Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1859-05-07
From the Pittsburgh 0ssette.
THE MORMON DIFFICULTY.

The congratulations Of the President and the
democratic press upon the happy and bloodless
In which they extinguished the rebellion
in Utah were premature, or, as one Of our distin'
guished citizens and an officer in the late House OF
Representatives of this State has it, a '1ittle pres
vious." The rebellion Is not suppressed. The
pacifcation Of Utah has not been accomplished.
The army is there and the government officials are
there; but the machinery Of government will not
move in the right way. The Mormon grand juries
will not fluid bills of indictment, and the Mormon
crimes and m%isdemeanors. and the witnesses who
appear aud testify are liable to persecution and
even violence. Even the courts are exposed to
intimidation, and justice is administered under
the protection Of t%ayonets. Gov. Cumming has
Indignantly denounced Gen. Johnston, md Judge
Cradlebaugh has Indignantly denounced Governor
Cumming, and a collision between the troops aud
the Mormons OF Provo is considered imminent;
and both parties are pouring their complaints into
the unwilling ears of the Administration at Wash
ington, which IS nearly distracted with a trouble
it docs no, know how to &c, rid of. Shall it side
with tho Governor and the rebellious Mormons?
or with the army and the judges, and enforce ODE.
dience to the laws? There would seem to he bu,
one course for any honest government to pursue
to %euforco the laws at all hazards; but this gov
eminent is not to be judged by such q rule.
Popular Sovereignty" is having its practica
bility put to the test in Utah. II the people there
are to rule, then it is folly for United States Judgel
10 ask them to rule in any but their own way: ant
if Judge Cradlebaugh and tho Army nre to hav,
their way there is an end to Popular Sovereign,
~ that the people Themselves should administe
the law, and it is manifest the only law they re
cognize is one which the Courts do not recognize
the question of how the Government is to be car
ried on is ono which is and must be surrounde
by endless difficulties. There are but two way
to get out Of tho dilemma. Either we must con
quer The Mormons, and hold them subject to GU
laws and jurisprudence, or we must abandon thee
to their own laws atd let them illustrate popula
sovereignty in their own way. The whole sshem
of the administration, to make the Mormons at
minister our laws, when we know that they feel
to DO their duty to do their best in obstructin
and defyipg them, is an abortion. The thing car
not be done. Mormons will not sit on Grand il
ries to find bills against Mormon murderers an
thieves; Mormon witnesses will not give evidenc
against them; and Mormon petty juries will NJ
convict them. The law needed there is martii
law; and no Courts so we'll suited to the exigeI
cics Of the case as a court martial. Judge Cradl
baugh might get military promotion and serve
Judge Advocate in such a court; and then Job
ston's troops would come in as potent auxiliarie
instead Of finding themselves laughed at and defc
as they were at Provo. In the meantime we on
siderS may look on and laugh at the evident er
t barrassment which the affair causes to poor .
s Buchanan and his doughty cabinet.