The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1858-06-11
LATE FROM PROCLAMATION OF
PRESIDENT BUCHANAN.

The proclamation of the President to the Nor
mons is published After reciting the unlawful acts
alleged against the Mormon community such as
driving out the United States authorities, and op-
posing the authority generally Of the United States
Government, the President saws:
Felow-citizens of Utah, this is rebellion against
the government to which you owe allegiance. 1t
is levying war against the United States, and in
wolves you In the guilt of treason. Persistence in
it will bring you to condign punishment, to ruin
and to shame; for it is mere madness to sunnose
that, with your limited resources, you can success
fully resist the force of this great and powerful
nation.
If YOU have calculated upon the forbea-ance of
the United States-if YOU have permitted YOUR
selves to suppose that this government will fail to
put forth its strength and bring you to submission
you have fallen into grave mistake. You have
settled upon territory which lies geographically in
the heart of the Union. The land YOU live upon
was purchased by the United States and paid for
out OF their treasury. The proprietary 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 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 their in
terests.
Do not deceive Yourselves nor try to rislead
others by propagatng the idea that this is a cru
sade against your religion. The constitution and
laws of this country can take no notice of your
creed, whether it be true false. That is dues-
tion between your God and yourselves in which |
discaim all right to interfere If you obey the laws
keep the peace and respect the Just rights of Others
you will be perfectly secure, and may live on in
your present faith change it for another at your
pleasure. Every intelligent man among Won knows
very well that this government has never directly
or Indirectly, sought to molest YOU in your worship
to control you in your ecclesiastical affairs or even
to influence you in your religious opinions.
This rebellion Is not merely violation of YOUR
without wi
without excuse. 1Ou never made a complaint that
was not listened to with patience. You never ex-
hlbted real grievance that was not redressed
promptly rs it could be. The laws and regulations
enacted for your government by Congress have
been equal and just, and their enforcement was
manifestv necessary for your own welfare and hap
piness. You have never asked their repeal They
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 cheerfuly obeved
No people ever lived who were freer from unnSces
sary legal restraints than you. Human wisdom
never devised a political system which bestowed
more blessings or imposed lighter burdens than the
government of the United States in its operation
upon the territories.
But being anxious to save the effusion of blood
and to avoid the indiscriminate punishment of a
whole people for crimes of which it is not probable
that all are equally guilty, offer now full and
Tree pardon to all who will submit themselves to the
authority of the federal government. If you refuse
TO acceptit let the consequences fall upon your
heads. But cOnjure you to pause deliberately and
refect well before you reject this tender of peace
and good will.
Now, therefore, ], James Buchanan, President of
the United States, have thought proper to issue
this, my proclamation, enjnining upon all public
officers in the territory of Utah. to be diigent and
faithful to the full extent of their power, in the
execution of the laws; commanding all citizens OF
the United States in said Territory to aid and assist
the officers in the performance of their dutes offer
inc to the inhabitants of Utah, who shall submit to
the laws free pardon for the seditions and trea-