Arkansas true Democrat., 1858-07-06
,..s;aent's Proclamation to the
 E1ormons.
r,,a., Buchanan, President of he United
 States of America.

,"stitution aud laws of the United States.
 ..oat mass of those settlers under the in
 .o of leaders to whom they seem to have
 .odered their judgment, refuse to be con-
 n.J by any other authority They have
 ofen advised to obedience. and these
 Av counsels have been answered in de-
 Officers of the federal government
 leen driven from the territory for no of
 ba an effort to do their sworn dutv.-
 s,r have been prevented from going there
 'a,ais of assassination. Jud ges have been
 .olg interrupted in the performance of
 hactions, and the records of the courts
 bapn seized and either destroyed or
 c.aed Many other acts of unlawful
 al,pes have been perpetrated, and the right
 ..osat them has been openly claimed by the
 5sg inhabitants, with the silent acquescence
 rarly all the others Their hostility to the ,ful government of the country has at lengih h
 nme so violent that no officer bearing a com
 sion from the chief magistrate of the Uni
 can enter the territory OF remain there with
 ety: and all the officers recently appointed
 ye been unable to go to Salt Lake or any
 here else in Utah beyond the immediate XDMG UT bbC hi 1d'ltCN, SAiCl lS OttlGNtu
 be the condition to which a strange system
 terrorism has brought the inhabitants of that lon, that TO one among them could express l opinion favorable to this government or even Eop08e to obey its laws, without exposing his
 and property to peril.
 #Alter carefully considering this state of af- Es, and maturely weighing the obligation las under to see the laws faithfully executed ] seemed to me right and proper that shonId
 lake such use of the military force at my dis
 sal as might be necessary to protect the federal #cers in going into the territory of U tah and in 5f1rming their duties after arriving there. fordinglv ordered a detachment of the army march for the city of Salt Lake, or within Each of that place, and to act, in case of need, k posse for the enforcement of the laws.- tlt, n the mean time, the hatred Of that mis- Ided people for the just and legal authority the government had become so intense that tey resolved to measure their military strength Sththat of the Union. They have organized ! armed force far from coutemptibe in pnini numbers, and trained it, if net with skill, least with great assiduity and perseverance. lile the troops of the United States were on |e march, train of baggage wagons, which Ippened to be unprotected, was attacked. and |stroyed by d portion of the Mormon iolco>, Id the provisions and stores with which the I.in was laden, were wantonly burnt In short, ler present attitude is one oi decided and preserved enmity to the United States a!d 10 H their loyal cltilens. Tbeir determination to Gposc the authority of the government hy ] itary force has Tot only been expressed in FOFds, but manifested in overt acts oi the most bc3uivocal character
 FelIow-citilens of Utah, this is rebellion Eanst the government to which you owe d. tgiance. It is Ievying war against the United 9ates, and involves you n the guilt of treason. Rcr,stance ib 1t will briug vou to condign Iluu- khmeHt, to rum and to shame; for 1t is mere nalas' to suppose that, with your limited re purces. you can successfully resist the force ol bls great and powerful nation
 Ii you have calculated oa the forhearance of United Seates--if you have permitted your- Yes 10 suppose that this government will iaii 10 1l forth is strer h and bring you 10 submls- *n--y0u have fallen into grave mistake | Epu have settled upon territory which lies geo phc caliy iu the heart of the Union. Tine &d you live upon was purchased by the Uni n States and pad for out of her treasurv.- He proprietary right aud title to it Is in them N not in you. Utah i, bruuded on every kt by states and territories whose people are I De to the Union. IL Is absurd to leve that Apy will or can permit loa to erect in their ky midst government of your own not onv Riepeudent of the authority which they ac- koaitdge, but hostile to them and their n- kests
 Do not deceive yourselves nor try to mislead Elers by Propagating the idea that ths k cru kle against yonr religion. The cons ution Et laws oi this country cannot take notice of bur creed whether it be true or false That * k4ueStion between vour Gol and yourselves D which Sclain all right to in eriere. If pa obey the laws, keep the peare auI respect tr just rights of others you viii be perfect ' ecnre, aud may live on ln your present. fa'th or aange It for another at y0ur pleasure. Every leIlgeDt man amOug you knpNs very well kt this government had ncyrr directly or in- Pretty snugh, to nioiest you iu your worship, enntrol you in your ecclesiastical aff .lrs, or Eel to influence you in your religious opin bs.
 This rebellion k no. m rely violation of bur legal du,v; t IS without just cau>-, with reason, without excuse. You never made a Emilajut that was rot listened to with lltieuc2. |oa never exhibited real grievance tnAt wa, p redressed as promptly as it could be. The lws and regulations enacted for your govern ent by Congress have been equal and just ld their enforcement was tnaufe>ly necessary r your own weiita and ha9piaeSs. Yojf i've never asked ther repeal. They are s.mi- 2 in every material respect to thc laws which bye been passed for he other tcIrtnueS uf th nan, and which everywhere else (Nith o9e Arual exceptiou) have been checriuIlv obtyed b people ever lived who were f.ot freer from fneeessary legal restraints thAn yon. iiumar isdNn never devised political system winch estowed more blessings or imposed lighter lrdens than the government of the United ates in its operations upon the territories. Bul, being anxious to save Lhe efusion oi bod, anu to avoid the indscriminate punish bent of whole people for crimes Of which it not probable that al are equally guilty, 1 offer |Cw full and free pardon to all who will Suh- I! themselves to the authority of the federal |yemmeut If you refuse to accept it, let the lase luences fall upon your own heads But couiuro you to panse d,libcrately anI reflect Ra' before you reject this tender ot peace and ROd will.
 Now, therefore, l, James Buchanan, Presi- ! eni of the United States, nave thought pro- Pf to issue this, my proclamatioH, enloining lpon all public officers in the territory of Utah De diligert and faithful to the full extent of Der power, in the execution Of the laws; com natdng all citizens of the UniteI Satcs in Dd territory to aid and assist the officer in the erlornance of their dut3e>; offering to the iu- adtaui> of Utah who shall submit to the laws, Tree pardon for ihescditions and trcasons here 'tore committed; warning | ose who shall per St, after notice of this proclamation, in the resent rebellion against the Unitad States, that hey must expect no further lenity, but look to sugorously delt with according to their deserts; d declaring that the military forces now in tah, and hereafter to be sent there, will not be ithdrawn until the inhabitants of that terri " shati manifest proper sense of the duty ley owe to this government.
 In testimony whereof, l have hereunto set Y hand, and caused the seal of the United tates to be affixed to these presents.
 IL. $. Done at the city of Washington. le sixth day of A pril, one thousand, eight hun red and lifty-eight, and of the Independence the United States the eighty-second.
 JAMES BUCHANAN. 'y the Pres; dent.
 LEWIS CAss, Secretary cf Sate.
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