The Tiffin tribune. [volume] (Tiffin, Ohio) 1848-1859, 1857-07-10
Ponnlar sovarelgntY ln utah.


7ColuhMs o Jaao 2. 1857.
Popular Sovereignty In Utah.
The President has at last, after search !
ol four months, found a man in the Dem
ooratio parly. q hhaicisat pluck to accept
ths eossfnorihip cf Utah. Col, Cum
minsa Hose obiyalrous exploits among
tAsliorida itqpcf are 50 well known,
81 accepted ths appointment and will
sooh seff Tor SEX Lake Valley. Aeeompa-
.hied byassrong military force, to awe the
Saints into submission 10 federal authority
But why this great demonstration against
UhhP What have the people fthat terri
tory done, TO merit such treatment at the
hands Of James Buchanan What cardinal
doctrine Of the Democratic creed have they
vDlalsd9 None. They have been acting
merely upon tho principle OfPopular Sow
ereiguty, which declares that the people
Of tie territories shall be perfectly free to
regulate their own affairs in thoir own
way. This was the doctrine, first pro-
mulgaied by Gen. Cass and afterwards
adopted by the whole party. II WIS in
oorporaiod, as plank, in the Cincinnati
Platform and constituted the glowing
theme Of every Democratic stump orator
during the last presidential canvass. 1t
was made the excuse for repeating the
Missouri Compromise, for noninterference
to protect the bona .tSSs citizens Of Kansas,
for endorsing the Bogus legislature and
for rejecting the Topeka Constitution. In
short. Popular Sovereignty has been
made the oape-goat. TO bear the sins Of
si'v Dvuioora'iv parry, Tor the last tour
years. The Mormons felt themselves
safely enlrenohed behind this doctrine.
Polygamy is domestic and social inst-
tuition, not recognized by the Constitu-
ion Of the United States. but left to the
jurisdiction Of the several States and
Territories.
What II Brigham Young does sport his
sixty wives aud assume temporal and
spiritual control Of the saintsP Has he
not Democratic authority Tor doing so?
What If Utah does knock for admission
into the great sislerhood of statos. with
che leprosy Of polygamy upon herr
ough. not a Democratic Congress, in
consistency with their professions. to ad-
nit her? These are questions, which we
leave every honest Democrat to answer
for himself. The fact is, the party have
backed down from their position and are
no longer found the champions aud de-
Tenders Of Popular Sovereignty Like
useless and worn out machine, It is
thrown away, when once it has subserved
The purpose for wh:ch il was designed.
SO long as Z. could be made a prstopee
for carrying Slavery into Kansas, lbs
defenders we're legion; but when those
purposes can be best accomplished, by a
repudiation Of it, reputation is the ory.
The Democratic press. north, has been 81.
lenoed on this question. They dare not
come out aud openly advocate Popular
SoveFeignly, without inourring the dis
pleasure Of their pro-slayery allies in the
South. Even the grea, Miohigandsr
himself is dumb as Ballam's ass. lis
own political bansliug has grown too
s.ropg for him ".he boy has got his dad.
dy down" aud he is ealing on tho Pres.
ident aud Tho military 10 take ihe monster
OF Slavery and Polygamy. the natural
offspring Of this doctrine Of Gen. Cass,
nov eopfron. him and cry out. 6ai6sr;,
but he Is ashamed to aokaowle6go their
paternity,
We make these remarks, not IN iustif.
cation Of Mormooism I for it is an unseem-
y monastery bat to show up the glaring
Inconsistencies Of the Democratic party
While the President is fitting out a mill
tsry expedition agaips. Utah, we would
advise him 70 carry The principle a little
farther and abolish slavery iD the states
and territories, sinca both are domestic
instiutions, dependen. upon local laws.