The true Democrat., 1857-05-12
NO. 31.

victims with pertinacity that overcomes all obstacles; and their agent in Congress keeps them constantly advised of the policy and aims ot the general government. They are in the frontier post offices either by appointment as postmasteis or as clerks, and have the oppor. tunlty of supervising the transit and dstribu- tion or all mail matter; and it may not be im- prooaoIe that to this cause may be traced the loss ot so many letters going to and from the Pacific Territories.
 Now, in view of the facts herein set forth, and the assumption by Chief Justice Drum mond that they are a hundred thousand strong In Utah and two thousand spies and emissaries Tn adJolnlng States and Territories, with every facility for obtaining and transmitting informal ton; allied to a savage Indian horde of three hundred thousand more ,who are, in their hands, the battle axe of the Lord" to be wielded agalnst the Gentiles; added to thousand miles of land travel, prairie and mountain, with na- tural means at hand to throw every obstacle in the way of an army, by running of their ani- mas, cutting of small parties, poisoning the springs of water, and blockading the canons and mountain passes; I repeat, in view of all these facts staring us boldly in the face, they form an obstacle to the peaceful settlement of the interior of the country of no mean charac- ter, and which should be promptly met by the general government.
 In my judgment the only way to meet the necessity of the case is to appoint military governor for the Territory, with discretionary power to place the whole Territory under mar tial law, backed by military force of at least 5000 men, amply equipped with munitions of war and years supply of provisions; then station the army at three different points in the Territory, not to fight the people, butte defend them. By proclamation now call on all true citizens of the United States to come out and enroll themselves under the flag of the repub- lie; warning all hostile thereto to leave the Territory under penalty of capture, trial, and execution by martial law. This, in my judg- ment, will be the easiest, cheapest, and safest mode of reaching and remedying the evil.- The idea that if left to themselves they will break up and disband by internal dissensions is futile and absurd
 They have solid mucle of one hundred thousand strong, with two hundred thousand spies and emSsarles scattered over the whole country, and a savage ally of three hundred thousand to do tleir bidding. And what want they more? ? A State government No; they already have that which to them is far better, namely, a a0'Lfm perUersion of the democratic pHHc'pte or seIi-SoNerhmenU, declareu Tn the Kansas Nebraska bill to regulate their own institutions in their own way" This leaves them in a far better condition to propagate their reasonable designs than if they were existing under the form of State government. As there is no power in the Constitution to force them into the Union (God forbid they should ever come in } they may always remain territory of the United States, recognizing the federal laws merely as form, while the power de tacto remains absolute, and the head of the church becomes the head of the State
 Something ought, something should be done. Let the government look we'll to 1t that it's army be sufficient, amply supplied with muni- tions of war and provisions for at least one year, as the task it is about to assume is no child's play. More anon.
 Very respectfully, VERASTUS.