The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-04-02

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do. Let our citizens be convinced of this
and act in accordance with their convictions,
and our manufacturing interests will spec
diy grow in strength and power, and we
will he better enabled to build railroads,
and thereby create demand Oh our sea-
board that will he sufficient to call for and
sustain direct trade with the distant nations,
of the earth.
THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE TER
| RITORIES
The legitimate relationship and attitude
of the Federal Government, towards the
Territories of the United States, are too pal
pable for the misapprehension of any un-
ders;anding not subscrvicnt to the evil in
fluencc Of n disloya heart. And yet there
are difficulties constantly occurring, not less
from disposition on the part of the peo-
pie III the States, to insist upon such an in
reference Of the Federal Government with
the internal atf:lirs of the territories, as
would anticipate and determine their con-
stltutional characters upon their advent into
the Union, than from usurpation Of author
! ity and resistance to the Jurisdiction Of the
general government. rs exercised within its
peculiar province; 10y the people of the ter
| rltorlcs themselves. In either instance. it
devoves upon the administration, as a duty
to itself, to the States and to the territories,
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rights, and that the laws are enforced firmly
an inpartialy, free from prejudice or pas
sion, tear, favor or affection. The settle
'ncnt OF Kansas troubles has been assigned
to several men of rcputcd administrative
abilities. But SO far they have all failed to
fulfill their mission.
That 1t is trying task, requiring calm
ness and courage, and q stocai Indifference
to everything but reason and right, to con
troll the incongruous elements of a society,
! already arraycd i'll antagonism by cduca,
ton and almost by instinct, we have only
to revert to enacted scenes 10 he convinced.
There are many men emincntly endowed with
any one Of the requsit cs for success in such
an undertaking, but there are few, very few,
who have the fortitude and frmncss, the
r'gor without rashncss, the judgment with
out bias, to render them competent to the
task. Some such parson, however, must be
sought, and selected by the administration
for the Govcrnorship of Kansas, who we
trust will be succeeded in turn by the Gov
crnor of sovereign State admitted into
the Union, with domestic policy fairly
determined by the voice of its yisitcrs,
whether in favor Of slavery or against it.
If the people Of the territory express a
preference for the institutions of the South.
III the formation of their constitution, lust
ly and properly, we will welcome the new
State as an ally; if otherwise, we shall not
repcl her rs an enemv.
But the attention Of the nation seems
about to be attracted 10y troubles of another
character, and in another quarter of the
country. Tie territory Of Utah, DO often
squnted at, is being brought more imme-
diatcly under tile optical contemplation of
the country. The question of woman's
rights is assuming new phase. 1t is Sta
tea that Brigham Young is in open rebel
lion against the authority of the United
States; that he and his adherents have
burned the government archives, court rec
ords, DC, in Utah, and that his a III Tur-
k'sli Excellcncy is determined to be reap
pointed, or to resist his successor with BAY
onet and ball. The question then arises, as
to what policy the administration will pur-
sue towards these unchristian outlaws
They are in occupancy of the territory ::
and, with their social institutions reyollinr
alike to civilization and law, it would be
an 'mputation upon the purity of our peo-
pie and our government, to commune with
them as equals, or to recognize them as
entitled to the guardianship of our ins,itu
tons, unless they can he made to rclnouisL
their barbarlous code Of laws, and conform
to the usagcs of civilized society.
Since they have thrown down the paunt-
let OF defiance, and opened warfare upon
the Federal Government, it is to be honed
that they will be visited with something Sc
vercr than censure; and if Brigham Young
persists IN his determination of armed re-
s'stance to all action not in conformity with
his own personal purposes, the sooner he is
hung as traitor, the better it will be for
lis fanatical followers, and for the rcnuta-
ton and peace of our country.
The Federal Government should novcr
DC allowed to transcend its authority. But
when necessary for the interests and honor
OF the people of the State, whom it surveys
1t should energelicaly exercise the powers
with which it is entrusted.
1t the accounts Of the condition of the
affairs in Utah be true, the administration
Will doubtless turn its attention TO Brigham
and his wives as speedily MS practicaGIc.-
Old Buck, who has never had n wife con
certainly have no fellow feeling for his ro-
bcllious rascals in Utal.-RicImond En-
quirer.
Loo@ at tile Ts0o Pictures.-The follow
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