The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-04-14
WASHINGTON CORRESPONDS
ENCE OF ST. LOUIS REPUBLI-
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WASHINGTON, Mar Ii 26.
The most interesting and important
subject now under consideration by the
American Congress is our territorial poll
cy. The laundering statements in the
N. II Herald, as regards this policy. do
great injustice to the parties having iii
rect charge Of these great national ques-
tons. The story lii the Herald, has inst
enough Of truth init to give currency TO-
Its errors, which greatly annoys the com.
.mittee and induces me TO state the trne.
position Of the Territorial policy, as about
TO be recommended by the Senate Com
mittee.
This committee have had, and viii have
no conferences with the Committee OF the
House, but will act upon their own jndg-
ment They have already authorized
three bills to be reported, viz:
A bill to organize the Territory Of
Arizonia The name Of this proposed
Territory ii thus changed from Arizona,
on the suggestion of Gen jeff. Davis that
the latter is q corruption Of the former
name. 1t was at one time thought the
better course to give this region only q
District Court, Marshal and Surveyor
General, but subsequent examination de-
.rlonstrnted the propriety Of organizing d
Territorial Government complete. 4.
2. al bill TO organize the Territory of
Jefferson Pixies Peak md without any
Of the contest as to the name detailed IN
the correspondence. The name Of Jeffer-
son being suggested, am informed by
the committees that no objection was
made and the name adopted without d
word Of opposition
3. A bill anueadatory Of the act. orca.
Iniziug the Territory Of Utahby which
the seat of government is TO be removed
from Salt Lake City to Carson Ealley
and the name Of the Territory changed
/ from Utah to Nevada. The bin also
makes the male population the sole basis
! of superintendent, and confines the elec.
five franchise to citizens of the United
States, thus excluding the previous large
vote Of nnnaturalized foreigners. The
Committee hope by this policy 10 pass the
political power Of the Territory from Salt
Lake to Carson ValIey--from the hands
OF the Mormons TO those Of the Gentiles
The removal Of the seat of government to
Carson Valley, in connection with the
rich mines lately discovered there, ii ID
believed will soon attract a large popula-
ton, while the change in the basis Of
superintendent win reduce the representa-
ton from the Salt Lake region in the legis.
lature. FL + ga. ::
/ The amendments proposed in the or.
Hganic act will not, as represented in the
Herald, interfere with the present dele
gate in Congress or the present political
status OF the Territory. The changes
proposed are all prospective, and will be
brought about By d steady. operation of
the proposed policy The change Of the
name Of the. Territory is designed to break
the charm which 2 u taho seems to have
acquired over certain portion of the de-
graded population Of Europe, and arrest,
tH possible, ut least in some degree. the
immigration Of foreign Mormons. The
Senate's Committee have taken a large
amount OF testimony on the subject
brought before them during the considera.
ton Of this last bill and IL published, this
Testimony would be highly Interesting to
Ethe country, but the proceedings OF q
committee being confidential, these facts
will not be made public Captain Hooper
was not consulted as to the policy proper
to be pursued relative to Utah, but he
was before the committee several times,