Bedford inquirer. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1857-1884, 1858-12-17

to cause census Of the inhabitants to be ta-
KEN ard il found sufficient, .ien, by the terms
Of This act, TO authorize them to proceed sin
ihe!issztFl way1 to frame a State constitution,
Preparatory 10 admission into the Union.
also recommend that an appropriation may be
made, 70 enable the President to takea census
Of the people Of Kansas.
NE present condition of the territory of
Utah, when contrastea With what il was one
year $50, is subject for congrataiatlon. Il
Was then III state of open rebellion, aud COST
what il might, the character os the govern
meIlt required that this rebellion should he sup
pressed, and, the Aormons compelled to yield
obedience TO the constitution and the laws
In order TO accomplish this otjsct, as iuierm
ed you in my last annual message, | appointed
new governor instead of brigham Young,
aud other federal officers to take the place OF
those VITO, consulting their personal seteiy, had
found il necessary 10 withdraw from the terri
tory. To protect these civil officers, and 10 aid
them, as a posse comitatuS, in the execution of
the laws in case OF need, ordered delaeh-
| mentor the army to accompany them TO Utah.
The necessity of adopting these measures Is
how demonstrated.
-Oe the 10th September, 1857, Governor
Young issusd his proclamation, in the style of
an independent sovereign, announcing his pur-
pose to resist BY force OF arIus the eutry of the
United States troops into oar own territory Of
Utah. BY this he required al! the forces in
the territory to "hold themselves in redinesa 10
march az q moments notice 10 repel any and all
such sssSasion,p aud establish martial law FROM
IT'S date throughout :he territory. These pro-
ved 10 be 20 idle threats. Forts Bridger aud
Supply were vacated aud bgrut down by the
Mernans, to deprive our troops CT shelter
after their long ana fatiguiug march. Orders
were issued by Daniel H. Wells, styling himself
Lieutenant General, Nauvoo Legion" 70
stampede tie animals cf the United States
troops on their march, to set FIRE TO their trains,
to burn tie grass and tbs whole eouutry before
them ead ca their fanks, TO keep thea, from
sleetiug by sight surprises, and 70 blockade
the road by telling trees, aud destroying ,he
co.,ls Ok rivers, DC, &C., ST..
Thess orders were promptly and effcctaally
obsyesl. On the 4.h 9siober, 1857, tae Mor-
/ mons e.iptured aud burned, oa Green river,
three ot our supply trains, consisting Of seventy
Eve wagons, loaded Nitil provisions and teais
Cor Tia army, aud carried awsy several Luoared
animals This diminished the supply Of pro-
visions SO materially that General Joliuson was
obliged to reduce ration, and, even with this
pgecaution, there was Gully sufficient LEFT to sub
sst tie troops unit! the irsl Of June.
Oar lit.i: a...iy behaved admirably, il their
eucallrpnraet al Fort Bridg@r, under tacsc try
ing priva;ioos. To the midst of the mountains
- IN dreary unsettled. aud ihhospitable re-
giou, moro thaa thousand miles from home
they passed the severe aud iaclemeut winter
without murmur They looked forwa ard with
a.. I
season, ana in this they were not disappoint-
ed.
The Secretary OF War employed all bis en-
ergies to forward them the necessary supplies,
and TO muster and send such ii military force to
Utah as would render resistance on the part Of
the Mormons hopeless, and thus terminate the
war without the effuSon OF blood. ju bis et-
forts he was efficiently sustained by Congress.
They granted appropriations suthcient TO cover
the deficiency thus necessarily created, and
also provided for raising two regiments OF vol
unteers, ''for the purpose OF queliing distur-
bances IN the territory OF Utah, for the pro-
lection of supply and emgrant trains, aud the
suppression OF Intian ho,tiliiies CD the from
tiers. Happily, there was no occasion TO call
these regiments iuto service. 1t there had
been, should have felt serious embarrassment
10 selecting them so great was .he number OF
our brave aud patriotic citizens anxious 20 solve
their country ia this distant aud dangerous ex>
pedi,ion. THUS it has ever becn,aBd thus may i:
ever be
The wisdom and ECONOMY Of senG!ng sufficient
reinforcements 10 Utah are established not only
by the event, hnt 10 the opinion Of those who.
from their position and opportunities, are the
most capable of forming correct judgment.
General Jobnston, the commander of the forces,
iu addressing the Secretary OF War, from Fort
Brdger, under date of October, 1897, ex~
presses the opinion that sunless large force
is seut here, from the nature of The country, a
protracted war on their (the MormoDsl part IS
inevitable. This he considered necessary, To
terminate the war 'sspeedily aud more economi-
caliy than If attempted by insufficient means.
La the meantime, it was my ANXIOUS desire
that the Mormous should yield obediahce to the
constitution aud the laws, without rendering 1t
necessary to resort to military force 10 aid
iu accomplishing this object, l deemed II aa-
yisabe, iu April last, to dispatch two dis
tngushed citizens of the United States, Messrs.
Powell and MeGuioch, TO Utah. They bore
with them proclamation, addressed BY myself
to the inhabitants of Utah, dated on the sixth
day of that month, warning them OF their true
condition, aud how hopeless it was on Their
part to persist 10 rebellion against the United
States. aud Offering all those whp should sub
NIT to the laws full pardon for their past
sodilions aud ireasons. AT she same tlne,
pssured those who should perslst IN rebellion
AGAINST the United States, that they must ex-
meet no further lenity, but look to DC rigorous
Iv dealt with according to their deserts LIE
;netructinns 20 these agents, as we'll as copy
of tho proclamation, and their reports, are
herewith submitted. 1t will be seen BY their
report of The Sd of July last, that they have
fully confirmed the opinion expressed by Cen