Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1858-12-10

short time and acting in obedience law Kansas will glide
into the Union without the slightest impeachment
This excellent provision which Congress have appI2d TO
Kansas ought to be extended and rendered applicable to
all Territories which may hereafter seek admission into the
Union.
Whilst Congress possess the undoubed power of admit
ting State into the Union however small may be the
opinion be exercised before the population shall amount
the ratio required by the act for the admission of
Had this been previously the rule the country would have
escaped all the evils and msforunes to which 1t has been
exposed by the Kansas question.
OF course would be inst to give this rule RETROSPECT
tive application exclude State which, acting upon the
past practice OF the mas aeady end
now prepared to enter the Union.
The rule ought to be adopted whether we consider It's
m ns
have prevailed in Congress and throughout the country
would have been avoided had this rule been established at
earlier period of the government.
Immediately upon the formation of new Territory people
from different States and from foreign countries rush INTO IT,
for the audabe purpose of improving their condition Ihe
first duty to themselves to open and cultivate farm 10
roads, to establish schools to erect places OF re-
gious Worship their energies generally to
reclaim the wilderness lay the foundations of flourish
ing and prosperous commonwealth If, IN tins nciplent
condition. with population OF few thousand they shOuo
prematurey the Unon they oppressed by the
burden State taxation and the necessary for the
improvement of the Territory and the advancement OF their
own interests thus diverted to very different purposes
The federal has ever been liberal parent to
the Territories and generous contributor to the useful en-
terprses of the early settlers 1t has paid the expenses of
their and legislative assemblies out OF the COM
mon treasury and thus relieved them from heavy charge
Under these nothing be better cacula
ted retard their material progress than to divert them
from their useful empoymens by prematnre exciting an
aspiring leaders. 1t surely no hardship for embryo
senators and members of Congress to wait until the
number of inhabitants shall equal those of single congress
siona district They surely ought not to be permitted to
rueb into the Union with population less than onc-balf of
several of the large counties the interior of of the
States. This the condition of Kansas when it made APP
pcaon to be admitted under the Topeka constitution Be-
Sides requires time to render the of popua
ton collected in Territory at all homogeneous and
to unite them anything like fixed policy Establish the
oll
accordingly.
But justice the people Of the several States requires
that this rule should DC established by Congress- Each
State entitled to two senators and at least representa-
tive in Congress. Should the people of the States fail to
elect Vice PRESIDENT the power dCyOIveS upon the Senate
to select this officer from the highest candidates the
list In OF the death of the President the Vice Pres
dent thus elected by the Senate becomes President of the
United States On all questions of legislation the Senators
from the smallest States of the Union have equal vote
gard to the ratification OF treaties ana of Executive appoint
mcnts. All this has worked admirably i'll practice whilst it
conforms Ill rncple with the character OF government in
sutcd by the sovereign States. | presume no American
citizen would desire the slightest change the
STILL is not unjust and unequal to the existing States
invest some forty or nifty thousand people collected in Ter
ory with the attributes Of sovereignty and place them
equal footing with Virginia and New York in the Senate
For these reasons, earnestly Recommend the passage
of general which shall provide that upon the applica
ton Of territorial legislature declaring their belief that
the Territory contains number of inhabitants which, if in
State would cnttIe them select member of Congress-
it shall be tie duty of the President to of
the inhabitants to be TAKEN and found sufficient then by
the terms of this act to authorize them to proceed in
their way to frame State constitution preparatory
to admission Dto the Union also Recommend that an
appropriation may be made enable the President take
a census OF the people OF Kansas.
The present condition of the Territory of Utah, when
ted with what it was one year ago is subject for eongratuaqn
the character OF the required that this rebellion
dencc to the constitution and the laws In order to accomplish
this object informed last annual message
federal officers take the place of those Who consulting
Territory protect these civil officers and to aid them as
coDS the execution of the laws in of need
The necessity for adopting these measures demonstrated
On the 18th of September 1857, Governor Young is
sued his prOclamaon III the style OF an independent
crcign announcing his purpose to resist by force of arms
the entry OF the l. States trOOpsintO territory of
Utah By this he required all the forces i'll the Territory
to hold themselves i'll readiness to march at moment
notice to repei any and oil such nvasons and establish
cd martial law from its date throughout the Territory
These proved TO be idle threats. Forts Brdger and
Supply vacated and burnt down by the Mormons
deprive our troops of shelter after their long and IA
tiguing march. Orders were issued by Daniel II. Wells
styling himself Lieutenant General Nauvoo Legion
to stampede the animals of the United States troops on
their march, to set lire to their trains, to burn the grass
and the whole country before them and their tanks
to keep them from sleeping 10y night surprised, and tc
blockade the road by telling trees aud destroying the
| fords of rivers. &c, &c &c.
These orders promptly and eectually obeyed. Or
the 4h October 1851 the Mormons captured and burned
on Green River three of our supply trans consisting
sevenyve wagons loaded with provisions and tents for the
army, and drove away several hundred animals This dmn
lSed the materially that Gen. OhnStOl
obliged to reduce the ration. and with this pre-
caution there was only sufficient left to subsst the troops
until the first of June.
Our little army behaved admirably in their encampmen
at Fort Bridge under these trying prvaons In the mds
of the mountains, in dreay, unsettled, and nhospab
region, more than thousand miles from home, they passe
the severe and Indictment winter without Il murnlur The
looked forward with confidence for relief from their
try in due season. and in this they not disappointed
The Secretary of War employed all his energies to forwar
them the necessary supplies and to muster and send such
military force Utah would render tn
: MOrmOnS terminate
without the efuson of blood In his efforts he efficient
sufficient to the deficiency thus necessarily created
and also provided for raising two regiments of volunteers
of Utah. for the protection of supply and emgrant trains
and the suppression of Indian h0sties on the frontiers
service. had BEEN should have felt serious EN-
barrassment in selecting them, great the number
brave and patriotic citizens anxious to their
try in this distant and apparently dangerous expedition
Thus it has ever been and thus may it ever be
The wisdom and of sending sufficient reinforce
to Utah established not only by the event, but
the opinion those who from their position and opporu
ties the most capable of forming correct Judgment
General Johnston the commander of the forces in address
ing the Secretary of War from Fort Bdger, under date
Oct 49, 1857 expresses the opinion that unless larg
force sent here from the nature of the country proal
ted war on their 1.-The Mormonsl part is inevitable" Th
he considered necessary terminate the speedl
and more economically than if attempted by nsutcier
i means"
In the time, it was my anxious desire that the Mo-
should YIELD obedience the constitution and the law
without rendering it necessary to resort to military force
To aid in accomplishing this object deemed it advisab
IN April last 20 deS patch two distinguished citizens OF tn
United States MCssrs Powell and McCulloch to Utah.
They bore with tht proclamation addressed by myse
to the inhabitants If Utah. dated the sixth day of thu
month, warning the Of their true condition. and how hope
less it their part to persist in rebellion against tn
United States and offering all those who should submit
the laws full pardon for their past sedons and treason
At the time assured those who should persist in
beiOn against the United States, that they must expect
further ety but look to be vigorously dealt with
ing their deserts. The instructions to these agents,
well copy OF the proclamation apd their reports al
herewith submitted 1t will be by their report of tt
Sd of July last that they have fully confirmed the opniC
expressed by General Johnston the previous October
to the necessity of sending reinorcements to Utah. In tn
they state that they are firmly impressed with the bell