The weekly Portage sentinel. [volume] (Ravenna, Ohio) 1854-1861, 1857-12-17

and faslkeation Df tht peoPt bf tie proposed
Sfais." hlsy Be follescsd on fslldrs oecosioiis.
4 TOOK it for granted hat ths Conveniion Of
Kaxsas you'd oct IN acc0rdaacs s5ih tkis er.
ample, founded, 'Gs Il is. ON C0RRECTI
PRINC CIPLESi'a and hencs biy instrHctions 10
Governor Walker, in fdvor of submitting the
Consfitutioa 10 hs people, icere expressed in
general and unqualified terms"
From the foregoing, it will be seen that
the President givehis unqualified endorse.
ment to the doctrine Of popular sovereignty
in its fullest and broadest extent. That Mr..
Douglas gives this con'Euction to The mes
sage is also evid, rom the language Of
his speech IN The Senate. Upon this great
and fundamental principle ofrseif-govern.
ment there can be and is no material differ
snce between genuine Democrats. Judge
Douglas in advocating the passage of lhe
Kansas and Nebraska act in the Senate in
1854, takes precisely the same 1eround, as
when opposing ths'LecOmpton Constitution
in the Senate in 1887. Then, he was de.
nounccd as traitor snd villain, BY The
Republicans; now, 10 praised, 'fiat!ered and
fuwncd upon by the same RepGb leans. He
is alike indiffern mt to their fattery or theil
praise. He was consistent then; ;'he'is con.
sistent now. He strnds by the doctrines
Of the NebrSsks aid Kansas act, and fal
lows fetrlessly wherever they msy lead, re-
gardless Of storm or sunshine, and il makes
no difference with him whether the Llas
beat against him from the North or the
South, the East or the West.
THE MORMON QUESTION.
The most 'impottdnt, and probably the
most difficult question Tor setil, ment during
the preteht administration, is that hich
grows out Of the affairs OF Utah territory -
Brighum Yonrg was nPpolntedGovernor by
, MiIlurd Fillmore, in 1860. He was also
made trt6cio Superintendent OF Indian AT,
fairs. rce his appointment he has assun-
edto'be dtuiheiy duthor issd TO govern the
people OF Salt Lake. He denies the au.
,hori,y of ,heiFedfral power Of the United
States, oil hes at last maze bold decara.
! ton OF v ar sgains, the General Government
, The President takes bold and manly gr6Oirds
lie holds that he has no rigf: to interfere
/ with the religious opinions oi the Latter Day
saints, however odious and detestable they
mny BE-; but when Brigham Young makes
his religion are excuse for 0 en- resistance
to the Federal authority, and attempts to
Luild up in dStdst territory a Sc purate ant
independent Empire where people are to b'
g verned by his will alone, then it becomel
The duty of the United States to put dowI
ard conquer all such men and all such pre-
teld, d authority. lPs therefore recon-
nends on rdditicnai military force destined
for Utah aud The Mormon region.
Thcfe are many other multers Of publi
interest treated Of in the message. One .
these is',hat Of the Pac fc Railroad. Tax
it os whole, the message is, as we laid i
1 fhe commencement Of this article, mos
: valuable document. 1t will bear readn
: many times, dud no one who peruses it Wi
: fail to be Impressed with the 'impof: nee {
! the subjects discussed, aud the wisdom {
I the views and opinions which it contains.