| Show aquil ASU AND EXACT JUSTIC 17 two features in in tho he mountain meadows trial are arc to americans americana to inexpressibly painful one tho gaii guilt of W II 11 hooper tho the oth other or tho the feel inar negligence of 0 the government tho the former it is too lato to to help it if tho nun man has bus donned dunned LIM bid golf to everlasting infamy to ED ho muel inapt go EO into history ir if with at 0 their guilt ho he bovere covered a up tho ILO crimo of lis hia co it lit ila took tho the money of the tha nation as 03 a delegate Dol cEato while tho the mur derors ol 01 tho the nations Nati ont citizens and ana AID his bia bread it at tho the prim ot 01 innocent blood may god have malay on oa his hia soul I 1 in this thia world thero is u no abr giT eness for lim him but bat the hie government may yet do da something justice tardy though it 7 may be may do something to clear us of 0 tho the which otherwise must most rest on tho the american name wo aro are not insensible to the legal dl da in tho the way iry of prompt action tho the prejudice in m aitor of local self government is strong bat when ho local 11 government in in other parts ot of tho the country the tha murder of 0 cill zeng lena to go unpunished a lional affy vas found for th tho nation to apply tho stat aman ship which restored order and occur ity to one thud third ot of the tco states is certainly equal to the enforcement of criminal law in a territory it must mist iio be apparent to overy every un nn prejudiced thinker that brigham Brif haia young is u guilty in the tha matter ol of mountain meadows it is il squally apparent that he cannot bo be fairly tried under tho present cod litzou of in utah it if vo TO should admit by way of doubt that lo be L knew nothing Lefo of tho massacre ho he is u still guilty is as ais n after tho the fact and thit hit by abundant evidence except ty by his own deposition anil and such a deposition I 1 to say that tho the lis has no right to discuss lis hia guilt now is nonsense when would crimo crime ever be ba brought to light or criminals trio briod it if everybody kept baill obona it afron A arca press in a free slate u ona of tho appointed means lot for up tho the proper persons persona to notion action and that brigham WAI irai the real author ol of tho mountain mesa mead aws massacre sacre wo we offer ofer a few proof farat birst is tho condition ot of ct at that time this people were under an aa ironbound iron bound system such as the world his has nover never acen roar distinct orenia lions orril civil social and military bound them together in lour four directions and ana consolidated soli dated them under tho the most rigid paternalism the ecclesiastical GOT church with brigham as prophet seer beer and revelator nt at Us its head controlled every notion action in life below tho the first presidency th the twelve apostles divided tho the terri tory into inta sees each see aea was subdivided into bishoprick bishoprics bish and under the bishop each cah ward again sub divided into districts district under the immediate supervision of a ward teacher or epy these catechizer catechized catechi zed every person person regularly the tha bligh bh slightest test breath of 0 discontent tent was successively reported to higher officials up to Bris liam young tho the civil government of cf tho the church was still more rigid every little had its ita president and liis ills councillors councilors Counci lors as jahid joha D ire it 0 over hardoby Har moBy every collection of these constituting a jid bad a president alc as L C haight ITa ight superior to leo them all was the high council troia from that an order to tho the first Preal presidency dency where all power again centered in brigham Brig haia young tho the territorial government was j on OIL the tamo bamo model brigham Brigu arn was waa governor tho the bishop in each county ws was judge the presidents held id other offices office corresponding to the choir rank to in the church and oven even the tha ward teachers veto etro private councilors councillors counci lors and ana informers informer ii under the government besides all this very every able bodied nan man in utah was organized into tho the nauvoo legion brigham was waa corn com mander i in chief lip f hu his second councilor lieutenant general tho the apostles were major sod nd brigadier generals Gen Genc crab rals and so on dow neach officers rink rank corresponding in ia tho the four arganza organza i actions tho the interlock ol 01 ecclesiastical civil military and social was corn com aad every action ot of every man woman and child WM was subject to control an and d could if need bo be referred to and pa passed seed upon by bubrig brig ham young no ife was prophet seer sedr and nd revelator Rev clator ho he was president governor and trustee iii ia trust he 6 was head of churco state and so bo biety absolute over act liili aith sod and thought as to no man has haj been since binco the veiled prophet 11 flad il from tho the horror of his crimes to self destruction la a well offline of fline great as this power was there is ii abundant ovi leaco that it WM was ex ci arc ieca to abo la atosa I 1 no mio changed his residence or i business Liu inca or entered upon any act of 1 importance without consulting his hia j spiritual guides they in ia turn tarn directed alt to Brigl Brig bare iara young if the cue case wis was ia any respect worthy ol of well anttn tion at this ibis point some may call for proof if were less ant one might bo be justified iza ia ake aepli tip i claw biam every cormon boil oil speech t yom roia to 1860 boldly insists upon if church paper avows it tho th 0 il i ol DI every apostalo and I 1 cider boasts ol of it every old citi zort inola it to no hocott mormon lormon fl demos dolls it bod bad to those who ilat documentary evidence the direction might beneo be see tho the journal of Disco I 1 A A every aspiration of the tha individual horo WM was a complete abdication of pomonal onal obey coun conn col WAS the alpha bud bad omega of political 11 and social thought every set act or of private business WM was subject to counsel counsel to gell lad and bousel to 0 luy buy counsel to E go brod abroad or to stay atay at lome counsel to soli sell goods fco oda to enter lanil land to drive stock or to talio take a creator subsequent wife vita no ko man in could evince tho the disposition to personal independence without hid case coming at once before the church il if refractory reto clory Is ho was out oat OT it if on only rebellious he ha won wax sent on a mission fuld anil int in those days daya that amounted practically to concu cation of property of 01 all SOT goy berning nono none was under more rigid control than tho the military it is is possible to believe that il hecock ancock brought on tho the battlo battle of tho the wilderness Wildor new Bial nt abo wah and without tho the command of orant grant butilla but it it cot col poi possible lor for any well toll informed alla to believe that tho the and major ot of tho lie I 1 Ton county regime regiment at ordered out that body against the ibo wish and vi without tho the order or brigham young for 0 grant rant was waa only tho the official superior of c hani hancook cook cod lul but brigham wa wai 1 superior civil governor adopted father great high priest anil and intercessor bad and the alio icca inato voice of god to jolin john U D leo at tho the worst grout grant could only lavo have lad had courtman court mr dialed and shot hot but to the mind of loc lee brigham was able bl to 0 o cut cast both tool soul sad and body into loll boll and ana is there hero ono thin thinking kirg man who believes that ouch cacti 06 subaltern teru as ot or lee lea under such an abs abo commander AS Brig brigham brim yourie would enter cater upon such aa baim portent important lino line of 01 notion a without express order go toll that story to tho the mercenaries who writs write labored apologist apologies for brigham M in tho the prea but dont toll 1 l it to any mormon in utah or to any gentilo nho knows tho the situation they know bolter better A corps corpa commander ni mako make nn an attack without orders order or against tho the wish of the general commanding ond god got orl off with hu his life but bat that thai is il something that never happens in the iha mormon church had brigham probated re tint that as ho bo now claims who does not etow that in lc acis s than montla aller it happened tho thi perpetrators would hivo hive been lolled down with WILL irons and nd la in prison awaiting their c corthia doomit inducil blooma blood atone atonement locitO had rot cot lail their mall mutilated t bodice in the cm can yo yens to feed the fowls of tho the air tir as called for by the ibo Endo endowment oath would ho bo can any uan man cievo have bovo retained rotain cd them in ia fellow chip given them young wives w nes endorsed them irom from the stand accepted their hospitality promoted t r it is ia too monstrous to bo be credited a moment floso who advocate such an moil idea aro are either determinedly soll solf de dc laded or trying to beceiro others xo no intelligent man who his has lived in utah five fiTO years can bellevo that an officer ol of aho ill 0 na hartoo u legion a tub sub alt altce tom in tho the charob an aa official in ia tho the state would enter an acton act of such importance without orders from Lead headquarters quarters titi aultes lees indeed the man BO be believing has utterly debauched his 1118 ODOS cionco or his intellect by a persis lenco in amito so but suppose lio he is guilty what can the general government do many blany things As a sato of rebellion then prevailed in utah perhaps it a military commission to take 0 testimony alimony tc would be ba legal it not cot then the accredited law of 01 tho government should come upon alia ground and examine thoroughly tha whole case not to accept brighams Erig Brig hams hospitality rido around in lis hii carriage cat lie bis fruit and danci dance with his women and then tall fall into idiotic raptures rs tur es over mormon loveliness but to go among the people git gat the facts and then take the test bony ot of all who linow know anything about tho the massacre sacre il if it is scared that local feelings clingi fe will visa judgment then let ick a commission or of justices Justi coa PC bo appointed to try the anything anything in reason to act at t the guilty congress hould promptly take action and it ila has the constitutional power to 0 o bring brigham young and george A smith before an impartial tribunal and have hate them tried for murder to try them before a mormon jury would bo be a monstrous farce only relieved from being amusing by being a gross fratia upon allot justice if it is u leared that any other kind ol of jury would not bo be impartial then there is the right of appeal to the iho supreme court of the nation which could lave have no motive but castico jas tico this is is a national concern the murders have become became of olious repute all over europe europa the locq delay of 01 justice is alread y a national dL disgrace grace tho the blood of our country ra men after eighteen weary baill T enos from the ground unless something positive and effective is ia d done ono to secure justice the memory or of this administration will only infamy and tho the governing patty par ty bo be como come a stench stanch in ia the nostrils nosta Us of 0 the civilized word |
