The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1859-11-05

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erdbnblicaH Ysrnmsnt, many people
II hsny cI1itdSs followed ia their
weary track ipa 10 turn mhde for
tbcmselyos Slst homes, until Id half !
dozen years 1v1y iiule n0ok III Tie
valleys Of the gfeat loEbiddine desefss
had q Met homie Nilh Surrounding
plough Glands and meadows.
ssWhat ncxtpn firhosc two nionosyI-
tables have become quotable now. Al
no flock Of sheep can find quictpasture,
however apparently inaccessible, beyond
the pursuit IF Idle hungry wolves, -
these quiet wandering citizens were
watched and followed. Those who had
succeeded in driving them from their
honest homcstcads, followed thom 10
their wild retreats, and snuHed for their
| ileeces and their blood, Wolffollowed
wolf, dog followed dog, and blood
hounds yelpcd after ours, until q gen
eral chorus Of their yells gathered the
lmotley pack together. But Of thai
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hereafter; wo now want tho law and
! Constitution on the subject exhibited!
In the monstrous reserves that arc
Ipretendingly made BY the general or
| ders before referred to, iand to which
we call special consideration, are
many valuable improvements made BY
1.-THE citizens long before tho army came
Ito Utah. Two thriving settlements in
the Fort Bridger reservation have been
cmbraccd and arrogantly appropriated
20 the use of the army; including be-
Isides, nearly every foot Of land within
twenty Or thirty miles of that place that
an honest man could raise or earn po-
tatoe or q pound of bread, or fatten .
steer upon. In the vicinity Of Camp
Floyd, sparing nagnanimously sCedar
Fort and Fairfield .sthe entire Of
Cedar Valley to the highest crests Of
the limiting mountains and hills
everything, has been appropriated,
Thousands, nay, millions Of dollars, in
and around these settlements, had
been expended to make roads into
canyons, to procure timber for civil
purposes, to reclaim the deserts and.
swamps, to plough and enrich the soil,
and to dig canals for irrigation: and.
more than all this, the American blood
Iof patriotic American citizens had been
profusely poured out; and all to make
homes for Americans, and to extend
[thc influence and glory Of republican
principles. .
Al general order, ii seems, may null
llify everything. But BIZ what author
Iity2 The lands Of Utah, it may be
urged, belong to the government. THAI
is true; but Of what is tho government
lof the United States composed? MOI
ofthe Army; no, no; not Of hired troops,
but Of genuine American citizens.
american Citizens BY their blood.
bought franchise have the right to elect
and have delegated q Congress, and ii
that Congress alone rests the preroga.
tive TO dispose Of the property purchas,
led BY their swent and treasure AM
4 blood. Congress extended over utal
4 the rights md protection Of . civil gov.
!. eminent. What mighty power cal
exist In q free government tina
has the right 10 supersede . cigi
! jurisdiction BY q military despot
ism? Swamps had been subdued an,
roads and bridges made BY the citizen
!. to meadows, the grass whereon has beef
moved BIZ military scythes; but By wha
authority Roads to the pine forest
and groves Of r-Hees had been grad
led By the same citizens, and the timber
3 monopolized BY the Army; but :, i
Whose peculiar dietum? II, as It i:
! alleged, by order Of the President
! where is his proclamation or Command.
er-in-ehief's order? Even were sucl
a proclamation or order presented
whence the authority upon which it i.
issued? Tho. power, authority, and
Jurisdiction have all been given by Con.
/ gress into civil hands; who can repea
.tthat solemn act, but the poixey HAT Are