Daily national Democrat., 1860-05-13
Project OF Buying out the MOrmons.

A Washington telegram. dated Washington
April 25. saws As the FIRST legislative stp on the
subject which has been privately scussed fir
the past six months, Mr.. Morris, of Illinois, will
urge the passage of j,int resolution, appoint 2
Mr.. Orr, of South CNrultua, Gen. Dlniphnn, Ol
Missouri, and GOV. Wood, Of Illinois, commits
slonerS to negotiate with the M,rmons tnr the
sHle oi Their possessions. uu the express condition
that they remnvr within reaSomb'e 'ime rom
| the limits aud jlrsdicttnn uf the United States.
| Tue commissioners are tn make their report To
/ ihe President The ground at this movement Is
/ tn prevent the recurrence uf war ana bluudshed.
/ aS the History of MnrmuniSm IN Missouri and l.
\ lno's b rvs that they cannot, OWING tu their Pc
culartv, live on terms of peaee and good neigh'
! b1rhoid with contiguous settlements. II Is also
| treated as a question OF economy to the Treasury
The seheine is hardly practicable In the
first place. the Mormons would not sell nut
for any thing but an enormous price, and the
Government could not afford to pay them
the extent Of their demand. II they sold out
their possessions in Utah for any thing like
their true value, they " on d have to have in
exchange lands sotIewhere else, and there is
no territory within the limits of the Union
whore they could he placed. And. if there
were, what advantage would it be to buy
them out in one place in order to locate them
in another where they would enact the same
scenes MS in Utah, and become the same in
cubus precisely to the Government?
There is really no necessity for the remo-
val of the Mcrmons at all This great Nor.
mon problem" us it is called. is easy enough
of solution 10y any competent National Ad.
miuisiration. Send n Governor to preside
over the Territory, who will not be drunk
three-fourths of his time. and the remaining
fourth nssociating with Brigham Young and
his Elders. and Mormonizing himself with
EN-; and let him be backed hy very
| small military force. until such time as n Gen.
| ilp population could come in: and Mormon.
dom can he governed ensily enough. Instead
/ of giving incompetent and imbecile partisan
favorites positions as federal officers in the
erriiOries-simply because they agree with
! the President on the Kansas or some other
| old granny question send ont men of force
aud character, who will see that the federal
laws are executed, and the dignity of the
federal courts maintained II is perfectly
Sickening to see the puerile conduct and pol
iey of the present Administration towards
Utah. No wonder that nothing has been
done worth talking about. How could it he
expected Fat contracts have been awarded
for transporting troops and baggage and
furnishing provisions. clothing ct cetera. for
the army; but. MS Tor any decisive action, any
particular enforcement of federal authority.
tnere has been nothing Of The kind, and tn re
wouldn't lie if James Buchanan remained in
power Il thousand years. He knows how TO
chor off the heads Of those who don't believe
in forcing constitutions on people that are
opposed to them, but as for preserving peace
and good order in the distant domains Of the
Union, it is entirely beyond his reach and
ealibre.
There is power enough in this Government
+ o make things right in Utah. and, if such a
man as Douglas gets hold of the reins of au.
thority, rest assured there will be settle
ment Of the affairs Of that Territory