Daily national Democrat., 1859-01-25
Rebellion In Utah.

seems that the standard of rebellion has been
raised, by the Gentiles in Carson Valley-re-
bellion not against Brigham Young but
against Gov. Cummings the legitimate Chic
Magistrate of the Territory. \ number o.
misguided individuals assembled, on the 18th
of December, at the "Clear Creek House, ,
in obedience to the following high sounding
notice
There will be Mass Meeting of the citizens Of
| Carson, Jacks, Eagle and Washo Valleys, Gold
Canon and Truckee Meadows, held at the Clear
Creek House on the llth inst, to take into consid-
Grafton the best system of government and for
| the adoption of some form whereby the will OF
the majority shall be heard.
Let every lover Of onr common country be in
attendance.
This meeting was to second one of the kind
held in the valley, and proceeded, with all
due deliberation, to follow up the unfinished
work on hand. From what we can gather
from the scanty information before us, we
should judge that the meeting was called by
a sort of Vigilance Committee, which moi
only assumes to act as court for the tria
and punishment Of criminal offences but ac
tually aspires to regulate the entire munich
pal affairs of that region.
1t seems that a man named Child has beer
appointed by Gov. Cummings Probate Judge
with power to organize, under the Terrific
rial statutes county to be called Carsor
county. He proceeded in October last to tn,
exercise of his power; called sn election OF
| ha birfaa e tbok
blyman in the Territorial Legislature one
Sheriff one County Recorder, one County
Surveyor, one County Treasurer, three Select
men, and one Justice of the Peace and one
Constable for the several precincts The
election was held and the officers elected.
But the meeting whose proceedings we are
considering, assumes to say that the Probate
Judge was appointed contrary to the wishes
of majority of the people of Carson's Val
ley, and that, in the matter of regulating the
voting, &c, DC, he did not do the fair thing
The meeting thereupon resolves, that the
people of the different valleys on the East
ern Slope of the Sierra Nevada have no other
body to be governed by but the one Of their
own appointing, and gives due notice to Judge
Child that it will be prudent for him to
withhold from action in attempting to en-
force laws repugnant to a majority of the
citizens. The second resolution reads as fol-
lows;
mat we, the Committee, believing and know
ing, IN fact, that we compose the "large" majority
| and hnldino tho snupd 4bok . tbo
should rule, pledge our lives and property to sus-
tain this action OF ours to the contrary of all
courts organized under Mormon Statutes"
The next resolve is that if Judge Child at.
tempts to enforce the laws he shall be dealt
with as the Committee sees fit. This gives
the Committee power, we suppose, to hang
or Danish him, at discretion. A Committee
was next appointed and commissioned to go
to the regularly elected Recorder of Carson
county, and demand from him the delivery of
all the records and papers, affecting the citi-
zens of Carson Valley, in order that they
might be put into the possession of some
competent person" for safe keeping, until
some Recorder, who would give satisfaction,
could be elected the person having the re-
cords and papers in charge, to act as Record
er until that time.
The meeting then gave man named Olds,
who was obnoxious to the Committee, one
month in which to make his exit from the
Valley, and after other business, adjourned,
thinking no doubt that they had done won
ders.
A more high. handed course of proceedings
could scarcely have been engaged in under
any civilized government, and, if persisted in
to the end, should enttle the participators to
the summary punishment which is due to
rebels and traitors. Whether there be any
Justice in the complaints made by this meet
ing and their Committee or not, they have
no right to resist the established laws and
the authority of the acknowledged Governor
of the Territory. If Vigilance Committees
are to spring up and take the place of regu,
larly constituted authorities, wherever there
happens to be any dissatisfaction with the
manner in which the Government is admins
tered how long will it be before complete
anarchy prevails? If our own American
citizens in Utah will not obey the authority
of the General Government, through the
Territorial officers with what sort of grace
can we talk about putting down the rebel
lious Mormons." and all that? The General
Government has trouble enough with the de-
luded followers of Brigham Young, without
being annoyed by those who are supposed to
be something better than Mormons. The
people of the remotely western portions OF
the United States are becoming altogether
too fond of taking governmt Mt into their own
hands, establishing Vigilance Committees
and dealing out justice or injustice for them
selves as the case may be. One or two fear
ful examples should be made, Immediately
or the evil will grow to the most formidable
proportions.
We are pleased to discover that, this con.
tempated resistance to the constituted author.
tiles in Carson Valley, is not by any means
unanimous. A meeting was held in Genoa
on the 23d of December, which resolved q.
follows
"WHEREAs, In the County of Carson, Territory
Of Utah, peculiar state Of public feeling has
heretofore existed and does now exist interesting
to the citizens not only of the citizens of this
Territory but to the citizens of the United States
and whereas, there exists in said County of Car
son an organization composed of individuals who
have interfared with the election and quafca-
tons of the proper officers under the regularly
| constituted authorities of Utah Territorv. and