The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-11-20
THE MoRmoN WAR.
PROCLAMATION OF BRIGHAM YoUNa

We publish below the proclamation of pr,o,,,,,
Young, before referred to briefly in telezrapbic
Dispatch Accompanying il is letter fcrwcrei.d
by Young through the commander of the "N.uyoo
Legion, to Col Alexander, when he had arrived
within thirty miles of Fort Bridges, which place il
occupied by Mormon troops:
dovERsoR's OFFICE, Ur,g TERRIroEY,)
GREAT SALT LAKE Cry, Sept 2s 1857
7o the Officer Commanding the Forces nor Inre,5fa1
Utad Territory:
siE-By reference to the act of Congress rs,.ed
6eptehDeF . loo0' Organizing the Territory Of
Utah, you will find the following:
SEC 2. Aud be II further enacted that tts axa
eutIVe power and authority in aud over said r-rri-
l"fy OF Utah shall bo vested in a Governor who
snai hold bis office for four years. and until his
successor shall be appointed aud qnslIfi.d unlrss
sooner removed by the President or tn. Upftsd
states The tioSerunr shall reside within said Ter.
rItory, shall be commanderin-chief Of the militia
thereof, &c dc.
am stili the Governor and Superintendent Of
Indian Affairs for the Territory no .ucrrs.nr H.
wing been appointed and qualified US provided by
law, nor have | been removed by the pr.std. MT of
the Cnited States BY virtue Of the authority thu.
vested in me, have Issued aud forwarded to Won
copy OF my Proclamation. fOrbiddng the utrance
OF armed forces int the Territory This you nav.
dlsregsrded. l now further direct that van r.-
tire forthwith from the Territor;, BY the same
route You entered. Should Won d,etn tbi. in,
practicable, and prefer to ren,ai, until snri,S in
the vicinity OF your present encaupnsnt-Black
FORK on Green kIver,-you can do So in l,eace
anu unmoiested, on coalition that Won 4. .Dosif
your arms and ammunition with Lewis Robinson
QharteTmaster General Of the Territory and leave
III the spring as soon as the condition of the roads
VIII permit y"a to march; and should yyu fail
short OF provisions they can be furnished Won ur-
on making the proper application therefor.
Gen u H. Wells will forward this and receive
any communication you may have to make
Very respectfully,
BRINGHAM YouyG,
Governor ana superintendent Of Indian affairs
me loiio"lhS Is the proclamation referred to by
Brigham Young
PROCLAMATION BY The GOVERNOR.
Ni'iAs-'o VI ClAH-he are invaded by hostile
IolCe VINO are evidently assailing to accomplish
our overthrow and destruction For the last twen.
tyhve years we have trusted officials of tha gov
ernment, from onstable5 and Justices to uiges
uoyernOrs and Presidents ouly 10 be scorned hsJd
10 derlSion' ineulted and betrayed. Our houses
nave been pundered and then burned our fields
laia waste, our principal men butchered while uu-
deI the pledged faith of the government for their
safety and our families driven from their homes Ia
hhu that shelter III the barren wilderness and that
p!oteCtioh among hostile sayages which were de-
ned thel III the boasted abodes Of Christianty and
civilization.
inc constitution OF our common country guar
ahtee5 unto US all that We do now or have ever
Claimed. II the constitutional rights which per
taiu unto US as American citizens were extended
to Utah according to the spirit and meaning there,
Oh ana iarly and impartially 4dministered il is
all that We could ash-all that We have ever asked
o1f opponents have syailed themselves Of preIu.
dtce existing against us. because of our reipiou-
faith. to send ont formidable host to accumpIish
our destruction. We have had no privilege nor CD
porluHlty of defending ourselves from th. fal ,e
ioui ana UNJUST aopersions against US before the
hatlon 1he government has not condescepded to
cause An investigating committee or other person
10 be sent to Inquire into and ascertain the truth
dS Is customary III such cases. We know those as
PENSIONS To be fdse but that avails Us nothing
We are condemned unheard, aud forced to an issu.
with an armed mercenary mob which has been
sent against Us at the nstiyAtion Of apopylnou.
ietler writers, ashamed TO fai nor the base SANDER
GUS ialsehoods which they have given To the uub.
llc-of corrupt officials, who have brought fall.
accusations against screen themse ,es in their
own infamy, and Of hireing priests and b,,sIinp
EDITORS who prostitute the truth for filthy lucre
sake.
The issue which has thus been forced upon II,
eompei- US TO Resort TO the great first law of sI
preservation, and stand in our own defence,
rRhI guaranteed unto us by the genius vi the III
stltutlUn OF our country, and upon which IT,,
government Is based. CUR duty to ouI selves I,
our lalhl'Ies requires uS not 70 tamely submit IC
DE driven aud slam without an attempt To pre-
serve ourselves. Our duty tC our country our
holy religion, our God, to freedom and liberty r.,
quires that We shonld not quietly stand still apa
aee those letters forging around us which are cal
culafsd to enslavr and bring us in sulrcfinu to Ar
unlawful mi'ltary despOtsnl such as can only erna
nate III ii country Of constitutional law from u.
urpston tyranny and oppression.
Therefore L. brigham Young, Governor and Su
perlnebdent Of Indian Affairs for the Territory al
Utah, IN the name OF the people OF the United
states, in the Territory of Utah, forbid.
trst-all armed forces of every descriptior
from coming into this Territory, under any prp.
teuce whatever.
Second-that all forces in said Territory hold
themselves in readiness to march at Il moment
notice to tepel any and ali such evasion
Ihird-nartial lax is hereby declared 70 exist
in this territory fcum and after the publication o.
to pass or rerass into through or from this Ter.
ritory without permit from the proper officer
Given under my hand ans seal. at great Salt
Lake CITY, Territory of Utah this fifteenth day OF
september, A. d., eighteen hundred and tifty sew
Ell. and of the Independence of the United States
OF America the eighty second. BRIGHAM YouNG.
The following is Col. Alexander's reply to Brig.
ham Young:
HEADQUARTERS TENTH REG'T OF TNPASrRY
CAMP WINFIELD, ON HANS FORK,
October =, 1857
BRIGHAM YoUSG, Esq,
Governor of CTah Territory:
SRI have the honor to acknowledge the re-
cept of your communication of Sept. -, 1857 with
two copies of proclamation and one Of the laws
of Utah. and have given it attentive considerations
am mt present the senior and commanding officer
of the troops of the United States at this point
aud will submit your letter to the General com.
manding, soon as he arrives here
In the meantime. have only to say that these
troops are here by the order of the President Of
the United States. and their further movements
and operations will delsnd entirely upon orders is