Show affairs in iiii this territory Teni tori the condition of affairs in in this territory are of a most unsettled and complicated character we A e unhesitatingly announce and believe heliene that thatTie ti eason ason exists as much this day as when uben echo kanyon with its fortifications was bristling with arms and traitors again against the government of the united states the I 1 presidents graciously par 1 boned them and it is generally thought abroad was received receive dp although it is is well I 1 baon here bete that it was via laughed at arid and I 1 scout ednay derided aud and that too publicly I 1 antte in the most mast ru indecent decent terms and the only I 1 hi n 1 terp that can be put upon it and in in fact tie only way it is 19 received recen ed here is is that it alaor ced up upon n them the government stood in the anomalous condition of h holding 0 idin A pardon tor for her own on n subjects and treat for peace peace apon her own territory terri territories tor acs ics the ibe mormons cormons feel and we do wit blame oem heni that in this very act the they overreached uie the government goi eminent and u while bile the they r dd not die dic 1 tate the te fermai m 1 4 buiey anere merely y gave ga e a nod ot of tle the I 1 tey head an and d sra sniggered i red ered at the 1 idea lea the tha last I 1 few weeks particularly has demonstrated I 1 the bej ond a doubt that the sa same me feel lopa bf 0 contempt exist now no I 1 there ae r are ar armed scouting parties sent out 1 cannons cannons I 1 moul mounted itea cached and when discovered su subsequently hid signal arrangements prepared upon the mountain heights to telegraph ito IQ ill all parts of the territory where their heir forces are collect collected ea ani awaiting the rigal rig al a condition of affairs treasonable in in its and insulting to every loyal and american citizen it shows not only an estrangement which is is so palpable in the social and political economy econome of mol moi monism but a hatred which is is evinced in in a mariner manner at once defiant the attention oe oc this or similar matters has been called not only jiow n 0 iv but repeatedly to the F executive and we are glad to learn that the scales are ar gradually dropping from his eyes although we think thick his vision in in the premises is not clear yet and he has recognized recognised the aits acts and so far endorsed thie the testimony that has been presented to him by issuing a proclamation cla mation a copy of 0 which is as follows EXECUTIVE OFFICE FICE G S L city may 9 1859 WHEREAS I 1 have this day been beeg informed that certain persons who vilio are to xe me unknown have leave associated themselves together in in a military capacity near goshen and at other points in in or near the mountains surrounding great salt lale lake valley in this territory and ana therefore having reason to believe that those associations and assemblages are ul awful and directly tending to interrupt and the peace and good gol order of VA tin s territory I 1 now hereby order and command that all persons ermous so associated and ana assembled together shall immediately disperse and re turna to homes and usual a avocations and that all and every such persons who mho ah than a 11 if refuse ise immediately to obey this command and I 1 are hereby declared I 1 dis disturbers disturb turbert ers or of I 1 the peace of this territory and as such disturbers disturb ers of the public peace shall beVi be arrested rested and dealt with according to law afi in the premises i 1 and 1 hereby direct authorize and e empower JOHM KAY the marshal elected by the legislature of the territory of utah to enforce carry out arid and execute the foregoing command and injunction forthe for the presena tion of the public peace of gf said territory and that he be make due return to me of ef the ex tUre thereof of i 0 o itai given L ander my hand and seal of LS r 0 t the territory ol of utah at Great Salt lt lake city i this ninth day y ot of blay ay A Z D tighten eighteen hundred and fifty ne A CUMMING I 1 go governor U litah tah territory w i i i tuia is order in ouri opinion should have been bee directed to a officer to io execute execute for for gov cov gumm v ih the he bist history ory of this tery before him and especially the records cords e of the last two wo months should not fail ail to perceive that the thunderbolt from the executive department is is a greased shaft B aft in in the lands manipulators the ur cm stances dee s that hat surround us and those that have hai e preceded us fragrant with carnage the itter inability of the U S courts to 16 do any thing tiivi in this territory should at leaston least 1 ln 1 our estl matlon ca called aled for a different appointment than that made by the governor in addition to the lawless proceedings already referred to then are others nelch consist doc not only in n bringing to the bar trait mrs rs but bu in in punishing arme andai and affording a asli a atancio go federal officers sibo have baie and are im now endeavoring ts to bring offenders to justice and the encouragement alTor afforded ded them by arming ig a man with all the powers of a proclamation cla mation and one too who would execute a trust from the ch church ratter hrather than from the government is a flattening fattening down to v which aich we cannot subscribe the mountain meadow massacre is 13 probably now in in course of tove investigation ve vesti stig gation ebion et ion and the bones of the butchered which A bich like the teeth that cadmus saved may produce an alphabet whose every letter would spell guilt against those who 11 ho were tors in it and those high in the oae charch who have slumbered over it until now should call not only tonly for the hig the most prompt authority to either extinguish signal fires or spike cannon especially should they be in intended tolse to te used to cover crime and in in their very i ery uses are treasonable we shall await aw ait the result of the proclamation with mith no anxiety whatever for we e have ceased to be anxious about matters here but at the same time time firmly believing to use I 1 the he indian word w conf that it will prove e ika kawol ka wol |