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wAsaIssros, January 3, 1885.

SiR. As the delegate in Congress IRON the territory
Of Utah. have the right debate question which may
engage the attention Of that body, and doubtless Dei
Interpretation would be given TO the language os whch
the right of delegate secured 10 me The practice IN
the House Of has given extensive range to
debate and sometimes matters personal have been mingled
with those that national That which affects the con-
situency has generously allowed to be personal TO
the representative, aud have presidents which would
Justify me In troubling the House in which have the hon
occupy seat with the correction OF errors which
have been infused into the public mind respecting the adj
ministraton of the governmental affairs OF the Territory
Of Utah The proprety of such course however APP
peared to many be questionable and avail
self of the press correct two errors to which
the press has given an injurious circulation
Governor Brigham Young has been superseded by dis
tngushed military gentleman, whose appointment the
Senate has confirmed may therefore by brief explana
ton vindicate the character Of Governor Young without
suspicion Of motive TO his disappointment which
might create dstrust of the facts TO which appeal
y the twelfth section of the of the 9th of September
1850 entitled acl 10 establish territorial government
for Utah. the twenty thousand dollars appro
pIiaed the Territory be applied by the governor and
legislative assembly the erection OF suitable public
buildings at the seat OF government That gum was ad-
vnnced Governor Young in the month Of July 1851,
and he has been unwarrantably charged with misapp
cation Of that money OF that accusation very simple
statement will be ample refuiaton
On the 30th Of September 1883 Governor Young rem
ered an account and vouchers setting forth the expend
thousand three hundred and dol
lars and fortyegt cents Of this sum the Hon Elisha
Whiitlcsey First Comptroller of the Treasury allowed
eight thousand hundred and three dollars and nine
ty-eght cents but saowed thousand Elk hundred and
dollars paid for services of various persons as
committee and otherwise including travelling expenses on
expedition site for the seat of government
Mr. Whesey objected to il unusual charge though
its necessity must be apparent However, that sum de-
dncied, the balance eleven thousand two hum
dred and ninetysx dollars and two cents for which Gov
ernor Young holds himself ready account The Indian
hostites which have troubled the Territory, and other
causes have delayed the completion of the public build
ngs but Governor Young has given notice to the Sec
rotary of the Treasury the best reutaton OF the accu
sation against him. he will honor draft at sight if
that officer of the general government will draw upon him
for the unexpended balance i'm his hands /.
Can other evidence be necessary to show the wantonness
Of Governor Youngs assaians Papers that have borne
the character of respeciably with incorporate zeal have
pandered to prejudice substantial basis On
hand Governor Young represented defiant to
the general government threatening hostilities towards
any gentleman that may be sent TO succeed him and
the other the people said TO be disoya to the general
and in the Imagination Of zeaots armies
narshaed in battle array, and Utah is already field of
blood Captain Sansbury, of the corps of Typographical
engineers of the United States army Who in his expora
ton and survey of the valley Of the great Salt Lake Of
Utah. had ample opportunity TO form correct estimate of
the people among whom he SO long dwcand he will not
I've suspected of Partially Mormonsin his report to
his superior officer which the United States Senate and the
House of Representatives published says he feels confident
that the mpntations which have been made against the
personal character of Governor Young without oun
ation, and that his personal reputation is above re-
proach:
aCerain it is says he that the most entire confidence
IA In inta IN
the part Of those whom long and intimate association
and in the most trying emergencies has afforded every
possible opportunity OF forming just and accurate udg-
ment Of his true character
The dsoyalty Of Governor Young and the people of
Utah is disproved by the unquestoned and unques
onabe authority An illustrative incident in the history
Of people may put to shame their assaiants quote
again from Capt. Stansbury:
ain their progress westward through the northern part
Of Missouri they again driven from that State by yo
lent threats the southern borders of Iowa whence a
much hardship and suffering they reached in the
the the banks of the Missouri beyond the limits
of the States Here they enclosed land and planted crops
leaving of their number to reap the fruits which
be applied to the susenance Of other companies
that follow they should be able to pro-
cure They about crossing the river to pursue
their journey westward, when an officer of the United
government presented himself with requstion for
five hundred men to in the with Mexico. This
demand, though sudden and unexpected, promptly
and periodically complied with but in consequences, the
expedition broken for the season. Those that
manned being principally old men, women, and children
prepared pass the winter in the wds of Indian
Try by cutting hay and erecting log and sod huts, and
digging many time and their strength enabled
them"
In another portion of the work Captain Stansbury
says si
From all that saw and heard, deem it but simple
Justice to say that Notwithstanding these of irrita
ton loyal and patriotic people cannot be found
within the limits of the Union. This, think cnl-
phally shown in the prompude and cheerfnness with
which they responded to the call Of the government to fur
nsh battalion for service during The Mexican war; while
| and uncertain pilgrimage into unknown wilderness,
they suddenly called upon surrender FIVE hundred
of their best to the hazards of hostile campaign and
the exposure and ycssitudes Of march of two thou
sand miles trackess deserts and burning plains
fight the battles Of their country Their peculiar circum-
stances presented almost nsuperabe objections a
pance with the relusition yet the slightest hesa-
ton was evinced You shall have your battalion at
once the reply of Mr. Young il it has to be class
elders And In three days the force recruited prn-
cpay among fathers OF families raised and ready
march Here, certainly evidence of lack of pat
| riotism.' aes t 5s0 tHa 8tftkEt ~.
| The author quotes from addresses delivered by
Brigham Young in which he expresses his exalted esima-
ton Of the constitution of the United States and the laws
magnify the laws and assuring them thai there is law
in the United States in the constitution but ready
! to make honorable The author then adds The
following language used by Gen. d. II. Wells at the cele-
hraon of the fourth anniversary of the advent of the Nor
into the valley viii show, think what the feel
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