Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-02-23
Public Meeting of the People of Carroll
 County

At public meeting of the citizens of Carroll county, held in CarroIton, on the 1st day of February, 1S58 in pursuance of pubic notice, the following proceedings were had
 On motion, John Crump, esq, was called on and unanimously selected to act as president of the meeting, and John Haggn was appointed secretary.
 On motion, 1t was determined that the presi- dent should appoint a committee of three to draft suitable resolutions for the occasion, and such as would be expressive of the feelings and sense of the meeting.
 Thereupon the following named gentlemen were appointed such committee, to-wt: Bryce Byrne, w. w. Watkins and John Haggin. The committee, after dejbcrating and consider ing gof their duty reported the following pream be and resolutions, which were unanimously con- cured in and adopted,
 WHEREAS, The painful intelligence has reached us that in July last an emigrant train with l3O persons, from Arkansas was attacked by the Mormons ald Santa Clara tribe of Indj- ans near the rim of the Great Basin, and about hity miles from Cedar City, in Utah Territory ana that all ot the emlgrants, with the excep- tlon of 10 children, were then and there mas sacred and mdrdered-that the children thus saved from the dreadful fate of their parents and the rest of their company were delivered over to the custody of the MornoGs of Cedar City; and that among those who were with sad tram, at the time of the massacre, were John T. Baker and sons, George and Able, Charles and Joel Mitchell, sons of Col. Wm. C. Mitchell, of Marion county, Allen Derhazo. George Bakers wife and four children, Charles MltchelPs wife and child, Milan Jones and his brother, and his mother-n-law and family, Pleasant Packet and family, Alexander Fancher and family, Wm Camron and family, widow fluff, (whose husband, Peter Huff, died after they had started on the route) and some others all of whom were our neighbors, friends and appropriateness, and their families, and the same persons who constituted the company that left Carroll county in April last, for California, and winch was known as Bakers company And whereas, it tappears from many other instances of atroclty and crime which could be rected that the Mormons are instigating the Indians to hos uIltles against our citizens, and are, and have been as community, systematically engaged m the infamous work of robbing and murderng peaceful way farers and emgraAts, and resisting
 
 and in short of rebellion and treason against the general governments; therefore, be it
 Resolved, That we, the people of Carroll county, feeling deeply aggrieved in consequence ot the many and continued outrages committed upon the persons and property of our citizens by the Mormons and Indials acting under their lnstigation and especially on account of the loss of such a humber of our most estimable citizens rtryrf frian nnI tbo.,
 children in the late massacre of an er,igrant train near Cedar city, in Utah Territory do hereby petition, and call upon the government of the United States to have thorouohlv in. vestgated the affair of said dreadful frn9edv and deal out retributive justice to the parties guilty of the monstrous deed.
 ResotUed, That as it appears from reliable in. formation, there were spared and saved fra,,, destruction as many as fifteen infant children In sad massacre, that we hereby call on tbe general government for assistance and aid in res- cung sad children from their captors and re. storing them to their relations and friends in Arkansas. "
 hesof0ed' That we request our representatives ana senators In Congress to use their influenca ana pest exertions to have passed an act mak Ing an appropriation for the purpose of defrav. ing the expenses which it may be necessary to incur Tn order to reclaim, and bring home to their relations the children which were AS aforo. aald. saved from the massacre.
 Resotved, That we offer our condo!ence and sympathy to the distressed parents and imme- diate relations of the unfortunate adyenturers who met on the plains, as aforesaid, such lamentable fate.
 Resotued That in our opinion the govern inent should immediately adopt decisive mea- sures for subduing the spirit of insubordination and treason, that is now rife amongst the Nor pons, and to that end should call on Arkansas f5r volunteers, and that we, the people of Oar.