The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-05-19
THE tssg sS5 S e
MOU'NTA I N EER.
1atAt salItAn eItyi
sATvRD DAY MAY -. 1900
POLITICAL AFFllIRs

NtA4stlAy tuVls ~ MMulhg III 80 ~ ~
order and conysuissce. they have eommit-
ted ihs rare 81 thsir sacred rights Aud
probably noaaiion hss 5ccn less jealous n
char rulers than the Unitsd States, until
hyparty cliquss and contentions, they have
been forced tosapporl party. not prin-
cipls. " which measure their jealousy has
BEEN aroused small degree ID inquire
Whose right Il i 70 rnle, and why the
sacssd rights guaranteed ID them By
ne Constitution hare been ID wantonly
Abused. ID i.
Thee enquiries having been made III
~ readers q the MousrAIsKka. form The
apology, Z any Il needed, for dealing I
little thIl week il political affairs ri.
ds6niticn o. politics. We have heard, 8
Givsn Inc CHS. -Iilly. 81 Billy. Jon ticks
- and I win ticks you'
This saying We were forcibly reminded
81 when peruai1g our last Eastern ex-
changer scanning closely tho policy thai
g adoptsd ~ the two great parties that
- distract the natinp. The deep wire
wsfking, cooI-calonIatlpg brains of one
party % GET the opposite hotheaded, IRE
satsrs. who hare lost those elssaiing prin.
ciples u seIfgovernment, Inherited from
: Washington. i Jefferson, and Jack son;
And who. Though suffering themselves 10
- goaded " thpir opponents On i qucs-
ion calculated only % influence their
minds. and canse them To make one hasty |
step This they hare achieved BY de. /
grssu. until Il last the capstons Of their
exhibition has been contaminated.
Tho Democratic party haya been forced
Into tho msshes that Republicans hare
aid iOr them Ior tic Last 20 years The
principle that Congress has right Is III |
sislats ior the Territories. has Il Inst been
fully conceded 70 the Republicans by the
Democrats Thus the Democrats, for tic
purpose q venting their pricslIy spleen on
ne Mormon. hare sold 4 birthright ID |
Psinciple thai the dealh5EnelI of The other
.'tMin. 2 VIII only add requiem 10, 10 end
Che party and Is political power. Thel
psineiple once ce.ied. and tho power Is
reclaim i weakened 10 proportion 10 the
advantage gained 81 .heconcersion 10 The
party, who. for political purposes, have
scfalIy Wrenched Ii from tho hands Il Tic
Demccra:suho held il a. 1 carliaal poins
In their creed.
That our readers mar f.lirig ns.lsrst.laiaa
the Democratic platform at thia pnstisa,lar
Tins. We will bsieas STATE, tlat tlie aae,I
triae q de part Inns hem tint Congress
Ind 40 right Is isuislats iar dc rerr,stss.
ri,s while Tie Republicans asisers sAaa Il
has ! right Oh taa nsae die ereat po-
litie.l hastis - r aasaa pas principally
fought tbs n1p.inserferenee .ioetrine
uith ihe Territories 81 Congress Ilas long
given - he D<moeralie party ! position
snvial.Is viii the Republican portion d
~ Ameriean people. and highly crsdita
he 70 The peoples parsy, that has ruled
The nation almost without interruption
from the foundation of the Goyernnaerll
un.il The fifth u April, A. d .ls6o, when
e Crafty . spleen. as Nc hafe observed
D the party was willing 10 ignore the plat
form Of their fathers. and go oEer ia III,
aide Of their enemies TO thrust one thorn
- they belieEed. into the growing great
mesa Of the Mormons, forgetting thai the
party whom they had successfully fought
for half : century would take this point
beiore the people. TO Dust them from tic
power Of government. BY this fact lie
ktpublicans have shown that they arc
ready and willing to carry that portion ii
their platform that declares polygalny and
slavery swim relics Of barbarism, + which
doetrins. with the controlling portions 81
sns y mon. lspopalar, and the North will
tell wen during The present Presidential
canvass. ,.:5. si5.,' s.5 s.
no true Democrat will admir- for q mo.
msnt that any one can end any authority
" The Constitution for lsgislating On. Or
voting N favor Of, the anti-polygan,ic biIl
On any other question al least. they ,o,,.
tend that the authority must be either s..
pressed or Implied BY the Cons, ita,ion Il
authorize congregational Interference viii,
The sovereignty Of Territory. II so.
In what clause Of tho Constitution khal,
we find the authority to aathorize Con.
grsss % lsgislAte on polygamy in the r'er.
ri.oriesi lis said that there i i marked
di.thction between an act criminal In i,s
prsetise, andoae that Affects property. TO
na this Z the poorest apology yet offered.
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