The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1861-02-02
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WIrH two or three exceptions. The sur.
lgestious Of tile EreRiRg ,1asrtioL having
an adjustment Of the controversy which
ftbreatens TO divide the Union. for their.
lobleet, have ELECTED from the repnblicnn
press, III this and other States, responses
Eiu the spirit Of these head lines. That
our views encounter the vigorous resis
tance'' Of our political friends. causes less
LOT surprise than OF regret. ri .,... H: n. \
Il We have. on two on three former occa.
sions, startled 5our political friends by sug.
tgcstioas quite as distIsteful. More than
thirty years age, when those with whom
We acted, politically, were discussing the
policy Of rejecting Mr.. Van Buren,. as
minister 10 England, we demonstrated,
FIRST with senators personally, and the,i
ii our paper, predicting that such rejcc.
ton Nould result III making Mr.. Van
Buren, President. We stood alone, how.
lever, and the decd was done Our pre,
ldicticn and IFS fullilment are on record.
| Again, d few years subsequently, when
the United States bank re-charteg BECAME
Iahielement and an issue III the PFesitIeh:
| tial election, we shocked distinguished
Statesmen, and brought the wing party
down upon this journal, by tcattipg
loose from The bank, aud warning our
party that II would never rise, 10. the
surface with that milestone. around its
meek :5:@. b t.., II. II.
We differ again with our political
| friends. That diflerance, however, would
| be very slight with most, and disappear
entirely with Others, II We could hut look
into the future from the same stand point.
To do this, it is Indispensable that all
should realize that the presidential cleo
ton Is over; that there was virtually but
one question involved in the conflict, viz:
that the territory devoted, by the Mis-.
souri, compromise, TO freedom, should not
Be Invaded BY slavery; that, the freedom
Eof Kansas assured, the territorial question
may now be safely left to natural laws;
that, as a party, we were indebted to the
folly OF our adversaries for the. triumph
| we achieved, and tlrat, until their aggres-
sions were renewed, our mission was end
cd; and that, .fually the madness which
swaYed pro-Slayery coanSels Cor six years,
has eullninated in on openly aYowed: dc,
! Termination to dissolve the Uuion. #s.., ;
When rspabllcans AIT back dofIn''
I leIaaE hoI,a = lne' Ne new iiHue
scented. biting Their d 3 and Go Ills d
little above the political horizon, they will
discover that the dnties of the partisan
and the patriot harmonize; that the prin.
sciples Of the republican party, derived
from the politieal fathers, teach devotion
TO the Union as our FIRST duty, All high:
and holy aims and reforms can be best.
accomplished in the Union. Dissolved,
the great experiment of sclEgoyernment
Iis a failnre. Dissolved, the aspirations
for peryading prosperity and happiness, a
high civilization, and an exalted nationali-:
Ity yanishes =, &, ,..... s@
We shall not consider the political
bearings Of the question, further than 10
,Esny, that in doing our whole duty 10 the
Union, we shall not, in any sense or de-.
gree, impair the strength or demoralize
the Organization Of the republican party,
! II it were otherwise--if there was any.
thing in the principles or platform OF the
Republican party Inconsistent with the
LAWS, the Constitution, or the Union, who
would doubt which way the path Of duty
leads, or hesitate 10 follow its But hap.
ply there is no such conflict, There Is
perfect accordance and agreement be-
tween rcpublicauisIn and the Union. We
can be faithfal to both. r. 49,.
i We come now TO the consideration Of
the real question, the magnitude and fear.
ifulnesS of which is but imperfectly com.
pretended. This question must have; a
violent or q peaceful solution. Its mighty
import win be appreciated when We reflect
that the consequences resulting from the
former alternative are most to be. dread.
i dl We should do all that can be. done,
liu the way Of iusttce. equality, concilia.
ton and iorbearaHee, 10 avert n conflict,
{ but Il all Efforts IN that direction prove
fruitless, it is better to rebnke treason,
enforce the laws, and preserve the Union,
tcost what il may, than suffer its dismem-
bernent, + *. j.. :s ! !:
But it is asked, What can. be done?
This question can be best answered when
the popular mind tones down sufficient to
tbC willing that anything should be done.
We are prepared to say that an efficient,
but not revolving, fugitive. slave law
should be passed, and that its passage
should be followed by a repeal Of personal
liberty laws. We are almost prepared to
fsay, that territories may be safely left to
take care Of themselves, and that, when
they contain population which, under
1.-THE census, entities them to, representa-.
tive in Congress, they may come into the
Union with state governments Of their
Town framing, provided Of course, that
they conform TO the Constitution Of the
United States. This, in view Of The sur
roundings of the territory belonging TO
the republic; ia view Of the fact that for
four years, at least, freedom viii have lair
Iplay; and in view, also, Of TWO other eIe.
ments--emigFation and the censns--tbis,
| We say, almost constants US TO believe
that we may now c0nEde the future Of
! the territories to the intelligence aud pat
riotism Of those who are to inhabit them.
Or, if'tbts suggestion is ihadmisSibIs,
there is another which contempIates d.
vision of the remaining territories Of the
United States, Gs in 1890, when the Mis-