Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1867-02-28
ANNEXATION.
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TO settle the Utah question, it may be
expected, now that the subject of annex
ing this Territory to the State of Nevada
has been publicly sprung, that most of
the papers Of the country will have their
say, spprobatory or disapprobatory,
about the proposed measure.
Among the resi-, the San Francisco
Bulletin ventilates: the subject, and does
not seem to be in favor oft. Inthe course
of his article our neighbor of the Bulk-
TIN remarks: YE T,TrE
"The Territory Of Utah has been in a
condition Of quasi rebellion for the last
three or four years."
Which is a lat-footed lie, Mr.. Bulletin.
And again:
"There nev has been a time when
the authority of the United States could
be fully asserted and maintained in that
Territory"
Which is another, Mr.. Bulletin.
Our Bay contemporary thinks that re-
construction of this sort is not very
promising as q remedial measu for all
this assumed Righteousness on the part
Of the Mormons that If there must be a
Mormon rebellion, 1T would be just as
we'll for Nevada to be clear Of it, as the
transgression of State laws would be no
worse crime than the transgression of
Federal laws, nor. any o certain of
summary punishment; that, if the settle
ment Of the Mormon question contem-
plates force, thetRederal Government is
able to do it, and that throwing the re-
sponsibility Of that work on Nevada
would involve State complications which
would only aggraSate'the evil, and incur
great danger chat extreme measures
would be precipitated for the further
m Of private ends rather than for the
public good. o. '
There is considerable truth in, that,
Mr.. Bulletin, a surprising degree Of
truth. If Utah and Nevada were to be
allied and the people Of the west side Of
the State thus to be were to inaugurate
a crusade against" the people of Salt
Lake side, we are very certain that the
public good wouldrnot be considered by
the crusaders, but that they would be
controlled altogether by Il desire for the
"furtherance Of private ends.' Weare
much more satisfied of that than we are
that, in case of such q crusade, Nevada
that is would COME out first best. She
is over head and ears in debt now, and
she rants us to holp her to liquidate,
but if she comes in'a quarrelsome spir-
it, she will be clever if she gets helped
the first red cent by our people. They
would see her teetotally swamped first.
1t strikes US as rather cool, the sugges-
lions that Nevada should ask US 10
pay her debts, and then talk Of incur
ring still bigger responsibilities for the
purpose OF. lighting US for our kindness,
to'show her gratitude you know. We
don't think she is able to do any such
thing, however willing she may be,
she has not sufficient backbone, and
and the Bulletin seems to think it would
be a dangerous experiment for her, as
will be seen from the following:
"The population Of Utah, if we mis-
take not, is increasing faster than that
of Nevada. If the State annexes the
Territory, as proposed, we do not reach
the solution of this Mormon problem.
Nor can any guarantee that the Mormon
element, stimulated by peaceful meth
DDS; will not increase much faster than
the "Gentile" population. Fanaticism,
when fairly aroused; can do wonders /;
and this people, to meet an emergency,
can cause a dark trail Of immigration to
reach from the Missouri to Carson val
ley. Nevada is . thiply settled State,
and what with mining interests and in
ternal improvements. and all the work
incident to a new Commonwealth, it has
about as much legitimate business on
hand as it IAN manage without seeking
to assume the business of the Federal
Government. But suppose the Mormons
should practically reverse the annexa-
ton scheme and swallow Nevada? If
the question is to turn upon numbers,
there are no appliances so perfect for
bringing in population as those which
the Mormons' now employ. 1t might
turn out that upon counting the ballots
at no distant day, these people, in spite
Of all disabling acts, were the rulerSo Of
Nevada. The present population Of
Utah is certainly much larger than that
Of Nevada, and by far the greater pro-
portion of it is Mormon"
Yes, Nevada might draw an elephant,
and q big one too, ,and then what would
she do2 Big elephant and big debt both
together on her poor little weak shoul-
ders! Ma conscience Besides, the
Mormon elephant is a curious animal,
totally unlike ~snyiother sort, sui generis,
as tractable as possible when you know
how to do it, but intractable beyond
comparison when fyou don'tknow how
to do it, an ugly critter then, in fact
uglier than sin, and infinitely less ac-
commodating.
We may also inform the Bulletin that
"the furtherance Of private ends" has
been at the bottom Of all the troubles
which any people have had with the
Mormons, and judging by analogy, will
be at the bottom Of any future troubles
which Nevada, or the FEDERAL Govern.
ment, or any other corporation may
have with the Mormons.
Everything considered, the BuHst1
comes to q sensible :.conclusion-that
nothing but overt acts against the laws
can be proceeded against, that it is
safer for the Federal Government to
have the supervision Of such acts than
Nevada, that no legislation nor revolu-
ton can suppress the Mormon creed,
but that the great railroad, the influx
of a mining population, and increasing
travel and, commerce will sufficiently
modify the practices Of our people, es-
pecislly ofpolygsmy. ....
Meantime, our community continue
their diligent prosecution of the works
and arts of.peacs, building houses, tele-
graphs and roads of all sorts, and max
ing farms and gardens and orchards,
filing the Territory. with cities and pro-
ducing the people'to inhabit them. If
our people should become so busily en-
gagged in these commendable pursuits,
as to forget to notice what their neigh
bors are doing, won't those neighbors,
who evince such a lively interest in the
business OF, our people, just
with flourish of trumpets when they
have unanimously agreed on some eff
fective plan for the definite settlement
Of the Mormon question: If they will,
our word for 1t that u people will
throw down the hammer and the saw and
stand a bottle of champagne over the re-
ms avenf