Daily national Democrat., 1859-07-29
1ailp 3(atlOnal Democrat.

MoRMoN FoRGERIEs on THE GOVERNMENT
G. II. Crosman, Deputy Quartermaster Gen
eral at Camp Floyd, Utah Territory, has
written a letter bearing date July 10th. to
the Bulletin, in which he says
A most daring and cunningly devised
scheme, originating in Great Salt Lake City,
to deiraud the Treasury Of the United States
has fortunately Just been discovered and
nipped in the bud here. Two Of the accom-
phces, with all the requisite tools and mate
rials for accomplishing this work, have been
arrested and are now in confinement. Both
/ ot them are Mormons, named Mckenzie and
brewer The former, the engraver, was ta-
Ken IN the city, and the other here. The
copper plate, skillfully executed, for printing
my checks on the Assistant Treasurers at
New York and St. Louis, with all the tools.
DC, are now INN possession. Most of them
were found in the tithiHg office Of Brigham
Young, President of the Mormon Church
and when the list of all these materials &c,
Is published, us it will be, you will see what
| facilities these Saints possess for counter
feitng bank bills, drafts, dc, at pleasure.
He also says that the intention was to have
forged and put in circulation several hundred
thousand dollars of these checks, and fifty
thousand dollars worth of them were to have
been sent to California.
The Bulletin learns from a gentleman who
left Salt Lake City, July l4th, that the for
gerry was detected and exposed by John W.
Wallace, trader at Camp Floyd That paper
says:
In consequence of threats muttered on the
streets of salt Lake City against the betray-
ers of this precious piece of rascality, Gen.
johnson was compelled to send an escort of
Dragons fifty miles on the road to Placer
vile, for the protection of Mr. Wallaee's
partner, who came as passenger in the mail
coach.
We learn further that Brewer, one of the
forgers, after his arrest confessed his crime,
and stated that they obtained the first paper
used for printing the checks from Brigham
! Young himself This was damaged by mice
while being "wet down" over night to pre-
pare for printing whereupon they stole
new lot from the office of the Valley Tan.
The ADMINISTRATION AND DoUaLAs.-The
Presidents organ. the Washington Constitu-
ton thus alludes to Douglass letter on the
subject Of the Charleston Convention
The assertion that should the Convention
! declare that the Constitution of the United
States either establishes or prohibits slavery
in the Territories beyond the power of the
/ people legally to control it as other property,
he would refuse to permit his name to be
used, amounts to nothing more than an am
! bguous announcement of the doctrine which
he is understood to have maintained in Con-
gress and in Illinois, viz: That the first in
haOtants OF Territory have Il right by un-
/ friendly legislation to destroy the rights of
! the citizens Of the slaveholding States, as
/ guaranteed to them by the Federal Constitu-
tion. We have observed that this doctrine
Is opposed to the decisions Of the Supreme
Court and the doctrines of the Democratic
party, which are that that question can only
be determined when the incpient State forms
It's Constitution and seeks admission into the
Union. These are our views with regard to
the contents of this remarkable letter-re-
markable not only for the opinions it enunci-
ates, but for the peculiar manner in which it
was communicated to the public 1t pur-
ports to have been written to a gentleman in
Il distant state; but it was actually written,
not for the benefit of J. b. Dorr, but for the
purpose of being laid before the American
people, IN all the newspapers. 1t bears date
OF the 22d OF June, and on the 23d it ap-
pears in leading opposition papers of this
city, and in number of other distant pa
pers to which it was telegraphed. 1t was
monifestly intended as public declaration
Of Mr. Douglass position. We intend to ac-
quesce in the decision of the Charleston
Convention, aud have an abiding faith that
all true Democrats will d. likewise bit re
cannot find any single 'rord in Mr. Dougias's
tetter 0hich indicates a similar purpose on his
! part Ladeed ere cannot see hov he can sup
/ port oHg other nominee ofHe Conreution df-
ter he has decldred that he could not himself
accept tile nomination.