Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1857-07-11

not regard the negro race as any kin to
them, aud determined to lay the foundations
of society and government that they should
never be OF any kin to their posterity.-
Immense applause
But when you confer upon the African
race the privileges Of citizenship, and put
them upon an equality with white men at
the polls, in the jury box, on the bench, in
the executive chair, and the councils of the
nation, upon what principle will you deny
their equality at the festive board and the
domestic circle.
The Supreme Court Of the United States
have decided that under the constitution a
negro is not and cannot be a citizen.
The republican CT abolition party pro
nounee that decision cruel, inhuman, and
infamous, and appeal to the American
people to disregard and refuse to obey it
Let Us join issue with them and put our
selves upon the country for trial. Cheers
and applause
Air. President will now respond to the
call which has been made upon me for my
opinion Of the condition of things in Utah,
and the appropriate remedy for existing
evils.
The Territory Of tab was organized I'M
der one Of Ghe acts known as the compro-
mise measures Of 1850, on the supposition
that the inhabitants were American citizens
owing and acknowledging allegiance to the
United States, and consequently eatit'ee to
The benefits Of self-governmcnt while Ter
ritory, aud to admission into the Union on
an equal footing Hifi, the original States so
soon as they should number the requisite
population. Il was conceded On 81 hands.
and By all parties that the pcculiaritles ct
their religious faith and ceremonies inter-
posed no valid and constitutional objection
20 their reception Into the Union, in confor-
nifty with the constitution, so long as they
were ia all other respects entitled to admis
sion. Hence the great political parties Of
the country endorsed and approved the cont
promise measures OF 1850, including the
AIT for tho organization Of the Territory Of
ltah, with the hope and in the confidence
that The ha6itants would conform to the
constitution aid laws, and prove themselves
worthy, respectable. and law abiding citi-
zeus. If we are permitted to place ercdencc
IN the rumors and REPORTS from that country,
A"ua III litSGb NC GlIlitbCo tiiHt IL - e
increased and strengthened and assumed
consistency and plausibility by each succeed
ing mail, seven years experience has dis
closed state of facts entirely different from
that which was supposed to exist when Utah
was organized. These rumors and reports
would seem to justify the belief that the fol-
lowing facts are susceptible Of proof.
lst That nine-tenths of the inhabitants
are aliens by birth, who have refused to be
come naturalized or to take the oath of al
legianee, CT to do auy other act recognizing
the government Of the United States as the
paramount authority in chat Territory
Cd. That all the inhabitants, whether ma
tive or alien born known as Mormons, (and
they constitute the whole people Of the Ter
fitory, arc bound by horrid oaths and ter
rible penalties to recognise and maintain
the authority of Brigham Young, and the
government Of which he is the head, as par
amount to that of the United States, in civil
as well as religious affairs and that they
will, in due time, aud under the direction of
their leaders, use all means in their power
to sabvert the government of the L. States
and resist its authority.
81. That the mormon government, with
Brigham Young at his head, is now fern-
ing alliances with the Indian tribes Of Utah
and adjoining Territories, stimulating the
Indians to acts Of hostility, and organizing
bands OF his own followers, Under the name
Of 'Danites or destroying Angels TO prose-
cute system of robbery and murder upon
American citizens who support tie author
ity of the United States, and deno0nce the
iHfamous and disgusting practices aud lnsti-
tUtious Of the Mormon government.
IT, upon a full investigation, these repre-
sensations shall prove true, they will estab-
lish the fact that the inhabitants Of Utah.
as community, are outlaws and alien enc
mics, unfit to exercise the right of self-goy
ernment under the organic act, and un-
worthy to be admitted into the Jnion as Il
State, when their only object in seeking adj
mission is to interpose the sovereignty Of
the State, as an inyineible shield to protect
them in their treason and crime, debauchery
and infamy. Applause.
Under this view of the subject, think it
is the daty of the President, as | have no
doubt it is his fixed purpose. to remove
Brigham Young and his followers from of
fee, and to FILL their places with bold able,
and true men, and to cause thorough and
searching investigation snto all the crimes
and enormities which are alleged to be per-
petgatod Dolly in tLat Territory under the
direction of Brigham Young and his eonfed
crates, and to use all the military force ne
cessary to protect the officers in the dis
charge of their duties and to enforce the
avs eff the land. Applause.
When TIE authentic evidence shall arrive,
if it shall establish the facts which are be-
lieved to exist, it viii pccoms the duty of
Congress to apply the knife and cut out this
ioathsome, disgusting ulcer. Applause. :
No temporizing poliey-no halfway meas
ure--will then answer Il has been saps
posed by these who have not thought deep
ly upon the subject that an act of Congress
prohibiting murder, robbery, polygamy and
other crimes with appropriate penalties FOR
those offences; would afford adequate rene
lies for al the enormites compliance Of
Suppose such law to be on the statute
book, and believe they have a criminal
code, providing the usual punishments for
the entire catalogue Of crimes, according to
The usagos Of all civilized and Christian
countries, with the exception of polggamy,
which is practised. under the saction of the
Mormon church but is neither prohibited