| Show A friend in need y A friend indeed we published the first part of V si this article last week with this great s strategic ad vantage in favor of the cormons mormons t the army remained lying in the 1 snows to the east cast of jhb mount ains a ins governor Cinn gumming ining found the hy by D drummonds reported burned court records all in ill v place and what lie he told the t government became the first great document by an outsider in favor of the resolute little little bund band of people who were liere here after having made an exodus into an unknown western wild erness now for the first time the mormon sine wity and mor man character stood out in re lief before the ibe nation whose attention was centered ha here re because the government was row now a party pany to their tribulations having been welcomed ned on the stand of the tabernacle by bri brigham young and introduced to the pe people ople assembled as the new governer go vernen lie he told tod the nation this and added the raa roads ds are everywhere filled with wagons loaded with p provisions revisions visions ro and household furniture tile the women and achl children adren often without shoes or hats driving their flocks they know not where they seem not onh only resigned but cheerful their ultimate ultima to destination tin ti is not I 1 suppose defill abely fixed upon young kimball and most of the prominent men have left their coin commodious iodious anians mansions ions without apparent regret to lengthen the long train of wanderers ers the masses report to me ine that the torch will bo be applied to every house indiscriminately criminate ly as soon as the troops attempt to cross the mountains I 1 shall follow these people an and try to rally them ll 11 the sentiment and conduct con duct of governor ati mining gumming was iti in marked contrast astr to the conduct of r tima yi governor hurdy y ho him a 1 at 18 1 8 later latel governor cumminas Cum mini to tile the soldiers to jail his fil I 1 iiii alad bring I 1 hem to lo salt it luky lake when lie be again agai n reached his headquarter the home of eldr elder stains lie bo found a cold lutich lunch waiting caiti ng The amily family had gone south the C gardon garden was stacked with significant riles files of straw nowhere Where wits was there a single oc cup cupani ant of the city save a few stationed here and there to lo apply the torch 1 t I wish I 1 could be in washington two hours declared the governer to his wife who appt over the spectacle of til all these people leaving their homes in two hours hoard I 1 could COLI convince VInce the government that cheze is is no need for the troops here van vliets honorable course in inlaying I 1 abing aying conditions before the american people col kanes kanei a guara guarantee nice to the administers tion for the ilia loyalty of the mornion mormon people and an incessant public demand on OD a changing sentiment led to the appointment of a peace commission co consisting issing of go v LW po powell well of kentucky and major ben INI me C cullough of texas th the e P peace bace commissioners came and a council w was as held with the people who had returned to salt lake then the strange figure of 0 P rockwell came into the council chamber he c called alle d president young aside and whispered to him brigham young self possessed aird a n d calm calin but once more the stern col commander lifflander of a peoples people destiny turned to the commissioners commissio sio 11 ers and said governor powell are you a abare vare sir that the troops are on the move toward this city it can not be replied powell surmised for we here to d that they would not move inove until after this meeting 1 I have bave received a dispatch that they are on the march to this city my messenger would not deceive nie me there were no explanations that could be offered olf ered in the silence of waiting Brig brigham bain turn ed to the congregation qs Is brother dunbar preS present eDt yes sir responded the old se scot ot 11 brot bialler Bi olLer h er dun dunbar bar sing zion the peace pt ace commissioners listened to the words of C W P Pen enrose roses s great areat hymn and they knew what the french knew when they the y listened to the mar sel laise all that evening the mormon II 11 leaders and the comis P were in in session next da dav president young addressed the people and wilford woodruff in describing the speech makes the he significant comment then the com commissioners in bissio tiers heard the roar of the lion of the lord 1 president young spoke for hie bis people of their right to live and growing impassioned lie ed what lie he and his people had suffered at the hand of armed mobs when ho had finished the commissioners were willing to talk the army was stopped until arrangements was made for the encampment at camp floyd a good distance away from the city on the breaking out of the civil war general johnston joined with the confederate cause and with many of his troops lost his life in battle |
