Show MASS MEETINGS LEHI february 22 2 1858 the ine ike inhabitants of lehi utah county in mass meeting assembled unanimously adopted the tha following preamble and resolutions expressive of their feelings respecting the official course of his excellency governor brigham young his liia message of dec 1857 to the legislative assembly of utah territory and the resolutions thereon as adopted and signed by the tho members of said assembly whereas the tile people called latter day saints who now inhabit the territory of utah have in years past been cruelly persecuted mobbed driven many times our females lavished ravished ravi shed our children butchered some of our best beat men murdered in cold blood in carthage jail namely joseph joeeph smith our prophet and if hyrum arum smith our patriarch while under the plighted faith of the state of illinois by governor thomas ford also of 0 the tiie twelve apostles david patten in missouri and parley pa P pratt in arkansas and anti P whereas we e have e repeatedly petitioned the authorities and government of tile tho united slates for redress of our wrongs but have received none only in the words of president martin van buren who said your your year causa cause is just but we can do nothing for you arid and whereas those thosa who have robbed and blain slain UP yet go unpunished althou although L h publicly known und and whereas the he U S government did stop our mails to keep us in the he dark and the president of the U S has in our opinion commenced another crusade against us by slyly and treasonably treaso nabi sending an armed force aga n list zt all an innocent law abiding people because they daled da 1 ed to worship god according 11 to the dictates of th their air own consciences therefore resolved that we do regard all anch auch force or forces as only a legalized mob sent to butcher us and wantonly abuse our females in our hard earned 1 mountain homes as was their reckless boast while oil on thein their way lapre resolved that we do unanimously express our entire approbation of the official course of his hie excellency governor brigham you young ng and that t to a love and respect all his official acts and documents is 13 only to love and respect truth most nobly and generously expressed t resolved that we ire fully fulia approve of the spirited and constitutional message of his excellency the governor to he file leg assembly of 0 dec 15 unions 5 1857 and that we entirely concur in the resolutions resl and spirit and sentiment ben een limont of 0 the memorial of that honorable body to the dent dant and congress of the U S bearing beating date jan 6 im 1803 resolved that inasmuch as the president 0 of f the U S judging from his late message is 13 still determined to continue his crusade against us in calling out more soldiery that we do recommend congress to disapprove his acta acts withdraw tile the troops that are now oil on our borders and thereby wave eava the tile funds of the treasury and the tho character of the nation resolved that the citizens of lehi en masse will hold themselves in readiness to cooperate co operate with his excellency governor young in any scheme that he may adopt to preserve our prosperity and constitutional inalienable right ti arld and whereas a certain correspondent of tho new york times seems very fearful that we shall go to sonora and thereby baffle bafile their murderous designs therefore resolved that we will go just where he lord our god want us to go go independent of all liell hell resolved bat hat that the iha io foregoing preamble and re resolutions be forwarded to the tile editor cf of the deseret news for lor publication resolved that the following persons ho the committee 1 sign the resolutions in la behalf of the citizens of lehi it DAVID EVANS n JOHN jonn BROWN J WILLIAM HYDE THOMAS TAYLOR JAMES mcgaw ISRAEL EVANS committee taylor taynor secretary t SANTA QUIN QUINT february 13 19 1 1856 tha the aba ettha citizens of santa quin utah iviah county met at the school house in mass meeting and adopted the following resolutions resolved that we fully sanction and will sus us biu ulu the sentiments and doctrine contained in the tho message of governor young to the legislative assembly of dec 15 1857 and that we 1 8 also fully folly concur in all the resolutions of tile the legislative assembly in sustaining governor young and in their disapprobation of the hostile movements of the general government towards the citizens of utah resolved that we as a people have suffered enough from tile the violence of mobs and soldiery stimulated by corrupt priests lying editors and disappointed politicians and that we will no longer bear such injustice and oppression resolved that our lives property properly and all our influence is i pledged to repel all further aggression or the approach of an armed soldiery into our midst reb Res resolved olvid that before our peaceful homes and our possessions shall be desecrated by our enemies our houses shall be burned and our pleasant homes homed desolated and we with our families fa milias will find shelter arid and defence amid tho the kenyons iian lian and deserts of our mountain country and as the sons soria of r the revolutionary sires will show to the world by ow our patriotism and struggle for liberty that their blood flows in our veins I 1 resolved that we cons der the present administration totally corrupt and that president buchanan by his official movements towards utah b waal forfeited the confidence and respect of every 5 patriotic citizen and that we do not hesitate to give giro to the world our disapprobation and protest to his feelings and designs towards us Resolve resolved dp that hat trie the above resolutions be signed and forwarded for tor publication in the deseret news WM B MAXWELL GEO W JOHNSON WAL P GODDARD BENJ HAWKINS JAMES S HOLMAN JOSEPH S ALEN JAMES C SLY JOHN MATTHIS ISAAC i i committee rees rims R LEWELLYN secy FILLMORE FEBRUARY 20 1658 1858 wo we the inhabitants of fillmore city millard county ten teri atory of utah in mass meeting assembled sem bled do unanimously adopt the following preamble and resolutions whereas whereas we as a people having from tile the beginning endured cruel and unrelenting eions from the hands of lawless mobs until the spirit of intolerance increased to such a degree that under its malignant influence we we were driven from city to city from county to county and from state to state while the blood of innocence flowed like water to which was afterwards added the still more precious blood of our prophet and patriarch and as if such hellish deeds were not sufficient to satiate that bloodthirsty spirit which raged in the breasts of our persecutors it continued to burn so hotly against us that we were compe compelled fled to flee from the confines of civilization 7 to seek a home amongst the savages of the va wilderness I 1 berness der ness and whereas judges governors and presidents have alike turned a deaf ear to our cries for redress thereby sanctioning those lawless and inhuman proceedings thus violating the sacred constitution of our beloved country which they had sworn to lii iii and defend and whereas after a vast amount of toil privation and suffering we have located ourselves in these peaceful valleys far from our enemies and have by our untying industry converted the wilden es ess ebs into a fruitful field and have now begun to enjoy the fruits of our labors and whereas that thai same murderous spirit which forced us from our former possessions has incited the chief magistrate of the nation to appoint a governor and arid other official officials for the territory of utah contrary to ho the known wishes of the entire community and send an army to install them at the point of the bayonet which is u utterly discordant with the spirit of jile ille Conati constitution tullon tulion which acknowledge acknowledges a tile the sovereign 0 power to be invested in tile the people therefore resolved that we most heartily approve of the course and policy pursued by his Excelle excellency ncy nuy governor young in endeavoring to repel the hostile ban dittl now invading our borders and that we ve consider all his official acts in relation thereto to be not only just but also to be characterized by superior wisdom and benevolence resolved that we esteem his excellences message of dec 15 1857 to the legislative assembly of or the territory of utah to b be e fraught with alund constitutional principles a and u d stamps the author as worthy of the entire co confidence n of every patriot resolved that wa we most fully concur in the sentiments expressed in tile tiie memorial and resolutions addressed to the president of the united states passed at tile the last session of the legislature resolved that hig his excellency brigham youn in his capacity of governor of utah ulan has given compete Batis satisfaction faction and we ae know him to be qualified in every respect to fill that position with honor and dignity and we hereby testify our determination to uphold and sustain him and the legislative assembly with all our hearts strength and means even unto death in the adoption of such measures as maybe may he deemed necessary to secure unto us those rights and privileges purchased by the blood of the veterans of seventy six resolved that these preamble and resolutions be transmitted for far publication in the deseret news resolved that the e committee subscribe their names to this document in behalf of the citizens of fillmore Fill more mote city H MACE L H mccullough fi J W RADFORD DANIEL THOMPSON JOHN KELLY 1 JACOB CROFT committee CEDAR tepal CITY at a meeting rne ine eting of or the inhabitants of cedar city andeits and its vicinity held in the tabernacle cedar feb 14 1858 john hi bi 41 higbee was unanimously elected chairman martin slack secretary A committee of five were chosen to draft a preamble ard resolutions expressive of the tha feelings of the people in relation to the course pursued by his bis excellency gov brigham young and by the legislative assembly of the territory of U utah tali tall the meeting was addressed by pres I 1 L C haight judge thomas thornas theodore turley esq and aud d others after afler wh which ich the following preamble and resolutions ona were tend read and unanimously adopted whereas we jeaa as a people have been persecuted mobbed and driven from county to county and from state to state until at length we were compelled to nee flee into the rocky mountains as a refuge from christian civilization 7 to seek a home among the savages of the wilderness and fc Wh whereas exeas our bt e wit lit nten nien mn have haxe been murdered url ird erthe ertha pledged faith of a sovereign state our pe people ople driven in the depth of winter our houses and grain burned our women ravished lavished ravi shed and every principle of humanity violated and that too under the cognizance of magistrates and of honorable senators of the U S and whereas the constitution of the U S guarantees to all men equal rights and privileges of life liberty and the pursuit of happiness also the file right to worship the almighty god according accordi ag to the dictates of conscience and whereas we as a people have been deprived of these inestimable privileges aud and blessings and whereas we have ever been a peaceable industrious dust rious loyal and law abiding people esteeming in the constitution and institutions of our american government as one of the greatest boons that heaven ever conferred upon man aa as a proof of which when di iven homeless and bl endless into the wilderness and among savages in the most destitute situation in compliance with wi ha a requisition from the general gov government erime nt we furnished of our most able bodied men to fight her battles in mexico and whereas we have petitioned repeatedly judges governors and presidents for a redress of our grievances and to be reinstated in our rights and privileges guaranteed guaran leed by ibo iho constitution of at the tiie U S all of which has been treated with tsi silent contempt or only with wilh your cause is just but we can do nothing for you and whereas after suffering ring all these abuses in this isolated inhospitable region we still cling to the institutions for which our fathers f fought ought and bled as a proof of which we have hare sought bought to become a sovereign state and to be incorporated in the great american confederacy having sent ou our r delegates furnished wilh with a Me femoral moral al and a republican form of constitution but through political intrigue and corruption prevailing at tile tiie seat of government they were prevented flom presenting the tho same and whereas all government derives its power and efficiency from the will and consent of tile the governed as expressed iu in the constitution of the U S and whereas the general government lias has pursued a policy towards us of appointing app officers ceis cels with a few exceptions whose interests were not identified with ours and who had no feelings in common with us as a people and nd who every claim to our confidence by trampling tiam pling upon our constitutional rights and violating every principle of virtue and decency and nd whereas the legislative assembly ass Asi embly did memorialize mori alize in jail jan 1857 the he president of the U S to appoint men whose interests were identified with ours or other good men as territorial officers and whereas said memorial has been treated with silent contempt and passed by unheeded in proof of which according to newspaper reports ali all another set of offic offices ais als has been appointed and a body of armed men furnished them to dragoon us into unconstitutional submission therefore be belt beit it resolved that we most cordially approve of the course which has been pursued by gov young in putting the territory under martial law and of preventing armed forces under whatever pretence predence pre tence from entering erit ering our territory resolved that we approve of the memorial to the president and cengr congress ss of the U S adopted by tile the leg legislative I 1 s active assembly of utah territory jan 6 1858 and most heartily hear lily illy concur in all alt the sentiments therein expressed resolved that should we any longer tamely submit to such unconstitutional proceedings that we should prove ourselves le to every plin ciple of honor patriotism virtue Integ integrity self respect and common dec doc decency ency resolved that we never will consent to receive any nio nao more re U S officials until all sll withdraw her troops from our borders reinstate us in our constitutional lights and redress our grievances resolved that we will support the he governor aud and legislative 11 assembly in any and every measure they may adopt for the protection of the inhabitants of this tel territory ii it repelling invasion and in res reb sting the enforcing unconstitutionally corrupt officials upon us resolved that we pledge fledge our lives our fortunes and our sacred honors in support of the above resolutions ile lle resolved solved that this preamble and resolutions be signed by the tile and forwarded to the editor of the deseret news for publication fion flon JOHN M HIGBEE chyn chin ELIAS MORRIS Tf THEODORE tEODORE TURLEY DANIEL M THOMAS RICHARD HARRISON IRA ALLEN 1 committee 71 snack SLACK lace secretary cedar city wy iros IRON county feb 9 DEAR BR carrington OS the in cedar city as a general thing feel well and tile the meetings are well attended our un numbers nabers are rapidly increasing from the california emigration many of our Cr grethren brethren ethren are out on the road with tennis teams assisting them in nothing has been done at the iron works since sincel last fall but of late sonie of the brethren have been altering and repairing the furnace and preparations are being made for another trial which I 1 trust will prove successful |