New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-04-14
STATE or AFFAIRS ~ I'TAH
RESIGNATION OF JIrDGF DRtrMMOND.


the administration of President Pierce, deem It due
10 the public Ia give some Of the reasons why do 40
In the first place, Brigham lounG, the GoVrrnor o'
Utah Territory i. the acknowledged head Oi the
Church Of Jesus Christ OF LatterDay SAINTS, com
monty called "Mormons" and as such head the Nor
mons look 20 him. and 10 him alone, Tor thc Ia" D;
which they are 10 be governed; therefore no Ia" VI
Congress is by them considered binding IN any manner
Second. know that there II secret =, ,h
orcanizatiou among all the male members OF 'hs
Church to acknowledge no law save me IN" 0'
the :" Holy Prierihood, which comes !" lhe ProP''
through Brigham Young. direct from God ne iouns'
ha;py the ycererent Of God and prophetic successor
Of Joseph Smith, who was the founder oil TINS ohnd
and reasonable organization.
set apart by special order OF the Chrch TO take octh
the lives and property Of persons who may question
tbe authority of the Church the names of whom l
win promptly make known at a future tme.l
E1lrfh; That the records papers, &c. of the Su-
ur.me Court have been destroyed by order Of the
church with direct knowledge and appreciation of
Gov. Il. Young, and the Federal officers grossly in
suited for presuiHg to raise single question about
the reasonable act
FIN That the Federal ofcers Of the Territory are
constantly insulted harassed and annoyed by the
Mormons and for those insults there is no redress.
Sixth: That the Federal officers ere daily compelled
TO hear the form Of the American Government ira
duced the chief executives Of the nation both living
and dead, slandercd and abused from the masses, as
well 4 from all the leading members of the Church,
in the most vulgar loahsone and wicked manner that
the evil passions Of man can possibly conceive.
Again: That after Moroni Green had been convicted
in the District Court before my colleague Judge Kin
ney of an assault with intent 10 coismit murder aud
att-Tward on appeal to the Supreme Court the judg
rnent being affirmed and the said Green sentenced to
the penitenary, Brigham Young gave full pardon
the sad Green before he reached the penitentary
also that the said Gov. Young pardOned man by the
name Of Baker who had been tried aud sentenced to
ten years imprisonment in the pcniteutiary for the
murder Of dumb boy by the name OF White House,
the proof showing of the most aggravated cases
Of murder that knew being tried; and to insult
the Court and Government officers this Young
took this pardOned criminal with him in proper person
10 church on the next Sabbath after his conviction,
Baker in the meantime having received full pardon
from Gov. Brigham Young These two men were
MOrmonr.
On the the other hand, I charge the Mormons, and
Governor Young in particular, with iinprsoning five
or six young from Missouri aud Iowa who
now in the penitcntiary OF Utah. without those men
having violated any criminal law in America; but
they ant-MOrmors, poor uneducated young men,
on their way for California; but because they emf
grated from Illinois, Iowa Missouri, and passed
BY Great Salt Lake City, they indicted BY
Probate Court, and most brutGly and nhumanly dealt
with i'll addition to being sunmarly ncarcerated IN
the sanity prison Of the Territory OF Utah: ! al'o
with the Federal Courts directing the Grand jury
whom 10 ndict and whom not and after the Judges
charge the Grand Jures to their duties that this
man, Young, invariably has some member OF the
ton to their abOrs and that his charge thus given,
il the only charge known obeycd, or received by ali
the Grand Juries OF the Federal Courts Of Utah Ter
rltOry.
Again Sir after careful and mature investigation,
have been compelled to come to the conclusion
heart-rending and sickening as il may be-that Capt
John w. Gunnson and his party of eight Others were
murdered by the Indians in 1855 under, the order ad
vice and directions of the MOrmons; that my Illus
tiious ard distinguished predecessor, the Hon. Leon
das Shaver came To his death by drinking poisonous
liquors given 10 him under the order OF the leading
men of the Mormon Church in Great Salt Lake City;
that the late Secretary of the Territory, A. w. Bah
bit wa. murdered on the Plains by band Of Nor
mon marauders under the particular and special or
der of Brigham Young, Ileber G. kimball and j. NJ.
Grant and not by the indians as reported by the
Mormons themselves, and that they were sent from
Salt Lake City for that purpose and that only; and
members Of the Dante band, they We're bound to do
the will of Brigham Young, the head Of the church,
forfeit their own lives.
These reasons, with many Others that might give,
which would be too heart-rcnding TO insert IN this
communication, have induced to resi- IN the office
of Justice of the Territory of Utah, aud again return
to my adopted State of Illinois My reason, Sir, for
making this communication thus public IL, that the
Democratic party, with which have always strictly
acted, il the party in power and therefore Is the
party that should be held responsible for the
sonable and disgraceu state OF affairs that now exist
in Utah Territory | could Sir, ii necessary, refer To
cloud of witnesses TO attest the have given,
and the charges, bold they are, against those
despots who rule with iron hand their hundred
thousand souls in Utah, and their two hundred thou
sand souls out of that notable Territory but shall not
do - for the that the lives of such gentlemen
az should designate in Utah and III California would
not be safe for a single day
III conclusion Sir have To say that in my career a.
Justice Of the Supreme Court of Utah Territory, |
have the consolation of knowing that did my duty
that neither threats intimdatons drove me from
that path; upon the other hand, panied 10 say
that accomplished little good while there that the
Judiciary is only treated farce. The only rule of
law by which the Infatuated followers of this curious
people will be governed il the law of the Church, and
that emanates from Gov Brigham Young and him
alone.
do believe that if there man put in Office as
Governor of that Territory who l. not member Of the
Church Mormon, and he supported with sufficient
military aid that much good would result from such
course; but as the TeTitoryis now governed and has
been since the Administration OF Mr.. Fillmore, AZ
which time Young received his appointment Gov
emor, il Is MONDAY madness ana folly to attempt 10
administer the law in that Territory. The officers ore
iuSu.d harassed and murdered for doing their duty
and not recognizing Brigham Young "a the only law
siver and law maker earth. OF this every man can
bear incontestabe evidence who has been willing 10
accept an appointment in Utah. and assure YOU Sir,
that no man would be willing TO risk his life and
property in that Territory after once trying the sad
experiment.
ton will give due and timely aid to the officers that
may be unfortunate 10 accept situations in that
Territory and that the whitening which rests
upon this nation by virtue of the peculiar and heart
rending Institutions of the Territory Of Utah may be
speedily removed, TO the honor and credit OF
happy country now remain your obedent servant,
w W. DRuMMoND, Justice OF Utah Territory.
JsJch o. A. D., 1851.
CHINA AND THE CHINESE.