Show TIM THE oo on the gist of december or 1657 tho the of the territory lag of utah unanimously unan pasted passed a set of resolution chich aich very well indicate the of oft thil ih loyal kyl law aiding 11 7 corn com iia unity to howardi aarde the GOT government erniene they kimball avell and aad six ail were signed by of the twelve who were then member memi liture and w N ere cre I 1 I 1 of tho utah leg is published sn in the atus of december the i is one of tho the resolutions resolved that whilo while we w deprecate ecale the bitter hostility manafe ted fed towards a most loyal and ami 11 innocent people by the iho administration ot the tha general present we will nill continue to resist any attempt on the part ot the administration is to bring us into hito a stale late or of hasnal age by appointing contrary to tho the con solution officers whom the people have urther arbhur vote nor voice itt 14 electing n nor I 1 0 r shall hall any persons appointed to office r for r utah by the present administration euh ir r qualify for or and discharge allbia WI ti tho the umu limits of this territory the functions of tho the offices to which they bavo been appointed so long ions as our territory try is menaced by an in invading vadin army 0 yet the irtie object of the iho united states forces was known two to before tho the bange pange odthe of the above reso resolution lutio na when bangham young had received a litter from cul col alexander command las ing the army for utah claten hams fork oct jath I 1 ith 1857 in which ho he used the fal lowing langua Lin e as reported in the deseret of january 1 1653 I 1 desire now pir fir to I 1 lay ay before you tho the following facts the loicey under my iny cogmond were ordered by the iho pi bics es ident of the united states to estabI estabilio lih a post at or near salt lako lake city they tet set out upon their long and arduous anticipating a reception similar to that m which bich they e union in ia an any in the union A other state or territory they were we re roel met at tho the bound boundary arV of the te territory of which you are governor all and din in which capacity alone I 1 hito bare any business with you by a proclamation jwied by yourself forbidding them to cimo upon soil belon bc lonjin in to the united states wd calling upon the inhabitants to resist thera them with arms you yon have ormerod them to return all and a bare iiara called upon them to deliver up tip their arms arma in default of obeying your mandate man date you have resorted to open and of a kind permit me to say very far beneath the us its iga ages or of civilized warfare by authorizing persons persona under your control some borne of tho very tery citizens doubt doubtless lem whom you have called to arms to tc i burn the gr grass apparently with the intention of starving a few beasts duj 1 axt mou pu bould sharye after them citizens Citi rens of utah acting I 1 nm am bound to believe under your authority have destroyed trains containing public stores with ith a similar humane intention of tarring starving the army brighid Dri ghini young answers this letter under dio dia or of OA lith and in it makes use ot of the following language it if yon persist in ili conr attempts to per M bently nent ly locate an nimy ni my in this territory r contrary to the wishes and constina Cons titu tita colit tj dional it rights righta of the people therein and ath ith a vit diew yr to aid the administration in their unhallowed efforts to palm their corrupt officials upon us and to 0 prot protect acci them and blacklegs i black hearted scoundrels 4 and murder kro kit as aa was the he solo sole intention T in fe folding iding you and your troops bei jicie e you will have to meet a modo of warfare against which your tactics furnish you no information 0 As to your obeying orders my official conniel to you would mould bo be for you to top stop and reflect and then davy crockett me like go ahead but chit if yon undertake to come in hero here and build forts rest as ared that you aill ho be opposed and that you u will ill need all the force now under our com command mand and much more 9 by virtue of my office na as governor of tho the territory of utah I 1 command you to marshal ayour troops and leave thil thi territory I 1 now kow to show that cant was a favorite V game me with the polygamous organs in those days hid thil thi extract from an editorial in the descott news bews of jan 1858 the very number that contained the above correspondence and another sol set of reso resolutions lations from the utah legislature similar to those from which wo we have bare already mado made extracts in ang of the tha presidents proclamation it says lie ile clow his trea sona blo and murderous article as follows the authority of the federal government ment should at what whatever eror hazard be maintained in utah as elsewhere alth without fear or favor 11 I 1 1 poor fellow he be hati had better raci raca tois tobis crazy tripod got ge tart tapped W for the shallows and then learn if he can to lot let those matters alone which ke he knows nothing about anday all means divest himself of that spirit of murder by which possessed miserable ignoramus neither eryon you nor any person can point to a time when the authority of the rea federal ral government has not been beca more respected and better maintained in utah than in any ny other part of the union |