, 1855-06-08
From the san Francisco Herald.
Thc MGrlirOnS.

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and the Mormon people should be clearly
and permanently defined 1t is not to he
disguised that the whole tone Of the leaders
Of that people breathes hostility to the
Federal Government, and that their teach
ings in the pulpit and the press are undis-
guisedly defiant Of the authority OF our
laws This spirit is rough insubordination
on the part of Governor Young and his
followers have hitherto been regarded as too
ludicrous for serious consideration but
it has for some time past been too forci-
bly, illustrated in the conduct of the Nor
mons of Salt Leke to be any longer per-
mtted to pass unnoticed.
The President of the United States, in
order to administer a rebuke to the brag-
gadocio Of Governor Young and to keep
that ambitious gentleman in proper check,
some few months past appointed Colonel
Steptoe IA gallant and distinguished officer
of the army of the United SateS) Cover
nor of Utah. He could not have made
better selection. Colonel Steptoe is gen
tleman Of kind heart, of concilatory and
Winning manners, and the man of all
others who would be chosen by reason of
his great suavity, good humor, and mode
ration,s to gain over to proper sense Of
duty q disaffected people. We have
already Published full details of the pro.
ceedings consequent on the receipt at Salt
Lake City of the news of his appointment.
In the gross and Incorporate language Of
his address to the Saints on the occasion,
Brigham Young out-Brighamed all his pre-.
vious efforts. 1t soon became evident that
one Of two courses was open to Colonel
Steptoe, e,-either to risk On open rupture
with the Mormons by assuming the power
conferred on him by the President, or qui-
etly to yield to circumstances and let the
great Mormon Apostle continue to govern
the Mormons. For the former step he was
unpFepared The force under his command
was wholly inadequate to uphold govern
ment organization in Utah at the point of
the bayonet. Isolated as he is by nearly
two moRths travel from eoIAmunicai lion
with Washington he felt that even if the
Mormons were to yield reluctant acqui-
escence in his assumption Of the gnherna-
torial functions, the task of governing the
Mormons with due regard to the interests
Of that people and the Federal Govern
neht would be an excessively unpleasant
one andin oil probability the attempt
under existing circumstances could not lead
to any good result. We surmise that this
state Of things led to his declination of the
Office and to bis uniting in memorial to
the President of the United States for the
re-appointment Of Brigham Young. From
alhthese facts it is apparent tbat unlike the
citizens Of other Territories Of the Union
--who always promptly acquiesce in the
appointment Cf a Goyernor-the Mormons
ofUtah almost openly reject the officer
appointed by the Chief Magistrate Of the
Union. By the last mail from Deseret,
another fact has come pregnant with mean
ihgto as. The Indian mnrderers Of the
lemented Gpnnison and his party were de-
ivered up and put upon their trial. They
were Convicted Of manslaughter and sem
tsnced1to three years imprisonment. A
more atrocions. stealthy and treacherous
murder is not recorded in the annals Of
IhdiaH nassacres. If the men convicted
were guilty Of murder, and the circum-
stances rendered the crime Of manslaughter
an ninpossibility. That the escape Of these
Indians from the penalty of the crime was
apstrOke Of policy on the part Of the Nor
mon rulers, intended to couciliate the
Indians, b. almost beyond question. 1t
must be clear to even the least sagacious
Of the Mormon rulers that perseverance
in such q, course iswholIy Incompatible
with the mnintepanee Of peaceful relations
with the government Of the United States
Hhhs already been determined by the Fed
erah authorities that the MoFmons Of Utah
must be more civil and tractable, or they
must be checked. We would not counsel
any course on the part Of the President
calculated to drive that people into overt
actl 81 characterization Bat he should
nevertheless bo prepared to enforce prompt
obedieuce to the law and to punish its
tFsnsgressors, be they panoplied in the
Apostolic mantles, Of q thousand Brigham
Youngs. To Us in California is o matter
ofgraTest Importance to know what is to
be the complexion Of ourfuture intercourse
with the Mormons. They already people
one Of our southern countries, and II is
bnt Just to say that this colony is. distn-
guished for its industry, sobriety and pro-
per department. Other colonies of Nor
mons Willspring up ere long on our southern
and southeastern borders. Colorado City,
atthe junction Of Gila and Colorado, will
mall probability be one Of their abiding
places. Thus, being our nearest neighbors,
residing not only on the confines Of Cali
fofnia, but within the State itself, II would
heNell 10 know what are their intentions
for'the future. For the past two years,
the demednor Of the Elders Of the Deseret
has been aggressive and insnlting 1t
would be well for the peace and prosperity
OF their own people, if for the future they
should be more. civil and neighborly.
A YETERAS.-Monsier Jean Baptiste de
Bordeaux, who participated as a French
volunteer in the siege Of Savannah, during
the revolutionary war, and was near Pu-