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Mr. Chairman, I consider the questiou'of coercing the Mormons of Utah, in. volved in the bill to increase the Army, as one of the gravest nature. This singular people, the wonder and the opprobrium of the age, have established themselves in the heart of tlis con tinent, at a vast distance from the civilized r world, and separated from it by vast deserts and mountains. Their voluntary exodus from the - Christian world, their selection of the great cen tral basis for the seat of their power, their pe. culiar system of religion, their domestic institu tions, so opposed to the spirit of the age, their I singular unanimity of action-all excite our astonishment. Whatever else we may think, there is one thin we must all perceive, that I they are actuat by the fiercest fanaticism. They are, what we have not recently seen in the I civilized world, an entire comntity of fanatics. I It has been apprehended, froma their first devel opment in Utah, that we would have trouble with them, and the apprehension is now being real- r ized. Mr. Fillmore has been a good deal cen sured for permitting their great leader, Brigham Young, to act as Governor of the Territory. I This was not the wish of Mr. Fillmore; but the result of a supposed political necessity. Per haps it would have been wiser to have met the question then, for it has only been postponed, and comes up for a solution now, when they are far stronger than they were then. The same considerations of political necessity actmng on Mr. Fillmore acted also on Mr. Pierce, and Brig ham Youn" was permuitted to remain in olfice as Tovernor. lthe public mind of the United States, during the ademistration of Mr. Pierce, seemed to become fixed in opposition to the retention of Brigham Young in power by the Federal Gov - ernent. -One of the political parties of the country, in the reesent presidential election, made * position to the Mormons one of the planks in their political platform. Influenced, perhaps, in some dearee, by the landible desire of meet .*ing the wisles of the country, and, also, I have no.doubt, upon general views. of public pohecy, Ythe nreen dmtinisltration deterinined to super-1 s ede riham Young as Governor, and appointed -Mr. Cuminmig to the position,.-gentleman well fitted for the place. During the period that Brigham Youngv had been allowed to act as Governor, though we had some canse of complaint, yet there was no gen-1 eral revolt against the authority of the United States. H-aying things pretty much their own way, the Mormons seemed formally to submit to our authority. Individual Gentiles complained of bad treatmient; some of the Government (ofli eials in the Territory also complained; ;but a formal obedience was kept up. The emigrant trains to California passed through Utah, as a general rule, uiidisturbed. But recently matters have changed. 'The effort upon the part of our Government to ptut Governor Cumiming in au thority has been resisted by force, andweapr - to be on the eve of a war with the Mormons. A portion of the army, with Governor Cumnmitng, are in the mountains of Utah waiting for rein forcements with which to begin their matrch', and put the question to the arbitrament of the sword. This is a sad spectacle in a Republic, and demands our serious consideration. The question is before us now, what shall wet do with the Mormons 'f We must decide upon it; we cannot postpone if we would. Fortun ately, it is a question with which ntigof see tionalismn mingles. The laws of Utah, it is trtie, recognize atnd provide for slavery, but there arei no slaves there. Utah, while it is technically ae slave conimunity, is actually a free community.< The President of the United States has sninply< undertaken to perform his duty in seeing tht t the laws arc executed in Utah. He has nor power to institute a policy, though he niay sug-. gest one; ho can only enforce the laws :ts they exist. It is for Conigress to determiine the pobecye to be pursued in refereuce to these people.r Whatever that policy may be, 1 have no dotubt t the President will carry it out, as far as it de-e pends upon haim, antd is possible. War, eveni withi a foreign nation, is a grave matter; not to be gone io inconsiderately. But domestic war, watr upon a portion of our own people, even if they bes fanatics, madmen, fools, rebels, traitors, is a matter of far graver importance. The genius of our Governmieiit in its internal relations, is peace. It is piresumed that the laws will enforce themselves; that the people will submit to the laws. Though, force iq not excluded from our system, yet it is con sidered a sad alternative, only to be resorted to in the last extremity. Such a condition of affairs as exists in Utah was, I apprehend, never con sidered as possible by the framers of the Consti tution. Tfhat a whole people should rise in arms and defy the central Government in the exercise 'of its undoubted authority, without even a plan. sible pretext, never entered into their minds. They had no conception that an American Mo hammed would rise up in the United States in the middle of the nineteethi cenitury and pro mulgate a new dispen.4ation, made up of Chris tianity and Oriental sensuality, which -should fascinate mukitudes, and establish a distinct nia tionality in the bosom of the Rocky Motintains. The condition of Utah, then, is one which, while it has no precedent in our history, will, I trtust, for the sake of humanity, have no imitation. Before we undertake to determine what we fi should do in reference to the Mormons, it is ne cessary -that we should understand precisely ri what we wish to accomplish, the benefit to be attained, or the evil to be averted. Utah is set- e tied almost exclusively by Mormons; there is ti - scarcely a handful of Gentiles-as those are e called who do not adopt their faith-there. So ' far as good government, order, and obedience to b law is concerned in Utah among the Mormons, a it is a matter of very small importance to us, as except from the general desire we have that e even the Mormons should prosper. But as that si region of country is not now wanted for settle. " meat by our citizens generally other than Mur- c mons, and is not likely to be wanted .for an in- t] definite period, we would have no special motive F to exert our, power to restore order, so far as al the interests of the inhabitants of that region v mybe coiseerned. If, therefore, Utah, instead si fbeng in the center of the continenti on the ri highway of our emigration to the Pacific, were tc in some, other portion of our dominion not tra-, ueui bymigranfA. we might feel naluer n'o it ecessity to concern ourselves about their pro eedings, no more than we do about remote ribes of Indians. But the local position o tah, the fact that our great emigration train. . the Pacific coast must necessarily pass througi otah, or make a considerable detour to the nortt r the south, invests the condition of affitirs ir Itah with great practical importance to us. 8( ar as the people of Utah are concerned, w( aight, without loss to ourselves, abandon their o their own anarchy or madness. The onlj iractical aspect of the case, of immediate inter st, is the necessity we are under of preserving mndisturbed our communications through thi niddle route to our Paeific possessions. 1 eems to me that this is the extent of our pres mtt practical interest in the question. If al Jtah were to transform itself into Pandemonium t would not materially affect us, provided ou omnunications were left undisturbed. Whili Ne should, of course, desire to see order in Utah et no degree of disorder would at all disturl is, except in the single matter of having ou omnunication disturbed. This is, I think airly stating the extent of the present practica terest we have in the Utah question; it is ti ontinue the central route, open and undisturbe4 o the Pacific. There are two modes of solving the Mormoi uestion-first, by peaceful means; second, b; orce. There can be no doubt that the firs node is infinitely the best, if it can be madi ficacious. The peaceful mode is more conge iial to the spirit of our institutions. Our GoN rnanent is, and should be, reluctant to draw th word against any portion of the people. It i langerous to inaugurate the reign of the swor n our Republic. The great leading idea upol Nhich our Government proceeds, is that all gov rument rests on the consent of the governed hilst on the one hand we have not been abl atirely to ignore the sword in enforcing th aws, yet we should be very careful not to prc eed to this fatal extremity except under th nost imperative necessity. The Spanish Reput ics on this continent could never settle any diu ute without the sword. The result is they ar, dil dring out from the fatal effects of their owi iolence. For my part, I shall be sorry to see i iuestion involving the fate of so large a portioi if our population as this Utah question, incaps ile of any other solution than civil war. Wi ave had two rebellions in our history; the first ;hay's rebellion in Massachusetts during th jonfederation, and the Whisky Insurrection ii ?ensylvania, since the formation of the exist g Constitution. In both of these instance irder was finally restored without the effusion o lood. Massachusetts, by a course of singula irudence and firmness, succeeded in subjugatinj heir rebels without a battle ; though hostili Xrmies were actually in the field. It became the duty of General Washington he then President, to deal with the Pennsylva ia insurgents. In reading the history of thai eriod, we are struck with the forbearance witl hich Washington treated the insurgents. Hi ent commissioners to remonstrate with them nd exerted every possible means to solve thi ifficulty by a peaceful solution. When al eaceful means seemed to have failed, he dis layed a strong military force, and advanced *gaiust the insurgents with the power. o he t.overnment, still tendering peace. Thi esult justified the wisdom of Washington. Thi upremacy of the law was established withou loodshed. General Washington was a man o rofound wisdom; though it was an easy matte or the Government to beat down the rebellion Aid extinguish it in the blood of the insurgents et he knew that the Government could no trike any portion of the people without wound ntg itself. The same grave consideration whici nade General Washington reluctant to shed thi lood of misguided men in Pennsylvania, make ue anxious, if possible, to avoid the calamity ii .tah. 1 am unwilling, if it can possibly b, svided, to put a whole community of our pec le to the sword, great as their errors or thei :rimes may be. It is a dangerous precedent. vonld avoid it if possible. 1 fear its conse huenes. Peaceful solution costs nothing; whereas wa nll entail an expenditure of the most astonish ng amount. it will be the most expensive mnili ary expedition, to the force employed, ever se in foot in modern times. Utah is eleven hun red miles from the Missouri; a land-passag brougli an uneultivated wilderness ;(a portioi >f the way through~'deserts and diffibult 'mon ains. Subsistence will have to be carried b ragons from the Missouri; even the animal rith the army cannot be sustained at all season aong the route by the native grasses. The e., editon of Napoleon to Moscow has been looke pon as a great folly. Yet Moscow was onl ive hundred miles from Napoleon's supplies i ?oland. It will take tons of gold to support ou roops in Utah. The expense of the army ther nll, I believe, amount to $3,000 per man fo he year. The Semainole war cost something ir he neighborhood of one hundred million dollara the Seminole war was a war with a few hn:1 fred savuges, in a country easily approachabli y sea, and to which supplies could be readil: arried. A war with the Mormons will have t< > carried on at a vast distance from our sul: ilies, eleven hnudred miles, against a peOPI nd with fanaticism, anid able to bring ten thou and fighting men into the field. It is true, th dorons have not the swamnps of l-'lirida ;b he have thne mountains and boundless plainm bud vast desert steppes of Utah. To prosecnt ucessfully the war in Utah will require an es aendiure absolutely astounding. I say then hat the peaceful adjustment of this dillicultyi great economy. The peaceful' mode of solving the Mormoi luestion is the most conformable to humanity oone wishes to shed the blood of this mit ~uided people. However great may be thei rrors or their crimes, they are still a portion c mr people, entitled to our protection and goo< itices. To devastate their country and shei heir blood cannot but be a most painful alter native. A government glorifies itself onth itories gained by its armuies over a foreign foe t regrets those gained over its own people. i retsa triumphal arches to perpetuates the memec y of the first ; it draws a vail of oblivion ove ie second. When we consider the inlinite mins ries we shall inflict upon the people of Utal y an offensive war, we cannot but deplore th< i~esity, and, if possible, endeavor to avoid it ,f we could puuish the guilty leaders alone,i rould be well enough ; but we cannot reacd hem, except by destroying a vast number c heir misguided followers. As a matter of hu: nanity, then, we should be glad to escape fron he necessity of making war upon this people. The peaceful solution of the question, besidei he advantages I have already mentioned, i .so by far the most elicacious. If we can re tore order in Utah without bloodshed, then wi vill have accomplished all we desire. Law anm irder will reign there; we will have avoided al he evils and sacrifices of war, and secured the bject we have ina view ; the rebellion will havy eased to exist, and our communications will be pen and undisturbed to the Pacific. It is evi nt, then, that the peaceful solution of th< nestion is the best, if it be posasible. The aaterial question, then, in this regard, is, whethe: his peaceful solution be possible ? if it be pos ible, we should resort to it. Now, is it possible ? This can never be know: .ntil the experiment is fairly mande. I ami nao anguine thiat it would succeed, but still I do nio ee why it should not; at anty rate it is worth rhile to make the effort. One advantage o lis mode is, that if you try it, and flail, ther 3rce is still open to you. Whereas, if you try :>ree first, and fail, in vain will you resort ti egotiation ; force failing, you have no othei esource but acqjnescence in defeat. Mankind are usually controlled by their inter sts. The Mormons are scarcely exempt from a operation of this universal princile. It ii learly their interest to adjust their dillicultie !ith this Government peacefully. Thecy cannol ut realize the fact, that if we exert our power ainst them we must drive them before us, de rey their cities, and inflict a multitude of evils poi them. Besides even the injuries we may inflict upon them by actual war in their country, 'e can subject thern to great inconvenience, by aitting of all trade with them, thus interrupting me supply of many articles of prime necessity. 'urtherore, the corner-stone of their poliey is idition to their power by foreign immigration, hih we can entirely cut off from thenm. Be des, our annual appropriations for their ter. torial government are a very convenient addition i their income. From these considerations, and hiers which will naturally suggest themselves, is ear.ly tkas inatesf nFh Marmns tO linten to reason, especially when that reason is backed by the great power of our Government. I think, therefore, the prospect of success is sufficiently great to induce us to resort to negotiations with this people. The wisdom of resorting to pacific measures first is sustained by another view of the case. Brigham Young has impressed the Mormons with the idea that this Government wishes to interfere with their religion, to punish them for their polygamy, and generally to crush and destroythem. I have no idea that Brigham Young believes any such thing; but it is his policy to have it believed by his people. It is our policy to disabuse the people of this false impression. This false idea is a tower of strength for Brigham Young. Let us so act as to'over throw this tower. If we can remove this im pression from the popular mind in Utah, Brig ham Young will be shorn of a large portion of his strength. The people of Utah may proceed to the most desperate extremities if they believe that our purpose is to destroy them, that we are r naturally hostile to them, and are seizing upon pretexts to subjugate them. Let us pursue such I a line of policy as will circumvent the policy of Brigham Youni. Brigham Young wishes us to i manifest nothing but the most settled hostility to the Mormons, in order to consolidate his power over them. Let us do exactly the thing he does F not wish us to do. Let us go to the utmost verge t of moderation; let us manifest our intentions of peace, of kindness, and generosity, in the most unmistakable manner to these people ; let us, before a gun is fired, gain a moral victory over Brigham Young. That moral victory may su 5 persede the necessity of resorting to lioree. If I it does not accomplish that much, it will weaken the grasp of the Mormon hand upon the sword, and cannot but operate favorably to us in the progress of the struggle. The i:ormons can a only be stimulated to their resistance of despera tion by having their minds poisoned as to the purposes of this Government. A resort to a peaceful policy will be the most effectual way of - counteracting the diseased condition of the pub - lie mind in Utah. It has been forcibly said, . that "the pen is mightier than the sword." There is infinite truth in this, as expressive of the areater power of ideas over materialism. I woufd try the force of ideas on the Mormons be fore resorting to the scourge of humanity, the sword. Let our Government present itself to them in the image of a generous, kind, paternal, " and affectiounte Government, anxious, it' possi I ble, to forgive even them; aud if this fails, then let destiny take its course. I But let us now suppose that all efforts to settle r matters peaceably in Utah shall have failed, and r that the sword must be rawn-that terrible in strument of the avenging Nemesis, which even Christianity has not been able to sheath; let us suppose that the sword must be restored to its old ollice of sprinkling the bosom of mother - earth with the blood of the children of men; what then ? There are two modes of prosecu ting this war: 1st. By what I shall call offensive war, inva sion, destruction, devastation. 2d. By cutting off all communication with Utah, placing the Mormons in quarantine, let - ting none conie out and none go in, and guard ing our trains of emigrants over the northern and southern routes. As regards the first mode, I shall say nothing of the distance of Utah from us, practically L further than Europe, nor of the ditliculty of car f rying subsistence so far, nor of the ditlicult ap proaches through wild gorges in the mountains, , nor of the army of fierce fanaties to be encoun , tered. I shall say nothing of all these, because t such is my confidence in our indomitable Army, - that I believe we shall carry everything before I us, and plant our victorious standards in the heart of their sacred city. I grant you that we Sshall beat down the Mormon chivalry upon the Splains of Utah. But what 1 fear is, that our grratest success will be our greatest disaster. -The defeat of the Mormons will, I fear, be the rdispersion of the Mormons through the bound Eless plains and vast mountain ranges of the mid. - dIe of the continent. Once they are thus dis persed, they become a fierce banditti; every rmountain gorge will resound with the crack of - their unerring rities. Their very women will -give forth froin their envenomed wombs a race t of monsters more horrible than Milton describes - as pursuing Sin att the gates of hell. Confedera ted with the Indian tribes, a race of American A rabs,tlicy will become eneniids of the hinman -race. In vain will your emigrant traims end~eatvor to cross the center of the continent. The marchi Sof every train would be a succession of battles, 5 and you will have upon your hands, for a hun - dred years, perpetual war with bandits. Study the physical geography of the globe, and nowhere f else do you find a vast cotntormation of the earth's surface so well adapted to tribes of rob r bers as the great basin of the Salt Lake. I said in the beginning, that the immediate practical interest we had in the Mormon question was securing our emigrant routes to the Pacific. This interest, I feanr, will be more endangered by a successful war against the Mortmons than in any other way. We wish a railroad; we wish the telegritph wires to " wreak themselves upon ex pressioni" through the center of the continent. Hlow can you accomplish either of these great ideas, after you have driven the Mormons in~ des peration and fury to the mnounmtain.1? My ohjee tion to otfenisive war is, thait, eveni if successt'ul, it defeats, more coimpletely tha anything else, the very piurpiose we hiave in view-securing our commtunieauiots with the Pacific. The secontd mode of etmployinig force against the Mormons, shutting thiett up in Utah, ititer rupting all cotmmunication with them, seems to mue the wisest kind of force to adopt towiirds them, aleast at first. By that mode, with proper crimi itial legislation, we may place the Mormons in .uchi circumstances as may make them willing to obey the laws. The only inconveninee this tnde oh procedure will cost us will'be, some addition. perhaps, to our umilitary strength, atd a more cir cuitous rotute for our etmigrant trains. The qucs tion is not free fwom ditliculty in any aspect. We should choose the least of evils. Let us try peace ful means if they lbe possible; thin thte isolating process. If all fail, then war outright will still be left to us. In the meati time sottethiing may turtn ttp in the chapter of events. There tmay he a schism among the Mormonts, or sotmethiingelse that may give us thme opportunity of acting to m nore advantage. There is one consideration should not be over looked in this Mormion questioti. It is this: that the greatest danger to the integrity of the Mor mon faith is prosperity. The greater their ma terial, moral, intellectual development, the less hold a false faith will have upon them; the more liklihood of woman asserting her divine imissioti among thema. in short, the tmore they becotne civilized, the less they are Mormons. This devel opment will most certainly take place by peace. Mormontism may be eternal atmong nomadic tribes, Arabs, or bandits; it must perish out un der the blaze of civilization. Prosperity will destroy Mermonism; slowly, it may be, but cer tainly. The Turks, the Mormons of Europe, are perishiug fronm contact with civilization. They but procltaim a great philosophical principle when they recognize that they are only camping ent this side of the Bosphorus, and that it is their destiny to return into Asia. Civilization is death -Ito Mohiammedanisin or Morimottism. Let us not lose sight of this consideratioti itn determuinitng our policy towards the Mormons. Before~I elose, I would cite the Ihouse to some rearks of Mr. Burke, in the British Parliament, on he ubjctof coercing the American colonies. Mr ukin his celebrated speech Ott concilia tion with thme Anierican colonies, says: "First, sir, permit mec to observe that the use of force alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment, but it does not remove the neces sity of subduing againt; atnd a nation is not gov eried which is perpetually to be conqtuered." fSuppose you defeat the Mormons in a series ofbattles, atid they do not fly to thte mountains, but retnain sullen, yielding an enforced obedi etie under the shadow of their holy temple: how long will that last? As soon as you have with drawn your troops they trample your authority under foot. It will be nocessary to keep a large military force permanetitly in Utah. Do you propose to do this? it will he a very expensive operation. Again, Mr. Burke says: "We have no sort of experienice in favor of force as an instrnument in the rule of our colonies. Their growth and their utility have boon owing to methods altogether different. The last cause of this disobedient spirit in the colonies is hardly less powerful than the rest, as it is not merely moral, but laid deep ia the natural condition of I th.-... Tere thand mie of ooe~m lie be tween you and them No contrivance can pre vent the .effect o is distance in weakening government. Seasarp1, and months pass, between the order and th ecation; and the want of a speedy explanatioi f a single point is enough to defeat a whole sy' em You have, indeed, your winged min"'rs of vengeance who carry your bolt. in theit dunces to the remotest verge of the sea. But there'is a power steps in, that limits the arroganof raging passions and fu rious element., and says, 'so far shalt thou go, and no further.' :Who are.you 'that you shauld fret and rage and bite the chains of nature?' Nothing worse happens to you than does to all nations who have extensive empire, and it hap pens in all the forms' into which. empire can be thrown. In larg.bodies the circulation of pow er must be less vigorous at the extremities. Na ture has saidit. The Turk cannot govern Egypt and Arabia and Cardistan, as he governs Thrace - nor has he the same dominion in the Crimeaand Algiers which he has at Brusa and Smyrna. Des potism itself is obliged to truck and huckster. The Sultan gets such obedience as he can. He governs with a loose rein, that he may govern at all; and the whold of the force and vigor of his authority in his center is derived from a prudent relaxation in allhis borders. Spain in her provinces is perha pnot so well obeyed as you are in yours. She complies too, she submits, she watches time. Tfhis is the immutable condition, the eternal law,-of extensive and detached em pire." I will not maI ethe application of these re marks to the present con ition of affairs. I only commend them tolhe consideration of this House and the codntry. This Mormon question is a great question. It is not one of thos' common-place matters which you can summarily dispose of. It is not a ques tion of partisanship, but a question of states inanship. You m'ay turn from it, but there is Utah; there are the Mormons; there is the can cer on your body politic. How will you get rid of it? Will you' strike at it with the sword? Those rou-h remedies sometimes aggravate the disease. ?t needs, in my opinion, to bedealt with gently, and with consummate wisdom. With these remarks I leave the question, at least for the present. ARTHUR SIMKINS, EDITOR1 ZDGZI'1LD 5. 0. WEDNESDAY, MARCH 24, 1858. RULES THAT KUBT IN FUTURE E OBSERVED. All advertisements from this date, not amounting to more than $10, must be paid for is advance. Merchants and others advertising by the year, will be required to settle every six months. No paper will be Isent out of the District unless paid for in advance. All letterseon business connected with the Office, to receive prompt attention, must be addressed to the "Edgefield Advertiser." To these rules we will rigidly adhere. Therefore, take notice and act accordingly. pl- TnE Rev. Wx. 11. DAvis, of Abbeville, will preach in the Baptist Church at this place on Sunday next. THESPIAN NOTICE. WE are requested to state that the first Thespian performance of the, seaon will come of' on Thursday night of next week, and not this week as at first in tended. HAMBURG NOT A CORN FIELD YET. Our Hamburg correspondent, noticing the fact that Messrs DELPn & ScoTe bought a Georgia lot of cotton the other day at 12 cents around, adds: "You will perceive by this that Hamburg (as yet) has not been 'concrerted inato a corn-feld,' but is still in one sense a right lively little 'eetton-patch.'" WVell done, old llamburg. Long may she survive! Once complletely stranded, and our' side of the State will soon realize the loss. It has been often said, yet we here say it again, that Hlamburg is and has ever been the best cotton market in tija.South. ACKNOLEDGEMENT. Senator HaxxoxN and Hon. M. L. Bosntx will please receive our thanks for highly valuable bouks and pamphlets. Among them we find two setta of volumes, upon our "Commercial Rlelations," andt upon "Explorations for a Railroad Route to the P'aciflc," as also Patent Otilco Reports, the Ofieial Report of the Dred Scott Docisions, and other doeumntas of groat importance. THE AUGUSTA DISPATCH. We ask attention to the advertisement of this paper upon -another column. Having made an arrangement with its proprietors, we are prepared to furnish the Adrergteer and the Weekly ipulch to subscribers at $3 per annum. This is an advantageous offor which wve would be very glad that our readers should avail themselves of. The Weekly Dispatch will he found nu interesting paper generally, but particularly in its full and accurate details of all the latest News. THlE STUDENTS OF OUlR MA LE ACADEMY. It is. a pleasure to kniow th:.t we havo aespirited sond ambitious set of student.. now taking adiaittge of the facilities atfordled at our Male Aendem:'y; aind we cheerfully publish their communication of this week animadverting upon certain dfcicances in the schinol arrangements. No one will object to their very rea sonable grumblings so long as they ua indicative of a desire to make progress in their studies. We doubt not the Trustees will soon hldl a meeting and take into consideration the defects suggested; and we hope the result will be an immediate improvement in most of those particulars. In the meantime we can but urge "our boys " to push on with their studios, seats or no seats. Books now, benches bye and bye. Thirty years hence when some of you shall have reached perhaps the topmnost round of the laddler, the old Academy at Bdgefield, broken chairs and all, will be a dear reminiscence; ad many a jest will hinge upon the very inconveniences and discomforts of which you now complain. THE YORKVILLE ENQUIRER. The management of this vahuable paper has again undergone a change, Messrs. Jeux L. MILLER and Jo seu 1[. BLACr having sold to Mr. L. M. Gaiss, who is now sole proprietor. The Enguirer is an elegant country sheet and has been conducted from its incep tion with uncommon skill and ability. First under MLLE.R and MnLlON, next under MILLER and BLACK, it has ever borne its hand gallantly in the strife and excitement of newspaper-dom. We part regretfully with its late conductors, wishing them long lives of happiness and good fortune ; and we joyfully grasp the hand of our old friend, SAxMUE. W. MELTON, who now after one or two years retirement returns to the Eguirer's helm. The paper will again take up the conservative political position it formerly occupied under Mr. MetloN's guIdance-in-chief, ,and we pre diet for it a more brilliant career than ever. Our con gratulations are extended to Mr. Gnrar upon his own erhili of this capital paper and upon his success in securing the services of an editor so well known to the people of South Carolina for his professional abiility and lofty moral toe. .$# Among the recent West Point appointmnents we observe the name of our young friend, Joins R. BLocERe, mentioned as fellows~: ."John R. Blocker, brother of Sergeant William Btler Blocker, who, from the wounds of his superi ors, was in command of his company at the battle of Garita Belen, and was killed at the head of his com pany; the cousin of Col. P. M. Butler, who was killed at the head of his regiment at Churubusco-of Whit field B. Brooks, who died of wounds received at tits same time and place-and of "Richard Watson, who, after being twice wounded, was shot down In the storming party at Chepultepee." It was but the other day that we heard an officer of the Palmetto Regiment speaking in exalted terms of Sergeant WILLIAM BoTLax BLocana. "He was," said this officer, " one of thie most gallant young men ever knew; and in discharging the sometimes se yore and unpoppilar duties of his post, he bore himself In a manner that aehieved the epds of disciplIne with out abating' in the'least thre esteein and afection of his comrades." gr The advertiserment of T. F. FOGAnvIE was re ceived too late for this issue, but shall appear ne~t week right side up with dam. HR. BOYCE'S SPEECH--MORMONIEM. We exclude our usual variety this week to give place to the late speech of Hon. W. W. BoycE. The reader will doubtless thank us for doing so. Like Gov. HAxxoND'S speech which we published last week, it is easy of perusal because simple, direct and free from prolixity both of thought end expression. It has that peculiar quality of excellence which an an cient critic pronounced one of the chief requisites to every good composition: we mean a degree of clear. ness that leads many a mind to suppose itself capable of achieving a similar task with ease, but which is in fact the result, often, of careful thought and laborious preparation. In addition to this, Mr. Bovez's present effort, like nearly all his preceding ones in Congress, is marked by a freshness and an originality which are seldom observable nowadays in Congressional debatete He does not wait until a question has been argued out, and until its bearings have been reduced to their 'laot expression,' but rather grapples with it while still unstript of its doubts and difficulties. In the case of his present speech, this point of merit will be readily recognized and appreciated by every reader. His subject has the interest of novelty, and has been handled by the speaker with propriety and power. As a relief from the tedium of the ree.ent Kansas debate, it has still another charm. It is on these accounts that we present the remarks of out talented representative in full; nor do we imagine that it is necessary a second time to invite to them the reader's careful perusal. We are a little surprised to perceive an objection raised in a certain quarter to Mr. Boyce's position, that war upon Utah by the Federal Gosernment ought to be avoided if possible. It had occurred to us thal this was one of the most striking portions of his argu. ment, or that it would at least be so considered in a latitude where the rights of states and communities are usually guarded with such Cerberus-like ferocity against every approach to Federal coercion. The power of the sword is held to be the last resort ol American policy, even with regard to foreign enemies. How much further then should the limits to its exer eise be strained in the case of American communities within American territory! And yet some of our uitra anti-Federal friends seem not only willing, but even anxious, that the poor deluded Mormons should at once be made to feel the martial sway of a Central Power. To say that the Government only represents the conjoined soyroignties of the States in so doing, does not relieve the matter of its harshness; the agent, while thus (truly perhaps) the representative of the United States, is still a military dictator going forth to crush by the power of the sword an unhappy fae. tion of the American people,-still an armed poten. tate marching out upon the grievous mission of shed. ding American blood on American soil. If the very extreme of forbearance be not the duty of our gov. ernment at Washington in all such cases, we have in. correctly estimated the wisdom of its formation. The spirit of the Confederation, as Mr. Boyc ably shows, is a spirit of peace, of good will, of "doing unto others as we would they should do unto us,"-it is, in short, a Christian spirit. It is so, as to our outward pol. icy,-and especially so as to our internal afairs. The bulwark of our Republican system is found in the lim itations of Federal Power; and for one we feel some misgivings at every display of that power as against a portion of our own people, and particularly so when it is accompanied with the glittering pomp and circum stance of war. True, cases may arise in which it may become abso. lutely necessary to exert this power. It may become so in the case of Mormonism. But we agree with Mr. Boves in saying that it shoVid only be exerted, whei pacific measures have been all tried in vain. The po sition assumed by our representative is a strong one viewed only in this light, and, taken in connectiott with his other well-considered reasons and suggestions, deserves and should receive the earnest attention of Congress and the Administration. It is probable that a war against Mormnonism in Utah may be a somowhai popular measure at the outset. Religious enthusisata may approve it on moral grounds. Politicians may regard it as a god-send to distract public attention from evils nearer the heart of the Republic. Th< army and its influences will lean most favorably to ite prosecution, from blended motives of ambition and honor. But the hue and cry In Its faior will surelj be'but temporary. What with its internecine pccu. liarities, its enormous expense, the petty sum of glory to be derived from it, and the out-standing truth thai the difficulty was not impossible of adjustment oc peaceful grounds, such a war, as at present inaugura ted; is unworthy a great and free country like ours. IION. JAMES L. ORRL. The Mariosn (Ala.) C'ommsuonscetkA recently gave er. pression to certain very unjust tings at our dlisti:. guished fellow-citizen, alluding to the fact (ina state'd by the Charleston Curssier) that ho hndl dleclined re-election to Congress. it wuld not hnve lhees necessary in S'outh 'arolinia to biiave repllied to the re. flections of the Commaou.reulth, hnd they not lbeen re, printed within our State :andl semingly eudsrsd iit inore than one locality. Such having becen thie case it occurs to us to be duo, not only to tCol. Onn, lc i She people ho represents, that the charges thus insti, tuted should be briefly examined. The remarks o: the Cornmoenseculth are these: "Mhr. Orr has long been a better representative of national office seekers than of the polities of his owri State. There is no State in the Union whose posliti ians as a general rule are so regardless of Federa) patronage oir honors as those of Siouth Carolina. Irl that State alone, has the theory of State suiprmneyc oaver the Union. practically triumopheid. Tos 3r. O.rr umiore than any tither man, tony be charged the pres eut seeminig departure of his State from its older prne, cedents. We hate not heard such a ~thing intitmatedl by the P'ress. Ibut the circumstanace alludsedl to by the Co~urioa is, perhlaps, omninlius saf one of two fact.<. The eaurss urt Mr. Orrn either does not meset the. sanction of hi, constituenti, ande lie fears defeat as a cendidlate, or hi lass secured a fat lilacs uder the Fodlernl tioverunent, The future will show whether this presumption is true or false." Such is the drift of our Alabama cotemuporary'i charges,-or perhaps they might more properly bc termed opilnions, as they are unsuppoatedl except by~ the writer's naked asseverattion. Now lot us glance at them seriatim: (1.) .1r. Orr hs long been a better representathre of nact ioaul office seekers than of~ the polities of is on State. If this imputation has any thing to rest upon, it can only be the fact that Cu!. Ona has succeeded in reaching the high position of the Speakership; fur this is the only Federal ofien he can, with say degree of fairness, be suspected of having sought. But is this the kind of national office-seeking with which we are accustomed to associate ideas of mural csorruptioun and political profligacy? Can an ambition to occupy the high and responsible post of Speaker of the A meri can House of htepresentatives reflect upon any matt's patriotism or virtue, either in or .out of South Caroli na ? Is such promotion the fruit of fawning syco. pancy ? Is it a gift of Federal patronage ? Is it not rather the award of the representatives of the people of the Unmited States? And does it not consti tute a price which ay man may covet without a t.lushb? When we add that Col. Oaa owes his elevation to the united vote of the South and only suwc meni of the North as had pror'en themsselr'es true to the 'onstitution ul rights of our sertion, is any thing else needed to exhibit the fact of his having honorably achieved so distinguished a success ? And shell it be said that he is on this account in any sense a "representative of national office-seekers ?" Yet this appears to be the only kind of national prominence which, by any sort of rational construction, he can be accused of having sought to reach thus far. If there is aught else, what is it? We challenge its mention.-As to the other branch of the proposition, which is (by implication) that Col. Oatn does not represent the politics of South Carolina, we ask the Alabama editor and hi. endor ser, what is the political attitude of our State if it be not one of calm resolve to stand by her Southern sis ters and co-operate with them for the best, whether that 'best' he in the Union or outside of it ? What is her fixed policy, if it be not to watch the progress of events and shape them so far as she may to the triumph of the South under the Constitution ? What is her present political ultimatum, if it be not that embraced in the Georgia platform of 1852? Afid is tot this the attitude, this the policy, and this the ulti atum, which Col. Oa represents? Assuredly and avowedly so. 11ow Idle and wpak then is the entire allegatIon of the " Marion Qqqmespalth." (2. "Tue is-. :- & ae . t.. a r.-- -e.- -ou. Ciane as a general rule are soa reaprdlea# of .Federal patronage or honors a tA.,.- of Routh CaroUn." Thie is admitted. Ind-e. it is almost a truism. Neither does Col. Onut's aspiring to the -peakersbip (granting that he did so) militate against the rontin uet truh rulnes of that Fage remark. As well might it have been urged, that Mr. CA LIMOr'S aspiring to the Presidency did violence to the character of his State. Yet no one will dare to say such a thing of our revered statesman. Why impugn motives in the one instance and not in the other ? There is neither justice nor reason in it. (3.) "In that State alone has the theory of State supremacy orer the Union practically triumphed." Well, let that pass forwhat it is worth; we go on to another specification. It is this: (4.) " To M1r. Orr, more than any other man, may be charged the preernt seeming departure of his State from its older precedentv." What this "seeming departure " has reference to, we nre a little at a loss to perceive. If it be the aban donnent of the policy of separate State resistance, as published by the result of our secession controversy, we surely think that Messrs. Caavzs, BUTLER, and BARNIwELL, not to menton fifty other distinguishe4 names, bad as much to do with that decision as Col. ORR. If, again, this " departure " turns only upon the matter of our representation in the Cincinnatti Convention, we must confess to some surprise at hear ing an Alabamian object to ameaeure of policy which was suggested and advocated in South Carolina chiefly (if not entirely,) for purposes of closer affiliation with the other slaveholding States. In either case Col. OR was but one amongst many ardent patfiots who conscientiously believed they were pursuing their country's true good. Nor does it yet appear that their convictions of duty were erroneous. As to the suggestion of the "Marion Common wealth," that Col. OR declines the candidacy at home from fear of defeat, we can only say that it shows the writer's profound ignorance of matters in South Caro lina. The conjecture though has quite as much of propriety in it as its very unnecessary and unfounded alternate, that Mr. OR has "secured a fat place under the Federal Government." But it is useless to say more upon these ill-advised assumptions. Our regret is that any paper in South Carolina should have reproduced them. MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS. |7 " SALUDA" is received and will appear next week. C' GRAY & TVRLIY present an attractive array of Spring Goods. They are very capable dealers and possess uncommon facilities. All the ladies will sure ly call at their beautiful store when visiting Augusta. ,AV- An agricultural address by Col. ANDREw P. CALUOUN is received. It was delivered before the State Agricultural Society at its meeting in Novem ber last, and is a good production. pa-" The Nountain Echo " is the name of a neat little paper published at Spartanburg village and managed by Mr. CHARLEs TAYLOR, of the Spartan burg Female Institute. It proposes to be the recep tacle of literary articles by the teachers and pupils of the Institute. The first number comes in.cheerful and tasteful fashion, and we gladly enter it upon our exchange list. . pZ- Our merchants are all off after Spring Goods and will soon return. Look out for their advertise ments at an early day. || Our Ridge and Cambrilge planters are re ported as having nearly fi shcd putting in their corn crops. 7' A sister of Hon. Edward Everett is Lady Superior in the St. Joseph's Seminary at Itiehmond, g7 "Blind Tout" had been playing the piano for the Columbians, as we see stated in the Carolinian, and is spoken of by that paper in commendatory terms, lie did not suit our Edgefield taste at all, st atll. His idiocy, poor creature! was-far more revolt ing than his music was bearable. ,ai The sales of cotton at Winnsboro, S. C., amounted during last week to 205 bales at prices ranging from 8 to 11* cents. g|| The repsesentative~ of -the-pieople of Arizona, at Washington, enters a point-blank uegoaaur to th Ii statement, net lang since made by a correspondent or the Charleston allercuryj, that the Gadaden purchase is haarren and worthkless. The representative avers that it is rich in both mineral and agricultural re sources, and says he will prove It by Gen. Joseph Lane, Col. Jack Hays and others. pr- A "gendleman from Africa " contributes thui. sum: "Can you take one hundred dollars and buey one hundred head of stock animals, giving ten dol hars for cows, three dollars fur hogs, and lifty dollars fair sheep ?" pc Upon our outside this week a v-ery- plcnsant varie-ty may be found. ;fr A lady skater on Jamaica Pond, near Boston, rectently ofl'ered a kiss to any one who would beat lher ini a race. A youag darkey was the winner, and re ceived his reward. Bah ! pai We have often seen a cow purt with her milk in the most patient manner, and then turn rotund and upset thme pail. It remninds us alwnys of a generous action gracelessly done. ' pgr Good wives, like filberts, will remain good fair a Ilong time. It all depends upona the cnre you take of thenm, and hoew you husband them. prThe Greensborough (N. C.,) Timaes is a most interesting literary paper, directed with mnuch ability, truly .9outhern in sentinent, end is far ahead of manny of thu Northern flashy weeklies in its high moral tacne and refined intellectual readings. Subscribe tea it. Terms only $2 peer year. g||' Seven hundred bales of Cotton were destroyed bay tire in Charleston on the 14th inst., all of which it is, understood was covered by insurance. It is not known how the fire originated. 17f Our readers will please notice in the rates of tuition of the Curryton Academics that the charge for lessons in French, per Session, has been reduced from $20 to $10. ,il Miss Murray, in her book on America, pre sents to the abolitionists the following 'poser': "Is there any part of Africa, the West Indies, or South America, where three millions of negroes are to be found as comfortable, inteiligent and religious, or as happy, as in the Southern States ?" p2P The same lady says in another lace: " As to the separation of familics, I see that great pains are taken to avoid that evil. I believe that it hardly occurs more frequently than in England, from other causes." pa And she thus annuunces her opinion of our southern pronunciation of the mother tongue: "Both the tone of voice and the choice of words and pronunciation are much more like Old England, as one proceeds further South. A SUBSTITUTE FOR TuIs KAssa IBttr.--Mr. Gilmer, of North Carolina, hasa given notice to the Ihonse of Representatives of a substitute foar the Kansas bill, wvhich propoes to admit the Territory into the Union without recognizing or mentioning any constitution whte.ver, except to declare that ini thus admitting said Territory the act shall not be so construed as to recognize or reject or to determine the validity of any consti tution which has been presented to Congress; the true intent and meaning of this act being to leave the people of Kansas perfectly free to formi and regtulate their domestic inustit utionas and af faire in their own way, subject only to the Consti tution of the United States. SxAsH UP.-We learn from a friend that an accident occurred on the Greenville & Columnbia Railroad, on last Tuesday morning, of~ a serious nature. When a mile and a half above Golden Grove, the down passenge-r train was brought to by the breakinga of an axle belonging to tbe tender. The conductor imnmediately sent a ne gro back to notify the freight train, which left Greenville an hour after tihe passenger train, of the accidenut. The negro did not go far enogh up the road, or else did not give the Sproper signal, as the freight train, going at the rate of twenty miles an hour, ran into the pas senger ears, shattering them in pieces. A lady and child who were seated in the hind ear, for tunately escaped unhurt. We have heard the damage estimated at $2 000. The Anderson train tok te pas egers and mal'on 0 ColInapbia. CHARLESTON, March 20, 1s Our winter Theatrical seaso closed on Monn' evening with the announcement'tlatthiT.estre lil he re-opened on the evening of the 22d, fer a shirt, Spring eason with a variety. ofenovel attraetions. There were some very funnyperformancesa he last night, something similar to the mock.sesaons, at-the State House. The Theatre was well Str.ased du ring the engagement of the Opera Troupe. and a few leading Dramatic Stars, but the stock aetors "were as usual, (some of them at least) very poor and-fro. quently incurred the censure of the press,'as well as the disapprobation of the star performers by their mistakes and eccentricities. The fifth assembly of the Quadrille Associationi for the present season Is to be given at St..Andrew's Hall on Tuesday evening 23d. The public Balls have now run through their programme, and withlte exception. of a few private soirees, there is but ittle doing in the line of dancing festivities. Our.-iiwtsig and - polking young ladies and gentlemei "keep Lent" with scrupulous fastidiousness, and are -willing to make great sacriices of inclination and convenience during its continuance, In order to be efrehed and invigorated the more for the next campaign of fan and frolic. Wednesday 17th, (St. Patrick's Day) was duly commemorated with the usual military and civic de monstrations. The adult disciples of the Emerald Islo, turned out in full feather, and the little Irish boys wore sprigs of green in their hats and over their foreheads. At night the big boys wen Cabout with shillalehs and drank the health of their pitron saint in " the feast of reason." Kentz Anatomical Museum, which was on exhibi tion here several weeks ago, has betn re-opened at the Institute Hall. Efforts are in progressfor raising a fund for the purchase of this valuable collection, that it may be secured to our citizens. - The subscrip tion list is headed by our worthy and enterprising Mayor, Hon. Charles Macbeth, with Ave hundred del lars, and Dr. Henry R. Frost for four hundred.. TRe price now asked is four thousand dollars, which is much below the original cost of the Museum. - I sir cerely hope that the putchase may be made, as the possession of such a collection will be an invaluable acquisition to our City. It might be made-the basis of the establishment of an excellent Institute of'l1opu lar Lectures, where our people may be instructed in that most important of all knowledge, an aequain tanco with our own physical structure. Aseries of illustrated Lectures on Anatomy and Physiology, to which the public may have access, is one of the most serious wants of the age, and I hope to be able to In form you hereafter of the inauguration of such a course. From six to seven hundred bales of Cotton were destroyed by fire ownAdger & Co's. wharves on Satur day night last. The building In which they were stored was also consumed. The whole property was fully insured. The fire is supposed to bave aen thq work of incendiaries. The City bells change their hour of ringing to-night from 7 and 9 to 8 and 10 P. M. This arrangement lasts till 20th September, when they resume the rst named hours. "Last bell-ring," you are doubtless aware, is an important crisis with us, especially among the " colored brethren." Charles Mackay has been lecturing before the Ner cautilo Library Association on " Poetry and 86ng." Rev. E. 19. Myers, editor of the Southern Christian Advocate, delivered the semi-monthly discourse be fore the Young Men's Christian Association on Sun. lay evening last at the Second Presbyterian Church. His theme was "The Bible In the Capital-the char ter of a nation's rights and liberties," which.he illus trated with great force of thought and cloqjuence' Dr. Myers is one of our most effeetive'pulpit 'rators, - and a writer of considerable depth and.vigq4t was announced that .the next- Lecture-of the CoiG'will be at Grace Church, by Rev.'srnwell B..Satis-sub jeet " The Bible in the Counting House." These lee tures continue to attract very large eengregadionsad our Churehes generally are insufficient for their com fortable accommodation. * The6 Cathedral of St. John and St. Finbar, was the scene of a moot imposing erqpony op Sundsay:morn in'g-btheonsecration of-t@e uir Sisaip, Reve-Dr. Lynch. 'e rowd here was so-immusso s it was necessary to seekadinission by tiokits'berdst~''dors were regularly thrown open to-the public.> The Arch.~ bishop of Baltimore, with the Bishops of Mobli; Sa vannah and Richmond, presided over the exercises. High Mass was celebrated, after which the imnpaition . of hands followed, the hands of the Bishop ele'eiwere an'inmted, the ring placed upon his finger and th'e cro zier or staff of offie presented to him. The new ii.hpwas then enthironed in his seat, and the Te D,.*tum was sung by the Choir, in a most beautiful nd implressive manner. The whole spectacle was one of mragntificence and richness, such as we seldom have an iiirtunity of witnessing in this latitude. Our ling street Stores aire laying in copious sup plies of Spring Goods. I quota the following prices for the benefit of the Ladies: Colored Muslin,, pret ty patterns, 6.1@ 121; Lupin's French B'omhazines Si per yard; Grass Skirts 50 eta.; Grass Skirts used for making frills to Hoop Skirts 4 et. per yarEm brmidleredl Skirts $1 each; Foulnrd and Chia Silks 50 ets.; Extra quality Black Boiled Silks 871 @ $1; Good quality Spring Silk, 621; Printed Challicefand Blareges 121; 4-4 P'rinted Scotch Lawns, fast. ofors, y, 121, 1.3 und 25 et..; Scoteh Ginghams 121; Spring Pr-inta, new annd beautiful varieties, 121; Slate Cam brie. and Linens 61; White Brilliants of all qualities, good. at 124; Grasn Ilandkerchiefs 75 eta per dozen ; Senteh Di,'I. 75 ets a piece; Allendale Quilts $1 each ; Long Cloths 61 ets up. Large assortments of ri'h anid beautiful plain and fancy Silks, Mantillas and Iiress Goods. White Goods and Embroideries, ~mmSunsa den, Perfumery and Toilet articles are coming in every ay and selling at unusually low prices. Sales of Upland Cotton since my last, 14,772 bales, D1 @ 121; Rice, 4,792 tierces received and sold, $3 to :1i-demand active. Wheat is still very fiat. Flour -sales chiefly of superfine-$5& @ $6; extra 5i 61. Corn, North Carolina, 60 @ 68-supply large. Whiskey Western, 24 @ 26 ; PhiladelphIa and Balti more, 23 @ 25. Bacon, demand improving, Sides' 10& @~ 10j; Shoulder., 8 @ 81; Hams 15 cents. Lard, stock ligh', loi @ 111. Butter (prime Goahen) 23 @ 27. Molasses, Cuba 191 @ 21-Louisiana 30 @ 36. Prime lots of New Orleans brought 37 @38. Sugars, fair demand, 350 packages sold; TrInidad 6 @ 61-Louisiana 61 0 9. Coffee (Rio) 10j @ 12e. There is some competition in the Guano market. Agencies are advertising the "Cheapest Fertilisers," each claiming to be the best, and urging the attention of planter.. "Keese's Manipulated Guano" (a pre paration of Peruvian Guano and Phosphate of Lime) sells at $53 per ton. It is said to have been success? fully applied to Corn, Wheat, Cotton and Tobacco, It cnuists of AMmonia 8 peir cent. and sons Phosphate, of Lime 45 to 50 per cent. Mitchell A Croasdale's " Super-Phosphate of Lime" at $40. per ton. There are agencies also for the New Jersey Buper-Phosphate of Lime, for the A No 1 Pernvian Guano, KIttleweRl's Manipulated Guano and Salts, Farmer's Plasteid Rhode's Super-phosphate of Lime, he., &c. Douglass & Co's. Line of Omnibusses will coma' menee on Monday regular afternoon trips to Maguno-. hia-a popular resort just beyond the City Hamits.(The. beautiful Cemetery which it contains baa been en larged and adlorned with several new and elegant Monuments. CLAUDE. A negro woman belonging to Col. T. C.Bans kett, was found dead, one day last week, in an: oat patch, on her master's plantation. ,She hade run away about two weeks before, and wheni round, we understand, her body was so badly, disfigured by buzzard that it was impossible to. learn how her death was occasioned.-Ocala (Fia.) Home Companion. TH E POnR: Caor.-The last Cincinnati Price-p Current gives a statement of Pork packingin thei W~est up to the most recent advices fronm the -r-. spective points. The figures presented show an',, increase, no far, of 278,067 head, equal to about' nineteen per cents Add to this five perceent. for' - increase in weight, and we have an aggregats~ mecess of equal to 366,531 head. -- pr The Journal of Commerce states that the Ros. suth familyare moat of them luin w Jersey ai