American Lancaster gazette. [volume] (Lancaster, Ohio) 1855-1860, 1858-12-16

ti0n OF ateW thousands they should premature
| lyenter The Union. they are oppressed by the
burden. ofState taxation, and the means nee
4 essary for the improvement of the territory, and
The advancement or their own interests, are
thus diverted to very different purposes.
| ei The federal government has ever been lib.
eral parent to the territories, and generous
contributor 10 the useful enterprises Of the ear
| ly settlers. II has paid the expenses OF tbeiI
governments and legislative assemblies .out oi
the common treasury, and thus relieved them
| from a heavy charge, Under these oiIcum-
stances nothing can be better calculnted 70 re-
tard their material progress than TO divert them
from their useful employments by pSematuEely
exciting angry political contests among them
selves, fOf the benefit Of aspiring leaders. II
ID surely no hardship for embryo governors,
I'll the number Of inhabitants shall equal those
ofa single Congressional district. They sure
| " ought not to be permitted 10 rush into the
Union with population less than one-half Of
several OF the large counties in the interior OF
some Of the. States. This was the condition OF
Kansas when II made application to be admit,
| ed under the Topeka constitution Besides, 1t
requires some time to render the mass OF pop
ulatjon collected in new teTTitoTy, at all HON.
ogeneOus, and 10 unite them on anything like
a fixed policy. Establish the rule, and all will
look forward to it and govern themselves ac-
coTdingly. e .lHai floss l,srs ur'e ea.t
But justice to the people ofthe several States
requires that this rule shouldb be established by
Congress- Each State is entitled to two Sen
ators and at least one representative in Con-
gress' Should the people Of the States fail to
| electa Vice President, the power devolves up.
| on the Senate TO select this officer from the two
highest candidates on the list. In case Of the
death of the President, the Vice Presidentthus
elected by the SenateS becomes President OF
| OF the United States. On all questions Of leg
| islation, the senators from the smallest States
oftheU eUn MON have an equal vote with those from
the largest. The same may be said in regard
to the ratification Of treaties, and Of Executive
appointments. All this has worked admirably
in practice, whilst il conforms in principle
with the character of agoveTnment, instituted
by sovereign States. presume no American
citizen would desire the slightest change in
| the arrangement. Still, is it not unjust and
unequal to the existing States to invest some
forty or fifty thousand people, collected in a
territory with the attributes Of sovereignty, and
place them on an equal footing with Virginia
and New York in the Senate Of the United
States2 afi,j.s. lax fat
For these reasons earnestly recommend the
passage or d general act which shall provide
that, upon the application Of Territorial Leg
1
tory contains a humber cf inhabitants which,
ifin State, would eYtitle them TO elect a
member Of Congress, Il shall be the duty Of the
President to- cause census Of the Inhabitants
to be taken, and found sufficient, Then by the
| terms of this act to authorize them. to proceed
Gin their own way" to frame State cohstiti-
| tion preparatory to admission into the Union.
also recommend that an appropriation may
be made to enable the President to take cen
sus OF the people Of Kansas. ri ,isas.os ,
The present condition OF the Territory oI
Utah, when contrasted with what il was one
year ago, is a subject Of congratulations. II
was then in state OF open rebellion, and, cost
whatit might, the character Of the government
required that this rebellion should be suppress
sed and the Mormons compelled to yield obe-
dience to the constitution and the laws. In
order to accomplish this object as informed
you in my last annual message, appointed a
new Governor instead Of Brigham Young, q nd
other federal ofiicets TO take the place of those
| Who, consulting their personal safety, had
found It necessaryyto withdraw from the Ter
ritory. TX" project these civil officers, and to
| aid them as o posse eomitatus, in the execution
Of the laws in case, Of need, oredIed de-
tatchnent yof the army to accompany them to
Utah.ip The necessity for adopting these meas
ures is now demonstrated z sn 1~tAl' q, ~
| On the 18th Of September, 1857, Gov. Young
issued his proclamation, in the style Of an in
dependent sovereign, announcing bis purpose
to resist by force ofaIiis the entry Of the Uni
| ted States troops into our own Territory of
| Utah. BY this he required all the forces in
| theTeTritofy 10 "hold themselves in readiness
| to'nhafcf at amonent's notice to repel any
and all such inySsiohj" and establish martial
law,froni its date Throughout the Territory
These proved to be, no idle threats. Forts
Bridger and Supply were vacated and burned
down by the Mormons, to deprive our troops
OF shelter latter their long. and fatieuing
| march. Orders were issued by Daniel H.
| Wells, styling himself 'LieulehaRt General,
Nauvoo Legion,H to stamped the animals Of
| the United States troops on their march, 10 set
| fire TO the trains, to burn the grass aud the
whole conntry before them and on their flanks,
| to keep, them from sleeping by night surprises
and to blockade the road BY telling trees and
destroying the fords of rivers, 60, Sc.peeie.1
These orders were promptly and effectually
obeyed, On the 4th Of. October, 1857, the
Mofhnons captured and burned onIGreen river
three ofour supply trains, consisting Of severn
ty. five wagons loaded with provisions aud tents
for the amy, and drove away several hundred
animals, This diminished the supply Of pro.
visions so materially that Gen. Johnston was
obliged toreduce the ration, aud even with
/
to su bsist the troops until the LIST day Of June.
Our little army behaved admirably in their
encampment at Fort Bridger under these Try
ling priyations. in the midst of the mountains
in q dreary, unsettled and inhosptable region,
more than a thousand miles from home, they
| passed the severe and Indictment winter with
out a Inurmun6 They looked forward with
confdenceifor relief from their country in due
season, and in this they were not disappoint-
ed. Id, !. iilg,,,. .telfh q ss8sslsis- p,
The Secretary ofWar employed all his ener-
4 gies TO forward them the necessary supplies,
and to muster aid send such military force
4 to Utah as would render Resistance on the
part OF the MoTmous hopeless and thus ter
| inmate the &af Without the etfusion of blood.
/ In his efforts he was efficiently sustained by
Congress. SfTheys granted APPROPRIATIONS suf-
fcient to cover the deficiency thiis hec cessatily
created, and also provided for raising t%o reg
iments Of volunteers, s'foT the purpose oI
/ quelling disturbances in the Territory Of Utah,
for the protection Of supply and efhigtanl
trains, and the suppression Of lndiAn hostili-
ties on the frontiers!1 Happily, there was no
occasion to call these regiments into service.
II there had been, should have felt serious
4 embarrassment in selects ing them, so great wa
tho number -four brave and patriotic citizens
anxious to serve their country in this distant
and apparently dangerous expedition. Thus
has been, and thus may 1t ever be!
The wisdom and economy OF sending suf-
1 fcient reinforcements to Utah are established
not only in the event, but in the opinion o
those who, from their position and opportu
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