Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1858-06-16


mission to the military power, which they con-
sidered to involve q loss Of honor
In nv first address had informed them that
they we're entitled to trial by their peers that
l had no intention of stationing the army IN I'M
mediate contact with their settlements, snd that
the military posse would not be resorted 70 un-
iii further means of arrest had been tried and
failed [ found the greatest difficulty IN ex-
nlaininr these points, so great was the excite
ment. Eventually, however, the efforts OF
BRIGHAM Young were successful IN calming the
tulnuIt and restoring order, before the adjourn
meut of the meeting. 1t is proper that should
add that more than one speaker has since s1-
pressed his regret at having been betrayed into
intemperance of language in my presence.
The President and the Amencan people VIII
learn with qualification the auspicious issue Of
our difficulties here 1 regret the necessity
which compels me to mingle with my congratu-
lations the announcement Of q fact which viii
occasion grave concern
The peole including the inhabitants of this
city, are moving from every settlement IN the
northern part Of the territory. The roads are
everywhere filed with wagons loaded with pro-
visions and household furniture, the women
and children, often without shoes or hats, dn-
wing their hocks they know not where. They
seem not only resigned but cheerful. Z" 1t is
The ,rM of the Lord" and they rejoice to eI-
change the comforts of home for the trials OF
the wilderness Their ultimate destination IS
not, apprehend, definitely fixed upon " Going
south " seems sufficiently definite for most Of
them, but many believe that their ultimate des-
tination is Sonora
| Young, Kimball, and most Of ne influential
men have left their commodious mansions, with
out apparent regret. TO lengthen the long train
I
nounee to me that the torch will be applied to
every house indiscriminately, throughout the
country, as soon as the troops attempt to cross
the mountains / shall follow these people and
endeavor to rally them Numbers whom l
have met appear TO be in dread OF the Indians,
whom the distressed condition ofthe whites has
encouraged to commit extensive depTedstions
| may at least quiet the apprehensions of
these persons and induce some Of them to re-
turn.
Our military force could overIheln most Of
these poor people, involving men, women and
children in common fate but there are among
the Mormons many brave men, accustomed to
arms and horses men who would fight desPe-
rately as guerrillas. and, if the settlements arc
destroyed, will subject the country TO an eXPen-
sive and pTOtraeted war, without any cOmpen-
sating results They will, | am sure, submit to
trial by their peers, but they will not brook the
idea oftrials by juries composed Of teamsters
and followers Of the camp" nor Of an army
encamped in their cities or dense settlements.
have adopted means to recall the few re-
manning Mormons in arms who have not yet, it
ia said, complied with my request to withdraw
from the canons and Eastern frontier. / have
also taken measures to protect the buildings
which have been vacated in the Northern set
Elements / am sanguine that / will save 4
great part of the valuable Improvements there.