| Show TO OF 01 CON GnEss THE NEVADA TERRITORY the ne letter which is is herewith submitted ta was n as addressed to governor william smith who has charge of the bill providing 14 for the organization of the territory 1 of nevada but as it may iti interest terest others and give them an insight iri sight into the condition and purposes of the people praying for the establishment of the lo 10 aforesaid territory I 1 deem it proper that all the members of congress should peruse it it is is as follows january DEAR SIR sim As you vou may need some facts not reported at length in in the memorial 1 and other documents relating to the proposed territory of nevada I 1 herewith submit them 4 the mormons cormons and anti and cormons mormons be of west rn utah in in the latter pirt of 1854 1554 the former however Ad succeeded in in 1855 iri ii obtaining 1 1 a numerical majority and the legislature of utah on being informed of chis mis fact organized the whole western I 1 i part of the territory under tinder the name of of carson county and governor young ar appointed pointed orson hyde the president of the orum of the twelve A apostles its probate judge soon after the he ju judge ge arrived adventurers from california as veil as from the atlantic states slates settled la carson an and d other valleys on the east cast 1 ern si me of the sierra nevada for the purposes ar poses of ruining n inma farming and raising stock As they increased v very cry fast the mormons cormons became alarmed and they determined aeter mined to expel them they therefore ordered them to leave leav e the country ot course the christians or anti ann mormon refused to do so the mormons cormons lien assembled their forces and attempted to expel them vi u el d ara the te anti ami cormons mormons also organized and and f fortified ti themselves with aith the view view of defending their lives and property against their assailants for two weeks both armies camped nearly in in sight of each other without coming to a direct battle by this time news had bad reached the miners in in california of this tate state of affairs and a large number had determined to cross the mountain and afford protection ro action to the anti cormons mormons on aar wearing in this the mormons cormons became satisfied that unless they retraced their steps they would be driven dav en the themselves melves from the country instead of the anti Mor mormons niong they therefore proposed a I 1 truce and agreed that all should oil enjoy otio y a common he heritage in in that part ot the territory I 1 the mormons cormons now became satisfied filat at the christians not only could but would occupy these ferule fertile v valleys alleys on the ae ground that they were w ere the common property of the people of the united states stales when the legislature of utah I 1 heard of this affair that body ain in violation of every constitutional right light repealed the county organization recalled the ae probate judge md removed demov ed all the county and court records to salt lake I 1 ake ci city ty where they have ever since since remained among these records were several indictments against certain persons for high crimes and misdemeanors sy this fla flagrant grant violation of all sacred it individual collective and constitutional rigans gats the pe people ale of western utah were w ere not lot onla y denied all legal protection to I 1 life and an J property but they were dis 1 franchised franch isee they have ever been un represented in in the utah legislature 1 and in in congress the history of our I country presents no iio such a record of open defiance to the laws ind and such cruelties cruel ties to men under the forms of law F fur ur vears years the anti cormons mormons have been applying both to the territorial legislature and to congress for protection without success their situation has ever been and is is still peculiarly unsafe and annoying recently ly a probate judge was surreptitiously appointed for carson valley with the view view of reorganizing 1 gan izing the county of carson and thus extend over ov er the people there the mormon 1 statutes of the territory the judge soon after he be received receive ed his corn com mission mission undertook to force on an elec tion of county officers enough of the anti mormons however turned out to defeat ins his purpose by the election of an opposite ticket who on being elected refused to qualify because they were required to obey the mormon statutes the rhe judge has been joti notified fied tint that if he undertakes to enforce the mormon statutes he will be resisted peaceably if they can but forcibly if they must they will not jue tx permit others to c introduce among them the vices vice of that wicked perverse and adulterous generation who have so ion long wielded the sceptre of autuori authority ly in in the great basin they will not allow with impunity their wives and daughters to be kidnapped dishonored and defiled nor submit to laws made by such a people I 1 nor allow themselves then selves to be ruled by men who practice and uphold vices and crimes crimes so revolting to the moral sense of the world and it if the Alor cormons mormons moris persist in in their present course blood will flow the only loyal people of utah are oppressed annoyed and scandalized by a government intended by congress to secure them in in their rights and to protect them in m their property and while the present territorial organization exists the mormons cormons Mor mons who have coni on arol of the legislature will never nev er let vp up on th the e gentiles the only remedy for this unnatural war now raging between the cormons mormons morn ons and anti cormons mormons in in utah is is to be found in in the immediate separation sepa of these people under two distinct governmental organizations one thing is is inevitable the mormons cormons and anti mor alor mons will never and can never live together in in peace under one government the conflicts which took place betti between veen them in in ohio missouri illinois I 1 and iowa and which ar are e now going on in m utah ought lifto to convince Fon convince vince any an ii intelligent ent manof man of the justice and truth of this dec j caration la ration indeed the mormons cormons themselves acknowledge it and so long iong as I 1 they adhere to their belief a belief founded upon their own scriptures that an absolute theocracy is is the only government under which they mn can ard and should live they never will be loyal loal to our own government and countrymen countr countrymen men and hence their hostility to our institutions and people and their inflexible devotion to their own in every state where the mormons cormons have lived it has cost th the e loyal people of the state thousands of dollars dollar as well w ell as the loss of many lives to compel them to obey the laws in every instance 1 1 they have resisted our laws and in in every ev ery i state stale necessity demanded their sion sion in utah while they were charged with the administration of the government and execution of the laws they proved themselves nat not only traitors to our people but treacherous treacherous to the government ern ment and openly rel rebelled belled against ns them and defied their authority and it ost cost th the federal government Goern meni millions to conquer them they have still sall control 1 of the territory and they are in inflexibly bent upon s subduing the anti 1 mormons cormons of western utah and if the latter are not separated from them and protected by law it will require the expenditure e pend iture of millions more to restore order in in utah con congress ress can count the COS cost t of delay in in this matter while we will have the melancholy duty of burying our dead as well ft ell as to measure the amount and value of th the blood that is is slain the people of nevada will never be conquered never be ruled by the mormons cormons come what will they will resist to the bitter end they prefer death to dishonor and the le government I 1 may choose which of these shall be meted out to them in addition to the above considerations considerations idich should I 1 believe present conclusive conal usi e ind and imposing evidence sufficiently satisfactory to in induce congress to organize the territory of nevada 1 I ma may likewise mention others while the people of western utah have in in the mormons cormons open and avowed enemies they have likewise the savage indian tribes to defend themselves a against ainest some of these tribes wo wf I 1 hii nc v L iff others chers are under their influence many con flicks have bave taken place between the christians and some of these tribes a as well as between the emigrants while crossing the plains to the north pacific and the aforesaid savages and there is no hope of establishing amicable relations with these indian tribes until the they are brought under other and better relations with the anti 1 I 1 cormons mormons forn ions of utah peace does not reign in in utah and never al will ill u under the present order of things lvery officer military and civil every trader and merchant who has ever re sided about silt salt lake city in in eastern utah are unanimous in in their judgment that the peace and prosperity ot of western utah can only be secured and maintain pd ed by the separation of eastern from western utah the length of the proposed territory of nevada north and south is is about MX six hundred miles and the width east and west w est about four hundred and fifty miles its boundaries are based upon the conditions and necessities of the country the population ranges as far as I 1 am able to judge from fifteen to eighteen thousand souls towns and in mining in n 1 1 camps are springing up in in alino abnot t every part of i it t some of them are very nourishing flourishing v villages illanes the v valleys alleys are so fertile aia and d inviting that even the want of governmental protection does no deter men from locating in in I 1 them settlements extend for over two hundred miles north and south and over one hundred miles east and west some of the best enclosed and cultivated farms on the north pacific are in in nevada its metallic and mineral resources are im im mense and as a stock raising country it is is conceded by b all who have ever seen it to be the finest on the american continent all of the products of the earth peculiar to the temperate bone zone are grown there all serial grains grain I 1 vegetables esculents fruits and even cotton sugar and tobacco produce well in in 1 we western tern utah all thit that is is needed to I 1 give peace plenty and prosperity to thea the country is is a stable government which will afford protection against domestic violence within and give security against external enemies in conclusion I 1 desire to say that I 1 can enter into no bargain or arrangement for the territories through congress the territory of nevada is is suffering under peculiar affliction the bill to organize it is is in advance of others let each one come up in in order and be tested upon their merits I 1 am the friend of the frontiers frontier s 1 nien men and of the territories but if nevada is is to be defeated or passed let it it be upon her merits or demerits if she is is to be consigned to the tomb of all the capilets Capul ets let her sleep on until other men and other times can do her justice if an erebus death is is to be hers then let her perish peri h like some of the stars in in the great vault have peri perished blied iriving no trace behind but if she is is to be saved and added to the many stars which now strengthen uthen and adorn our country and its flag dag then she will be obedient to the laws and loyal loal to the union when our common country shall call forth her sons to defend her honor bonor and her rights the people of nevada will come forth they ahey will be ready leidy arid and willing to meet the enemy on tse beach and on on the frontier fronti er with a sword in in ono one hand and a torch in in the other they will vill dispute di every inch of ground burn every blade of grass and the last of liberty abill 11 become their graves graces rather than permit a foreign enemy to contaminate the soil of our country can this be r said ad of the I 1 mormon s 2 I 1 think not if we ca can protect PUT pur countr countrymen meni broad abroad why should we not on our own ow n soil very respectfully yo ours ur JAMES M C CRANE delegate elect from fi om nevada to HON WILLIAM SMITH having read the above statement of judge crane delegate from the proposed territory of nevada I 1 will vill state slate that from my own observation having resided in in the territory of utah fa for over three years a portion of which time I 1 was in in carson valley that I 1 h heartily e artely artily concur with him and f fully u ily endorse his statement in in relation to the condition of things in in western utah and seriously believe that the wants and necessities of the people of that portion of the territory demand its its immediate organization organization gro P STILES STILES late associate justice for utah |
