Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (City of Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1853-1857, 1855-01-26

~ h. Ueen. 1~Hke4 II the dis.
fshese da.is( il, not hsvssl
= nsgisct Of lArmoas; bat truth
49, require shs statement TO be
~ he laws have been transmit.
es4Or1ge1essrivs sasAcutsy, md 10 the
Csao6oS1ftAbfU Nieds States.
sssesoe louag.s ssssilanss have al.
ssseegsd I'm b u sSs,aised by . mill,
sAsy toree . oppoaiion to the federal al al :
,hssity. Thirty thousand men in arms,
ssIe one writer. and seven thousand dis.
eipliesd trocps, another. support Govern
t'r losng " his contumacy. That there
are arms Ia Ctah 70 keep the lndiaas in
cheek no one will denv. What frontier
settlement has them not? That there
n.sy he volunteer companies Of militia is
ALTO true, and in this I, sp-ct Utah is not
unlike every village in the land. But
t'ovvrnor Young is like the Governor of
every State and Territory in the Union in
liz means Of defence. lie has no militia
sypower that is not possessed by all me n
y PIE station. An armv is not necessary
IA Utah. Ofthe people of that Territory,
Gen. John Wilson, of whom Mr. Smith
writes IS . citizen Of the FIRST respectable.
ny. and officer Of the Federal Govern
naent in California. has said in a le.ter 10
The Hon Truman Smith, then a member
Of TIT. Senate of the Uni.ed States:
- more orderly. earnest, industrious.
and civil people, l have never been
anlonsSt than these. and it is incredible
how much they have done here in the
wilderness In so short a time. In this
city, SAT- Lake which contains now. as
be''eve. about from four to five thousand
Inhabitants. They are now nearly
double that number. | have not met
Ia citizen single idler, or any person
wh" looks like q loaser Their prospects
for crops arc fair, and there is a spirls an |
an energy IN all that YOU see that cannot
ke s4uaileJ in any III. u aav size that |
have ever been III. sAi I will add not
even In Old Connee / -"
0I Governor Young. the Hon. L. II.
Reed, The late chef justice OF Utah, who
was sent out bytke federal Government
rom the State OF \, a York, says:
Il Was received by Governor Young
with marked courtesy aud respect. He
has taken pains TO make my residence
here agreeable. The Governor in man
ner and conversation is polished gentle
man. very neat and tasty in dress, easy
and pleasant 10 conversation. and think
man of decided talent AMI strong intel
Iectual qualities. | have heard him ad
dress the people once on The subject o.
Man Free Agency. He is a very ex
sslssnt speaker. HIS gesture uncommon
~ graceful. articuiaIion distinct. anc
speech pleasant. | was extremely ed,h
ed BY his address and manner. Tn.
Governor Is first rate business man
Ills priva:e business is ex'vn~ive: h. own.
several grlst and saw mills; is ex ensigclg
engaged In farming operations. All
~h'en he su7erint-Ids personally. hay,
made up my mind thae no man has b, er
more grossly misrcpresented than Cover
Gor Young. and that he is a man Who vii
TseiprocSte kindness ana good intentions
rs heartily and freely As any one.''
That Colonel S.eptoe viii dissent from
abe testimony of the late Chief Justice
Read is not anticipated H. has had The
means OF observation. and is enabled q
know that The inhabitants OF U.ah have
been m,lisned By men who. to secure
the reputation OF writing Con Splmro.
sacrifice truth and decencA Asa pco.
pie. they are hospitab!e to strangers, re-
speciful to authority, aud 10, al to the
Government. TO prove themselves rood
members OF civil society. thev can Coint
10 the labor they have pcr.ormend, and
the thriving villages AMI fertile farms INTO
which they have converted dist MT vii
dernes. They desire to enjoy in peace
the fruit for which they have toIIeI.
Very respectfully, your ODE sery't,
JOHN III. BERNHlSkI..
Delegate from U,ah
Influence of the pnvsicjau