Clearfield Republican. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1851-1937, 1858-12-15

OF tne states lall TO elect q Wee President,
the power deyolves upon tho Senate to Sc
lect this officer from the two highest can.
didates on the list In case Of the death
OF the President, the Vice President thus
elected 10y the Senate, becomes President
| OF the United States. On all questions of
! Legislation, the senators from the smallest
States Of the Union have an eoual 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 admirabivin practice.
whilst 1t conforms in principle with the
character OF government 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 In
vest some forty or fifty thousand people
collected in q Territory with the ath.i-
butes Of sovereignty, and place them on
ana equal footing with Virginia and New
ork IN the Senate Of the United States
For these reasons ! earnestly recon-
mend the passage of general act, which
shall provide that upon the application Of
a territorial legislature, declaring that the
territory contains a number ofinhabitants
winch, II in a State, would entitle them to
elect member Of Congress, it shall be the
duty OF the President to cause a census to
be taken, and, if found sufficient. then
10y the terms Ofthis act, to authorize them
to proceed, 'in their own way" to frame
a state constitution preparatory to admis-
SION into the Union. also recommend
that an appropriation be made to enable
the President to take a census of the peo.
pie of Kansas.
he present condition of the Territory
OF Utah, when contrasted with what it
was one year ago, is subject for congrat-
uiallon. IL was then in a state of open
lGpcllion, and, cost what it might, the
character of the government required that
this rebellion should be suppressed and
the Momons compelled to yield ubcdi-
order to accomplish this object as ! in
4. formed you in my last annual message, !
appointed new governor instead Of Brig
ham Young, and other federal officers to
take the place of those who, consulting
their personal safety, had found it ucccs-
sary TO withdraw from the Territory. To
protect those civil otiicers,and 50 aid them
as posse co,HitattS, in the execution Of The
laws in case of need, | ordered a dctach-
ment of the army to accompany them to
Utah. The necessity for adopting these
measures is now demonstrated.
On the 18th of September, 1856, Gov
crnor Young issued his proclamation, in
the style ofan independent soyer ign, an
nouncing his purpose to resist by force Of
arms the entry of theUnited States troops
into our own Territory Of Utah. BY this
he required all the forces in the Territory,
to "hold themselves in readiness to
!, march at a moments notice to repel any
and ali such INVASION and established
martial law from its date throughout the
Territory. These proved TO be no idle
threats. Forts Bridgcr and Supply were
vacated and burnt down by the Mormons,
to deprive our troops Of shelter after
heir long and fatiguing march. Orders
we're issued 10y Daniel Il. Wells, styling
himself Lieutenant General, Nayoo Les
gIon' tostampede the animalsoI the Uni
ted States troops on their march, to set
fire to their trains, 10 burn the grass and
+ the whole country before them and on
their Hanks, 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 cticc.
p tually obeved. On the Ith October, 1851
+ the Mormons captured and burned ON
Green River, three of our supply trains
a consisting of seventy five wagons loaded
5 with provisions and tents for the army,ano
+ carried away several hundred animals
4 This diminished the supply OF provisions
s so materially that General johnson was
t Obliged to reduce the ration, and even
s with this pgecaution, there was only suli
+ cient left to subsist the troops until tho
= first of June.
= Our little army behaved admirably il
70 their eneampmeut at Fort Brldger under
= these trying priva,ious. In the midst o
1 the mountains, in dreary, unsettled anC
y inhospitable region, more than thou
l. sand miles from home, they passed the sc
: we're and inclement winter without q mur
/ mur. They looked forward with conf
$ dcnce for relief from their country in du,
season, and in this they were not disap
a pointed.
+ The Secretary of War employed all hi
IS energies to forward them the necessary
+ supplies, and'to muster and send such
l. military force to Utah as would render re
$ sistance on the part ofthe Mormons hope
Y less. and thus terminate the war withou
! the offusion of blood. In his effort he wa
d efficiently sustained by Congress. The.
n granted appropriations sufficient to cove
l. the deficiency thus necessarily created
!, and also provided for raising two regi
r ments of volunteers, for the purpose q
" ouelling disturbances in the Territory o
$ Utah, for the protection Of supply an,
S emgrant trains, and thesuppression of In
Al dian hostilitiss on the frontiers" Eappil
p there was no occasion to call these regi
y ments into service. If there had been
.e should have felt serious embarrassment il
Of selecting them, so great was the numbe
Of of our brave and patriotic citizens anXiou
,e TO serve their country in this distant am
n. apparently dangerous expedition. Thu
,r it has ever been, and thus may it eyerb be
a The wisdom and economy of sendin
o sufficient reinforcements to Utah are cs
i tablished not only by the event. but i
l. Al, N ,.,,;,,io,, Of thpsa Who from their nos