Bradford reporter. [volume] (Towanda, Pa.) 1844-1884, 1857-04-23
The state of Things in Utah.

Judge Drummond, appointed hy the President
three years since, as one of the members OF
the Supreme Court of the territory, has been
fairly driven out ,by the proceedings of Brig
ham Young, the Mormon Governor. His let
ter addressed to the Attorney General of the
United States, gives his reasons for leaving
the territory and laying down his Office, and if
no abatement is made from his statement OF
fact, we are only astonishcd that he should
not have taken his resolution earller-that he
should not have returned to the states, had
an interview with the President. urged upon (
him the necessity of maintaining the authority +
and executing the laws of the United States I
within the territory by a prompt and cffectual
nterposition and, if unsuccessful, appealed
boldly from the President to the public. He
seems according TO his own account, to have
wasted his three years in an unavailing strug
gle for the authority of the federal govern |
ment against Brigham Young a struggle |!
which a very brief experience must have taught
him was hopeless without support from Wash |
ingtOn. ..-.... ....,.
Young, according to Judge Drummonds
statement, interferes on all occasions with the
proceedings of the federal courts in the terri
tory, SANDERS and bullies the Judges, causes
their records and papers to De destroyed, dir
ects the jures in those courts whom to indict
and whom not, absolYes from punishment the
persons on whom the federal courts pass SEN
tcnce and mprisons citizens of the United ,
States who are guilty of no offence. Darker
| charges are made charges of murder by vio-
! lence and poisoning. The assassination Of Gov.
GunniSOn and eight others by the Indians is
laid at the door of the Mormons, as that of
Judge Shaver Drummond's predecessor, who
! it is averred, died of poison draught admin
i,tered by their order. The murder of A. w.
Bahbitt, Secretary Of the territory, on the
plains, is directly attributed to Young and two
of his associates. thcr enOrmitieS are limited
at which the writer says are too horrd for pub
/ lie disclosure
{ 1t has been long known that Young rules
! | tah in most arbitrary manner, and that he
has treated the federal courts and the other
authorities with a contemptuous Disregard
Nothing, however, was done by Mr.. Pierce
during his administration to make the suprem-
acy of our government respected and to exc
cute its laws among the Mormous Judge
Drummond says, justly enough, that the party
in power should now be held responsible for
| the disgraceful state of things which exists in
the territory" 1t is not only responsible for
what happens now, but should bear the res
possibility Of all that has happened for the
last four years. The character OF Young is
is well known he is bold, imperious, brutal,
apparently unrestrained by any sort of scru-
/ pie ; and Mr.. Pierce has always behaved as if
afraid of him. 4 one time the late President
reused to the necessity Of doing something to
redeem the federal authority in the territory
| from the absolute authority into which it had
fallen, appointed Colonel Stcptoe Governor
The Col. refused the appointment, and Young |
holds over. The federal executive could rot
be ignorant of the enOrmitieS this man was
perpetually committing it was of course in |
frequent communication with its officers in the !
| territory yet not even the feeblest attempt |
was made to support them in the proper dis |
charge of their duties We see whether Mr. |
Buchanan can muster any more firmneSs.-
Young has declared himself partisan Of Bu-
chanan, and doubtless, expects to he allowed
his own way.
OF the destruction of the records and pa
pcrs of the federal courts, spoken of by Judge
Drummond, narrative has been published in
the San Francisco papers. The act was com
mitted in March 1886 The records were ta-
ken from the Office of the Clerk of the Su-
premc Court, and burned in Salt Lake City
Judge Kinney instructed the Grand Jury to
inquire into the offence, and indct the trans
gressors. Young told the Grand Jury that
the court was Gentle court, with which the
Saints had nothing to do, and that if the Gen
| ii wished anything to be done in III matter,
! they must do it out of Utah. Accordingly
nothing was done.
| This single ci cumstance should have led to
measures for the complete establishment of
the federal authority in the territory.
If the President does his duty, he will lose
no time in taking such steps as will bring this
! bully and his followers to reason. The first
/ thing done by our executive should be to send
a determined and fearless man 10 govern the
! territory, in the place Of Brigham Young,
aud with him such detachment of the United
States troops as would effectaay enforce the
laws, protect the judiciary and ensure the pun
ishment Of crimes. For Judges, instead of
men Of u feeble character, who can stand three
years of bullying and insult, and every mani
| feotaton Of disregard for their judicial autho-
rity, he should send out persons equally con-
! scientious and resolute, who would not suffer
! the Least, ,infractiou Of their authority A firm
course with these men, supported by force
| large enough to show that the general govern
ment is in earnest, would soon convince them
! of their weakness and the folly of attempting
resistance What is most wanted is the means
OF breaking up the prestige of 1oung'S inhu-
ence. He must be secretly hated by numbers
of his subjects-for subjects they are in fact
and as soon as the weakness of his goverr-
ment is made to appear, and the means of es-
cape from tyranny are offered, it will be most
extraordinary if thousands do not fall away
from the allegiance to him which they now
profesS.-Ercning Post.
ANOTHER DEATH FROM "THE NATIoSAI".-
Some weeks since an article was published sta
ting that lady and daughter, the family of
onr most resnectable citizens was serinnsIv Ill