Weekly Council Bluffs bugle. (Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1857-1860, 1858-12-22

9 Ine IcGer14 g0FeTnN1ekak q Aa eSEF De
% 4 laess liberal parent 20 the tsFsltoris
! aud q generous contributor TO the asef
enterprise og the early settlers. Iii n
o paid The expenses of their goyegnmen
+. and Legislative assamhIiss ont ssof Il
!, common treasury, and thus raiiss,
:, them from heAvy charge. Under the
: circumstances, nothing can be nettl
s ealeul ased 90 rstard their material pros
{ ress than TO divert efea from their pa
g cnployments bY prematurtfy exsitin
@ angry political contests AEuung then
t selves, for the benefit Of aspiring LEAD
q ers. it IL surely no hardship for embry
{ goFernors, senator's and members {
Congress, 20 asgait until the number Q
inhabitants shall equal those Of q singl
Congressional distriet. They surel
ought noe 20 be permittsa TO rush int
! the Union with population lssa thaa
] one half Of several Of the large eounsie
/ ia the interor OF some Of the Ssasas.-
This was The condition OF Kansas whe
Ii made application to be admitted an
der the Topeka constitution. Besidea
il requires some time 70 render the mas
of a population collected Ia new tor
, TitoEy aG all homogeneous, aud 10 unit
them so uuythiug like fixed policy
Establish the rule, and all win look FOR
ward to 1t and govern themselves aeeor
dinghy.
But justice 10 che people Of the sever
ai States requires that this rule shoult
! bs established by Congress. Zach Stat,
is entitled 70 two Senators and at leas
one Representative in Congress. ShOall
the people Of the States fail 10 elUct l
Vice President, the power dsgolges 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 President thus elected by tbs
Senate becomes President Of the United
States, On ell questions oF legisIatIoG
the Senators from the smallest States ol
the Union have an equal vote with those
from the largest, The same may be sad
in regard to the ratification Of treaties,
and Of Executive appofntm ents. AL
this has worked admirably IN practice,
! whilst il confirms in principle With the
character Of government Instituted By
sovereign States. fpresume no Amer
I icau citizen would desire the slightest
change in the arrangemt. Still, is il
not unjust and unequal 70 the existing
/ States to invest some forty or fifty thous-
and people collected in a Territory with
attributes Of sovereignty, and place then
on an equal footing With Virginia and
/ New York in The Senate of the Uaitsa
fStatesE
FeE these EsaseAs I eaEAeaaay sesam-
mend the passage of general Aea wfsiEA
! shall provide that, upon TIE app sAas 50
of Territorial Legislature, d ng
their belief thai the TeErifagy Haa - .
number OF iuaabitagts NhIaass II II .
State, would entitIe them Sd elsEs 4
member Of Congress, il shall be elae du.
ty Of the President to eausa eensas Of
the inhabitants TO be taken, and IL found
sufficient, then by the terms OF this act
90 authorize them to proceed Sin their
own way" to frame q State constitution
preparatory to admission into the Union.
| also recommend thai an appropriation
may be made 20 enable the president to
to take a sensus Of the people Of Kan
sas,
UTAR.
The present condition nf the Tnrritn,
- esE Jvuh, whru vvntrasted With what
it was one year ago, isa subject for can
graduation. 1t was then in a state Of
open rebellion, and cost what it might,
the character Of shegogernmsnt required
that this rebellion should be suppressed
and the Mormons compelled to yield obe-
dienee TO the Coatitution aud the laws.
la order to accomplish this object as |
informed you in my last annual meas
age, appointed q new Governor instead
Of Brigham Young, and other federal
officers TO take The place Of those who,
eoasultteg their personal safety, had
found it necessary 70 Withdraw from the
perritory. To protect these civil ofs-
GERS, and to aid them, as q posse conf.
la!us, in the execution Of the laws in
case of need. | ordered detachment
! of the army 20 accompany them TO
Utah. The necessity for adopting these
( measures is nov dem onstrased.
/ On tho 18th Of September, 1851, Gov.
! Young issued his proclamation, in the
I style Of an independent sovereign, an
nounseing his purpose TO resist by force
Of arms the entry of the United States
/ troops into our own Territory Of Utah.
BIZ this he required oil the forces in the
/ Territory to "hold themselves ia readi-
mesa 10 march at 3 moments warning 10
repei any and all such inyasion," and
( establish martial Law from It's data
throughout the Territory. These prov
! cd 10 be no idle threats. Forts Bfidgeg
and Supply were vscated and burnt down
BY she Mormons, TO deprive our troops
/ Of shelter after their long and fatigu-
! ing march. Orders we're issued by Dan
/ lei II. Wells, ssyliRg himself 'Lieaten-
ant General, Nauvoo Legion" to STAN
pede the animals Of the United States
troops on their march, 10 set IRE to thetl
trains, to burn the grass and the whol'
country before them and On their tanks.
to keep them from sleeping by night sur
prises, aud 10 blockade the read BY fall
Ing trees and destroying Tho fords Of The
rivers, &c. ..-.... .r.........-.-..'
These orders we're promptly and faith
fully obeysd. On Ehs 4th of October
! 1851. the Mqrmons captured aud burned
on Green river, thEee Of onr suppl,
trains, consisting Of rs wagon Loaded
with provisions and tents for the army,
and drove away several hundred animals
j This diminished the supply OF provisions
50 materially that Gen. Johnston va
obliged TO reduce the rations, and eygl
with this preeaation there was only sih
eisnt left to subsiss the troops until tn
/ lst Of June, ...... .ss-s-s-......
Our little array behaved admirably Il
their encampmenl as f. BFidgsr unde
these trying pEivasions. In the midst o
the uoantaiIlas Ia a dxaRry, anaettlei
and inhospitabIa Eeglon, mora th@n
thousand nilea from home, they pAsss
the aayere and inalsmeuk wintes withou
uaarmur. Thsy lacked forward witt
. conadeyee for relief from their cnansE.
| In due season, and In this they were no
disappointed. z-za.
TSs Secretary Of War smpleysd al
! hia energies ao forwarn them she nsces
! rary supplies, and 10 mnstaE and san
| such military force to utsh as woali
render resistance On she part Of Morzaep
! hopeless, and thus Earminase the W.
without The elEasl0n oe blooa. In hi
J efforts ha was salEcianEly sasEalnaA b
Congress. They granled appropriation
] sughsisns 10 eoyer the deRcleney thu
! necessarily sreatsds and also provide
. fog raising The regiments 0E rplnnsearl
! ffor sho p6rpoas of QnAallng dlstArhanes
fin shs TerritorY Of Utah. for the pgoses
+ siou az supply and anigraak trains, ~
[ The snppression of Indiaa hOssilitiea 4
b the Kronsiaga. Happily thera was b
: oeeaaion te call these reg iaaaass into sel
: vice. IL there had been, ahouId has
4 felt serious embarrassment In seaseksa
: thea, 40 great WAs tas unmhex 0I u
brave and pakginaie cisiasns Mnxiaas
i sskva shsiE paansxy ID shIa diasAEaa =
d appaR entity Angsroaa axpedilious II