The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1858-05-20
THE CASS COUNTY REPUBLICAN.
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Thurs ay aIorninf, May aOsh 1858.
The Problem of utah.

MISSIONS and are now on their way
across the plains, "by express,s travel
ing in splendid barouches, drawn by
four mules each, with convenient es-
corts and relays provided by, the War
Department, Ifthis move is important
now !; ifit is to result in benefitto either
side in this contfopersy,iit should have
been attempted long ago. Tt IS not too
late, perhaps, even. now to effect a
peaceful, solution, of the Mormon diff,
culties, butlif such move was to be
made why delay it until now p Tt
really seems as though, the, action of
our Government had beer, quite absurd
in the whole affair! After four or five
years Determination and re-erimination:
of threatening and misunderstanding,
nobody knows exactly what about, OF
on What points, we are plunged into
open war at one instant, and. peace
commission is hurried off at the rear to
stop it. Still both sides are taking.
and words ruplhigh, both at the White
House and in Gov. Young's harem,l
while there is no means of knowing,
from the one to the other, what each
really wants, or wlat,if anything, will
satisfy the quarrel. tits, a sort OF free
fight, the result of villainy and sensual
| ity on thesone hand, and of imbecility
and undecided action on the other. u o.
Some indeed believe that the Gov
eminent knows more than it tells, about
the disposition of the Mormons. But
others think that it is about as ignorant
as the rest of us. " Ifso, it is a discred-
table fact. A commission is now, it
seems, deemed expedient to have a talk
\ with Brigham, and know his mind
Why pray, was this not thought of
before? If the Administration has
been all along advised, that the Nor
mons could not or. would not oppose
military force against the entrance of
our troops escorting new Governor,
Judiciary, &c, into their country, they
have cplpably imposed upon the Amer
lean public lisp, what has the Exec
utive done itfor? II make use of the
4 fact of our IGNORANCE of Mormon inten-
tons to raise an army which might be
: used for other purposes 1t would
seem by their, votes on the army and
deficiency bills, that many members OF
Congress must have thought SO. Had
. they been clearly convinced that Brig
ham meant OUTRIGHT determined rebel:
lion by his conduct, we suppose there
would not have been serious objections
to the employment of a sufficient force
/, to put it down. The trouble has been
a want of confidence in Executive in
tentions. Probably another reason has
been, that it was an inexcusable, ex.
trayagant, not, to say, unjust course fol
our Government to excite a war with
our own people, pewerfulIandIableot
do greatldeal of harm without frs,
trying the usual means for a pacific
reconciliation. 'i''''i q ''.''.-'i - ,'''.'
Il The Mormon question. is called al
embarrassing sone.aI 1t need nothave
been; but it may be if some peoples
constitutional notions are INDUCED. +
is, likely to be a most expensive ques
ton, there is no doubt of that bu
such was probably the design. 1t i
said that one-haf of the world dom
know how the. other half lives. Will
5 equal truth may it be asserted, that, one
halfrof the world iresat the expenses
: the other The, number is immense
, and quite unexpectedly the industri
Gus, of those who subsist on war ant
: public trouble in some of their various
! ramifications, n Our army under Johns
ton issenthe way to Salt Lake City, il
fact within hundred miles of it. rPh,
: officers believe they can enter it as 500
: as, Spring opens the roads, and that nj
J enemy Will try to prevent it, WI,
,, should the Mormonsa offer Resistance
,. What have they except the offic,
u
: holders among them, to lose by til,
) arrival of Gen. Johnston, Gov. Cum
! mings and Judge -Eckels? Must the,
! not execute the laws OF the territor,
/ when they get there? 'aTheseiare Nor
mon laws, it is true, and bad enough
; many ofthem are, but still they are tn
laws of a territory, which had a righ
! to make, them s5o SIC sqzzels drnS
| The embarrassment of our govern
| ment, fit exists, arises from the recen
: doctrine Of popular sovereignty Gen
! Jackson would have said four year
ago to Congress,iis Won must annul1 tn
/. immortal work of Young and his1egis
. Istare, and send jddicious laws to tax
their place, and l viii cause prope
officers to put them in execution
There, was no, need Of, any aperinanen
trouble at anytime. had our govern
. ment not stultified ITSELF but had passe,