Fremont journal. [volume] (Fremont, Sandusky County [Ohio]) 1853-1866, 1857-04-24
niclad mnnner thnt tho evil passions OF man

can possibly CONCEIVE.
Again: Thatafter Morini Green had been
convicted in the District Court before my
colleague, Judge Kinney, Of an assault with
intent 10 commit murder and afterwards, on
appeal TO the Supreme Court the Judgment
being affirmed and the said Green sentenced
to the penitentiary, Brigham Young gave a
full pardon TO the said Green before he
reached the penitentiary; also, that the said
Governor Young pardoned a man by the
name of Baker, who had boen tried and sem
tenced TO ten years imprisonment in the
pcnitentiary for the murder Of a dumb boy
by tho name of White House, the proof
showing one of the most aggravated cases
of murder that | ever knew being tried -
and TO insult the Court and government Of
ficers, this man Young, took this pardoned
criminal with him, in proper person, to
church on tho next Sabbath after his con-
viction, Baker in the meantime having re-
ceived full pardon from Gov. Brigham
Young. These two men were Morinons.
On the other hand, charge the Nor
mons, and Gov. Young in particular, with
imprisoning five or six young men from
Missouri and Iowa, who are now in the pen
itentiary of Utah, without those men having
violated any criminal law in America, but
they were inti-Mormons, poor, uneducated
young mon, on their way for California; but
because they emigrated from Illinois, Iowa,
or Missouri, and passed by Salt Lake City,
they were indicted by Probate Court, and
most brutally and inhumanly dealt with in
addition to being summarily incarcerated
in the sanity prison Of the territory of Utah.
1 also charge Gov. Young with constantly
interfering with the Federal Courts, direct
ing the Grand Jury whom to indict and
whom not; and after the Judges charge the
Grand Juries as to their duties, that this
man, Young, invariably has some member
of the Grand Jury advised in advance as to
his will in relation to their labors, and that
bis charge thus given is the only charge
known, obeyed or received by all the Grand
Juries of the Federal Courts of Utah Ter
ritory.
Again, sir, after careful and mature in.
vestigation, have been compelled to como
to tho conclusion, heart-rending and sicken-
ing as it may be, that Capt. John w. Gun
nison and his party of eight Others were
murdered by the Indians in 1853, under
the order, advice and direction of the Nor
mons; that my illustrious and distinguished
predecessor, Hon. Leonidas Shaver, came to
his death by drinking poisoned liquors, Civ
en- to him under the order of the leading
mon of the Mormon Church in the Great
Salt Lake City; that the late Secretary Of
the Territory, A. w. Babbitt, was murder
ed on the Plains by band of Mormon
marauders, under the particular and special
order of Brigham Young, Heber C.Kim
ball, and J. NJ Grant, and not by tho Indi-
ans, as reported by the Mormons themselves
and that they were sent from Salt Lake
City for that purpose, and that only: anC
. as members of the Dante Band they wore
bound to do the work of Brigham Young
as the head of the Church, or forfeit thei
own lives. ...
These, reasons with many others that
might give, which would be too heart-rend
ing to insert in this communication, hay,
induced me to resign the office of Justice O
the territory of Utah, and again return t,
my adopted state of Illinois. My reason, sir
for making this communication thus public
is, that the democratic party, with which
have always strictly acted, is the party nov
in power, and therefore is the party tina
should now be held responsible for thu
reasonable and disgraceful state of affair
that now exist in Utah territory. could
sir, if necessary, refer to cloud of witness
es to attest the reasons / have given, an'
the charges, bold as they are, against thos
: despots who rule with an iron hand thei
hundred thousand souls in Utah, and thei
two hundred thousand souls out of that not
able territory, but shall not do SO for th
reason that the lives of such gentlemen as
should designate in Utah and in Californi
would not be safe for n single day.
i In conclusion, sir, 1 have to say, that il
my career as Justice of the Supreme Cour
of Utah Territory, | have the consolation c
knowing that did my duty; that neithc
threats nor intimidations drove me from tina
path; upon the other hand l am panied t
say, that accomplished little good Will
there; that the Judiciary is only treated a
farce. The only rule of law by which tn
infatuated followers of this curious peopl
will be governed is the law of the churcl
and that emanates from Governor Brigham
Young and him alone.
!, l do believe that if there were man pu
in office as Governor of that territory VIII
is not a member of the church Mormon
and be supported with a sufficient militsr
, aid, that much good would result from sue
: a course; but as the territory is now govern
ed, and has been since the administration
Mr. Fillmore, at which time Young receive
. his appointment as Governor, it is noon-da
: madness and folly to attempt to administc
: the law in that territory. The officers ar
insulted, harassed aud murdered for doin
their duty, and not recognizing Brigham
> Young as the only law-giver and law-make
on earth. Of this every man can hear il
contestible evidence who has been willin
!, to accept an appointment in Utah, and
: assure you sir, that no man would be willin
: to risk his life and property in that territol
after once trying the experiment. r. 2
With an ardent desire that the pfeseI
administration will give due. and timely al
!. to the officers that may be SO unfortuna
!, = rs to accept situations in that territory an
y y that the whitening curse which rests upC
= this nation by virtue of the peculiar ar
! heart rending institutions of the territory
= Utah may be. speedily removed to the hon
= and credit of our happy country. Inow r
J = main your obedientservant. ae
- w. w. DRUMMOND,