The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1859-12-31
THE MoUNTAINEER, DEC. 81. 1859

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,articuIarly called. What of home
md IL past years history? II all
,eace and calm 81 homer While the
crnpest howIs abroad, u everything
Tranquil among ourselves and on our
'wn immediate borders9 What j sor-
oMful negative We are compelled 10
rive to this question. Peace at home;4
mol RoWdyism and anarchy ride ramp
ant through the land. Felons go
abroad unquestioned and UNPUBLISHED.
Writs are committed into the hands Of
the federal marshal and find their
grave in his pocket. He whines and
complains Of the impossibility 81 sery-
ing them, but he has never made the
effort.
What of the row Of the 25th2 Are
the dying means Of Hickman, and the
temporary lameness Of the other COM
blatant, all We are To hear Of the af-
fray2 II was not . midnight affair; ii,
occurred ID the broad blaze of day
light Nor did il occur III the retired
streets, but in the immaculate Broad
way ofthe city The police were, or
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should have been, on duty. The
peoplehave i question Of two to ask in
the matter Who we're the originators
of, and who the participators III, the
row? They were seen; could they not
be recognized2 We're there any efforts
made 10 stay the riot? Honest citizens
we're returning from their Sabbath de-
votions, and the bullets Of saerilegious
whistled threateningly BY them.
Who were the protectors Of the public
peace on that occasion, and where were
they 10 be found? Themselves, If
they are in existence, may answer.
We are about to open the records Of
another year. How shall We write our
.preface2 Shall We say that the days
.of peace and Law and order have pass
ed forever, and that the reign Of ter
ror is permanently substituted? Who
are these men who pollute our atmos-
phere with their poWder-smoke; who
desecratc our Sabbaths and other holi-
days; who rule the highways, and drive
our policemen to quarters? Are they
honest citizens, and have they ever
sssrss6 70 cnnance Ine Welfare
.uf our territory? Or are they COM
mon Migrants who live BY plumber
and laugh at the terrors they create in
the hearts Of the unarined and mn
ofIendingp Where do they get their
good living and 6ne clothes; and
whittier have gone the CabalIadas and
ganados Of our rancheros2 Are such
men any benefit TO i community, or
IRE they special necessities? In days
gone BY We have lived without their
assistance; can We not still do so?
But where, we are asked, is the
remedy II is in the people, the SOW
1 1Ls T.
ereign people DC Utahl We are OBJ
posed TO extreme measures when they
can be avoided. But We are still
more opposed to the oyerpowering rule
of Migrants. The federal courts have
nullifed every effort Of the people q
bring offenders to justice. They have
been literally, if we might speak oul
sentiments, accessories to murder .anG
robbery in Utah. On them, then, We
can place no reliance. To our own
courts we must appeal for protection.
Had the writs, now sIumbering il
Marshal Dotson's surtout, been placed
in the hands Of Marshal Kay or Sher-
riff Burton, our records would tell of
several deserving inmates to our jaiIs
who are now at large.
Well, we talk saucily; who could ex-
poet better at our hands2 We have
been threatened, to be sure; but we can.
not help il. We talk for the people,
and the people shall be our support
The ecclesiastical authorities Of Utah
have been accused Of endorsing the
conduct of thieves and manslayers
Such accusations are false and uufoun-
ded. We are among the first settlers
Of Utah, and We defy, and are prepar-
ed to meet, them all. These men who
roWdy in our streets are not bona-iide
citizens; they are Migrants. When