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Show Just History By Albert F. Philips Martial law waa problaln.a by Biisham You nr. orrnor of Utah, on September IS, 1S67. Juit aixty 1 mix yearn ago today. Hl proclnma-! proclnma-! Hon forbade all armed forcea to enter the territory of Utah and tha militia of the territory were directed to repel any attempt at Invasion. The Echo Canyon war. rn which Utah resisted the g-overnmenl. waa on. Headquarters were established by General Daniel H. Weils at Echo canyon, where he mustered 12M men, tha headquarters belna; at tha Narrows, about four miles up from the month of the canyon, where tha X highway wound between rure4 cliffs ovarhanainc tha road several -hundred feet In height, where it waa believed thst a small fore could hold In check an army of consider able ssae. The covemment had sent an army under command of General Albert Sidney Johnson to Utah to take car of the records and to put down an ' J allea-ed uprising of the Mormon pers pie. The cause was due to charges) made by Judge William W. Drum-mond Drum-mond in a letter to the attorney general of the United States and Judge Drummond charged that tha -supreme court records In Bait Laka had been destroyed with the direct knowledge and approval of Governor Gover-nor Brlgham Young; that tha federal fed-eral officers had been grossly Insulted In-sulted for questioning the treason sble act: that a condition was such that change In governors waa necessary, and that military force was needed to enable the governor to perform the duties of nis office, It waa also .Intimated In the charga that the murder of three federal officers of-ficers had been done at the Instigation Instiga-tion of the church. In transmitting the chargea, Judge Drummond inclosed in-closed hii resignation. All the charges were denied and refuted by the chief deputy cleric of the United States supreme court of Utah, attested undr the seal of the court and forwarded to Washington. Wash-ington. His dnlal did not reach Washington until after a new set of territorial officials had been appointed ap-pointed and an army ordered to tha territory. News of the removal of Brlgham Tbung and the coming of the army was received by the governor at Stiver lake on July 24. where tha was being celebrated. Theshrdlue tenth anniversary of the arrival of the pioneers was being celebrated The camp at Silver lake was brok- . V en th next morning. Th people of V th territory determined to oppos ' th entrant' of the army Into Ltah. Th federal army, composed ot 2S00 picked troops and splendidly officered and equipped, consisted of th Klfth regiment of Infantry, tha Tenth Infantry. Fhelp'a and Reno's batteries and six companlM of tha Becond dragoon a cavalry- j Th army reached Ham's Forlc f th latter part of September and Colonel Alexander, who commanded command-ed tha vanguard of tha army, ea- ta bit shed headquarters at Camp Wlnfleld. twnty miles northeast of Ft. Bridget-. On th last day of September, Gneral Walla directed Colonel Alexander and his fores t retlr or disarm hla force, who replied re-plied thai hi troops were her by order of th President of th United States and their futurs movements depended upon order Issued by competent military authority. On th return of tho reply of Colons Alexandor. General Walls Issued orders to Major LrOt emtia to turn back or bunt tha government govern-ment supply trains, and he compiled com-piled by destroying two trains which -belonged to government contractors. Meanwhile Governor Cummlngs arrived In Halt Lake and he detailed affairs to Secretary of War Lewis . I Csss and finally p&c eommlaslon-ers eommlaslon-ers were ssnt to Utah to confer with the Mormon loaders by President Buchanan and . to offer pardon t sll who would manifest their loyalty loy-alty to the government. The Mormon Mor-mon leaders for themselves and their people accepted tha proffered pardon for overt acta like th burning burn-ing of the supply trains, but denied disloyalty and agreed not to opposs th march of Johnston's army through Bait Lake, providing they did not vamp within forty mile of th city. This was on April i, ill. It eras the last of June when Oover- V nor Cummlnga Issued his proclama tie of peace and tha Echo Caayosi war was ended. |