Show arrom from the eit dit Elt serj seri ws ext axt 0 7 aj M vf at dOA U 1 I py legislative HALL G S L city UT I 1 jan 4 1838 1858 als ici wei fei brigham young 11 0 ung wag governor of ula utah territory sin sim the legislative assembly respectfully request that you will furnish ahm if campat ible ibie ib lethe the correspondence between your excellency len ien ey and arid certa certain iii ili officers officer ceis cels s of the U S army now nov in our border HEBER lieber C KIMBALL president president of the council JOHN TAYLOR Speak Speake brot brof rot the hoime of representatives GovERN GOVERNORS oits OFFICE G S I 1 la j city UT v jan jali 41 1858 S members legislative af the fhe he territory af utah GENTLEMEN in compliance with yur yun request I 1 hav hay havethe etli etil honor elionor to tb transmit transmit tran slit tl bof such I 1 1 action a 3 sor 1 judgment pid ament t may dictate dicta dieta teth the e cor cori or ai boyser and colonels E B alexander anda johnston brigham YOUNG governor the tji til above named corre corri correspondence cor cpr ordence was read 1 in n J joint 0 alit S ss lon ion of the assembly As ern einbu ein by by nin mr nir i J james ames ferguson chief af the house and ordered to reprinted be printed in it the thi Deseret blews news I 1 as follows GOVERNORS OFFICE uta kelty territory great salt like J keity cit olt sept 9 1857 1837 ro to the ike officer 41 commanding thi the forces borics vom vow furad wg ing uta utu utah h territory Terri org ory by bv to llie tile act of or con congress gress passed S sapt epou J 1850 organizing organ orsan izing the Ter territory Atory of atall published in it a copy of the laws of bierei berenith herewith ith forwarded pp ap 7 you will till hind olds Tind find the toil full following follow av ipg g am ec S 2 aini awl be it further enacted that the executive e power binl ant ank authority in and over said teni Tevi territory tory rf of utah utai shall be vis via vc a govern G overn r who ddll hold hoid his office for four years and until his im successor shail shall be appod appointed anted and qualified unless sooner removed by the president of the united states I 1 shall reside within said terri ory cry shall aall lie commander Cuini uander iu in chief of the militia thereof ac ae I 1 I 1 am tili Goer governor nor and arid superintendent oUn of indian Indi diati ai affairs for 1 or this thip territory Tein tory no sor or havin haviv having been appointed arid and qualified as provided by law liw luw nor nerr have I 1 been removed by biliti ih e prist prisident dent deot of the united unite d states ol 01 the authority thus vested in me I 1 lj ve issued ami and forwarded you a copy laemy af my f forbidding the entrance of armed forces into this territory Teni tory this you yon tied I 1 now furher direct that you forthwith re ure arora the he territory by the same route you e entered ni ered i should you dif dil daem em this im impracticable a ble bie and prefer to until spring in the vicin encampment blacks fork pork 2 henrys fork or green river you can do so in in peace alid and im molested on conditions that you deposit your arins arms and ammu with lel lewis lawis is robison quarter master general of ahe the territory and arid leave leve in ili the spring as soon boon as the condition of the roads will permit vou you to march and should you yon yoli fall fail short abort of provision it can call ioe loe e furnished furni sheil I you you iou ou upon lipon making the proper application I 1 general D 11 wells will forward for i ward this and receive any aljy communication you may have to make very res ref respectfully respectful p lv BRIGHAM YOUNG Co governor vErnor aril arll alm atil superintendent of indian affairs utah territory Teni tory loth reit reif re I 1 it US infantry camp wil wiuf Winf field ieli on it ilams hama lor for fortt k october 2nd and 1857 Z bigham esq I 1 I 1 gorer Gover governor nor vor f ulah utah territory cirri cerri tory asir siri sir sirl I 1 hibe hive tup ilip hobor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication communicate 0 n of sapt with copy i of proclamation tion and laws law of utah etah word anel hav have e given it an attentive consider aul Jui atlon cirl cill I 1 1 I airi ain at present the he benior nellor and commanding comman ng dmn Off officer nicer licer of the tile U S troops at this point ad and 1 I will submit eur our letter to the tile general commanding aa as i vori as lie he arrives here in iri the roean mocan t me I 1 have only to say that elebe siebe troops are her hei ebythe orders of the ibe president of the united states and their future aid alid will depend entire entirely IY pon apon ordein by competent military authority tao tho kity rity I 1 1 I ala aja air sir vory tory respectfully ac ac E B ALEXANDER col kah ah infantry SALT laem larm CITY oct 7 1857 F coi cat leala J j U A jl 4 i ar sir that a dearth of aw ircia from tle ile easl east and ald your yort h home homb news froin froia the wewt west might i ht enli vohn voon the monotonous onous enous routine of f caisip life I 1 haze baze ha e the honor to forward tor for sara yard to you yon two w koples each sach of the latest numbers of tita daut newn i te very r V YOUNG x L i HEAD Q QU quarters AnTEns arters ai J for utah 1 camp yli winfield Vii ifield october 10 1857 5 v to ili his Excell dicy brigham a governor of utah sir bir col alexander the U S troops directs me to acknowledge ohp th receipt byyoure messengers ines of packages ot of papers for lur himself col waite and copt Ill ili phelps elpS pipa he lie appreciates highly the kind attention and hia politeness to bim him ami awl jani iani the officers of lin tin aruid army 1 and begs that you 5 on will all accept his thanks thanh S I 1 0 I 1 ain am sir with ith high respect your most mott mot t obedient servant HENRY E diat NADIER sadler laetit maii A AU ij 10 h anty act acta 19 aasc abst adit gei get geil HEAD army for ut utah camp on oil fori fork oct 12 j thiis to ills eils E excellency xcell ency bri Brig drig bam ham harn loung young 3 governor of ufah utah territory sir yesterday two young men named hickman nic kinan were ai restel by the HIP rear gudld of oti the army arid and birc are now liow in ili confinement thyl brom brow brought lit a letter ietter from front win A hickman rickman alii to mr perry a suder gutler it Lf one of til tit the regiments but came under the privileges of hearers bearer ot of dispatches and are are ire perhaps EI liable to be considered and arid treated as sans apis but I 1 dm din convinced from conversa tion tiou with them that their conduct does not riot merit ilie the serious barlous pui pul i aw awarded armied to per persons ons of that charl chari character cler and arid I 1 accordingly re rt solved resolved to rt r lease the you otin oiin liger gei one especially it ill ili consideration of his having it a w wife f and arid three children depe dependent upon irlin and arid to make him tile the bealer bearer ot of this let iet letter ietter ter the elder I 1 shall keep until I 1 khow know how flow this communication comi murl mull muni I 1 c cation catlon tion is received rece ned and arid until I 1 receive all an answer to it serving reserving ic even cien then hen we tire light to hold him a prisoner it in my iny judgment 0 circumstances lequire require it I 1 need hardly assure 30 boj yoi that his life eife will be protected and that he lie wilt receive eve every y coni colli fort tort ali all and proper to be b hini isi I 1 desire now low sir to lay before you ou the following facts the forces under tinder my cp minAnd were ordered by bv the president ot of fhe the he united states tp to es establish tallish a military post at or near salt lake city they set out upon ther their low tow to g aud arduous march anticipating a recep reception tion tiou similar to that which they would receive it arly any ally other state slate or territory in the union they welp neej e met at tile the boundary of the abe territory of which you are governor and arid in which capacity alone I 1 have ai y business vilh wih you 5 on by a pi proclamation issued by yourself forbid ding dinc them to come upon boil soil belonging to the united states all arl and calling upon the inhabitants to resist them with arms you have ordered them to return and ha have ve called upon them to deliver up their arms in in default of obeying your our iilah trian mandate date you have bave rese resorted lied to open hostilities an and of a kind permit me to aay ady very far beneath the usages usages ot of civilized warfare by g pers persons ons under wider your control control some of the very citizens doubt lee whom you have bae called to arms to burn the grass apparently with yilth the intention ot of starving a few beasts and hoping that men would starve atari e after alter them thein citizens of utah acting I 1 am bound to believe under your authority have destroyed trains containing public stores with a similar humane intention or starving the array I 1 infer aiso also from yolar coin coln communication mun i ati on re cebel day before 3 yesterday iet ret eiring erring to a dearth of news from the ea east t alid and from home 5 f that on oil have caused public and arid private letters to be diverted from their proper destination des and this too when carried by a public messenger oil on a public highway it is unnecessary for tor me to adduce farther instances to show that you have placed your self in your capacity of governor and so jnnny ot of the people ot of the territory of utah as have obeyed your decree in a position of I 1 le eb bellion ellion and hostility to the general government of or the united states it becomes you to look to the consequence consequences for you must be aware that so unequal a contest can never be successfully sustained by the people you on govern it is my iny evern duty uty io to inform you that I 1 shall tise use the force forca under my control and irid all honorable means in my power to obey literally and strictly the orders under tinder which I 1 a am abtil g if you ou or any acting under tinder your orders op pose me I 1 will use for foi foice folee ce and arid I 1 warn you that the bloodshed blood shed in this contest will be upon your head my bly means I 1 consider ample to overcome any obstacles aud and I 1 assure you that any idea you ou may have haie formed of forcing these troops back or of preventing them from carrying out the vie vies vie I 1 vell veli s of the government will insult ili in unnecessary vio violence ence and utter failure should oil reply to this in a spirit which our relative positions give me a right to demand I 1 will be prepared to propose an arrangement ran gement with you I 1 have also the honor to inform you that all I 1 perso persons lr found lurking around or in any olour of our camps will be put linder under guard and held prisoners as ag longas lon lor gas gab circumstances may require I 1 remain sir sit very respectfully your obedient servant E B ALEXANDER col loth iny tilly U S A coldi GREAT SALT laze LASE CITY U T oct 14 1857 5 colonel in consideration of our relative positions you acting in your capacity as commander of the united states forces and in obedience as you have hive stated to orders from the president of the ha united states and I 1 as governor cf of this territory impelled by every sense of justice honor integrity and patriot lim to resist what I 1 consider to be afa a direct iu of of the citizens of etab id aid ah an act lct of f tin fin rece le fd in I 1 of th united satiates sni Sti ates tes I 1 eim erm it lle lie J 2 aahl f s vou oil frabl ly as a citizen c zei zvi 0 of f III ill he U mayva eti eta flu fia lihr I 1 ille ri rigid d 11 usages s age ale ot f C if rl I 1 d I 1 di y etiquette As citizens cl ens of the united states we boh built it I 1 is feel fe lei el 1 strongly gif wiy atta attached clied to the tile arid and ilis ills of countr and is i aali probably agree ili ill it ille the dear bo bol bailit boi lit t liberties bequeathed by on fail hull 9 the fias in ill iii are individually placed being thel the only apparent cause of our present antigon estai asni you vou a aa colotel Co loiel conanan ding that yuu voll have a ri rim rigid 0 duty tp perform per forin fit ill obedience to orders ori lers ai at 1 it l 11 ii I 1 a sill in m re important duty lo 10 the people of or tifis this I 1 I 1 I 1 eed iced not it h ere ren tell critic erme s h at I 1 have already ly in ill iny official and arid w what aliat liat I 1 at and the he ily people leo lea I 1 ae ot of he flip teri terl ru tory olf off ilver ver saliv sails believe belleve bujnis to be the oba c ot of the flip ad in ID the tile lif exl exi edilio edrin ll against aga ilist Ut liuz aliz tilt lilt if not of the mormon unity solely upon tel fel g allt alli 1 v preta ext exl i t for the tile do ilo kilow 1 abow flom the moat sources that the ut bisp bise e reports circulated b i atal atai of or tiie llie e mean meau officials lis kis are ci lupini they do mor poter jukow that the ibe polle of oti utah lia hac lac ben b en lnore and alid laabi law abid tl jiz ini jil leall hope home e of alty other olberta perril orv of the ohp united stales stites I 1 a iiii n iti iliavi Ili baie haie ave leer lever asted rf eien fien veil vell the wih wit wih li ot of the president af pf af pf f the U eted st sates ates nor lor treated avith mili a fincle incle f individual como coro irp to rie tle be tie teil htoy under tinder his although llie life and deportment of inari inart niana rf thein thern have haxe hoe trie merited aint anti lil ili ary aly any other sal sil e or territory ouid late inet with i bit hen lle lie the president of it th states so fir de gradia hib his high p and arid prostitutes tutee tle tie lle atit jit lit of f ill the e deop people e as to of the military power only it in tended for tor th licit of thie le e ii rig lifs to cruth h the leopla Is libiT ties tips ane ant arid them lo 10 me m receive e jve 0 o lost to seif self respect rf pct act a aa a to accept appoint inputs agai awai the knoon anti antl 4 t wish of fhe the ifo people ale and aid so craven craten and degraded as to need HI in army to profit prot ct ihen in ib thir ir coition poi tion we feel ippi that we vve flinard should be to evora principle ot of pit pir respect honor integrity ai at d to bw bv v tamei ta nei nel to s ich hia hig hiah li tyr aulty parallel an fn or r which bich is only found in on the attempts of the government in in its it most roost corrupt stage agrain st tile tiie rights liberties amt ami ilves or our forefathers now coldie el I 1 donot charge you yon nor those nilde tinder you with wilb v ith jtb the instigation I 1 consi conni consider der hat that you vou are on only I 1 the agent made use inse of by toe tle tie administration and probably to ous desbiens de wha high minded ger ser clenal tl eual enal cai car feel comfortable in beit a the th e ampre cath cata avi of political jugglers us filera and hucksters pm rilo ilio ers era hungry speculators and disgraced ed yet il is from the statements of such characters only that the administration have acied acted attaching the official seal to oun our movements now I 1 feel th hit it i hen such treason is perpetrated pet rated lill itri blushing tv ili in open daylight against the ilbe libe itieR and mot mo t sacred ri gats of the citizen s of this territory it is my laity and the duty of eiery fiery lover over of ot bug hii country i and her I 1 institutions to resist it and maintain inviolate the constitution of our common couii couil try perhaps colonel you may feel otherwise education and associations have their influences ini binl but chave I 1 have yet to learnt learn that bat P S om oh cessare cers are implicitly bound hound to obey the tile dictum of fl a despotic pr blent it viola vlola dilz driz the mo most 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