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Show SPEAKER BLAIHEANO UTAH- In a iruifl dipa'clt from tins city, piiriiornnjr to Rive tlici ultanc of a c viTj'ion b'HWL-cJ Sp'filkiir Blaine ..J irf :iiient Yuntf, Speaker Hiuirjo if credited wi'h buying, the ntutus of the 1 tirritorics beins; thn r-ubjeut: Thill flic I'reMilcnllid oontufit ol' ISlil win luiinht on ilio dnliuut, iuo or" tin: rt ihc ul' congress (o control tlio dotacH tn: iij.stilii'iiirf of llifl TurrityricH, und t'nif. Sir. liincolu was cIiomcu on tliut. f iiuinj; i hiii ('ufiKriir-H had cxi'rnHvd !- piiv.'cnj I jy aholi.iltini? tho rtslatiun of I'.rtMirr and niavo ; that itH authority v i4 pirn iry iti the premioH, and l ho aunt of itd cjcurcito a matter of dii-c dii-c itioD; that tlio organic aci of ltah l nri by lis trrms nilj 'ot to ouicnd-l ouicnd-l mat, alteration and rcjunil, and that I t enactment of thu Territorial Icyis la-('iro la-('iro was of tho din lid ut validity if luDfrct-H cfioe to annul it. Thin would certainly Lo a strange m iterative fur ho old and eminent a con-freasnian, con-freasnian, and so pood a lawyer as speaker liluiuc; and although it is tlio belief of oiany who have not informed themselves on the subject, it is none the 1 sa ineoircct. To say Unit tho Presidential Presi-dential coutoat of 1861 waa fought on 1 lie Ksue stated i,-t a uicro begging of (ho question. Tlio result of a Presidential Presi-dential campaign, per se, settles no j.oint of law, and it cortainly cannot i7cr-ritlo a provision of tho federal constitution. Congress had no powor ! to abolish tho relation between master i. ad alavo; it did not do it, neither did k attempt to do it; and wo do not be- , lieve for a moment that Speaker Blaine tould bo guilty of tho absurdity of say-l'.iK say-l'.iK so. President Lincoln abolished Iho relation between master and slavo, l y abolishing slavory, as a war ruca-turc; ruca-turc; yet it took tho votes of two-thirds ( t tho legislatures of tho State.", cc-U'jr.MDg cc-U'jr.MDg an amendment to tho cousti-t'itii)ti,togivo cousti-t'itii)ti,togivo tho unquestioned legality reared. It is just as absurd to i iy tlut tho authority of congress ia J 'enaiy iij the premises. Congress bus iu powers oxcept hueh as aro expressly t Mih.rrfd by tho con tituiioo; all other l owers being reserved by tho several f tates and tho people. But sinco the Vurol rebellioQ it fit;cms to bo the doc-t'ineofa doc-t'ineofa great in any persons that v-hutever the government dues right, v hiio sotnu consider tho executive to bo tho govern incut, and others look t,on eoure.-s as the government, lor-Htiiii lor-Htiiii ihiit they arc bat co-ordinate, i.Ml.C'.'Uibiijcd, fuiai only two-third oi l iat controlling power. Willi a few liioro iiarn of tho lalo usurtitions on t'le pari of thc;-c brunches of llio government, gov-ernment, the people boing as qui tsotint 8- they have been, wo would bo in a e -miiiiun to envy the mongrel republic repub-lic that roles l1' iu!H'c;whcre tho national assembly pbys tyrant as cifeciually as ever Napoleon did, while MjuMahoo makes threats that moan more than more empty wonla coming from his Speaker Blaine is further credited with sayiug that "tho organic aot ol Utah was by its terms subject to amendment, alteration and repeal." It is possible that ho did eay this, not having read the organio aot, and con-bideriDg con-bideriDg that it is as guarded in its phraseology as acts of congress usually aro in this respect. But if he will take tho troublo to read it ho will find that there aro no such terms in tho or ftanio act.of Utah. If ho searches further, fur-ther, and reads carefully a portion of tho suprouie law of tho laud, including includ-ing the federal constitution and the treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo, he will be likely to ooino to the conclusion that congress can annul any act of the legislature of Utah, but it cannot amend, alter or repeal tho organio aot; neither has it constitutional authority to pass laws of a local character for tho Territory, having vuted that power in tho Territoiial legit-huure. After a!I this, it may be said and ured that congress has pawer to do all it docs do, as long aa tho people quietly stand by and seo their rights designedly invaded and wrested from them. And, too, oongr. ss m-iy pass pome special act directed against Utah, as unconstitutional, as ui.iust, and ' tyrannical as some of the measure pro. pesid and introduced iulo cor ,re36 du. ring the last two or thr-d s,iflDi 0f that body, and require jlB pr0U)pt cn forcmenr, backc by aQ army S0Dt t0 Utahiortho -p Congress may ' ; presume it cm do it, if ii ctr-rmiow; but the fiiot of its se oirJgweuid no more mako tho act con stitutional, legal or just, than it would to forcibly tako possesaion of private property in times of pcaoo, to authorise author-ise the packing of juries sworn to con-vii con-vii t, or keep men on tho bench to car ry out a missionary policy in oppositioc to the law tbey arc bwoiu to sustain But how much of repuVioau libcrtj wculd there be left worth stru-glinj tor in a ft-w years, after thi had beet accomplished anu accepted by llu country?) |