Delaware weekly Republican. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1841-188?, 1857-04-16

the Office Of Justice of Supreme Court of the ;
Territory Of Utah, which position l accepted
in A. d. 1854, under the administration of
President Pierce, 1 deem it due to the public y
to give some of the reasons why do so. In
the first place, Brigham Young, the Governor !
Of Utah Territory, is the acknowledged head Of
the "Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter Day
Saints" commonly called esMormons," and as
such head the Mormons look to him, and to
him alone, for the law by which they are to be }
governed; therefore no law of Congress is by
them considered binding in any manner.
Secondly. know that there is secret
oath-bound organization among all the male
Of the church, to acknowledge no law
save the law Of the .'Holy Priesthood" which
comes to the people through Brigham Young,
direct from God, he, Young, being the vicege-
rent of God and prophetic successor of Joseph
Smith who was the founder OF this blind and
reasonable organization.
Thirdly. am fully aware that there is q set
of men set apart by special order of the church
to take both the lives and property Of persons
who may question the authority Of the church,
(the names of whom 1 will promptly make
known at future time.)
Fourthly That the records, papers, &C., of
the Supreme Court have been destroyed by
order Of the church, with direct knowledge and
appreciation of Gov. B. Young, and the fede-
raj officers grossly insulted for presuming to
raise single question about the reasonable
act.
Filthy. That the federal officers of the ter
ritory are constantly insulted, harrassed and |
annoyed by the Mormons, and for those insults |
there is no redress.
Sixthy. That the federal officers are daily
compelled to hear the form Of the American
government tradueed, the chief executives of
the nation, both living and dead, slandered and
abused from the masses, as well as from all the
leading members of the church, in the most
In,N -, 4l.aN
the evil passions of man can possibly con-
eeive.
Agaia: That after Moroni GIaen. had been
cof~MSsd in the District Court BefSfe NY col
league, Judge Kinney, OF an assault with in
tent to commit murder, and afterwards, on APP
peal to the Supreme Court the Judgment being
| affirmed, and the said Green sentenced to the
penitsntiary, Brigham Young gaveafull pardon
| to the said Green before he reached the pcni-
Tertiary also, that the said Governor Young
pardoned man by the name of Baker, who
had been tried and sentenced to ten years
Imprisonment inthe penitentiary for the muir
der OF dumb boy by the 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 gov
ernment officers, this man Young took this
pardoned criminal with him. in proper per-
son, to church on the next Sabbath after his
conviction, Baker in the meantime having re-
Young. These two men We're Mormons.
On the other hand, charge the Mormons,
and Gov. Young in particular, with imprison-
ing five or six young men from Missouri and
Iowa, who are now in the penitentiary of
| Utah, without those men having violated
any criminal law in America, but they were
| anti-Mormons, poor, nneducated young men,
on their way to California but because they
emigrated from Illinois, Iowa or Missouri, and
passed by Great Salt Lake City, they were in
dicted 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. also charge Governor
Young with constantly interfering with efed-
eral courts, directing the Grand Jury whom to
indict and whom not and, after the Judges
charge to the Grand Juries as to their duties,
that this man Young, invariably has some mem
Der of the Grand Jury, advised in advance, as
to his will in relation to their labors, and that
his charge thus given is the only charge known,
obeyed, or received by all the Grand Juries OF
the federal courts OF Utah Territory.
Again, sir, after careful and mature inves-
LEGATION, | have been compelled to come to the
, conclusion, heart-rending and sickening as il
may be, that Capt. John W. Gunnison and his
, party of eight others were murdered by the
/ Indians in 1853, under the order, advice anG
a direction OF the Mormons; that my illustrou
/ predecessor, Hon. Leonidas Shaver, came 4
!, hi- death by drinking poisonous liquors giver
= to him under the order of the leading men o
> the Mormon Church in Great Salt Lake City
that the late Secretary Of the Territory, A
a W. Babbitt, was murdered on the Plains by
II band of Mormon marauders under the parti
- cular and special order of Brigham Young
N Heber G. Kimball and j. NJ. Grant, and no
y by the Indians, as reported by the Mormon
themselves and that they wore sent iron
% Salt Lake City for that purpose, and that only
ID and as members of the DANTE Band the,
"A were bound to do the will of b. Young, a
Il the head of the Church, or forfeit their owl
lives.
These reasons, with many others that
might give, which would be too heartrendinf
g to insert in this communication, have induced
{. me to resign the office of Justice Of the terri
'r tory of Utah, and again return to my adopted
II State Illinois. My reason for making this com.
d munication thus public, is that the democratic
e party, with which have always strictly acted
!. is the party now in power, and therefore is the
k party that should noW be held responsible fol
IS the reasonable and disgraceful state of afIair
. that now exists in Utah territory. could, sir
Q If necessary, refer to a cloud Of witnesses t.
IT attest the reasons have given, and the charges
bold as they are, against those despots who
|, rule with an iloa hand their hundred THOUSAND
is souls in Utah, and their two hundred Thousand
W out of that notable territory, but shall not d,
p so Tor the reason that the lives OF such gentle
men as l should designate in Utah and Califor
In conclusion, sir, have to say, that in m
Id career as Justice of the Supreme Court of Uta
"a territory, have the consolation of KNOWN
n, that did my duty; that neither threats nor il
,h Limitations drove me from that path; upon tn
he other hand, am panied to say, that accom-
MT plished little good while there; that the Jud
ciary is only treated as a farce. The only rul
of law by which the infatuated followers
this curious people will be governed is the Ii
no of the church, and that emanates from Cove
nor Brigham Young, and him alone.
se do believe that if there were a man put
er in office as Governor of that territory who
ne not q member of the church (Mo-mon), and /
ne supported with sufficient military aid, tn
elt much good would result from such course
ad but, as the territory is now governed, and h,
MS been since the administration of Mr.. Fillmor
'u- at which time Young received his appointmel
rd as Governor, it is noon day madness and fol
ne to attempt to administer the law in that teri
tory. The officers are insultsd, harrassed an
lp' murdered for doing their duty, and not recog
10 MIXING Brigham Young as the only law-give
and law-maker on earth. or this every ma
lid Gun bear incontestible evidence who has bee
willing to risk his life and property in tina
territory after once trying the sad experiment
oil With an ardent desire that the present Ad
lg mnstration will give due and timely aid I,
III the officers that may be SO unfortunate as t
accept situations in that territory, and that thu
at whitening curse which rests upon this nation
by virtue Of the peculiar and heartrendng in
situations Of the territory of Utah may br
IN speedily removed, to the honor and credit o
n, our happy country, now remGin, your obedi
Gnt servant, w. W. DRUNMoND,
" Justice of Utah Territory.
IN March 30, A. D. 1857.
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