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| BRIGHAM YoUNG's LETTER to Col Alexan.
der, in command of tho L, S. troops-sent
to HIM when within 80 miles of Fort
Bridger, position occupied by Mormon
troops-and his Declaration of War, are
given below. Brigham is a man who
speaks his mind plainly.
GovEFvoR's OFFICE, UrAH TrsRiroRY.
GREAT SALT LAKE Cry, sept. 20, 1857
TON, efice, Commanding the Forces nou Inv llu =:
ttal Ten org.
Sin BY reference to tho act Of Congress IS
ed Sept ., 1850, organizing tho Territory of
Utah, you will find the following
SEC Z. And be it further enacted, that the
executive power and authority in and over said
Territory of Utah shall be vested in a Governo
who shall hold his office r four years, nd unit
his successor shall be appointed and qualified,
unless sNon"r removed by the President of the
United states. The Governor shall reside within
said Territory, shall be Co mnander lin. Chief Of
the militia thereof, DC, NC.
lam still the Governor and Superintendent Of
Indian Affairs for the Territ ry, no successor
havin, been appointed and qualified az provided
BY law, nor have been removed by the Presiden
Of the United states Is virtue of tho authority
thus vested in me, have issued and forwarded
to you copy of my proclamation forbidding the
entrance of armed forces into the Territory. his
Y III nave ulsres lTdCd. now 1urther direct that
you retire forthwith from the Territory, by the
same route that you entered Should you deem
this imprActicabe, and prefer to remain until
Spring in the vicinity of you present enca Dpnen
Black Fork on Green Rver-you can do SO in
peace and un 'Olested, on condition that you de-
post your arms and ammunition with Louis Rob-
insOn, Quarterma,ter General of the Territory,
and leave in the Spring, as soon as the condition
of the roads will permit you to march and shout /
you fall short of provisions, they can be furnisLel
yOn upon making proper application therefor.
Gen. d. ii Wells will forward THU, and re eeive
any Communication you may have to make.
N~.y i.v-p-ctruiIy,
Brigham YOUNG,
Governor and Superintendent of Indian Afairs.
BRIGHAM's DECLARATION VI WAR.
Citizens y Ltah.-We arc invaded by hostile
force, who are evidently as ailing us to accom-
plish our overthrow and destruction. For the last
twenty five years We have trusted officials of the
Government, from constabies md justices, to
Judges. governors and presidents, only to be
scorned, held in derision. insultod and BETRAYED.
Our houses have been plundered and then burned
our fields laid waste, our principal men butchcred
while under the pledged faith Of the Government
for their safety, and our families driven from
their homes to find that shelter in the barren
wilderness and that protection among hostile
savages which were denied them in the boosted
40 'des Of Chri stianity and civilization.
We are condemned unheard. and forced to an
issue with a ned mercenary mob, which has
been sent against US at the inst gation of ancny-
nous letter writers, ashamed to father the ba sc
slauderous lalschoods, which they have given to
the public--of corrupt officials, who have brou git
false accusations against us to screen themselves
in their own intamy. and Of hierliug priests and
bowling editors, who prostitute the truth for
filthy lucres sake.
The issue which has been forced upon u, com
pels US to resort to the great first law of self
preservation and stand in our ewn defence
right guaranteed uuto US by the genius Of the in
situations Of our country. and upon which the
government is based Our duty to ourselves, te
Afaniies, requires US not 10 tamely submit to be
drfrcn and slain without an attempt to pre-
serve ourselves. Our duty to country, our holy
religion, our God, to freedom and liberty, re.
quires that We should not quietly stand still and
see those letters forging around us which are cal
culated to ensla7e and bring n. in subsection TO
an unlawful military despotism, such as can only
emanate in a country Of constitutional law, fro u
usurpation, tyranny and oppression.
Therefore !, Brigham Young, Governor and
Sup rintendent Of Indian Affairs for the Territory
Of Utah. in the name of the people Ct the Unitcd
State. in the Territory Of Utah, forbid.
Frn-AN arm,d fore0 Of every desey'pfio- from
coming INTO this Territory urds any praenee mka,-
Ssoond-That all the forcss in sad T.rrporp hold
them tiuss IN rsadnesS march a moment r0fic.
TO repeal any and al such invasion.
Ihri- .Marial ilW - h,-sby declared TO erIsf IN
thus Territory from and after tue publication OF this
proclamation, and no person shall be allowed to
pass re.pass into, or through, or from this Ter
ritory, vHh,ut permit from n, proper cfeU.
Given under my hand and seal, at Great Salt
Lake city, Territory Of Utah. thi. fifteenth day oil
september, A. d. eighteen hundred and fifty
seven, and Of the indie pc ndence of the United
States OF America the eightysecond.
BINGHAM YOUNG.