Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-05-11
utah

os interesting proceeulhSs or tnat strange
 ..Io the Mormons. The orders issued as
 II as the tenor of their addresses give us suf-
 J.0t insight into their policy to be able to
 or that they intend resistance. About the
 .;ddle of January, the heads of families were
 -1ored to have boxes made capable of contain 70 15O pounds of grain and deliver them to the zrI5ors who would "cache" them in the moun-
 nc Another order was for 1000 men to be
 .,stsred in readiness to cut off supplies destin-
 eor the army. Brigham will temporize un-
 ,;l crops are gathered and then either run or
 fcbf. If Ifcompelled to retreat they will destroy .verythng in the shape of improvements capa- He of destruction.
 At'a mass meeting held at Salt Lake City ,bsr unanimously and fully indorsed Br gham Foung, and passed the following resolution:
 aP,,olrea, That inasmuch as we have many ines been driven from our homes, and our <rns and habitations having fallen into the sS .nds of our prosecutors, and they permitted to *s sr;ov them in peace, we are determined that & sgreforth our enemies shall not possess the f,uts of ourlabor, for we will burn and utterly festrov everything we possess; and that our now Comfortable homes shall gain become bar. $po waste, as we found it in, the year l847
 tber than hostile enemy shall inhabt o,t, dwellings,, and glut themselves on the produce %f our farms and orchards
 # At this meeting two addresses were prenared Ind signed; one to the President and the other so Congress-. The former sets out with list of .hf reiyances as follows:
 DECLARATION OF GRIEVANCES. 2 | The government have not made treaties
 sith the lndlans-have not paid us our just # 2. They have heretofore appointed officers 20 preside over our welfare whose very presence. h is widely known, was an outrage on common dece cy.
 # g. We petitioned-through our Assembly, to have good men for rulers, and declared that snch would have been courteously received, and Strictly Obeyed, but 1t was plainly stated that if 9nch men were sent here as had been previously. Ihey would be sent back.
 q f. Because our legislators dared to exercise De right of petition, we are denied mail facili |feS apd branded as traitors.
 # 5 The reports of the returning officials about }he injustice of our courts, the breaking up of Dc supreme court and the rebellion of the Nor ponS are as base falsehoods as were ever hatch
 in hell or propagated by the devil THE NEW OFFICIALS. N From current report we learn that you have Hpointed and intend importing a full set of Evil @ officers for Utah, even down to a post paster for Great Salt Lake City, and that they re fully qualified to enjoy the contempt so kservedly bestowed by the Utonians upon Der predecessors, We are satisfied beyond bubt.
 z We accept your hint, although it is rather eicate (!) for the occasion, that you have not MY dehled us avoce Ill choosing our rulers
 nave appointed men the opposite of those H petItloned Tor and have determined to force Mem upon the citizens of this territory. bv Rcng twenty-five hundred United States Nops under their control. Is this the iust;ce nat dWells Tn the breast of chief magjstrate2 Have an hundred thousand people no rghts?- Kou have tried Us without hearing our defense. pssed sentence, not giving us the benefit of 9uDi; aid, SIT, we have no assurance that you Wll lot attempt to carry the remainder of the iel lence into effect Their cry has been send en army to Utah--exterminate the Mormons
 THE ARMY DEFIED AGAIN. .I We are fully convinced that the presence of m army can only be tolerated when the evil to Ii dSpelled IS greater than the evil of their Esence. It has been reiterated, again and Ehn, by the troops selected to come here. that 8ey Intended to possess our houses slay our RderS, ravlsh our wives and daughters, and pol- Zte the pure valleys of Utah with their fen kh revelries This they well know would
 be tamely borne, and thus they would cain
 excuse, under color of which, if they had the 2wer, would be enacted those scenes of blood- ed and cruel oppression which have no par e in history.
 hat army IS now upon our borders. Say IN Our mission Is peace; we come to es- hlSh the laws" Is the business of an army ERce? What laws, have we broker? Not the NFs ot the United States, not of this territory. "a dare proof to the contrary. If they come to x ablish the common law of Great Britain. or tne bylaws of Bedlam, we have law enough 1lfhout and their presence is unnecessary. If Ioey come to crush out from our bosoms that 2ble leellng-American independence, hallow. N by our farthers' blood and beuueathed to us lea sacred boon-the task is greater than they 8 perform. Your army will not be permitted enter our valleys. We wish for peace but H will sacrifice all the fruits of ourIabors rather " surrender our domestic peace and inaliena- f rights.
 GRAND PROBATION and now, sir, at your hands we demand that kuce which has ever been denied us. Pay us bse just dues which have been so long and 1fgally withheld, and appoint good men to rule ' who have discernmeut to perceive our wants. M sufficient judgment to promote our welfare: mhdraw your army, grant us our rights. aud eceive the heartfelt gratitude of a whole peo- 'le Continue the injustice of your present course. nd your grave will be pointed out as that of the nan who broke the noblest of national com. 'Acts-your name be consigned to future gene ehons with lasting intamv.
 ELIJAH F. SHEETS, # A. II. RALEIGH,
 GILBERT CLEMENTS,
 J. M. WHITMORE. @ WILLIAM MOODY. 9mmittee on behalf of the citizens of Great