Mariposa Democrat., 1858-03-18
From Salt Lake.

= news from Salt Lake, consisting principally of
Memorials to the President and Congress,
! adopted alta mass meeting held, in accordance
with a call, at the Tabernacle, in Great Salt
Lake City, on the 10th January. The memo.
rials are both written in pretty strong language,
and although somewhat less hrery than the
speeches which were made last winter by
, Brigham Young and the Elders of the Mormon
Church, still have tone of stubbornness in
dcative of trouble as soon as Spring opens
The memorial to Congress gives brief his
: tory of the various Mormon settlements. 1t
relates how they collected in jackson county,
Missouri, and were driven away by a mob, de-
spoiled of their property, beaten, tarred and
fcathered how they went to Clay county, in
the same State, and were treated in the same
manner; how they went to Nauvoo, built
large and flourshing city, and were driven
away from there. after their prophet had been
murdered; and how they had after enduring
great hardshps, settled in Utah, hoping to be
secure from further persecution, and concludes
with very strong expostulation against the
course of the United States Government in
regard to them. Altogether the documents are
well written, and in better cause, would not
fail to elicit sympathy. The memorial to the
President thus concludes:
"And now, sir at your hands we demand
that justice which has ever been denied us.
Pay us those just dues, which have been so
long and illegally withheld, and appoint good
men to rule us, who have dlscernment to per-
ceive our wants, and sufficient judgment to
promote our welfare; Withdraw your army,
grant us our rights and receive the heartfelt
gratitude Of whole people.
Continue the injustice of your present
course, and your grave will be pointed out as
that Of the man who broke the noblest of ma
tional compacts--your name be consigned to
future generations with lasting infamy."
The memorial to Congress concludes by
saying:
1--WE call upon you to reconsider your acts,
to meet out to us even handed justice; to with
draw your army, restore our mails, execute
justice upon our oppressors, and give us our
constitutional rights We ask no more but
that, in the name of God, we will have, He
being our helper. Act, then, the part Of the
representatives of great and mighty nation
seek TO promote peace, union and happiness
| throughout the land, and do not, in your fury,
/ light torch that may raze to the foundation
the fair fabric Of our glorious Union.
We come not to you With smooth speech
or honcyed words; we have not learned to
cringc beneath the lash of tyranny, nor to
basely lick the feet of public servants who un-
dertake to oppress u.s. We approach you as
your equals, and frankly, openly and above
board ask for our rights. We will not tamey
submit to be abused, as we have been hitherto.
We approach you not as clique, cabal, or
a miserable faction; our voice is the united
voice cf nearly one hundred thousand Amef-
cans, laboring under the most Unprecedented
cruelty, outrage and wrongs, and our cry is,
give us our Constitutional rights, let us enjoy
our liberty in peace, and let even-handed jus
tice be administered throughout the land, for
we will no longer wear your cursed yoke of
unconstitutional requirements"
No news has been received from the U. S.
army in Utah by this arrival, except that forty
wagons loaded with supplies had reached Col.
Johnson's command from Fort Laramie. The
army was in good tents, and engaged in re-
building Fort Brdger.
The Deseret Neus does not publish so many
sermons now as it did couple Of months ago.
and those published are more moderate in
their tone, aud contain fewer illusions to po-
tical alfrs. The file received has but one
sermon by Brigham Young, and that is devoted
to advice in regard to farming and home man
ulactures
MoRE Mass MEErINGs.-A mass meeting
held at Lake City, Utah county, adopted a
series of resolutions approving the course of
Brigham Young. The following is one of the
resolutions:
Resolved, That we know most assuredly
that the course taken by His Excellency to-
wards the mob now on our borders, reported
to be the United States troops, has been merci-
ful, knowing, as he did, their avowed object to
bring misery and death upon an innocent and
unoilending people; and that we further know
that, had it not been for the confidence reposed
in his wise cousels by the people Of this Terri
tory, and for his restraining influence the just
ly outraged feelings of the whole community
would have been manifested in a man"er that
would have elIcctually put stop to the pro-
gress Of the invaders in the early art of their
movements towards our mountain home, and
that they haveabundant reason to thank Gov
ernor Young that they have not been sent
from their present hell TO a lower one, by the
shortest possible route"
A mass meeting, held at Alpine City, in the
same county, on the 18th January, adopted
similar resolutions. Here 10 one Of them:
Resolved, That we will uphold and sustain
them (the Legislature) with our utmost abili-
ties, and, if required, our lives in carrying out