| Show lepor deport t of the house bouso committee on aff affairs irs in utah in 11 the ana washington CIL ch of july undo to the ettli vc no rilda fiul a report oil tile the 2111 by alic committed commit fee on oil territories of on tho the condition of utah fro from 0 male make tile tho follain following ing extract tho the report represents that tho the tet testimony t i taken beffie tho the committee discloses mony the net filet that the las ol of the united states are openly vand and defiantly bolat ed throughout tho the torr Tern bernton ton and ami that an all armed lot hyim cc is nece licce sary 18 I 1 y tu 6 preserve the pele pe ci and aid ahoi d security for afa and pro party to tho the citizens of tho ille united status states residing em tie the I 1 only witness in introduced trod iced netho at tire request of the from utah admits this necessity for maintaining floods the committee have bare been unable to it adopt jibe bugge scions made by some borne of the gentlemen examined ie commending tle the substitution of a unlit try iry government for file ha tern bernton tori il government now i iu u existence the also 1 to state sta te that they liao hano bern been unable to agree epou and submit 0 h 3 of tho the house heiy ay plan chich aich seemed to them to poua pom a practical solution of the labuskes and culs complained oni pla ned ofard of and a admitted to ex cs nt at they do not deem it advisable cither elthor to diedo the Te genitor Terii tor and annex it to novida und and tho the territories adjacent nar nor do they favor the establishment ora of a rn military government they have fore been compelled to postpone the further consideration of the matter until december next on the lith of june 1 mr hooper the delegate from utah a addre aed ed a letter to the chairman of the committee in in I 1 anch abich ho be denies the statement hofson of some to of tho the witnesses and asks that eliat no report bo madeko the until tho the people of utah can bo be headd in ili re reply ay to the L charges I 1 ar 3 made against them lie iio alo i asked aske vor for a copy of the tc timon alrea already dy ta taken lell holcli tile committee coina declined to furnish him ile subsequently appeared appe arec beford tho the committee and that tha a select committee or a committee subcommittee sub from the committee Commit tco on territories bo be sent to utah by tho the direction odthe of the house anith authority to examine examine and report on till all the allegations nudo made by b the 1 witnesses I it nesses examined as abw rn on tho the co condition n of all classes rest residing ding in ill the territory tho the committee were unable to tails satisfy fy thenis elies that any manenal inston binl facts could coul bo be obtained even if a ahou id goto to the territory Terri tor they therefore de cluied to aak the house to make till an order aich bich mould ifould necessarily involve a large t anc of money in sending frueh a c ommittee committee to utah amon amo 0 g the witnesses examined was joseph smith tho the son sea of the founder of aho won monism who says that the bookoff book of mormon on explicitly condemns and forbids polygamy and that system was wag not known acknowledged or held as an article of aita faith until brigham young be cimo the leader or of that part ot of the church that went west with him un der the lia his father the church did not tench teach hostility to the government of the united states nor now under his bis tho the witnesses presidency ini another portion of the report Is 1 submitted tho the copy copi of abe following order the original of which it is ia stated was vas obtained by the military authorities of utah of which the committee says Asfar As iber evidence the witness submitted the following copy of a spec ial order by brigham Brig hain tm young for murder of eighty innocent men dis chaigen teamsters from general john artons conmay cam iuan then at fort fart bridger utah who ivero on en route r Califor california Cali lornie nip fortunately the officer designated to execute the order nas a humane person I 1 and did not excer execute t 0 it and latel lately y gave the iha cordei to a federal officer in utah the signature of james ferguson Is ia authenticated by the affidavits amda Tita of e two re respectable s pec table mormon merchants of salt lal lale e city sa s1 SAT at LAKE CITY april 9 1858 special order the tha officer in ia command or of escort i is 3 ed to see that every esert san ni is bell prepared with ammunition and have brave it t ready at the time lime you seo see those teamsters e rs a hundred miles irom from the settlements clements tle ments ls president young advises that t they hey should all bo be killed to prevent them from returning to bridger to join our enemies every precaution should bo taken and see that not one escapes secrecy is required i iby order of general dan II if wells JAMES rr rauson A A G |
