The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1858-06-26

means Of bringing capital into our young
and growing State, which would otherwise
remain at perpetual distance.
Letme shy then in conclusion, to one and
all-be on hand ON Monday, and vote
ssFor the State Bank" and esFor the Gener-
al Banking Law" if you can consistently,
and if not, vote for the STATE BANK, ANY
how. F.S. e.
Proclamation to the Mormons.
BIT JANIS BUCHANAN, PRESIDENT OF, THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
A PROCLAMATION.
| WHEREAS, the Territory of Utah was set
tied by certain emigrants from the States
and from foreign countries, who have for
several years past manifested spirit Of in
subordination to the Constitution and laws
of the United States. The great mass of
those settlers, acting under the influence of
leaders to whom they seem to have surren-
dered their judgment, refuse to be controll-
ed by any other authority. They hare been
often advised to obedience, and thesefriend-
ly counsels have been answered with def
ance. Officers of the Federal Government
have been driven from the Territory for no
other offence but an effort to do their sworn
duty. Others have been prevented from
going there by threats Of assassination
Judges have been violently interrupted in
the performance of their functions, and the
records Of the courts have been seized and
either destroyed or concealed. Many other
acts Of unlawful violence have been per-
petrated, and the right to repeat them has
been openly claimed by the leading inhabi-
tants, with ut least the silent acquiescence
of nearly all the others. Their hostility to
the lawful government of the country, has
at length become so violent that no officer
bearing a Commission from the Chief Mag
istrate Of the Union can enter the Territory
or remain there with safety; and all the off,
GERS recently appointed have been unable to
60 to Salt Lake, or any where else in Utah,
beyond the immediate power of the army
Indeed, such is believed to be the condition
to which a strange system of terrorism has
brought the inhabitants of that region, that
no ono among them could express an opin-
ion favorable to this Government, or even
propose to obey its laws, without exposing
his lifc and property to peril. $500,
After carefully considering this state of
affairs, and maturely weighing the obliga-
lions was under to see the laws faithfully
executed, it seemed to me right and proper
that l should make such use of the military
force at my disposal, as might be necessary
to protect the Federal Officers in going into
the Territory of Utah, and performing their
duties after arriving there. 1 accordingly
ordered detachment of the army to march
on the City of Salt Lake, or within thsreach
Of that place, and to act in case of need as
posse for the enforcement of the laws. But,
in tho meantime, the hatred of that mis-
guided people for the just and legal authori-
ty of the Government had become 50 in
tense that they resolved to increase their
military strength with that of the Union
They have organized IN armed force far
from contemplate in point of umbers, and
trained, if not with skill, at least with great
assiduity and perseverance. While thetroops
OF the United States were on their march,
train of baggage wagons, which happened
to be unprotected, was attacked and destroy
ed by a portion of the Mormon forces, and
the provisions and stores with which the
tram was ladened were wantonly burnt. In
short, their present attitude is one Of deci-
ded and unreserved enmity to the United
States and to all their loyal citizens. Their
determination to oppose the authority or the
Government by military force, has not only
been expressed in words, but manifested in
overt acts Of the most unequivocal charac-
ter.
Fellew- citizens of Utah, this is rebellion
against the Government, to which you owe
allegiance. 1t is levying war against the
United States, and involves you in the guilt
OF treason. Persistence in it will bring you
to condign punishment, to ruin and to shame;
Tor 1t is mere madness to suppose that, with
your limited resources, you can successful
y resist the force of this great and power
full nation.
If you have calculated upon the forbear-
ance of the United States-if you have per-
mitted yourself to suppose that this Govern
bring you to submission-you have fallen
into grave mistake. You have settled up
on territory which lies geographically in the
on was purchased by the United States and
paid for out Of their treasury. The pro-
prietary right and title to it is in them, and
not in you. Utah is bounded on every side
by States and Territories whose people are
true to the Union. 1t is absurd to believe
that they will or can permit you to erect in
their very midst, government of your
own, not only Independent of the authority
which they all acknowledge, but hostile to
them and to their interests.
Do not deceive yourselves or try to mis-
lead other by propagating the idea that this
is crusade against your religion. The con.
stitution and laws of this country can take
no notice Of your creed, whether it be true
or false. This is question between your
God and yourselves, in which disclaim all
right to interfere. If you obey tho laws,
keep the peace and respect the just rights of
others, you will be perfectly secure, and may
live on in your present faith, or change it
for another at your pleasure. Every intel.
ligent man among you, knows very we'll that
this government has never, directly or indi-
rectly, sought to modest you in your wor.
ship, to control you in your ecclesiastical
affairs, or even to influence you in your re.
ligious opinions.
This rebellion is not merely violation Of
your legal duty: it is without Just cause,
without reason, without excuse. You never
exhibited n real grievance that was not re-
dressed rs promptly as it could be. The
laws and regulations enacted for your gov
eminent by Congress, have been equal md
just, and their enforcement was manifestly
necessary for your own welfare and happi.
ness. You have never asked their repeal
They are similar in every material respect
to the laws which have been passed for the
other Territories of the Union, and which
everywhere else with one partial exception)
have been cheerfully obeyed. No people
ever lived who were frecr from unnecessary
legal restraints than you. Human wisdom
never devised political system which be-
slowed more blessings or imposed lighter
burdens than the Government of the Uniteo
States in its operation upon the Territories.
But being anxious to save the effuson of
blood, and to avoid the indiscriminate pun
ishment of a whole people for crimes of
which it is not probable that all are equally
guilty, offer now full and FREQ pardon to
all who will submit themselves to the au-
thority of the Federal Government. If you
refuse to accept it, let the consequences fall
upon your own heads. But conjure YOU
to pause deliberately and reflect well before
you reject this tender of peace and good
will.
No.