| Show lIR C FIFTY YEARS AGO I It n at the sion orti the Most M st e 1 I in the History oi ot Utah After fter die Victory p oJ ft le in i a Wr ar oit a Battle tH it i Secretary Se r tar or of W War r fJ d and 4 Jhc Secessionists s d il Against gai st Black And Ana the Unionists U io I I T LETTER THAT 1 i ii i g EXPOSED R X XI It I was Ia published t Jn I t c Dos DeH X 1 sd May Iny 20 J X 1 I t m iL t much 1 u h l h IJ 1 the sudden SU decamping of Judge t dg j F 1 X Utah y lf y 1 subsequent li of C 1 X tOll of dC I U if was X Y upon Ills 1 ls complaint c tit tl r X H y Johnston J 0 I army arl was y C here on premises t each h Jono PO of 1 1 which was v s proven o sub i y p 1 C sequent Investigation t 1 Henderson I Coun County ty 1 Illinois Sept S 4 J 1850 j 5 Dear ca Sister r I 1 j I X receive your letter letto last night X j I t andr ald am nn now nOY seated to answer l we t f fA A X you Mr Drummond left lef hero 1 1 In April to start l rt for fl Utah Wo WoI I M X hoard from rom him Im twice In April X l f a y and ad then he we Yei heard h l no o more y that Wll he c cl oneo ti 1 a Him y y ho hO got t her in n City I IX X District DI of Columbia C l blu her name numo 1 Is Ada du Carroll Car l lie Io never was Ij 1 X married while he was In Iny II y the fh c states C As to living In X T I do on not n l nor I or never 1 j did We Ye were living In h y J ka a r when ho IO wont nl away awa and X 1 stead of leaving iUs ho lio y i 11 but b t little J X I 1 Y Ho o sent mei l a draff a tt few v 1 from California Calf Ho le X X f was In city but said saidy sall 1 i y ho was us gol go ng l g lo to Utah alit to hold holl y 1 X c In September Te y el as a husband Ull and nd said sa l lI I ho would woul return rot urn this fall if X Xhu hu he could c tl J X f JEMIMA Jf i X i iJ j X fM X IX I J 1 CHOING HOna in the cars of f the tlc People who ho ome If I Salt Lake E a i October A N AWill ND for r the nce D Will Wi bo h from farther i ct c I l counter tl i the Cl t Ilan i recrimination naton However ve l the tho CS 1 Gr they will 11 alii al echo c l the thc S Uil In ono Oio particular il 1 Is t l y of II To 0 the old ld veterans whoso back arc arb boyed it lh with C I Ill In tho Church and In the thc welt as IS homo ho hon n l the thc have an old familiar sound 1 II Somewhere Rom back In I his hl youth he will recall rc hl very i similar Jt things and ho will know certain ln in men n f r whose names name endure they lived and labored lal in the lovo of their follow men und and certain other men nien i whose names name are perishing with ith the alo 4 i of those Who knew them thuI j l for fOl the Inspiration i of th hl labor 1 hor was ia I bitterness d nn and Intolerant op ll cs ill g position n nt t To fro the tho young xong men m n perhaps the tho con will wi seem mOlI Important more ominous s for memory n with them lii f runs not to the thc great gl t crisis cr ls fifty ff years eai eair ago ag when in 1858 came to the thc if r men m n and all women l hose ho t I coto had bt l not 1101 i been planted In II the spring because bec s they th were fleeing n ell from f their t mountain homes bOn s sI before an advancing army of C infantry I f try tn artillery arllen and cavalry sent in Ip re response reHi Hi nse to 0 embittered appeal p al from re religious I of f the the Church JT IS UX AX OLD m The game of attacking tho Church S for Cor lh what truno Hi It is not Is IK one ole of C tho oldest that has been played ei in hh Though Ii all the tho IS that It has been J al on n the th Church has l frol F to t i fot r prove In hi tho char Chil 1 act action acton what It actually i iu u I Is and hns I futile fito th el opposition I while Ih Ic more I good g mid and mom ni u recognition a u c it throughout I I o t the hc I world haVe t followed f lo ell ach uch concentration of oC oCi i ll lI years ago ugo when tho October lr was on tha t l greatest evor or won 1 11 by h the people l t lust u been achieved They Iliad come comet c n t hack toi tl they the had h i al ll they thought for l J all 11 time In tha tho spring A aimy ilmy ol 01 troops had come valley llo li t come eonni h undera n treaty hl a presidents dents d guarantee r that they would per perform lel form Corn a I far different mission from that for the th r I that resulted le in thell being sent lt Intended lut I them th l l bo Jio il Ct On au 1 i westward w rd march this trains n had bc retarded I anI II In their the glass tHI hal been burned he hc fora fore them and they thov luid J t been b en forced to winter 11 n Olt i df Ulah while the thc popple could have time to pre present sent their case and all call cal to their aid all llio great fo H which whIch brought h o them tic n nolt off olt victorious lf In the th n iJ t serious cri crisis sis RIA of western ct r history in hi a tl war Vf with without out a single battle a 1 conflict with wih a nations nutons lumps for a cam carn of extermination ion through u h a I sense l of p play 1 on tho part of the nations l people TWO STOICS l rom Ioni any standpoint It ilia l momentous mo moo ent of CO GO years cars ago gothI this considered li m at ing Ing mid and present a record rc o I that tHat the tho people hero hI cirri always afford lo t have li to its Is last la t word wOld while for cM tho other side Itc there is a story that tl tt docs l c anything In but lionor to the Uie chief men mel Implicated excepting always the tho themen thom men m n ot lC the army ih In n tho line lne of tf their duty unpleasant as Il It was waR ser served el veil ved their Borders erH without ut questioning J them th li v Of criminal actions thief takers l c formulated COIn an ni axiom to the thc ef c that Milieu ho a u man ho with witha iI a trust st and anda a responsibility goes g cs wrong Jre l ps not nul figure on n the one 01 thing Iong that thil will moie than th n all 11 others cause a s his hi downfall and his detection And this they t c have said sald IS conscience which will wi begin to t gnaw with Hh tho til go th of his hI sense enso of guilt Jul and finally send f to lo the tho confessional if only u ll for fol relief And through l all nil the tho history r of o the fight against the th Church h which has II sought Hou ht to to prevent l rec 1 its is becoming es established el one thing t l g that those who have hrh fought embittered hearts he tH hll j o c l has been he I the toc sense se of oC fair fa play among lin the An rc l people p at and al llio ll sense of for Cu tho thu Constitution ian and Its ItA purposes has this quality b 11 called ni Into II action acl than it t I 11 In 11 the ort O ago rM in Il Utah II ls s l to ti go gl over ovel those thoRe events tho operation one l single l gJ aid ai to a cause then hen ut d dIS IS l lj j go um It again I to seek seck out the principles of f constitutional liberty and common law which i Young summoned to 10 his hlA aid to lo justify j i his hil ium c ti governor ot Utahn in holding away from rr hi Hire U li le al an armed t I ec foice fOco seeking their harm is ts equally worth orth worthwhile while and an opinion is Ii here her ventured that the then taken ta I by b the thc gov gO gOI I would I if If submitted to constitutional lal lW Ith open and alI t judicial I find full Cul and aud endorsement l lt Certain It I is s it found fO I I Ith tho th endorsement nt of ol ful men men In Washington and powerful writers of thu th eastern press pr ss and tho European press pis for th time tn dis discovered covered COred In Mor monism m of or dignity and of heroic and began to mention menton tho Prophet Joseph In rn the tho darkest hour h m before the people here to tl their possession pos slon back bac Into the thc deCet t which they the had broi them ti nc forth orth Brigham Voting loung r question iu for the thu who demanded t bli to know of or him what outcome of f the thc expedition against Utah be p ib backed cl up us aH It was IU with declaration e l atton from I ni such s ch a u great fig figino fg ino ure as Stephen A Douglas Do gIai who hO had urged ls in fa speech at lt Springfield that tho way to 10 deal with lh the Mormon ques question queston tion was to lo cut the thc ulcer ulc r out ton wt m Young Y ung then said rising to tot t J as he 0 rises ri cs I the I o t 1 Y lJ t t jl r I c t J 0 I i 1 fP i ir ic r c I fr i ij iA j A f l I IJ J 1 i I kf i 3 Gb bH G S D BACKED dK BY 8 G Vork ha been e n backed t by b President P l I of 01 t Goy Go ile I r of or tho New I IY the n h faCt in the Ko tho men ff n ag n m lc S 5 J B Y le tl li l i d ym YI pathy of oC p can n party p rl bI f thai th Go I I tuI so o sincere In his Ii he rank k and II l coPI party par The tovo corporations o p I J loti 01 gf ck hoa s nf the man Y J lt hUep st I Jt Oly tin Juhl c Md ih l st n 1 I Ii i iI L J i JI I with the tle game s C I I as w a l little later loll tl tho he tocache tp cacI I pare Jal to tu hum hurn their ther homes and leave Ifor Ir l th to preserve as aA I as is a single member CI of tc this Church Cl ul h tl I lived 1111 tins til gospel l principles I which wen hl al concern cor cn of f tho Uw t to which all 1 other lh I uit became bean I Il of secondary Importance l Many I y what the I II ill be I i I 1 have hu told you 1 bo b bI I and 1111 I Lan cal tell you now that tin tho result will I be Hint will wat IK be and lin l in power than Ihm vor It was Ia rc I know 1001 that all al will bt Il made lide light You know w It lis Isopo pe oC C UK tho UKI I 1 peculiarities of our lur religion never l CI tc to the tho Lo lt to do a thing v l ut oui ou ouI being I eln willing to t help hc Him HUl all that i able and lind th tho Lord 1011 will u do the tl Il ie I mean an to toA save c ni br t n anO an I sisters 1 l l God being my r helper h ll ei Ita Last t Sun Sunday Sl n day dor I dd lid not to out UI Tim l l hid In coming to mC this morning nOlI was to let you know I w that my Is better I fain am at ill my Illy 1 O l nod is Ig at nt the helm I 1 mean moan to lOl save my 1111 and sisters God GOll being my helper This sermon Is I In the thc D News Oct IJ 14 1857 18 i H It Is I one ant of OC hun hUIl S of oC ls which help In the tI of the Ih day Ia of trial then the was wa upon the people heie and tho In whIch a solution was ought hi about THOMAS KANES MISSION long in n Utah and mi honors Co C l Thomas L Kane Kanc Kano county takes its name from him Tho trip he made tho Horn lQ carry a message m e Into l to troubled corners I as nl the th most dramatic nOI to lO P CIL bloodshed the campaign and because of or Its It success and the thc spirit of love JOC in l which it taken n a It movement I may any time tnie take t definite form to com rate his In bronze or Ot shaft Everyone Iel on Cap Captain tain Van yan of or Johnstons aimy First of all was In ho he to speak up UI for the tIO ehan In national attitude which af tei wards became thc tho administration attitude Preceding army Into luto Salt Salt Lake LI Io entertained by b President am Toung oung taken as a n guest to a Tab Tabernacle meeting let left to converse with the people he Ill some something o thing them as Il they and ancl I lost some on Q impressions ns them as s denunciatory diatribe in thc misinformed formed east ast pictured them th To that ea tast t he carried a 1 message alJ of tho tn th told them the war was waH an au unholy one onu and an at unrighteous one that Young meant what he said hen he J J declared tl ho he was ready to Imn Salt HaIL Lake ToO 1 back bae to tho desert cJe erl and aut go 10 to the sou southern thorn moun mountains for refuge u for fOl ills his people that thatus sis us for himself he would woul rather his hlA commission and wash wu h his hands of ot tho crusade being In the nation name thlin to serve In the army arm with such Ruch a II duty dUI t it And Au when a little later lat r ho hc was re with the opinions ot oC Col Kano who hall had returned from his visit here Ill tho new n spirit began as n asa na a leaven Icen to lO make itself felt folt though the t of oC hatred and abuse INFAMOUS SUGGESTION SrI X There was WI no one oC of those who most hated the hut but who thought that army meant the th m al extermination of or the Church So Im 1111 Important a paper as the Now New York Herald advanced this Uil view and went to Ie the infamous us length l of oC suggest sugg st h the thc handsome officers officer In n natty natt uniforms e so 0 captivate th till Mor Mormon mon women that thaI they the would desert their h and anil if these hand handsome sonic some officers with gay regalia could then be bo moved mO 11 on V California tak taking ing their lItt II fall fair 1 with them the th women of C the tHc mountain settle settlements ments could soon so n bo be taken lalun away in Int t toto the thc sending in of relay relay ol 01 handsome officers I EASLY SUBSTANTIATED That the thc Mormon war had ha an Im hn part In the fu tuio turc oC the American an Republic and that tho l friends friend of people ut lit Issue c In president with friends of secession Is a matte easily ea II substantiated by historical cal duta f I Little Is I In III Utah of Judge T f He Hc was ono one of oC tho om I judges ju ge sent here heru Am Americas territorial policies les were worked 1 ml out to the point at which they thc began begano to o he ho Ami this was tho Indictment jn he from Crom lis judicial j bench upon till the people oC in response to the thc dictates of oC ils embittered heart healt shortly before n i letter Jetti from rani Attorney W G iela Black reprimanded r him and anil him as previously Daniel Yeb ter tI hud had reprimanded and dis another Utah judge H m the government service If it Is expected that this court will ho 10 used u against the of G s and Indians the com c on will punish Its own expectation nol be realized H f this court COUlt cannot bring you the rand which ho hc has haH haHo o ought to indict the tho Mormon leaders to o a proper sense of oC your our duly IT 11 I C IAN AT Ll AST TURN THE SAV SA I GB IN T CUSTODY LOOSE UPON YOU THEN THE AS S NOW ow And Ami a historical hl torl al fact fact brings but shane shame upon the of 01 ill all who participated in It was that tha after q l this remarkable pas passage sage of judicial pronouncement tin the of oC who was to 10 be bC styled t Hd lack Jack Mormon l am attacked ns al bitterly bi as was U Young him hud to report ti to Sc tJ Cass n s that Indian agen Huid d a lo l HJ o this judge was IH hUb Inviting the Ill Indians to lap life a d 1 lor In settlement Hill and It was Ir s known that e el and l even een the Tooele valley Utes hat suddenly come C lIl Into the po of t Cn iv many n rounds of oil t new blankets hill had com one of or orthe the things advanced l by the h opponents n ts ot 0 the tho people here herc was that l as It its as allies tho Ow s of or savages pear tile the Mormon just j L as previously I Great and Fiance Indian allies a III A against colonists oC of the Ih caster cl ster I d was not Ilot hy h hun any un receiving The Tho principal document which dent Buchanan Buchan ll could send sen to the na nu national tio 1 l in this body called for COI I which Ilch he ha been h n t J to was Willi wasn Willin Drummond charl charging n ing infinite crime against t tho Iho Mormon community it every IT I t l oC which was VII soon to t bes bc PI false by h a report of official t rs A letter lett l Crom the thc ten by the thc wife of or Judge J throws abundant lt light on this of bitterness his sudden de departure e from Utah Ulah and the cry that lie he raised r to covel cover his get away which was so similar 1111 I to the cry cly which e y of War Wat Kloyd Flo d when he lied Washington n to be followed by b an Indictment from the tho he had er d dAn And An ther was another of judges judge Sinclair by h name namu who on his backing in the cabinet to sup SUI port him In trying lo to arrest Young Y for treason for f opposing the ap appi pi caching army arm this after a It detinue settlement ot of tit all difficulties had ha |
