Daily national Democrat., 1859-05-29


PASSED OvrR-The siskiyou Chronicle has
been formally passed into the hands oi 'he prou-
erok Republicans. J. w. Oliver Is The editor
GieiR Organ Of Karysr'#e.
The organ means by the above that the
Siskiyou Chronicle has espoused the cause of
the Douglas Democracy. 1t will find that
majority Of the interior papers of the State
will do the same thing. Wherever there is
nm untrammelled and unsubsidized press it
naturally takes the side of the right. Free
men and free presses will never advocate Le-
eomptonsm in any shape or form. The prin
ciple is repugnaut to the consciences of men,
and they must be warped into the support of
it by some powerful extraneous inducements.
We have noticed the course of the public
prints in this State particularly, and in the
great majority of cases, the papers already
well established have espoused the cause of
Douglas while those supporting the Kansas
policy of the President have had to be espe-
cially started for the purpose.
The leading Independent journals of the
United States, which are in the habit Of con
demning all parties alike, when in the wrong,
unhesitatingly denounced the wicked attempt
Of the Administration to force an obnoxious
constitution upon an unwilling people. The
same Independent journals have rs detern'u-
idly denounced the corrupt means used by
the President in furtherng his views and
purposes-tbe buying up Of men with fat
Government contracts, posts Of honor in the
various departments, foreign missions, de-,
&c. They have equally denounced him for
the enormous expenditures into which he has
launched the country since his Inauguration,
and for his general veeriug and time-serying
policy.
1t is somewhat astonishing that the indie
pendent, untrammeled press should so uni
formly oppose the Administration, if there
is not something plainly and palpably
wrong in its general conduct. The fact Is
that Mr.. Buchanan has not only run counter
to the political views of his former support
ers, but has outraged the moral sense of the
country. The people feel that he has not
acted fairly or honestly They are convinced
that he has not been governed by principle
but merely by expediency, and that he has
been willing to sacrifice justice and right
as well as the integrity of his own party to
the shifting policy of the hour.
DoN'r WORK WELL-The policy of the Ad-
ministration in regard to the Mormons seems
to be working badly. In fact it gets worse
and worse at every step. The Federal laws
are wholly imperative in the Territory, and
the Courts are a mere farce. Mormon juries
have everything their own way, and Mormon
Executive officers pay no regard to the de-
crees of the judicial tribunals. The Mormon
military forces are regularly drilling in the
mountains, and the Danites are carrying
things with a high hand. Recently, Gov.
Cumming issued a proclamation requiring
those persons who had associated themselves
in military organizations to disperse, and sent
the Mormon Marshal, John Key, to execute
the orders of the proclamation. Mr. Key
reported that he could not find any such or
ganizaton in being, which was a lie. He
saw them and knew all about them but, be-
ing a Mormon, he did not choose to interfere
with them. Thus is the Government of the
United States set at defiance by these rebels
and traitors. Such are the effects of the
Presidents wonderfully sagacious policy |
The fact is, the only plan for settling these
difficulties, is to adopt the Douglas policy, |
proposed long ago, and that is to abolish the
Territorial Government of Utah, and re-vest
the entire sovereignty of Mormondom in the
hands of the Federal Government.