The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1857-06-27

country embraced within those territories
was under the operation Of that same sys.
, TEN OF laws, and all the offences committed
"''hih the same were punished in the man.
ner now proposed, so long as the country
remained under the sole and exclusive ia.
risdiction OF the United States;" but tho
moment the country WIS organised into ter.
ritoral governments, with legislative. exec.
utive and judicial departments, it ceased to
be under the sole and exclusive jurisdiction
Of :he United States, within the meaning
Of the act Of Congress, for the reason that
it had passed under another and a different
jurisdiction. Hence, If We abolish the ter
! ritorial government of Utah. preserving all
existing rights, and place the country under
the sole and exclusive jurisdiction Of tho
United States, offenders can be apprchended
and brought into the adjacent States or ter
ritories for punishment, in the same manner
and under the same rules and regulations
which obtained and: have been uniformly
practiced, under like circumstances, since
1890.
If the plan proposed shall be found an
effective and adequate remedy for tho evils
complained Of IN Utah, no one, no matter
what his political creed or partizan associa-
tions, need be apprehensive that it will vic.
late any cherished theory or constitutional
right in regard to the government of the
Territories. 1t is great mistake to suppose
that all the territory or land belonging to
the United States must necessarily be gov.
crned by the same laws and under the same
clause Of the constitution without reference
to the purpose to which it is dedicated or
the use which it is proposed to make Of Il,
while all that portion of country which is or
hall cot In.
must necessarily be governed under and
consistent with that clause Of the consttu-
ton which authorises Congress to admit
new States, it does not follow that other ter
rto'i 5, not intended to be organized and ad-
mitted INTO the Union as States must be
governed under the same clause Of the con.
stitution, with all the rights Of selfgovern-
ment and State equality. For instance, if
we should purchase Nancouv RS Island from
Great Britain, for the purpose Of removing
all the Indians from our Pacific territories
and locating them on that Island as their
permanent home, with guarantees that il
should never be settled or occupied by white
men. will it be contended that tie purchase
should be made and the Island governed un-
der thu power to admit new States when il
was not acquired for that purpose nor in
tended to be applied to that object? Being
acquired for Indian purposes and applied to
Indian purposes, is il not more reasonable to
assume that the power to acquire was de-
rived from the Indian clause, and the Island
must necessarily be governed under and
consistent with that clause of the constitu.
ton which relates to Indian affairs. And,
suppose We should deem it expedient to buy
a small island in the Mediterranean or in the
Caribbean sea, for naval station, can it be
said with any force or plausbility that the
purchase should be made or the island gov
erned under the power to admit new states?
On the contrary, is it not obvious that the
right to acquire and govern in that case is
derived from the power "to provide and
constant with that power. So if We pur-
chase land for forts arsenals, or other mill.
'ary purposes. or set apart and dedicate any
territory which we now own for a military
reservation, it Immediately passes under the
military power, and must be governed in
larmonr with it. So if land be purchased
or mint, it must be governed under the
power to coin money; or, if purchased for
,oSt office. il must be governed under the
'ower to establish post Offices and post roads;
", for custom hous., under the power to
eguatc commerce.; or, for court house,
lnder the judiciary power. In short, the
lause Of the constitution under which any
and or territory belonging to the United
'tates must he governed is indicated by the
bject for which 1t was acquired and the
purpose to which it is dedicated. So long,
therefore,, as the organic act Of Utah shall
enain in force, setting apart the country
or new State, and pleding the faith of the
nited States to receive it into the Union so
oon as it should have the requisite popula.
ion, we are bound to extend to it all the
ightS Of self government, agrecnbly to the
lause Of the constitution providing for the
omission of new States. Hence the neces-
ity Of repeating the organic act, withdraw
ng the pledge of admission, and placing it
lnder the sole ard exclusive jurisdiction Of
he United States, in order that persons and
property may be protected and justice adj
and crimes punished under the
avs prescribed by Congress in such cases.
While the power Of Congress to repeal
he organic act and abolish the Territorial
government cannot be denied, the question
nay arise whether we possess the moral
ight Of exercising the power, after the
harter has been once granted, and the local
overnment organized under its provisions.
his is grave question--one which should
ot be decided hastily nor under the infu.
nee Of passion or prejudice. In my opin-
On am free to say there is no moral right
0 repeal the organic act Of a territory, and
bolish the government organized under il,
nless the inhabitants of that territory, asa
have done such acts as amount
o forfeiture of all rights under it-such
S becoming alien enemies, outlaws, disa.
owing their allegiance, or resisting the au-
hority of the United States. These and
inbred acts, which we have every reason
o believe are daily perpetrated in that Ter
itory, would not only give us the moral
light, but make it our imperative duty to
bolish the territorial government and place
he inhabitants under the sole and exclusive
lrisdiction of the United States, to the end
hat justice may be done, and the dignity
nd authority of the government vindicated.
| have thus presented plainly and frankly
nv views of the Utah questionable evils
nd the remedy-upon the facts as they
ave reached US, and are supposed to be
substantially correct. II official reports and
uthentc information shall change or modi-
Y these facts, shall be ready to CO form
~ action to the real facts as they shall be
,und to exist. | have no s1ch pride Of
pinion as will induce me to persevere in an
rror one moment after my judgment is con.
inced. If, therefore, better plan can be
evised-one more consistent with Justice
r sound policy, or more effective rs q rem
1y for acknowledged evils, | will take
aeat pleasure in adopting it, in lieu Of the
ne have presented to you tonight.
In conclusion. permit me to present my
rateful acknowledgements for your patient
ttention and the kind and respectful man
er in which you have received my remarks.
[The speaker closed amid immense ap-
lause and three hearty cheers were given
u Douglas, and repeated.
On removing the bodies Of Mr.. and Mrs.
.ailsback from the family burying place to
new and more convenient cemetery IN the
,ooley settlement, four and o half miles
ii Of Eaton Ohio the body of Nrs II