Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian., 1858-12-18

ship for embryo governors, senators and men
bers of Congress to await until the numbe
of inhabitants shall equal those of singl
Congressional district. They surely Ongh
not to be permitted to rush into the Unio
with a population less than one half of seve
raj of the large counties in the interior {
some of the States This was the condition {
Kansas when it made application to be admit
ted under the Topeka constitution. Besides
it requires some time to render the mass
population collected in a new territory at al
homogeneous, and to unite them to anythin,
IKE fixed policy. Establish the rule, ant
all will look to forward it and govern them
selves accordingly.
But Justice to the people of the severa
States requires that this rule should bc es
tablished by Congress. Each State is EMIT
led to two Senators and at least ore Repre-
sentative in Congress. Should the people o
the States fail t. elect Vice President, the
power devolves upon the Senate to select
his office from the two highest candidates
on the list. In case of the death of the Presi
dent, the Vice President thus elected by the
Senate, becomes President of the United
States. On all questions of legislation, the
Senat rs from the smallest States of the
Union have an equal vote with those from
the largest. The same may be said iu regard
to the ratification of treaties, and of Execu-
tive appointments. All this has worked ad-
mirably in practice,wh it conforms in prin-
chile with the character of government in
stituted by sovereign States, l presume no
American citizen would desire the slightest
change in the arrangement. Sill, 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 foot
ing with Virginia and New York in the
Senate of the United States
For these reasons earnestly recommend
the passage of general act which shall pro-
vide that, upon the application of Territorial
Legislature, declaring their belief that the Ter
rito."y contains number of inhabitants which
if in a State would cntitle them to elect a
member of Congress- it shall be the duty of
the President TO cause census of the
inhabitants to be taken, and if found sufficient
then by the terms of this act to authorize
them to proceed sin their own way" to frame
State Constitution preparatory to admission
into the Union | also recommend that an ap-
preparation may be made to enable the Presi-
dent to takea census Of the people of Kansas.
UTAH.
The present condition of the Territory of
Utah, when cOntrasted with what it was one
year ago, is a subject for congratulation. 1t
was then in state of open rebellion, and cost
what i; might, the character of the government
required that this rebellion should he sup
pressed and the Mormons compelled to yield
obedience to the Constitution and the Union
10, 81 10 h / info
ed you in my last annual message, l appoint
ed new Governor instead Of Brigham Young
and other federal officers to take the place of
those who, consulting their personal safety,
had found it necessary to withdraw from the
Territory. To protect these civil officers, and
to aid them, as posse c0nitatus, in the eXecu-
ton of the laws in case of need, l ordered a
detachment of the army to Utah. The neces-
sity for adopting these measures is now de-
monstrated.
On the 10Th of September, 1857, Governor
Young issued his proclamation, in the style of
an independent sovereign, announcing his pur-
pose 20 resist by force Of arms the entry of
the United States troops into our Territory OF
Utah. BY this he required all the forces in
the Territory to ''hold themselves in readiness
to march at moments warming to repel any
and all such INVASION" and established mar
tial law from its date throughout the Terrific
ry These proved to be no idle threats
Forts Bridger and Supply were vacated and
burnt down by the Mormons, to deprive our
troops of a shelter after their long and fatigue
ing march. Orders were issued by Daniel H.
Wells, styling himself Lieutenant General,
Nauvoo Legion" to stampede the animals OF
the United States troops, on their march, to
SET fire to their trains, to burn the grass
the whole country 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, &c,
&c.
These orders were promptly and effectual
ly obeyed On the 4th October, 1857, the
MormOns captured and burned, on Green riv
cr, three of our supply trains, consisting of
sevcnty-fiye wagons loaded with provisions
and tents for the army, and drove away sew
eral hundred animals. This diminished the
supply of provisions so materially that Gen.
Johnston was obliged to reduce the rations,
and even with this precautiOn there was only
sufficient left to subsist the troops until the
lSt Of June.
Our little army behaved admirably in their
encalnpmcnt at Fort BIidger under these try
irg privatiOns In the midst of the noun
tiins, in dreary, unsettled and inhospitable
region, more than thousand miles from
home, they passed the severe and mclement
weather without murmur. They looked
forward with confidence, for relief from their
country in due season. and in this they were
not disappointed.
The Secretary of War employed all his en-
TO
and to muster and send such military force
to Utah as would render resistance on the
part of the Mormons hopeless, and thus ter
inmate the war without the etf'usion of blood.
In his efforts he was sufficiently sustained by
Congress. They granted appropriations suf-
ficient to cover the deficiency thus necessari-
ly created, and also provided for raising two
regiments of volunteers, " g for the purpose of
quelling disturbances in the Territory of Utah,
for the protection Of supply and ernigrant
trains, and the suppression of Indian hostili-
ties on the frontiers" Happily, there was no
occasion to call these regiments into service.
If there had been, should have felt serious
embarrassment in selecting thcm so great
was the number of our brave and patriotic
citizens anxious to serve their country in this
distant and apparently dangerous expedition
Thus it has been, and thus may it ever be.
The wisdom and economy OF sendin suffi
cient reinforcements' to Utah are established
not only by the event, but in the opinion o.
those who, from their position and opportu
mites, are the most capable of forming a cor
rect Judgment. Gen. Johnston, commander
of the forces, in addressing the Sec'y of Wal
from Fort Bridger, under date of October ls
1857, expresses the opinion that ''unless
large force is sent here, from the nature of th'
country, protracted war on their (the Nor
mons part is inevitable" This he consid
cred necessary, to terminate the war, ''speed
ily ard more economically than If attempted
by insufficient means" ''.ii
In the meantime, it was my anxious desir
that the Mormons should yield obedience t
the Constitution and the laws, without rend
ering it necessary to resort to military force
To aid in accomplishing this object, l deemed
it advisable in April last to dispatch two dis
tinguished citizens of the U. S.-Messrs Pow
ell and McCulloch-to Utah. They bor
with them proclamation addressed by my
S.lf to tha ;Dha hitantS of Utah dated on TN