The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1857-06-06
From Utah.

In the train that arrived at Leavenworth
last week from Salt Lake, beside Judge Stiles
and the Surveyor General, came the United
States Marshal for Utah and the Postmaster
Of Salt Lake City. These gentlemen were
the last representatives Of the United States
authority in the Territory. Brigham Young
Is now without check or supervision. Jud &c
Stiles confirms all the representations of
Judge Drummond, and says that the tyrrany
and ou.rages of the mormon leaders have been
more intolerablc even since Drmnmond's de-
parture than before. During the winter, fire.
quent robberies and murders have been COM
mitted upon citizens of the United States, by
order of Brigham Young. whose will is now
the only law obeyed in the territory. The laws
and courts of the United States are entirely
repudiated; and the Mormons claim to hare
entire and exclusive jurisdiction over all af-
fairs within the Territory; and the Judge
was obliged to to break up hrs court from
total inability to execute any process or man
date. He was himself insulted and threat
ened. The other officers had been threaten
ed, and were virtually driven from the coun-
try. Mrs. Farnham-whoc came with them
was compelled to leave, because she had
boarded some Gentiles.
The Mormons express themselves deter
mined TO resist to the death every attempt OF
the general government to establish any an
thority in Utah. '.That was their country.
and no power on earth shall interfere with
Them They had code of laws made by
themselves and they should enforce them;
establish and maintain their own courts
in spite of al opposition. This is an illus
tratlon Of sqaatter sovereignty. which will
prove disagreeable to Mr.. Buchanan. and
not very agreeable to Mr.. Douglas. Judge
Stiles and Gen. Burr consider it absolutely
necessary for the government to take the
most stringent measures for the restoration
of ''law and ORDER in the Territory. the in
habitants of which were in open rebellion
against the laws and authorities of the Uni
ted States, and unless something was done
no one could foretell the evils that would re-
suit from delay. Life and property was no
safe, and injured parties lave no means o
obtaining redress. Young was governor anc
supreme dietator-one of the greatest tyrant
that ever lived. His viii is law, from whicl
there is no appeal.
Judge Stiles and his companions arc OF
their way to Washington to make know
the condition of affairs in the Territory t
the executive. The government ought to b
driven, by the force of public opinion-if
will not act from its own will-into decisiv
and efectual measures TO suppress the rebel
lion at once. The executive is clothed wit
ample powers for the crisis, Let Mr. Bueh
anan follow the example of Gen. Jackson i
the South Carolin. notification rebellion
and of Washington in the Pennsylvani
whisky Instruction, ard Issue a proclama
preston of Instructions. which makes it hi
duty upon the notification of any Distri'
Judge that the laws cannot be executed
use the military power of the country to en-
force them. The President can place Il
Territory under siege or Marshal law. Tt
accounts that viii go forward from the State
to Salt Lake will alarm Young. andif mea,
ures be procrastinated, he wiliintrigue wit
the Indinns, and raise up q hostile barrie
between him and the States that Will be MOI
difficult to pass, than to. conquer the Mo-
mons. The conflict is inevitable, and I'll
sooner, and more resolutely it is met, he LEI
of treasure and blood it will cost. Brigham
Young has an army Of all the male membe
of the church from 16 to 20 years of ag
carefully drilled, both physically and men
tally, for the warfare. But there is lare
number of Americans and discontented Mo
mons in the Territory. prepared to reb
against Brigham's rule, who only wait ii
support of the United States, to secure the
in their lives and property against the viz
dictive revenge of Young and his follower
TO rise agaisnt their oppressors and aid q
United States in efecting civil and polit
cal revolution and bringing the Territol
under the restraints of civil government an
the authority of the United States.