Show S 5 tii JJrXDWAHDSrBRAG < S 1SII w It a i C C 94WHL < vy P V i ii 1 G nera 3 Connor at one time collof the California Volunteers S stationecftst Camp Douglas is repre s l seQt AAas saying when somebody trieo1 to compliment him by expressing regret I that he and the C Vs were not at the S post on the hill on the Fourth when the i S flag was at halfmast in the city Oh S 5 they would not bave thoughtof putting I the flag at halfmast if they had been at SI j the Fort The grammar and construction J S con-struction are both so bad in the GeneS Gene-S rals reportedjespression that it is S difficult to clearly understand his full C I V meaning but we must assume that he intended to say that the people of the S City were afflicted by a fear of the California Cali-fornia Volunteers If our memory is S I not greatly at fault that alleged fear was never markedly apparent nor S was there occasion forit If there were I1 ever a period their history when the S people of Salt Lake did and said what I pleased them T > esf i was during the a days of Connors command at CampS Camp-S Douglas IKfy had no respect for Connor S 4t Con-nor andnone Jfor his men however N much they have may respected the authority I au-thority that the General represented I It occurs to us as it will to thousands f of people f aniilfar with the military career ca-reer of this iathe Connor t same ami < < acquainted S quainted 1withthe manner in which he S 5 gained notoriety that he is one of tile last men rwl6 should boast of patriotism patriot-ism and bravery It is neither patriotic t nor bra vetopounce upon asnowbound S freezing lridstarrlngballd ofIndiansnn S cruelly slaughter bucks squaws and i pappooses The traveler to the north is to this day and will be for generations to cgnie pointed to the cove on Bear L River JVhere Connor massacred thi I Indians and never is heard comph I mentary jvord for the hero of the mvful S butchery When ieneral Connor Salfc s S S 5 II for the public ear he should be careful and that to avoid expressions subjects are liable to recall events in his career I forgotten that he of all menshould i most llesirt T4 r l1 |