The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1839-05-07

proclaim his disgrace with his ownllips,
all the intelligence and humanity Of Chrsiendon
From first to last--but especially in the out sc
of the troubles--the Governor of the State wa
guilty of the most objectionable remlssnessl an
partnllty. lie was formerly of Jackson county,
came into office with strong Preludices asaIns
the Mormons AT the time of the dthcniiy IN Gar
roll the Mormons sent and besought his interposi
ton. lie refusedit on the pretext OF expense; pu
in few weeks Afterwards, ordered out against TN
Mormons an army lar &c enough 10 nave prost'ute.
ten times the force, supposed to be arrayed against
Nv the yanities Of their enemies and their owr
imprudence (for Just retaliation was in their case
i'm prudence) the Mormons were Frustrated. some
sought safety in fght---nome turned what property
they had left into the means OF removal, Others
were to poor TO go, and were compelled to stay and
suffer.
suffered for not of them dared at the appointed
time, present himself to make good his rights
The earnings OF years were thus in one moment
wresed from them by violence and fraud. The a
merican citizen is not protected by American laws;
but he is driven from his lands and his home by
men, whom the law cannot or will not reach, and
whom the Legislature of the State justify and ap-
plaud. ''''"e ~ r "'g ~
: The General Assembly of Missouri refused in.
vestigation of the origin and history of this unex
amped Persecution They knew better than to do
it. Impartial investigation would have implicated
the State and many of its Legislators too deeply. 1t
was series of enormities that would not bear the
light; and they, therefore--so far they could do
it--have quenched 1t in darkness. r.,
But still there remained tho sordId disposition
for pay The general officers called out in such
extraordinary numbers, had CLAIM upon the trea-
sury. With many Of them it was sheer speculn-
ton. Though In many they went unattended
TO the field ludicrous accounts for extra servants,
horses, &c, ella inning full brgadier and major gen
erals pays if in the &c tnal service of the United
States The demands, it is true, were regular; but
showing very unpatrlotic desire to make money
out Of the State. The Legislature finally, without
inquiry, voted $200,0 00 but provided that the p-
rates should be paid first Even 5000 600 will not
IN raUnlnr den, anda-nnd these celehrptpd
general and generassimos will be knocking at the
door of the next Gen. Assembly or pay; reminding
one OF Patrick Henrys speech in Hooks case, where
the plaintiff was supposed to be pratrolling the pat
riot camp with cries OF 'Beef" "Beef" sincere
ly hope that they will in vain cry "Pay" Pay
until they are willing to confne their demands
within decent bounds. "'a ff --'''7 "t'
And now do not suppose-et no man North off
the Potonoc suppose THAT She faith and fanaticsm
nfthe Mormous had any influence worth naming, |
in exciting this persecution. '- 't
Not was the cause l have already intmated, |
TO which thus affair may be traced. And let me as
sure you that any body of men Ii Ike the Mormons,
in all respects, but their religion, woud in the
situation have shared their fate. / wish you to I'M
derstand IL as my deliberate opinion that, at this
moment any body of people accustomed only to the
manners and sentiments of the inhabitants of the |
free States, and rather pacific and yielding in their
dispositions, however industrious, thrifty and in
if they attempted settlement
on choice lands in Missouri, fare as have the Nor
mons. t y....-. t.s
Why conceal the truth: Let me tell you that
body Of farmers and Mechanics from Essex, Mid
dlesex or Norfolk-now be transpanted the a
bandoned localities ofthe Mormons--would in five
from the date be driven out by fire and sword
precisely as the Mormons have, and the General
Assembly of Missouri would justify it. Do you
ask me how the Germans continue to stay in Mis-
souris will tell you. They have taken the worst
soils in the State--soils which nobody else will
take. This is the true answer. The Germans are
more dsliked than the Yankees and ifthey should
once presume to interfere with the Kentucky pre-
rogative to occupy the best Iands-Woe to the poor
Germans-unless indeed they will fight harder
than the Mormons ''"1 -
Yes, let it be understood that there portions
OF the public domain of the United States, which
are not common to the people of all the States.
The question is now settled The Uttered yeoman-
ny Of the free States have met the unlettered yeo-
many of the slave States; and by the latter have
been vanquished, scattered and despoiled /
The game tried SO successfully against the Indians,
has been played off against the whites. And those
whites are Yankees, who cannot claim the enjoy
ment ola common right, in the face of certain 9TH
or fellow citizens because they conscien-
tious, too tender too timid. But they must
succumb like the Indians. 80.