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Show 'iho policy of the United Stato.1 iur tho luat ten yrari, as shaped by the j dominant pany during tlmt time, ban 1 f won directed towards a strong central- - ized government; towards waking 6 ; iiaitm inhtead oi'a federation ot'Siatet,; j towardn concent ruling jiowlt in tho hiitid.1 of a few at the national capital, and taking it from tho direct exercUo of the people. Tho form of govern- ; t incut aimed at i com iuiill? wiih to- t piiblicanim undi r i-iulaifi coiniiu"iu I jf national exist-nce, but with pa. h a,i country as tho United Slut. it is a j daiigiTOtw experiment. Wlum Uouio ! ( wai uii.itrefw of tho world and yet a j i repuhlio, tho power of xowrrmi.Tii win ; i .yntrulizid in t ''eternal city." , From it bad gr.nd forth tbo cuiuiiiurinK ; i lexioiis that bad subdued baaarons j ( tribes, ooinpelled allies and extended tho .sway of Roman power; and the ; j .vMireo of authority hoiug practically ; vntid in tbo inhabitant-! of a nin?!e i-iiy, while the provinces of ih n pub- , lie w:re mere satrapies and di'pendan- eie.H, the people oF that city eouMmorc . 1 immediately control their represents- i tive.H, and by a joint action could compel com-pel a changn oi' government in a day ; if deemed necessary. We have neither demro nor space at present to discus the transitions through which the Wo- man and other republics pii-ed; nor . to do mora than point to tbo fact that the rule has been lor a strong central- ; ited government to develop into an imperial despotism. Let in look at ; our own country briefly, and the prob- ( able results of the proont polioy being : i persisted in. ; c We have beard men .my that the doe- ' trine of States' rights was buried in a oa of blood during tho war of the re- bollion. This is a serious error. The ; theory that a State or a number of; States has the right to break the compact com-pact binding the confederation of States, was tho issue involved in that ; wan and its ndvoca tea were compelled , to acknowledge that the States ; i which held a different viow ' ' were strong enough to enforco the compact. iut the right of aolf-government by tho States is still in taut eorir-titutionaliy, only ;o far as I hoy uro prohibted, as all Stated have ever been, from enacting or enforcing lawn con- ; trary to the spirit and Icttvr of the Constitution ua now umcuded. Hut j take from the States the power of local govoinmcnt, and place the entire j legislation of tbo republic in the hand's : of the federal congress, with the power ! of appointment of all officers eonlerred J upon the administration instead of the elective principle (hat now prevails, ' and that moment, the destinies of the j nation are in the hands of tho first ; ambitious man of ability who bueceeda , to the highest trut in tho nation, un-, less congress should be purer and mora patriotic than legislative bodiosjcne- ! rally havcljeon of Into years. ' the- more unrcrit Leeau.-e of the uower T bestowed upon the administration by ; tho reconstruction acts. We have had ; it judicially enunciated in Utali in the i , broadest and most unmistakcable terms. ( i 'o havo had it declared l'rom tbo I bench of this Territory that Territories are the "properly" of tho United ' States, therefore of the United States government. Not the superficial area ; comprised within the Territorial boundaries, be it remembered, but the ( people, for when the United Slates, , . by properly authorized agents, puts tbo ; land in market, as in Utah, and it is ! entered and paid for, it becomos indi-vidual, indi-vidual, and ceases to be public, propoi ly. ' ' The logical extension of the theory that Territories and their people aro 1 j the property of the United States, is 1 that every governmental power enjoyed enjoy-ed by them is .in act of grace con- ; iencd by tho general government, nud j : that no rights of government inhere in ! the people themselves. This is directly ; , a death blow at republicanism a.s far as ; it extends; and if the samo theory be ' permitted to grow, it will pass in its ! ! operation beyond Territories to formerly for-merly rebellious Slates it has already dono so in great measure aud from reconstructed States to tho.se tliat have always been loyal; imiil the federal ' authority at Washington will claim di- rcet control over all the States. We see how the theory works among federal officials in this Territory. The position of the judiciary is that Terri- Luiui iL-giaiuuuu is oi nu lui oc u any t other legislation can ha found bearing i upon the ease at issue; that the district ! courts of the Territory aro United Suites courts at all times, with Terri- t torial jurisdiction; and practically that , any opposition to the whim, will or ' mandate of a federal appointee is re- . 1 beiliou against the United States. ; j This sounds strange in the oars of free- j i iuun who;undersuind and love tiie re- ' 1 pubiieauism which has made America ' foremost among the powers of the , earth; but it is the legitimate result of a policy which alms at centralizing : J everything; and which, unless cheeked, ' iu ten years will give the eountry over to a powerful oligarchy, aud in tilteen 1 1 more produce a dc-pott-m or a fearful ' ; aud bloody revolution, by which the : purity of dcmoeratic-republieau priu- : , ciple might be again rescued from the . ; lamentable fate whi.-h IvtiMp.; Las ' ' wituciied time aud again. ' CiliEV .IrsTiCE MfKt'AX, in bis ie, decided, and fearles-i course o. ' ction regarding the Mormons his rin and jjst administration of the iw as 1'ar al bis judicial proceedings re c-jneernod baa won lor bimeli an nvi'ole national reputation. Umaita. . I vribu,ic and HrpuhUcuii. r s This U decidedly the heaviest cur- t a-mofthe sca.-ou. "Just admintilia- i ion of the law" is immense, a they J ny in theatrical parlance. It is not to ; ichupposcd lor a moment that the Vrthitnt ami IirttuViatn could sen- uIy utter the above; and the care- ; , ully concealed irony is fearfully cut- ! i iiig. "National reputation" is par- ieubrly good. For priwf roU the eading papers. . : I I 1 . v;v-i 'l'K |
