The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1857-06-06
Important from Utah-Daring Outrage Of the
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! One of the most fragrant pieces of law
lessness we have lately been called upon to
record, is that the interesting details of
which are narrated in our letter from Great
Salt Lake City, published this morning.
The satellites Of Brigham Young-not sat
isfed, as in the past, with the perversion of
justice by corrupting its fountains and pack
ing juries to find verdicts according to Nor
mon edicts rather than the law and facts
have invaded the temple itself, threatened
upon his shoulders, and broken up and dis
persed the Court by force. That this was
done with Young's connivance, if not by
his express orders, must be apparent to
those who peruse the narrative Of our cor
respondent; for, when asked if he would, rs
Governor, sustain the Judge in an attempt
to execute the laws of the United States, he
positively declined, upon the ground that
the Court had given him trouble enough al
ready!
Here then is an end sven to the forms Of
the Civil law in Utah; and henceforth that
Territory of the United States is entirely
subject to the Ecclesiastical law of Brigham
Young-to the tyrannical and irresponsible
cdicts of one who singularly combines the
worst qualities of the religious fanatic and
the selfish and sensual brigand. Here is
successful treason, carried after years of
progression to its futherest limit ere sim
gle step is taken by the Government for its
suppression. Nor is there yet any assu-
rance that the National Administration are
prepared to deal promptly and effectively
with the evil. True, they await the answer
of brave and competent man to an invita-
ton to take the troublesome position of
Young's successor; but meanwhile precious
time is passing away. Already the grass is
well up on the plains, and in few days
more It will be impracticable for troops to
start for Utah, because they cannot rely
upon forage for their animals.
If there is any honest intention to send
force this summer to vindicate the law ut
Salt Lake-if our suffering fellow-e citizens
upon those distant plains are not intended
to be left for another full year to the mercy
Of the oppressor, entirely without the pro-
lection which every citizen should be secur-
ed at least upon American soil, If women
are to be protected from forcible debauch
and men from massacre, it certainly is high
time that force should be under orders for
this distant service. No step of the sort
has been intimated. Troops are on the march
to punish few marauding Indians in Iowa,
and the Cheyennes in New Mexico. Still 9TH
ers are posted in Kansas to keep the peace
during the political struggle pending there:
but to this time, none have been directed to
prepare for an expedition to Salt. Lake.
We submit that there is too much reason to
fear that Mr.. Buchanan is emulating the
supineness Of his predecessor, who by a
succession of feints and false pretences sue
ceeded all through his term in eyadinr an
issue with the outlaws Of Utah. If he is
earnest there is yet time for prompt and
energetic movement in behalf Of law and
order now SO shamefully defied; but there
is not an hour to lose:-M Y. Times.
Frighsful Massacre---FIfty- FiMibuster.
We have published elsewhere statement
to the effect that body of fillibusters re-
Gently taken in Sonora, were under sentence
Of death from their eaptors. We find in the
N. O. Times Of the 10th, the following la
ter intelligence, from which it appears that
the unfortunate men have already suffered
execution:
The Mexican ssEstandarte Macdonald of
the 18th inst, states in a postscript that the
Government had just received dispatches
from Gen. Yanez, the commander of the
Mexican forces at Sonora, informing them
that the fifty mine flibusters who were taken
prisoners after the recent battle, had all
been shot. The dispatch adds that the loss
Of the Sonorians in the engagement was
forty killed, and still larger number
wounded.
Surely, i American citisans. were among
those butchered in cold blood, our Govern.
ment will demand . fearful retribution from
them for this vanton outrage on all the laws
Of humanity.