New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1860-04-04

etroying poygamy by dividing the Territory 2eIMeon
Pixies Peak and Nevsda, ard bringing the Morm'no
under the influence of a moral class of people :,
Mr.. LAMAR (DoDo., Miss had no doubt rs 70 toe
power of Congress 70 suppress poyeamy anu lei4nl
OF oil kinds in the Territories. IL nac peen sShSu
polygamy be suppressed, may not the Republicans
seize upon the principle ana suppress slavery pu'
the cry Of humsny, order, labor, ana sqqater SOW
ereignty are all P'eeX's, maze 70 R,aS saS~ s T
was no xvav 10 meet the question before them bat By
looking in the face and considering i on its merits
Tie never heard Of relocating army lbs prng terror
or respect In pursuing foe. The South must look to
herself for her protection. lie mant aimed in oppO
s,iou to Messrs McClernand and Etherdge that there
Is nothngi the practice and history of legislation over
The national territory which forbds the exercise of the
power in question. The right Of Congress to legisate
over the Territories to revise their legislation to re-
vee it, to amer the organic law to repeal thar acts
and punish ofenses within the Territories, has been
asserted from the foundation of the Government TO the
present day. The best to get rid of this question
was TO authorize the President to buy out the Mormon
possessions.
Mr.. NOELL Dem NO. repudiatsd entirely The
idea that there is an snalogy between the crime of
Poygamy and the institution OF Slavery, the latter
exists at the South. He opposed to the bill for
the reason that Congress ought not to interfere in the
manner proposed while the organic act exists, and by
which the power make local laws is delegated to the
Legislative Assembly. We have already spent twenty
millions TO preserve peace in Utah. If this bill pass
we had better make the appropriation fifty millions TO
increase our army, for the troubles will break out
afreeh. There no necessity for passing direct
law, which would be impracticable. Let the power
of the people of Utah iegislste be Withdrawn
transfer red to come other body, which will not exer
else it "a to shock the moral sense,
Mr. OIlIN rep, n " addressed the House in IA
yor of the bill and against the various amendments
offered to it, He showed that Congress has full power
to pass the law in question: that even the bred Scott
case recognized and admitted the power OF Congress to
govern the Territories with certain limitation ic,-
posed by the Constitutions that among those limitations
was fot nd restriction on the power OF Congress to
prohibit this practice of polygsmy. Finally, he en-
tered his protest against the doctrine OF squater or
popular sovereignty that seemed to him Providence
had permitted this modern Sodom TO grow up in our
midst as a standing rebuke against the madness and
folly of abdicatng the power of Congress over the
Territories.
During a colloquy between Mr.. FARNSWORTH
tRep ILL., and Mr.. CLARK Dem, Mo9 the former
said John Wesley spoke of Slavery as the sum Of all
Mr.. JENKINS Dem, VAL inquired, " Do you say
Mr. FARNSwORTH-I said Wesley said SO.
bIr. JENKINS-Do You say so d?
Mr. FARNSWORTH-I am very much of that
option.
Mr. FARNSWORTH-I am not in the habit Of de-
scendng into cesspools to throw dirt with baekguaTds
Mr. JENKINS Cn his seat was understood to say
can't receive that an nsult.
Mr.. VALLANDlGHAM Dem, Ohio remarked If
the bill had proposed simply to annu certain laws Of
Utah establishing poygamy, he would vote for il
without hesitation but it went far beyond that and
gained Territory in the United States. 1t was the
policy of the Federal Government from the beginning
to delegate to the organized Territories legislation upon
all rghtfui subjects of legislation criminal as well
civil reseryng till 1854 the right of revising and dis
approving of such legislation. Slavery had indeed
been for many years an exceptions but IN 1850 the
doctrine of nnteIyenton to that subject also bad
been as distinctly avowed as tde principle of adjust
ment measures Of that year. lie read an extract from
Clays report in $780, asserting that doctrine 1t had
been distinctly embodied in all its extent in the Kan
RQa extending
of legislation and leaving it to the Inhabitants to regd-
late their domestic institutions 10 their own way,
subject only to the Constitution. This was now
the settled policy OF the country and OF
the Democratic patty. Slavery Indeed stood
upon different ground: Slavery was not merely
domestic institution bat slaves property, and,
such entiled to all the sanction O. property But he
warned gentlemel that there were millions who did
not understand this would not; and that the next
step would be punishment as q penal oaense of that
other relic Of barbarian" Slavery. 1t WIS not be-
cause he denied the power of Congress 10 pass it, but
because depal sure from the settled policy OF
the Government Of leaving to the Territories egs
late for themselves matters Of local policy that he
would vote against the bill.
Mr.. THAYER sad the expression Of sentiment
merely was suPerfuous. AS there was no state but
what made polygamy penal offence, as penal
statute the bill would be powerless. Nobody would
vote money to enforce the law. He regarded it as
sham and flEe pretense, and, therefore, could not
vote for it. AS defense of nation Il honor it was
worse than futile because it brought that honor into
contempt He believed the peaceful, quiet practical
solution of the que stion was row within reach.
mines Of CsrsOn Valley and the gold mines Of Pixies
Peak afforded a solution of this vexed question Of
polygsmy He then advocated plan TO form these
into two land Districts and divide the Territory of
Utah equally between them, showing the advantages
of such an arrangement, the moral population being
such as eflectually to put an end to polygamy. No
one, be said, supposed the men OF Pixies Peak would
allow q moDopoly of the women. Laughter.l He
also declared himself against the organization Of any
more Territories, and thought the time now spent in
wrareling about these ia existence could be spent
more pIoftably.
Mr.. KEITH Dem, S. c. opposed the bin. He
asked Does polyeamy exist in Utah What proof
was there here Of the factl With a view TO inteli
gent legsation the evidence of it ought to be pro-
dueed.
M. NELSON is. AM, Tern.l sent up, which was
read an extract from the law establishing the Church.
Mr.. KEITT did not see anything in that to satisfy
him On the subject.
Mr.. STEVENS Rep., Pa said that the three fret
Judges first appointed made statement establishing
the fact Of poygamy there, ana t4st brgns@ ddoShS
trcty their remark that this monopoly OF wives oper-
ated very hard against strangers and travellers. EX-
cessive laughter
Mr. KEIfT asked where pOlygsmy was found in
the extract read7
Mr MALLORY IS. Am, KY said in proof Of the
fact, be would call on the Delegate from Utah.
Mr KEITT objected 20 this, adding that prOmiscu-
Gus Intercourse may exist, but the bill does not
apply to that.
M HILL rose to PROFOUND question;
Mr. KEITT asked him whether he believed polyg
amy is Republican
Hr. HILL rs. Am, Ga replied, saying he had
asked Senator who said Abraham was good Re
publican and Democrat. [Laughter.l
Mr.. KEITT-Do you believe polygamy IS Repub-
hcanf
Mr. HILII-It lie anti Christian.
Mr. KEITT-Then YOU m axe distinction.