Show LET ITNbjTBE DONE In concluding what he has to say in his reportto the Sacretary olth JnJ I i tenor about keeping ajStrong ga ispn of regular troops in this Territory to act as if they were the militia of the I Territory to preserve order and enforce en-force the law in case of an emergency i 1 Governor West says Th exhibition r of the strengijhSofj the farmsiof power a will often > OD5is g the Meoefsity of ItS I use Perhaps that may be true in j some cases jbut with a pebple highly sensitive of their rights and who hate the very appearance of intimidation i the presence and parading Jt troops in their midst Js l palcu lated ra ht cIt1oTr sass crate f er feelings and an their Idespehlt n provoke them to acts of violence rather than to intimidate them t toslavishsfibC J mission through fear r lor men had t better be dead than to liverunder such Ii I conditions A law enacted which would I place a strong auison of troops st Ee 1 > disposal of the Governor wit Ann i I understanding that K o z r IJ I i l n rw io preserve kW An ord tEi J creas tho a alQt Iibeara1We lDsolelle J tl 1 pf the ady qtrers who u v e drifted into if in-to cur Territory and who would use t their best endeavors toy provoke q a conflict that they might revel l in the spoils These men have i marked the misfortunes of Utahs people It peo-ple as the means with which to j build their fortunes and if such arrangements I LIt 1 ar-rangements as Governor West recommends j I recom-mends are adopted it will be strange indeed 1 in-deed if their wicked invention does not I devise some means to harass and bedevil j 1 be-devil the people beyond that point 11 i where human nature can bear no more I i and where regardless of wreck andy and-y ruin and slaughter that might follow l men would strike down their cowardly I q tormentors + 1 We believe Governor West feels kindly I disposed towards the people of Utah and in this Tory feature under discussion I discus-sion hops that it will operate in such a i manner as to quell any likelihood of a I 1 resort to violence on the part I i of the people There need be no 1 1 fears entertained that the Mormon w people will resist the enforcement oft I of-t i the laws of Congress by armed resistance t resist-ance While they may contest every inch of ground sought to be infringed 1 t4 x upon unconstitutionally as they believe i by the general government still their I i 1 methods will be lawful and without resort I t re-sort to armed violence To fight the t government is not thelr calling They I have no disposition to invite destruction i i G destruc-tion Yet to garrison a body of troops it in their midst as a menace to them and I itt if the encouragement of the presence of I i this military force would give to the I avowed enemies of the people to I Jt increase their insolence would bet be-t most likely to provoke the very conflict = < con-flict the Governor we believe is anxious I to avoid Governor West bears witness to the J 1 truth that there has been no physical I resistance offered to the oft I of-t + the law s infamous as the people believe i i be-lieve them to be in themselves and then 11 administered with a cruel vindictiveness = i I t vindictive-ness unworthy a court of justice TheE The-E t i language of the Governor is I know of no armed organization for i the purpose of opposing the lawful authorities I i thorities or resisting the enforcement f i t enforce-ment of the laws nor do I believe any 3 r such now exists The process of tJ the courts is met with no physica I I fj i resistance and society is peaceable I if Then let no recommendations be made I I that will tend to disturb this creditable r i state of affairs The people of Utah ft f who in all the years of the past have it been peaceable and among whom the a life an I property of their bitterest I ° c enemies have been safe while those I same enemies have been plotting and 3i i scheming against the best interests of 1 society in this Territory may still be l I 11 trusted to preserve peace and good order I t t j or-der While the possibility however remote i re-mote it may beof so far outraging I every feeling of humanity and decency if as to bring upon the villainous few whose I lt l aim is to prospe r upon the misfortunes of t t of the Mormon people condign punishment f punish-ment will have a salutary effect upon I < hem w t |