
what President Pierce intended, and what he
himself intended -one sending new governor,
and the other intending to repulse the compli-
ment. 1t was in that speech that he said to
his people that be intented to remain in his
place until the Lord should say hins--" Brig
ham, l don't want you to be governor of Utah
any longer"
The administration was afraid Of him, and
undertook to out man@uvre him, and that in
the highest style Of West Point tactics they
determine to smuggle Seeptoe in. For that
purpose the military governor was furnished
with battalion of soldiers and directed to
proceed to the mormon Kingdom, as if he was
going to Calfornia-stop there to hibernate
and, watching the chance, slip into the gov
ernorship some day when Brigham was out
something like q weaze that gets into another
hole when he finds the occupant gone. When
| heard of this fine scheme, | said to my ac-
quaintances, and can prove that l said it (for
| do not indulge in ex poste facto predictions,)
that the next time we should hear of this Gov.
Steptoe again he would be on his tip-toes,
marching to the tune of Hey Betty Martin,
t,ptoe fne," and so it was. For before the hy-
bernation was over, he was on his march in
good truth to California, to return thence to
the United States.
But there was something else which did not
foresee, which was that this military governor
carried off four dozen of the Mormon Betty
Martins with him--to the infinite distress Of
the saints, profoundly chagrincd to find them
selves so encroached upon by the Gentiles But
it was the last encroachment of the kind. No
r more of the United States military have been
f there since, and Brigham says he has promised
3 the Lord, that if they come again he will fix
D them SO that they will let his Betty Martins
: alone. And that was the end of the attempt
by this administration to give governor to
Utah. Brigham holds on to the place, and Mr..
Pierce stands with hands off, and the scanda-
lous spectacle is seen of man assuming to be
), governor by the will of the Lord, repulsing the
), United States authorities, trampling tine laws
under foot, insulting and defying the fedora
government ; and no attempt made to reduce
him to law and order. Suc:esssthst insargsn
condition of the polygamous kingdom of the
e latter day saints:
y All have heard of this polygamy-a state o
things atwhich morality, decency shame re
volts; and have been told how on institution
so abhorrent to human nature, is kept up, anC
that it is by virtue of the civil power vested il
~ Brigham and his saints, still more by his re
ligous powecr-that there are enough to over
turn the Institution, il it was not that all ciyi
IT power as well as the religious Jurisdiction. is i
e the hands of Mormon authoities SO that thi
re administration is actually responsible to th
L moral sense of the civilized world for the pres
ID ent continuance of polygamy in the territor
y of Utah.
r. FOREIGN AFFAIRs-oUR QUARRELs WITH sPAI
: ABOUT CUBA.
Enough for view of home affairs, an
GO enough to account for the unparalleled dis
n, mission of this administration, without the 81
j. peraddition of misconduct abroad but there
Id enough of that to have sunk it without tn
a. miconduct at home. Never was such bel
lis cose administration-picking quarres all tn
ed time, and everywhere-and building ship
Ke and raising troops for the inevitable wal
First, Spain was the power, Cuba the objec
~ " and tho Black Warrior the pretext. You ha,
49, ~. all heard about the Black Warrior, and no
M Commodore Macauley WIS sent to Cuba wit
in ships of war to enforce redress; and how
ice minister was sent to Spain to demand it.
to For a long time it was inevitable war on a
EN- count Of the Black Warrior; upon sudden
7as was hushed up, and but a few knew how.
rot can tell you. 1t was hushed up thus the mi
Ut lister that was sent to Madrid went to Oster
ce' after being four months at the station the Sc
i'' retary of legation, having charge of the bus
ness in his absence, showed the Spanish mi
q" lister government despatch which had be'
nv '. four months ON hand, stating the terms I
'- which the United States would settle it. Up
'''' the instant the terms were agreed to, and tn
'"0 cherished chance for war with Spain to ia
''o' Cuba in selfdefcnce, was lost. But what f
Inc lowed Was the secretary who showed t
'S'- despatch and settled the difficulty, thanked
l'e' the administration Not at all. He was
re- missed the service. Was the minister, who nj
oo' showed the despatch, censured to the missio
'he Not at all He was carressed, and continr
in Office until he choose to ask his own recall
That chance lost, another was incontlnenl
;, r. ing to Africanize Cuba. Upon the spot
Africanization of Cuba became the alarm
Ln the administration. and the war cry of its
:. herents, and q war inevitable with Great Bl
.na ain, France and Spain, and an alliance W
,oso Russia in the war upon them, became the b
IL. den of their song. AT last Lord Clarent
cod heard of it, and learned that this alarm
oo,, founded upon some words of his in parliame
o,h. in relation to some unity of action hetw'
.,o England and France in the Crimea, and in SO
,,r. mutual complaint against Buno Ayres.
nj, made the statement over again, and decla
,ho he was not thinking about the United States
a;nc Spain, or Cuba at tho time and so this terri
Africanizatiop Of Cuba and the Russian ALI
sc's ces followed the melancholy fate of the Bill
Warrior catastrophe, and died the death of
n Of ridiculous.
own Then came the Ostend conference, in VIII
fed the three United States ministers were sent