Cooper's Clarksburg register. [volume] (Clarksburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1851-1861, 1858-06-18

1.-The federal government as DESTROYS Of
Ineedlessly introducing the national troops
Into the Territory, "whether6a necessity
EXISTED for their employment TO support
THE authority Of the civil officers or not;'i'
and the widest uproar ensued. l was
fully confirmed in the opinion that this
people. with their extraordinary religion
and customs. would gladly encounter
certain death rather than betaxed with
a submission to the military power. which
they considered to involve loss of hon.
or.
In my first address had informed
them that they were entitled TO q trial, by
their peers: that had nointention of sta;
tioning the army in immediate contact
with their settlements. and that the mill
tary posse would not be ,resorted to until
other means Of arrest had been tried and
failed 1 found the greatest difficulty 10
explaining these points. SO great was the
excitement. Eventually, however. the
efforts of Brigham Young were successful
in calming the tumult and restoring or
der before the adjournment Of the meet,
ling. 1tais. proper that should add that
more than one speaker has since expires
sed his regret at having been betrayed
into intemperance, yof language in my
The President and the American peo'
pie will learn with qualification the aus
Ipicious issue of our difficulties here.
regret the necessity which compels me to
mingle with, my congratulations the an
nouncement of a fact which will occasion
grave concern. a}=.ar4 t,7> ,a IS o., n-~
The people. including the inhabitants
of this city, are moving from every sets
Element in the Northern part Of the Ter
ritory. The roads are every where filed
with wagons, loaded with provisions and
household furniture, the women and chill
dren. often without shoes or hats. driving
their flocks they know not where They
seem notionly resigned. but cheerful. "lI
is the will If the Lord" and they rejoice
TO exchange the comforts Of home for the
destination is not, apprehend. definitely
fixed upon. "Going South" seems sufi'
GENTLY definite for most Of them. but
many believe that their ultimate destina
ton is Sonora. er 60.
/ Young, Kimball. and most of the infu'
entail men have left their commodious
mansions. without apparent regret, tc
lenglhen the long train OF wanderers. The
masses everywhere announce to me thai
the torch will be applied to every house
indiscriminately. throughout the country
so soon as the troops attempt to cross the
mountains. l shall follow those people
and endeavor to rally them. Numbers
whom have met appear to be in dread
Of the Indians, whom the distressed con
dition of the whites has encouraged tc
commit extensive depredations. may
at least quiet the apprehensions of these
persons, and induce some of them to re-
turn.
Our military force could overwheln
most Of these poor people. involving men
women and childen, in common fate
but there are among the Mormons many
brave men. accustomed to arms ant
horses; men who would fight desperately
as gueriilas. and. if the settlements are
destroyed, will subject the country to al
expensive and protracted war, withou
any compromising results. They will,
sm sure, submit to trial by their peers
but they will not brook the idea Of trial
by "juries composed of teamsters and fol
lowers of the camp" nor of an army en-
camped in their cities or dense settle
ments. .
have adopted means to recall the few
remaining Mormons in arms who hav,
not yet, it is said, complied with my re
quest to withdraw from the canons ant
the Eastern frontier. have also take,
measures to protect the buildings which
have been vacated in the Northern set
Elements. am sanguine that will saw,
a great part Of the valuable improvement
there. -
!, shall leave this city for the South to
morrow. After have finished my bust
ness there. l shall return as soon as pos
sible to the army, to complete the ar
rangements which will enable me befor,
! long. trust. to announce that the roat
between California and Missouri may b.
travelled with perfect security by team
and emigrants Of every description.
shall restrain all operations OF th,
t military for the present. which will prob
, ably enable me to receive from the Pres
ident additional instructions, if he deem
it necessary to give them.
Very respectfully. your obedient serv't.
A. CUNNING. Gov. of Utah.
, Hon. LEWIS CAss. Secretary Of State
, Washington City. D. G.
r.. The Sequel. D..
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