Democrat and sentinel. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1853-1866, 1858-03-10

expressed. nevertheless amounts to II defapcc,
OF the United States<Gpverument. BRIGHAM
+ ourg distincty VS. tstatesshat iae issued Proc
lanation, forbid daing the United States troop.
to make their appearance within the bound.
OF the Territory ); and he now calls upon the
Legislature to adopt such measures as NAV
seem most expedient under the circumstances
Immediately after the Message was read =
I series of resolutions endorsing the ent;re ofi
clal course of Brigham Young. was submitted
ana unanimously adopted. These resolutions
declare that the high priest of the Mormons
I shall be sustained, and that the General Gov
crnm-nt shall not enforce unpalatable Fede.
rat Officers upon the Territory. =.
! Resolved, That while we deprecato the
bitter hostility manifested toward u most low
al ana innocent people By the present Ad-
hlnistratlon of the General Government, we
VIII continue to resist any attenlut on the
part OF the Administration ITO Bring us into a
state OF vassalage by appointing, contrary to
inc constitution, officers for whom the people
nave neither vote or voice in electing; nor
snaii any person appointed to Office in Utah
py the present Administration, either qualify
3 NJ
us OF this Territ6ry the functions of the Off
ces to which, they have been appointed so long
as our Territory is menaced by an invading
army (for such army cannot have been
| sent to protect either the citizen or the pas
sing emigration, but is lnanifcstly sent to aid
IN trampling upon American liberty nor so
long as such appointees are so pusii.animous
us to require numerous armed force to at
tend their back to enable tn, m to carry out
the traitcrous designs coHcocted for depriying
American citizens Of Their indefeasible and
vested rights
Resolved, That we viii at least have our
constitutional rights to voice in the selection
OF our Territorial officers, and in the enact
mcnt Of the local law of our government.
1he question occurs-what ncxtl TIE
United STATES troops arc i'll the ncighborhood
OF Salt Lake City. and Brigham Ioutg and
the Legislature affirm that. no officers but
those of their own selection, shall exercise au-
thority among them until the army is with
draw. The issue1s now fairly made up, and
there must be a conflict, or one Of the parties
must reccdc. The result OF this matter is ey-
iden.ly involved in doubt Col. Johnston
has ayowed his determination to take no stcp
backward. He will, therefore, move towards
the city at the first opportunity, when, if the
Aormons should still adhere to their policy of
defiance and resistance, bloody struggle
would seem to be inevitable.
THE FUTURE GOVERNMENT OF INDIA.
LoEp PALNKKsTos's SPkECH.-Lord Pal
merhton has brought toward his proposal for
the future Government of India That pro
Pofal was to transfer the future Government
OF ludia from the East India Company to the
crown IL was ,.ot in conscquency of anv
faults OF the Company. or any delinquency of
which they had been guilty, but because the
present system Of double government vas
taught with grave inconvcnicnces After re-
t"rling to the peculiar circumstances which |
bad placed the seat of the earliest civilization |
III the hands of a company of merchants. and
to the various modificatious which their pow
or and privileges had undergone, he observed !
the lrresponsibility of the Company was not |
Ill accordance with the circumstances in which |
they were placed. the Directors of the Com |
pany being elected by holders of stock who.
III many instances, had no knowledge what
ever of Indian affairs. The system of check |
aud counter check which WAS the characters
tic of the dotihlc Government had been car
rlcd TOO far; it operated not to regulate the
haehine. but TO destroy lis action and regu-
larity There coull lie no proper responsi
Dllity at present on the, government at home,
so long as 1t WIS not intrusted with the entire
control of afai S. 1t was time that there
should be more simplicity introduced into the
common machine. 1t was the pressure of the
existing circumstances which forced his
change upon them, ust as The events in the
'rimca had forced US to change or military
system ; that change had enabled US to CARY
on our operations with greater success, and
we had lIght to expect the same thing from
a change India during the actual cxisencv
complete authority should only lie vested
where there was, at the same time, eomnlete
res possibility, as in the constitutional minis
ters of the Crown. Those vast countries could
only be properly administered when removed
from the administration of an irrespo nsible
oody to the Grown, as represented by its con-
'tltutlonai advisers. The proposed bill would
,nect no change in the government of India;
he only change was in administration at {
lome. by this bill the present powers of the
Jourt of Directors and the Court of Proprie-
ors would cease, and President, nominated
y the Crown, and assisted by Council,
likewise nominated by the Crown, would be t
pponted in their places The Council would t
consist of eight members, appointed for eight !
ears, two of whom would go out by rototion t
very year The decision of the President t
Eould be final, but the members of the Coun a
IL who differed from him in opinion Oh rec
rd in the minutes, But fer all propositions O
Or increasing the charges upon India or its
evenue, the cotisent of four members of the I
ouncil would be necessary. The President t
ould be upon the footing of Secretary of il
tate and the members Of the Council would a
,ch have salary of $1,000 per annum.- =
he President, Cabinet Minister would n
assisted by Secretary in the House of :
ommons; but the members of councils would T
OF be permitted to have seats in that House.
hey must have served certain time in =
ldla. There would be no alteration made