Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (City of Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1853-1857, 1855-01-26
UTAH.
WAsHNGroS CIrv, Jan. J. 1855.
70 the Editors Of the Sentinel:

To the Editors Of the Sentinel:
GENTLEMEN: AS the delegate in Congress
from the Territory of Utah, have the right
to debate any question which may engage
the attention of that body, and doubtless q
liberal Interpretation would be given to the
language by which the right of a delegate is
securedto me. The practice in the House
of Representative has given an extensive
range to debate, and sometimes matters per-
sonal have been mingled with those that are
national. That which affects the consttuen-
cy has been generously allowed to be person
al to the representative, and | have preee-
dents which would justify me in troubling
the House, in which have the honor to &C.
cupy seat, with the correction of errors
which have been infused into the public
mind respecting the administration Of the
governmental affairs of the Territory Of
Utah. The propriety of such course, how
ever, appeared to me, in many cases, to be
questionable, and avail myself OF tte press
to correct one or two errors to which the
press has given IN injurious circulation.
Governor Brigham Young has been super
scded bya distinguished military gentleman,
whose appointment the Senate has confirm
ed. may, therefore, by brief xplanation,
vindicate the character of Governor Young,
without suspicion of motive to secure his re-
appointment, which might create distrust Of
the facts TO which appeal.
BY the 18th section Of the act of the 9th Of
September, 1850, entitled an act to estab-
lish q Territorial Government for Utah, the
sum of tweuty thousand dollars was appro-
priated to the Territory, to be applied by the
Governor and Legislative Assembly to the
erection Of suitable public buildings at the
seat Of Government. That sum was advan.
ced 20 Governor Young, in the month of Ju-
", 1851, and he has been un varrantab Y
charged with msapplication of tlat money
OF that accusation avery simple statement
will be an ample refutation.
On nthc Both of September, 1853, Governor
Young rendered an account and vouchers,
setting forth the expenditure of teu thousand
three hundred and seyenty-threc dollars and
forty@eight cents. OF this sum the Hon. Eli
sha Whittlesey, First Comptroller Of the
Treasury, allowed eight thousand seven hun
dred aud three dollars and ninety eight cents,
but dlsailowed one thousand six hundred and
six!y-ntne dollars paid for the services Of
various persons as committee and other
wise, Including travelling expenses on m ex-
pedltlon 10 select a 81. G for the seat Of gov
ernmcat. Mr.. Whitllesey objected to it as
an unusual charge, though its necessity mast
be apparent. However, that sum deducted,
the balance amounts TO eleven thousand two
hundred and ninety-six dollars ard two cents,
for which Governor Young holds hms eli
ready to account. The Indian hostilities
which have troubled the Territory, and other
causes, have delayed the completion Of the
public buildings, but Governor Young has
given notice to the Secretary of the Treasu-
~, as the best refutation Of the accusation
against him, that he will honor n draft at
sight, if that officer of the general government
will draw upon Eim for the unexpeuded bal
ance in his hands.
Can other evidence be necessary to show
the wantonuess of Governor Young's assail-
ants? Papers that have borne the character
ofrcspectability, with Incorporate zeal have
pGndcred to prejudice, on no more substan-
tial basis On the one hand Governor Young
is represented as defiant to the General Gov
ernmcnt, threatening hostilities towards any
gentleman that may be sent to succeed him,
and on the other the people are said to be
disloyal 10 the General Government; and,
IN the imagination Of zealots, armies are mar
sha'l in battle array, and Utah is already a
held of blood. Captain Stansbury of the
Corps of Typographical Engineers of the Uni
ted States army, who, in his exploration and
survey of the Valley of the Great Salt Lake
of Utah, had ample opportunity to form a
correct estimate of the people among whom
he SO long dwelt-and he will not be suspect
ed of partality to Mormonism-in his report
n biS "a which +ha
States Senate aud the House of Representa-
the imputatons which have been made against
the personal character of Governor Young are
without foundation, and that his personal
reputation is above reproach.
''Ccrtain it is, saws he, that the most en-
tire confidence is felt in his integrity, per-
sonal, Official and pecuniarv, en the part of
those to whom long and intimate associa.
ton, aud in the most trying emergencies,
have afforded every possible opportunity of
forming just and accurate judgment of his
true character"
The disloyalty Of Governor Young and the
people of Utah is disproved By the same un-
questioned and unqsestionable authority.
An illustrative incident in the history of that
people may put W siuIffS tlcIE doSdiith-tss
quote again from Captain Stansbury:
''In their progress westward through the
northern part of Missouri, they were again
driven from that State by violent threats in
to the southern borders of Iowa, whence af-
ter much hardships and suffering, they reach
ed ia the course of the summer, the banks of
the Missouri, beyond the limits of the States.
Here they enclosed land and planted crops,
wing some of their number TO reap the
fruits, which were to be applied to the sus-
tenance of other companies that were to fol-
low as soon as they should be able to pro-
cure neans.''
ssThey were about crossing the river to
pursue their journey westward, when an Off
Ger Of the United States government present
ed himself with requisition for FIVE hundred
men to serve in the war with Mexico. This
demand, though sudden and unexpected, was
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