| Show A history of the federal Fe derai aeral officials N needed e e d e d f A gentleman of our acquaintance well welt versed in the history of utah from thedac the day that great salt lake valley was entered by the pioneers in july 1847 1647 up to the present time informed us not long iong ong since that he in tended at no distant period to write writa and pub lish a complete history of the federal official and agents who have been sent to this territory to represent the government disburse its funds distribute its f favors acors administer the laws explore the country survey the public domain if any there was brion belon belonging gitig to tin tir united states that could be sold or given away and to watch the settlers lest list they should rebel pry ry into their domestic concerns and to ascertain if possible whether or not they observed the laws lawa of the church forbidding to marry to which her dis dissenting enting adhere and to which they are extremely anxious that alt all al others especially the citizens of utah should strictly conform how far the gentleman has progressed with the wark if be he has com have not hean beez informed but if he has not commenced writing and does not intend tend to become the authar author of a historical work of the kind some aspirant for literary fame who has tima time to devote to the subject should commence at once and prepare for the pressa press a plain unvarnished history of 0 the sec secretaries ret aries judges attorneys marshals indian agents surveyors and other government officials who have been sent to utah ottice since thi tb passage of the act for the establishment of a territorial government sept 1 1 aw tha tho history of course would be somewhat bai bat voluminous that of the secretaries could not be reasonably codden couden condensed sed to jess less hundred octavo pages if mention was made of one half their thor acts and doings ehtle in office the histora hist orv ory ot the judges would make two large volumes it the opinions op inions rulings Os dengg sayings and the displays of legal acumen acome n of each judge were as concisely written as dos DOE OF sible the list of the names of those who have come out and officiated f for fon or lon lod longer aror A or shorter per periods lods with those wha who have been appointed and did not accept or if they did never arrived here would take up cobis wahl space and would constitute an ail interesting catalogue as therein could be seen the names of a few honorable men with th ose of many who were a disgrace to tojiu huma manity 11 ity ignorant ign frant bigoted corrupt filthy and degraded baingi bejin bedin gk whose knowledge of law was extremely and entirely local being exclusively bon confined fined to the tho laws of the tho state where they them had bad so bor sor r jourard before they wera werd clothel clowe d with ermine and sent to this territory to execute the laws of the united states af pf which bich they warp wera were as ignorant agnora I 1 nt as the red rJ gerk geik Lerk menh denb yaho roam over the plains many allany of the incumbents offices llave lave been men of the same stamp thre have been it is true a few honorable exceptions but taken as a whole they certainly never commanded much respect bon non nor bor inspired those thosa who have witnessed their acts with very vely exalted opinions lows lops of those who appointed them to offic office eor or were instrumental ip iii sending them to this country abl Abi story of fhe the federal officers sent hither aither from first to last would most certain certainly y be an interesting work and a ready sale could b be madlof made of thop thousands sands of copies enough at least to secure a fortune to the author the enterprise should be commenced at once and befera the doings 0 of the first appointees of the present are forgotten A change seem seems tabe taking 0 place in some departments and a better order of things may be expected at no day but a record of the pa past st should be made for the benefit of those may hereafter inquire into the wrongs and ana injuries which the citizens of utah territory havo haio suffered from the hands of those who eko should have been their benefactors and not their persecutors as too many have been as all unprejudiced persons who have witnessed tho tbt course that has been pursued will testify ft by the last eastern mail mall stag si ta i g judge carter of grean greao river giver county and ant I beut armisted from fort bridge bridgeit Brid gert geri carme caroe me passe passengers ners also mr and mr janney on their return rom the states with the judge we bad an interesting interest inc inz interview on sunday evening in our ayr Sanc sanctum tui tul and found him as represented by hose those who had the pleasure of his acquaintance to be a gentleman of intelligence and seemingly devoid devon of those narrow prel so often seen scenia in those having the hucman form profess prote siw sim loz los to be men |
