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Show WHY THIS CLAMOR 1 The Reese River Hcvtillc does not quite Appro vo tho advise of the San Francisco Post thut BHglmm Young should lie lynched, but it " thinks Unit the oiwo of tho Mountain Meadows Mead-ows massacre should bo tried by m:ir-tinl m:ir-tinl liw," on tlie ground thut justice cannot be obtained white Mormons iiro allowed to situs jurors. It is probable Unit the ulitor of the f't'vriffr, as well as the editois of numerous nu-merous other journals who ure now ioiniiiL' in one conconlratcd howl for vengeance, are well aware that martial mar-tial law would bo no more legal in the miilrttuf a peaceful community than lynch law, and that the deepf-st-dyed and most atrocious villain is entitled-to entitled-to a fair and impartial trial in accord-mice accord-mice with tho established forms of law. A court-martini cannot be convened to try a person unless in time of rebellion re-bellion or invasion, and it is ridiculous ridicu-lous to advocate bringing this case before such a tribunal. The attempt, therefore, which is now being made to i xcito the passions uf the whole count iv against the people of Utah, ur certain of them, pending the trial of one of the accused in the Mountain Meadows massacre, in simply an in- mere nonsense. If the former, it is wirkrd and fiendish, and partakes of the bloody spirit which instigated tint terrible butchery, rather than tho natural desire in which the llKitAi.n sympathizes, that ample justice may be done to all of the guilty parties. It is, we presume, u filers to waste words upon men who have determined deter-mined that so far as their influence fan go the cry of vengi ance shall ovcrawo the law and its tribunals, and that mob violence Or a drumhead drum-head court martial shall rule in Utah. The Rtveiltc insists that justice in this case canuot be obtained through a jury composed partly of Mormons, j How has it ascertained this fact? Such a jury is now engaged in the trial ot John D. Leo. Sentiments ot propriety, to say nothing of fairness to that jury and to this community, would seem to dictate a reservation of the editor's opinion until the conclusion conclu-sion of the trial. What is the object of all this press clamor at the present time? Is it expected to sttl'en the judicial backbone back-bone of Judge Boreman, or- render the prosecuting-ofrictr more zealous m the performance of their duties? Is the utterance of these bitter "appeals for illegal vengeance likely to promote the ends of justice? Can they possibly be instigated by the fear that the facts may not implicate as responsible for the massacre persons who have been for years loosely ac cusedof directing it, and by a desire that such persons may sutler, whether they shall be proved guilty or not? Whatever may be the animus of these'unfoundedattacks and vehement popular appeals, if listened to and followed fol-lowed by a sufficient number of heated partisans, they can lead to but one result, viz., violence and lawlessness, perhaps bloodshed and riot. If the courts of j uatico are to be overawed by popular clamor, and tho public press permits itself to appeal to the mob for vengeance, even upon up-on murderers, in a period when ami a commuiiuy wni-j u wht aim tranquility prevail, the country hni about reached its limit of constitutional constitution-al government, and should prepare for a military ruler, a fa Napoleon. Wo repeat, this whole community desire more than any outiidera can, that the moet rigid justice be enforced in tho Mountain Meadows massacre. But the justice which a mob would inflict eighteen years after tho com-misa'on com-misa'on of that atrocity would be limply an addition! crime, lacking moat of the features of aggravation under which an excited body of citi 20ns usually act in cases of 1 neb law. |