Weekly Clarksville chronicle. [volume] (Clarksville, Tenn.) 185?-1857, 1857-05-29
Correspondence Of the Journal Of Commerce ]
r AFFAIRS IN UTAH.
s.. WASHTNaTON Nav 10 1877

The Government is much concerned in
regard to the state of thingsin Utah and
is engaged in the consideration of the
means of affording to the people Of that
Territory the protection of law.
Several gentlemen from Utah are now
here, and others from Iowa, who are well
acquainted with Utah affairs /. find that
Brigham Young has not been expelled
from the Territory, and has neither abdi-
Gated nor fed, as was reported On the
contrary, he is preparing to maintain his
power, under the ipretext of upholding the
principle of squatter-sovereignty. rs2
My informant. estimates the population
of Utah at only forty thousand, though
Gov. Young says it is double that. Per-
haps it is about fifty thousand One half
Of the population are foreigners Form
erly, the proportion of Americans was
much greater. The foreign population is
said to be somewhat improved in material
condition by the change, while that which
is American suffers privations to which
they had not been accustomed The for
eigncrs are ignorant and fanatical, and are
subjected to the absOluteauthority of Brig
ham Young. The Americans are more en- :
lightened, especially as to civil rights, and
have become insubordinate and dissatisfied,
and threaten to oyerturn the power of fthe
prophet, priest, and king" &c,
Brigham Young has an army of TWEEN
i've hundred men, under good discipline
They are drilled every day They are
mostly foreigners, and comprise the most
ignorant, brutal, and fanatical of the Nor
mons, Therefore they are fit instruments
for the purposes of Brigham Young, They
have no sympathies with American institu
tions, social or prlitical, and will, when let
loose, hesitate at no atrocities.
At present there is nothing like an ad-
ministrution of justice between man and
man in the Territory, Every question is
resolved into one, as between the parties
concerned and Brigham Young. Ofcourse
Judges are driven away, the records arc
destroyed, the processes of the Courts are
disregarded, the Juries are all subservieni
to Youpg's orders, and the Territory il
subjected to a reign of terror. Assassina-
tons, are, not unfrequent, and the seizure
and con6scation of private property lisa
common occurrence. .Hany one, weary .pi
Brigham Youngs despotism, attempts t.
4 leave the Territory, he is despoiled Of his
property. That was the case with Mr.
Hcckaday, merchant, who is now here,
The American portion Of the popula
tionare prepared foran instruction against
Brigham Young's rule, but they are mo-
willing, bya feeble movement 70 hazarG
thcir own lives and property. Brigham
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tive officer, under federal appointment
( He has an army under his command whicl
embraces the active military force Of the
Territory. But if the United States gov
eminent would give them (the Americans
absolute protection and secure them ii
their lives and property against the vim
dictiye revenge Of Brigham Young aud his
1 followers, they would very gladly aid thu
Z United States in ofFecting civil aud polit.
ical revolution and in bringing the Terri