Show nass MASS amm nen NEU gin KIN ING INA m rf ff El B eik kik R NA C L E x proceedings OF GOVERNOR TO THE INTERESTS OF THE TERRITORY AND TO THE GENERAL government HIS INSULTING MESSAGE TO TP THE legislature READ HEAD TO tue THE uee NEE MEETING TINd PETITION totne TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES FOR THE red REA REMOVAL lOVAL OF GOV dov oy HARDING AND JUDGES walts WAITS AND DRAKE SPEECHES resolutions edo deo fcc it is never a pleasant task taskle to publish the follies of 0 men mem where it cabbe can be done justly we prefer to cover up the infirmities oc of human ity with the mantle of charity but when wickedness is ull uli mistakAbly unmistakably man fest everywhere and misrepresentation and falsehood are resorted top too to in order to accomplish anevil purpose we ive have no dispo slon sion on to shrink irl arl irm telling the truth we have been studiously silent on the proceedings 0 orsome of the federal officers though we confess it has been hard at times to keep thit th it silence we have been accustomed to wrongs 0 and probably have acquired too much patience for our own good but whatever may be the result of our forbearance meshall we shail shall ever eier havethe hp have ve the ot 0 knowlin knowing 0 that we contributed bothin to tha tho downfall of men ned nen evidently hent bent on their oan own ruin we have seen them like men building their own sepulchre but have not hastened thein interment sll should uld they hayo bays consciousness beyond the tomb they aill boar ua tib that their own hanas hands da dug dag their dark graves into which they crept and passed into a bhame and oblivion 1 for boms somo time balkit has beanery be enery blat tike libe he labors of governor ll harding ardina arding 0 and the associate justices were hostile to the inter ests esta of the people of utah and ana that the governor particularly waa was straining every nerve to create difficulties so and ridiculous have hava of late been his excellences everlasting sope rope speeches eche ethe that it has been often a matter of douht douet whether he was perfectly responsible for rot his actions his most intimate ac quain ancee hary haly been boen the most surprised at his lan g gurge guage ge and though courtesy has bas required a certain amount of 0 attention to his addresses addressee Y vre e know no person who has not shrunk from tu presence a if 4 tik frocia a n q nag nis his 1413 lan ian 4 gnage guage and his hs actions have been in perpetual hostility E every very citizen who has had the misfortune to come under the sound of hl his bis s tongue bab baa had to listen to his professions of attachment to the people of utah he unceasingly cea coasin singly ft refers to his hia early acquaintance with the pr prophet 0 phet joseph soseph and considers himself entitled t to othe the gratitude of the community for his preservation of the first proof sheet of the tite title page of the be book of mormon hla hia youthful dreamy dreams and visions illustrated with his bis own pen and ink have been handed banded about like diagrams of a battle J field or the vis visions ions lons of in which his excellency of course is the fated child of Provide lace Tace ile he refers reters to the general goodness of his heart and appeals to i everything sacred for confirmation of the immaculate purity parity of bis big intentions and all of this and a thousand times more while at the same bame is demoment me moment be he bas baa been laborious in indis his bis efforts to bring trouble upon the whole people ile he is a perfect compound compo uni i of c contradictions 0 n trad i ct 1 0 we have hoped for reformation but bat we w 6 have hoped in vain and what had only ben known for a ion lon long 0 time to the few had bad at length become so palpate pal to the tue whole community that self preservation iga loa forced upon them the action we have now to report on 11 abijay nijay evening a tew few of our prominent i citizens met net in caucus and proposed a mass mee me eing in as at t which buch such measures night be i adopted doted as would properly represent the leeling sot of the people the next bayat one pm being considered a croper proper time for assembling sem bling I 1 that hour waa was announced and i long iong before the appointed time nace nac e was crowded with mth citizens of every class clasa and condition THE MASS eve KiE eting ETINO asa As a prelude to the proceedings of the mett i 4 ing ing 0 capt thomas thomae brass band played hail rail i Columbi columbia 4 1 other music discoursed by the band we thought very appropriate the meeting then organized orga ilzel by the appoint i ment of lion hon daniel spencer spencers ers erg chairman wm i clayton clarion and thos anos williams eayrs clerks geo gea D watt and jan V lon long rei rai re J porters president jospph josrph xou you xoung young engaged in ini prayer invoking the blessing oi ot thi thle lord upon the breakers speakers and hearers hear haar ers and seeking I 1 the direction and guidance of tho the tb spirit of the lord on the proceeding proceedings 9 in which thay might engage that truth and righteousness might b be advanced and that the leopie people ip the eurcile of their rights as citi zens of a free and aad independent government the band played the star spangled led banner and the hon ilon john taylor made ade ads a brief opening speech speech stating the object othe meeting I 1 they had met together to ether for the purpose of investigating vesti gating certain acts acta of several of the united sates officials now in the territory it was a mass met inlo injo the citizens and hr hp for one desired to hear bear a a proper statement ot of the couse of the alluded to so far as that affected the citizens of the territory laid before the people and that such action might be adopted as they thought 0 proper and as the circumstances demanded the time had bad come for certain documents to be placed before the people and before the country and on which they could not avoid taking action though the legislature was under no dobli obligation atlon at the opening 1 of cl the ses sion slon to publish the governors messages Messa mesba geas aa s ch cb action on their part was purely campli they did at first contemplate doing so but on reflection considered that the character of that message was such that they codd could not with respect to themselves themi elves and to the community dp doi dor so and many were ot 0 opinion that its publication at that time might have subjected his excellency to the insult which his intemperate I 1 language AD g u age h hal bad ad provoked mr taylor tay jor gor then gave place lace to the hon albert barringan Carri Carr ingan ngoa who read the message from the printed journals QZ 0 th the legislature the reading of the message was listened to with great attention and at it its conclusion the audience wi mistakably unmistakably indicated their un uneasiness ea siness over ovar the insult offered to air representatives who had bad been forced to t iwen listen to its delivery by the governor im jimperson person there was one deep feeding feeing fee ing ipg of contempt con coA tempt mani manifest foat feat fo for its author mr carrington then alluded ta the inconsistencies of the goyer govern nora nors profession sard gard sand his bia ac at ions he said his excellency ze minded reminded him of the mah ean nan and his cow lie he commenced with spree apples and at every opportunity threw in the onions ithe w toiann ath that the constitution barred debarred de deb alire alfre d him blin from interfering with their religious religion rights and at every opportunity port unity throughout the message he altac attacked kad them he sald raid that he would nether affirm or deny with regard to the question of po I 1 yet at the same time he held it up to ridicule and obloquy and everywhere e affirming that it was not only contrary to civilization but anomalous and that it could not be endured was contrary to law lavir and unconstitutional while thile at the sanie same time he conceded co needed that it was a religious rite and a matter of faith with the people these were were be fie said a few of the reasons reason which induced the L gisl at wave the complimentary publication ubil of the message in hopes that his excellency cei cel Icel lency might consider his bis folly mend his ways and pursue the course which be he pron prom iced in the latter part cs his bis message but how consistently he be bad acted actea since that time the aua ence would be able abie to judge after the reading ol 01 0 documents during the we et lag ayt AXT vort washington mr carrk Carrl agton then read correspondence from the boni honi johnm lohn john M bernhisel delegate to congress aal aad aai from the H hooper elect elec electia tIn in which the unjustifiable aro ceedie i of governor harding anti and the asso clate justices waite and D ake were exposed mr carrington read an extract from a lette dated washington 2121 january in which governor harding was represented tobaie to have hava communicated to the hon hannibal hamlin vice president of the united states and president of the senate his message accompanied by a letter stating that the had bad been suppressed through tie the influence laeace 0 vt cne cae C ae of our pr eminent mi nent citizens iti zens referring ulues tion ably to governor young the following is the last paragraph cf of the latter referred to 1 I entertain strong evron stron bopes hopes that we shall be able to obtain before the tho termination t 0 04 the session an appropriation to liquidate your ial b dian diao amounts unless prevented by governor of the disloyalty 0 oty cur voze ila the following is an extract from a bettor batea washington feb th on the lith of decem december er last senator browning introduced a bill in the senate which was referred to the committee on the judiciary Judi judiciary clar ciar this bill was prepared at great salt lake a city and its enactment by congress by governor Gp vernor Hardin gaad gand gaud judges waite and drake the leading and most exceptionable features of this bill are the following it limits the jurisdiction of the probate ate court toabe probate ate of wills to the issue of letters cf ef administration and the appointment of guardians guardi ats aib ais at it author izes izea the W manhal albal to summon an any y persona persons within the district in which the court is held that be hit hii thinks hInks proper aa as jurors ad jt it authorizes th the governor to appoint and commission all militia officers including the A major general and remove them at pleasure plea piea sur it also coris confers ers era on the governor authority point the days for training tia ining 3 on n the of january the he hon wn wm 11 hooper winnes from washington that governor harding is of course doing all he can by letterst let iet teis against the tho people of ottah his letter was chiefly occupied with the bill pre by mr brownin browning the senators Sena torys letter was entirely confirmatory of df thoss thosa from nhom the pen ren of our he Ile saye the bill haa has been presented and referred back them thera does doea not appear to have been any action on it it has not been printed should it be I 1 will forward a copy the bill was drawn up at salt lake and attached wilh with eyelets also aiso attached was as follows the eili bill should 1 ho cassed passed signed S S harding governor waite and drake associate sast Jast justices ices 23 the reading orth lesa jese extracts created quite a sensation when the insinuation of the disloyalty of the people was read thara thera was a load murmur of dissatisfaction throughout 0 tho the audience mr carrine 1 tonya toula ons sarcastic reference to the governors promise to help asly us and hia hla allusion allu to lils his excellences va i vate room being a new place for drafting 1118 bills for the action of congress had bad telling effect upon the or 01 llon HOK joli johs JOHN if TAYLOR after the applause had subsided which g reetha his rasing hir bir taylor said it has already beez stated state d that these speak for tor themselves they come from tho those e who are aro ostensibly our andee guardians ot of our nights rights they come froal from men wb who 0 ought to be achia actuated ted by the strictest plea of honor truth virtue integrity and ani bo nest yand whose h high agh 0 official popl position ought to e el v vate te th thera thern above auspice pi A yet jet what are the results in relation to the governors message e enough perhaps has baa already been beer said baid we iv are opt bertt here to enter at q any kny labo jred political aj 1 1 dili daquis quis tiong but to mak make esome iain lain matta mat tr of fact statements in which are involved iho ibes vital interests of this community there is t one feature however in that document which s deserves a passing notice it would beem seem that thai we are by direct implication accused of dia dla loyalty he lib states that he has baa not heard any sentiments expressed either publicly or pria j vate y that would lead him to believe that thit much sympathy is felt by any considerable portion of this people in tal tai favor or of the govern J ment oc ot the united states perhaps we may not be so blatant and lond loud spoken as some i I 1 people are but is it not patent to this comma 11 J anity that the legislature during the session i of 1861 2 assumed the territorial terai terii tona quota et c taxation and at the very verv time that 1118 his excel 1 lency was waa uttering uttering toils infamy a resolution J passed by the H use lay iby on te tle tam re huestine qu estine the Sec secretary rotary t ta place a united lates semeas suggs ff ig on the state houge house during the ss solo eaon bion 1 I 1 his was a small smal I 1 affair yet significant of our f feelings eeling 0 it is not a m matter cutter atter of very grave importance Import anee to us generally what men vien may thin think of ui H whether they be government officials or no butt buttree but thee heie alle aile allegations assume another torm form and their wiel wickedness redness ia is now rendered bindi vindi vindictive e from the peculiar circumstances aces in which ch our nation at the present tima is placed when treason is stalking through h the land when all the energies b ies les the wealth and power of the ui united cited stat states es has been brought iao ino imo fao requisition to put eloin rebel debelli ft ewhen n when anarchy and distri t runs riot tho thigh gh the nation when under these circumstances circumstance ii we hd hid a right light to look for a friend in our would at least airty airey airly fairly represent us we have live met inet a most insidious toe who through bis base and add oal tal ia is seeking with all his power privately ara ard officially not only to injure ua us before the government governo edt ent din dun to bag sag the very foundations of our ciul civil liberty libert be he is in tat fact in the pursuit offis of his anh unhallowed cour coure e see bee to pro promote note anarchy and rebellion and dabb dabbling liag in your blood it ia is then a matte mattex of no email dball impo tance bear hear bear hear hear su such 1 ch it would sem seia bem were governor anten eions read this message such wora W TO haj his feelings wilen lip ilg con totted it the decur dorne ment shows upon its f ce that it was not hastily written wj itten it has haa been well digested and every wold woid carefully we weyher wey ched hed it most as contains the sentiments of his big heart hean hemn heaz hear bear of which his washington letters letter are proof positive in relation to our aur alleged alleg ed disloyalty we are told tou abdul aboul the generous reception of our senators BEna tors elect I 1 ottha we are most prcy prey ignorant their reception kasnot was not ao so grac grat gracious ious lous as be would te represent 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