The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1858-04-16

ath The reports Of the returning officials about
the Injustice ofour courts the breaking nm Of tbs
supreme Court aud the rebellion Of tho Mornons,
s Ease ialseioods as were ever Matched in hell
! or propasated by the devil.
From current report we learn that vou bava a.,
pointed and intend importing full set of civil y,
oihcers for Utah, even down TO Postmaster far
ureat salt Lake City; and that they are f6v oual.
,nea 70 ehIoy The contempt so dose vedIy bestowed
by me Itonians upon their predecessors we ara
satisfied beyond doubt
We accept yonr hint, although it il rather dali
cate q for the occasion, that You have not onl y
dehied us voice III choosing our rulers, but have
appointed men the opposite of those we netjtioned
Tor, aud have determined to enforce them upon
the citizens Of this Territory by placing ? 500
United States troops under their control Is this
Tho justice that dwelis In the breast OF chief
magistrate Have an hundred thousand people no
rights. You have tried us without hearing our
d9ience; passed sentence, not giving US the be
OF a doubt, and, sir, We have no assurance that
yoa viii not attempt TO carry the remainder Of
tue sentence into effect Their cry has been "Send
an army to Utah-e -exterminaie the Mormons"
We are fully convinced that the presence of an
army can only be tolerated when the evil to be
dispeied s greater than the evil of their presence
IL has been reiterated again and again, by the
troops selected to come here. that they intended
to possess our houses, slay leaders, ravish our
wives and daughters, and polute the pure valleys
of Utah with their tendish reveiries This tbev
we'll knew would not be tamely borne. aud TINS
euey "oufu kain aH excuse, uuueF color OF which,
II they had the power, weuld be enacted those
scens of bloodshed and cruel oppression which
have no parallel in history.
Ibe army IS now upon our borders. Say they
'cnr mission is peace; We come TO establish the
laws ls the business of an army peace2 What
laws have We broken! Not the laws of the United
States nor Of this Territory; dare proof to the
contrary. IT they come TO establish the common
law of Great Britain. or the bylaws of Bedlau We
have law enough without, aud their presence is
unnecessary. If they come to crush out from our
bosoms that noble feeling, American Independence
-hsilowed by our fathers blood, and be equesthed
to us as sacred boon-the task is greater than
they can perform. Your army will not be permit
ted TO enter our valleys. We wish for PEACE but
than surrender our domestic peace and ineliena
Bile rights.
Although it has been provided, and wisely 80,
that majority of suffrages shall elect the Presi-
dent of this nation, does it follow that they have
right to require that President to oppress the mi
noTity! In fact, We are thoroughly convinced that
mal0rities have no right which is not shared with
minoritiss, and we submit that, under the consti-
tuition and laws of the United States, no man has
authority to demand aught which will interfere
with the rights of another. Yet, if we go beyond
popularity, where can we find single reason for
the present demonstrations against Utah?
And now, sir, at your hands we demand that ius.
tico which has ever been denied us. Pay Us those
Just dues which have been SO long and Illegally
withheld, and appoint good men to rule us, who
nave discernment to perceive wants, and
SUFFICIENT Judgment to promote our welfare; with
draw your army, grant us cur rights, and receive
heartfelt gratitude Of Il whole people.
Continue the Injustice Of your present course,
aud your grave will be pointed out as that Of the
man who broke the noblest ofuational compacts-
your name be consigned to future generations with
lasting infaDy.