The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-07-16
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HON. sTErHEN A. DOUGLAS on THE KANSAS
Ann tJrAH QUESTION:

HUN. BTEpHEN n. DOUuLA1 UN The hhNbA1
AND UTAH QUESTION:
Pressure uron our columns rrecludc1 fto,n
tl,e,r for fsw days, the late speech M Scnnior
Stephen a. Douglas. Springfield, Illinois. The
speech was confined to three hends--lst, the
present condition Of Kansas; 81, the Drcd Scott
Decision 81, tho condition Of things in Utah
and tho appropriate remedies for existing evils.
That portion Of the speech relating to the bred
Scott decision omit, inasmuch il is through.
out an Endorsement nnd defence Of thut decision
upon which argument has already been carried
u quite an enhausting extent.
IL will be seen that, though MIR. Douglus is not
MS explicit OH the Kansas question us lie might
be if he not in the line Of Presidential sue
cessiOn or ut least expectancy, yet lie succeeds
in expressing the opinion that if the free Sute
men OF ka,sas' instead OF participating in the
formation Of II constitution in the mode provided
for i'll the act Of the only legitimate Legislature
of the Territory, 'blindly and obstinatc!y refuse
to exercise the rights assured them by the laws
OF Congress, upon their heads and theirs alone
will rest the fearful responsibility Of fastening
constitution upon the future State, repugnamt to
tue wishes of its people," and he manages to
refrain from saying, in the spirit Of Gov. Walk
ers model denagoIuery, that the constitutions,
when framed, should be submitted to the vote Of
nl the actual settlers in the Territory at the
time, and il not so submitted, should be rejected
by Congrcss-wlicI is saying and not saving an
immense deal for public n,an on the other side
of Mason and Dixon's line, considering The pres
ent political complexion ut the North, aud at the
Federal capital.
1t is to be hence inferred that in the United
States Senate, Mr. Douglas would be in favor of
admitting Kansas into the Union, oven though
she should present hcrself-in spite of the pro-
consular dictation Of Waker-as Il pro slavery
State with pro.slavcry constitution which was
not submitted To the ratification of the people
Meantime, be it noted, Governor w ulker, backed
as he avows he is, by Mr. Buchanan and the
Cabinet, is pledged to do all he can, in such an
event, to defeat the admission of Kansas by Con-
gress. Thus We see question growing out of
the kunsas difficulties, and gradually tukng
shape and substance, which is destined to be All
entering wedge of dcvision in the next Congress
and which has already, it seems likely, caused
the great body Of the Southern Democracy TO
split Off from the Administration. 1t remains to
be seen whether Mr.. Buchanan shall bring, back
to the fold the Democracy Of South Carolina.
Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, and the States
Rights Democrats I'LL over the South, by repuli-
uting tic Walker policy and recalling That med
lesome proconsvIar functonary. However that
may he, Mr. Douglas programme for lSG0 ancnt
the Kansas question, appears to be pretty plainly
mnrked out and is every day k,olin,s ,ircr and
more practicable us Walkers chances for Il s,atl.
ow Of support from the South for Presidency
grow "s'nail by degrees and beautifully less"
Mr.. Douglass speaks more plainly Of Utah aud
the religious and social aboniination OF the 'lat-
ter day saints" than of Kansas and the politics
But brigham Young has friends in Illinois,
none ut Washington, and few any where, ont
side OF the weak minded and dcludcd men and
women from beyond the ocean, who stupidity he
iievc that the miraculous revelation of new
Hgious disrensation is possible now rs in days
when Sinai tlundered and Calvary bled-and
that thrnugh the Ridiculous and vulgar medium
of one Jos. Smith, Jr., Prophet &c we Amer
leans want victim to insl,lted law. propricty,
deccncy, dc. In all our large cities, practical
mol
lusal intidclity goes unrcbuked and unwhpt of
justice. ~ condiSn example is wanted to re-
rcnge past forbcurance Of these egrcgoms evils
by one fell stroke of governmental retrbulion
Brigham Young and his outlaw, Godforsakcn
followers arc convenient; the prelcxt is quite
sufficient Let the strong arm Of the Federal
Government then, shakc loose its lerrors and
pour them, widc-wasting and crushing upon the
said Brigham and his confederate reprobates.
On the Utah question, it is little difficult to
reconcile Nlr. Douglas assertion of the right in
general Of the people Of State or Territory to
form their own domestic regulations to suit them
selves, with the duty Of the Federal G Government
TO break upon the Mormons, camp and baggage
repeal ttc Tcrritoriallaw Of Utah. and make il a
tabular rasn TO he governed by the general laws
OF Congress. civil and military. lle can only 10
50 by assuming ono OF two things as true or sus-
ceptlblc of truth; lst that the Mormon system
isu Theocracy, claiming both plenary, spiritual
and temporal authority, and therefore anti-re-
publican and rcbcllious; or, 2d, that Brigham
Young and his followers are to be Justly regarded
and treated MS pirates and robbers-enemies not
only OF our Government, but of our citizens inli-
r'dually and Of the human race Are these
propositions true or can they be established II
they be true, is it according to sound law and
const'tutonality TO punish men for the theory OF
the Organization to which they belong, and not
exclusively for overt crime, rebellion or treason,
Of which they may be guilty? These questions
we leave where Mr.. Douglas leaves them
Governor Robinson, the bogus Legislature and
tic n-shrickers' of Kansas, are every
bit as guilty Of theoretical treason ms Brigham,
Young and the "sants" Of Utah. The fomer
defy the Fedora! Government in explicit terms !;
they deny the right of the President and Con.
gress to recognize or enforce any law which they
do moi sanction; and they openly repudiate every
civil authority of the Territory but those of their
own creation Why are they not made TO feel the
vengeance Of insllted Federal 1nuicstyi Will
MIR. Douglass tell US in his next spcecll
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