| Show MASS I 1 MEETINGS lg 0 f lake laeb CITY lt J JANUARY 1858 at a mabi masi meeting of the inhabitants of lake city Utah County john mercer was wag unanimously chosen chairman Chair ohain fian pian ar arid arld wm Gr greenwood penwood also aiso a committee of nine to draw up resolutions i expressive of of the fhe he feelings of the people pe pertaining to tile the emmi effi official cial course of 0 his excellency it lcy icy ley gov brigham young and ana the resolutions of tile tho legislative assembly of the hie territory Tern Terji tory of utah ulah the following resolutions adopted by the he people Res resolved bat that hat we most cordially approve of the acts and official course of his excell lency ency governor young and that hat we know hirn him to be the unanimous choice of uth utah forthe for the position tori tort lie he occupies aud and an offitt offic cT r against whose wise administration not the he first objection baube justly 4 instantiated I 1 I 1 resolved 4 that we believe our nation nailon hris hiis h now t 1 l arni arri vedat that period when a man nian biks liis bis lile life 4 m i advocating i the cause of justice and innocence 1 yand rand aid gid we bg believe belleve lieve it is far more preferable to die I 1 free ian men than to 0 o live slayer slaves an fn in a land whose constitutional laws guarantee freedom to such aa as i av n 13 ili be free resolved that at his excellences message i of december 15 1857 to the legislative assembly of utah we legard regard as a kounz souna constitutional document t went ment and arid that we approve of the republican and loyal course of cur legislative assembly as ex pressed in their re sin rf relation lation mes ales sage and cziep c I 1 course ot of governor yiu yin young tigi resolved that we highly approve of til the e prompt and decisive course oe of his excellency and the legislative assembly in in endeavoring to repel the ahe j mad and meui idled course of the rulers of our na rid bior tion to lorce upon us men contrary fo to the conkli aution of our country which emphatically declares that the just powers of government ale aie fr derived decked from th the consent of the people 4 bisol resolved ved th that at we know mot assuredly that the course taken by ins his Excell excellency eucy towards the mob now on our bo bolders holders iders reported to be united states troops has been merciful knowing I 1 as he did their avowed object to bring misery and death tipon an innocent end and people and that we further know that thai had llad it not been beet for ahe the confidence colff coLfi dence reposed in his wise counsels by the people peppie of this territory and arid for his restraining lestrain mg I 1 nde en nce e the justly outraged outi aged feelings of the whole community would have been manifested in in a manner er that would have effectually put a stop to the progress of the invaders in in the early part of their movements towards our mountain home arld and that they have abundant abunda Dt reason lo 10 thank governor young that they have not been sent from their present hell to a lower one by the shortest possible route Ri resolved solved hat that we hereby hold ourselves ili in readi readiness hiss biss with our means aua aud all our oun sustain all measures that may be devised by the legislative assembly for the wet welfare and prosperity tv of the territory and llie the preservation of our rights resolved that hat these resolutions be forwarded to n the he editor of the deseret news re requesting questin g their publication i I 1 i resolved hat that the following persons dersons per der sons the C committee sign these resolutions in in behalf of thecial the crt cut zum zo alif U like luke city JOHN BOURNE THOS mckenzie i thos WRIGLEY RiGLEY VV ARZA ADAMS JOHN CURRIE curriee CUR rife RIfi eli THOS til OS ALLMAN WM mcfarlin McFARL lN SEN SN ALEX STALKER STEPHEN CHIPMAN JOHN MERCER chairman Gh airman WM WK odd secretary V 1 ALPINE CITY UTAH co JAN 18 1858 the inhabitants of alpine city in mass meeting assem assembled bed bod urani unanimously adopted the following illg ilig lr resolutions presented by their committee thos J mccullough john W vance davis Mc Olney morri phelps richard carlisle I 1 1 11 L and james H 11 aico AlcO mccarty arty expressive of the 4 sentiments of the meeting in relation to jo s course of his excellency governor briw Brig BUKSI bukar liam llam young his late message to the legislative f assembly of bf the he territory of utah and anu also of the iho tho resolutions of the legislative assembly 1 tb ereon creon resolved that we the citizens of alpine city do regard the official course coarse of his excellency giov governor arnor young as directed by the spirit of 76 and viha that we know him to be a true lover of the co constitution ution and the flie freedom guaranteed loamen c ciali can citizens therein lri resolved that we the citizens 0 of alpine do regard rezard his excellency as the man of our cl cho 10 ce for governor and superintendent of indian affairs for we do know him bim to be aa an honorable man an able statesman a true philanthropist and a bold defender of the constitutional rights so dearly ja 14 bought ought by our ashes sues we do also know that but for the tile constrain constraining flig influence of his excellency i 1 the mob forces now within our borders with the avowed intention of taking the lives of our ur best moen roen plundering our housos and defiling our fei fel females niles would have met with summary punishment Z n ish res Resol resolved alved ved that we do most cordially approve the ines rues message sage of his excellency of dec lo 10 1857 6 to the legislative assembly of the territory of utah as beng being a republic republican au and loyal decur document ent aft containing sound and constitutional doati lue inc me 1 resolved that we da no most roost cheerfully concur with the free and patriotic resolutions of our legislative assembly as expressive of their views and feelings in relation to the he official course of governor young and arid resolved that we will uphold and aad sustain them with our oui um ost cst abilities ani and kudy nudy if required our lives jives in 11 carrying out the tiie constitutional m meares they tiley may adopt to sustain his Excel excellent leng ieng y G governor ov in lit preserving to the people of tl is ls territory ilife life ilfe liberty and the pursuit of happiness 1 and our bur it allf alif co constitutional rights fights guaran guaranteed unto us a american citizens Rs that thee jhee resolutions be signed by the chair chairman mari marl and secretary I 1 on behalf of the oli off citizens of alpine city and be bp forwarded lor tor warded to the editor for publication in the theT Deseret news unanimously adopted and signed on the above above day ilay ai at d date THOS J mcgullough chairman joint NY voce Stere tary PLEASANT GROVE at a mass meeting of the citizen of or pleasant Pl utah county jail juli 18 1858 the follow ollow f ing prea preamble mue and arid le ieso lebo solutions lubons were unanimously aa adopted opted 1 whereas we vie as a people have beel beci persecuted mobbed jird darivin n from irom city to city from state to tate slate late our our bur pro Pyo prophet phet patriarch aud and apostles murdered in cold bloch and ve lie finally com compelled pOled by bv force of arms anns to to teave leave the llie united state ai aad d whereas we ile have llave sought ought but our homes in n and aud sterile valleys a thousand miles from the habitation or of civilized mall nun and aud whereas the llie present incumbent of the executive chait chali ot of the united states slates beill bein in instigated iti I 1 by lying 1 ing ins 1 editors hireling priests and und un I 1 demagogues I 1 s hassel lias ilas ent itaki an anny arthy to force u upon 1 1 us a set ot cori apt at the point of the tile I b bayonet lyonett arld and whereas we desire to live in peace and an in the tha enjoyment enjoy nent of the ti nihls hs and anil privileges guaranteed by the constitution of tile the united states slates to all american citizens f therefore be it resolved that wa we will use every lawful means to protect ourselves ili in those constitutional rights tights to which we as citizens are entitled emitted revolted resolved that we hear heat heartily tily approve of the patriotic and find able message ge of his excellency governor young to the llie legislative A assembly terribly dec bee 15 1857 and arid of the tile ot or the Legisla legislatively assembly thereon resolved that we have the implicit confidence in tile the ability and stat of governor young anu that we will uphold und ond support him and the legislative assembly wilh will our means our energies and our live lives in ili all constitutional mea ures calculated to secure ous aus 6 us our inalienable rights aid ard privileges as freemen and anti America american ii citizens Res resolved that these preamble and resolutions be forwarded forwar deu jeu jor lor publication fion ilon in lu the llie desere lt news 1 aws resolved that the foregoing ie solutions resolutions be figued by tile llie committee on beb bob bobalko behalf alfo 0 the thie citizens ot of Plem pleasant rant sant grove 1 I I 1 HENSON WALKER b S M HIRAM WINTERS sen 1 S F driggs draggs JOHN HOLMAN hodman etoll ELIJAH mayhew efcy secy |
