The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1857-04-22
Spirit of the Age,-as developed
in Utah.


Spirit Of the Age,-as developed
in Utah.
Hon W. w. Dfummond, U. S.
Judge in Utah, has sent in his resi- gna.
ton to tho Attorney General, with the
following beautiful picture of the state
Of things in the Territory. The reasons
Cor his resignation, as found below, will
no doubt be regarded as satisfactory.
In the FIRST place, Brigham Young, the
Governor of Utah Territory, is the &C.
knowledeed head If the Church of Je.
sus Christ of Latter Day Saints" com.
monty called Mormons," 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 Con.
gress is by them considered binding in
any manner.
Secondly I know that there is a SO.
cret oath bound organization among all
the male members Of the church, to &C.
Knowledge no law save tho Law Of the
Holy Priesthood" which comes TO the
people through Brigham Young, direct
from God, ho, Young, being the vicege.
rent Of G d, aud prophetic successor of
Joseph Smith, who was the founder Of
this blind and reasonable organization.
Thirdly. | am fully aware that there
is set of men set apart by special or
der of the church to take both the lives
and property of persons who may ques.
,ion the authority Of the church, tho
names Of whom | will promptly make
known some future time.
Fvurthly That the records, papers,
&c, of the Supreme Court have been de-
stroyod by order Of the church. with the
direct knowledge and apTr,taron Of Gov.
ernor b. Young, and the federal officers
grossly insultcd for presumug to raise
single question about the reasonable act.
Filthy. That the federal officers of
the territory are constantly insulied, bar
raised and annoyed by the Mormons, and
for those insults there is no redress.
Sixthly That the federal officers are
daily compelled to hear the form Of the
| American government traducsd, the chief
executives of the nation, both living and
| dead, slandered and abused from the
masses, as we'll as from all tho leading
members Of the church, in the most vul-
the evil passions of man can possible con
ceivc.
| Again: That after Moroni Green had
been convicted in the District Court be.
fore my colleague, Judge Kinney, of an
assault with intent to commit murder
aud afterwards, on appeal to the Supreme
Court the judgement being affirmed aud
tho said Green sentenced to the peDiten-
tiary, Brigham Young gave full par
don to the said Green before he reached
tho penitentiary also, that the said
Governor Young pardoned man by the
name Of Baker. who had been tried and
sentenced to ten years. Imprisonment in
tho penitentiary for the murder of a
dumb boy by the name Of Whitehopse,
the proof showing one Of the most aggra-
waited cases Of murder that ever knew
being tried 4; and to insult the court aud
government officers, this man Young took
this pardoned criminal with him, 10 prop
or person, to church on tie next Sabbath
after his conviction, Baker in the mean
time having received a full pardon from
Gov. Brigham Young. These two man
were Mormons.
On the other hand, charge the Nor
mons, aud Gov. Young in particular, with
having imprisoned five or six young men
from Missouri and Iowa, who are now in
the peuitentiury Of Utah. without those
men having violated any criminal law in
America. but they were anti Mormons,
poor uneducated young men, on their way
to California but because they emigrat-
ed from Illinois Iowa or Missouri aud
passed by Great Salt Lake City, they
were Indicted. by the Probate Court and
most brutally and inhumanly dealt with
in addition to being summarily incarcer-
ated in the sanity prison Of the territory
Of Utah. also charge Gov. Young with
constantly Interfering with the federal
courte, directing 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, inva.
riably Ind some members of the Grand
Jury advised 10 advance as TO his will 10
relation to their labors, and that his
charge thus given is tie only charge
known, obeyed, or received by all the
Grand Juries of the federal courts Of
Utah territory.