The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1859-10-15

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tempts made to transform our Court.
houses into ahambles for pre-rondemn.
Cd, untried victims The corn-Held q
the farmer, the cabbage-patch IL Il,
gardener, and the chicken-coop 81 Il,
poor widow, Oh Jared alike and wer,
compelled 70 throw ii their mite I,
contribute 70 the mighty panoply d
federal judges. The Mountain Mead.
ows we're reconnoitred, and the bIeachet
bones Of the murdered emigrants ex,
amined. Yet what was doneP The,
went, they saw, and came back agair
and hoHled.
And why was all this? Simply be.
cause the judges were followers Of tht
army, and not officers for the citizens
because they came to be the partizans
OF spectators, and not the ministers )
justice; because they came Is make
war, and not establish peace; because
creatures of the administration, thew
sold themselves 10 treachery to their
creators; because, finally, their hear Is
felt no emnity against guilt, but we're
ever at war with innocence.
Under such state Of things. what
is the duty Of the citizens Of Utahp
We arc opposed to the principle Of
Vigilance Committees, but would pre-
fer even that system to the entire ab-
sence Of effective justice. But there i
no need Of any such thing ourlegis-
latnre has made oil the necessary pro-
visions for the trial and punishment If
crime. TO our Probate Courts Il dele
gated by Congress aud the home leeis-
lature full power TO arrest and punish
criminals IF every grade. Writs ofI
Injunction may issue from the So -caIlcd
higher Courts; what do they signify
Ask those Courts for their authority to
issue such writs, and they are dumb.
Appeals, it IS true, may be taken, d.
wits of. error may issue on proper
pleadings, but writs Of prohibition, weE
,pines are not known in the Utah l
Statutes.
The path Of the Probate Judges isHi
lain before them. Let them do their
uty. They have been selected to Be
onsersators q the public peace; let
lem be SO. DO what is right, let the !,
onsoquence follow" Let them obeyfi
le law and disregard every process f
nat bears upon its face the seal Of
legality. Il
e are tired, heartily tired, Of the
ambuggery that has been for years !,
ractiscd upon US BY extra-jjadiciial I'M
erference. We now demand of our
Nrl public officers that they do their /
uty fearlessly, faithfully, and With
vt favor or affection. OF our Gov d
nor, IN whose integrity and patriotism
9 have all confidence, Ne ask assis-
nee ne IN the faithful and prompt adj
Illustration Of the Territorial laws, H
et this be done and ere another sum- 4
or sun rises upon us there will not be.
'und q single dark spot on our Terri.
1rial records. # ..t lIt
For the lack of perseverance in this j
purse, I'VE was paraded from one /,
ounty to another, and finally escaped
J be q wandering blood-marked mur-
erer, until, perhaps, the hand Of pri-.
ate Fengeanceoyertakes him. Gipson
as Wrested from the verdict Of an j
onest jury, and now lies hidden in his
Did cell, with all the horrors Of his una i
med crime upon his head. Gamblers II |
pen daylight defy the law. Despecr-. j
does are forming themselves into a
nnditti; and honest men are compelled il
transform their bed-ehambers into. {
agazines. M .5z@-# 81 s..Ass.E E%. = e.
One course, and one only, is left :,
y us US to pursue; and that's to ., magnii- , ,
{ and execute the law. There IS 10 II
ANGER IN DOING RIGHT! ~. Il
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