The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1859-09-24
REFLECTIONS On SOCIETY in UTAH

MEssRs EfIrosss--
III The year 1871 the pioneers entered ills
now beautiful valley; steriIty presented Itself to
their yiewS The come snsatien was, they lwess
. Thousand miles from those who determined
their expulsion from eritEed society ne con-
fines Of Mexico, and whose haFBafous shoui
could almost BE- heard, thar ne Mgrmcra would
statye 10 deatli. and thus il would end.
Al few years sulicsd 20 ma fili wilderness
teserbefsie with the clarg gf industry ard the
soil 10 yield Ets treasures We could walk our
.slrsefs II night recreate, rpifgie ii me Joyous
dance. visit our ileatrs; III short, We could soc
no drunk enntss nor hearof midnight assassiia-
items. Sed ions, wIiofing. faIss, and their
long list q csnc9mitatta were NOT kgoa;rl,
I IA few brief years, and Il wen4sd
their way 10 Utah, after lie road was ingde,.
Ard The lrsetieability of obta aiming lisellhooil
was demonstrated. and Uncle sim had. ID lie.
maghsnfnity oflis soaftakefi us oIantafily into
his enttrscs BY te treaty af q aadailipe III .,lai-
90 ard made Us paftske Of Bis enlarged benepo-
tenee. With the merchant CINE ~ Il. and two
men fell victims To- outraged eei,ifleaf Ttghts
Tbs example thastsf u now loltesset and en-
5d#rsed. The sedacst must Gie, Two deaths
BY violence occurred IN . petIld of lon years
Happy Utah. sltalI We ever see those days
again7 .@-ss ..@@ S.
Iii the yest ~, Il was determined that uial's
rroI Ic yales should beihe theatre OF civ ized
actian. unele SIM determined that ID. ibis
EeAIbtry5 troops should be quarters, ard hot
gamblers, biacklegs and folks HI general should
eofnes aud The old ssitiets Of the wales sho,lld
Yield MP peace. quetaess. and order 10 reyrlTy.
and tiia, ,isbas cherry, murder. ~, sheuIa
stalk at night afd ri day II amor shops were
| opened ard the damntng poise n sptsaa around
gu MURDERS, col bfopded, IL the hrief space oi
txe years, numbered ten Gambling bscame
Ifaslionabt !, and our laws disnEardeE GIN.
bters we're jurors, U, S. dttritlta, &c Fits
arms became necessary 10 buckle ON fill nea i,
every boy canfes one, ind the drawing Of them
/ are as sasy as The falling q a leg, And how
many good citizens will vel lie The dust befor,
] dnr city fathers will protect U.S. This depohent
cannot say. Ro~dies oollesgusd with Iowdies
oil FdbbssieS Of stock and houses, and sIioo.inss
/ are Of frequent occurrence #z.%.s, rs. +. I
The hane Courts Of Utah. are suppressed; III, i
officers sileuced, tbtir proceedings vetoed, IN,
the foul Mountain Meadow Massacre is ailowtt
10 60 ul,punished, while thousands have repeat
eddy asked for thorough investigation Of. III
whole matter. The purse of.prfya,e citizens Iia
been placed at The dspasaI % The oiIieeFsf Tn
irtiuenee Of tbe most influential has been offered
and the appointment Of a deputy solicited, VIII
possessed the nerve and ability 10 fetch the r,ur
! dprers as charged. Bat, "No.z sir, 1 viii ac
the dog In the munger, neither go myself no
allow any one else" n dppatifs must be up
painted, II mast be those who ale deeply inter
/ :estedto smother and not expose crimes. "
The court FOR tie FIST Judicial D.stfiei mu.
I beheid Two hundred miles from the proper Tlac,
The howl must still he that murders are as THE
! as surfIwers in tbe distlicts One nan conVicle
:. lot forgery and two men natutshzsa, and th
Judge RETURNS 10 Camp Floyd as a,commftiis
; magistrate. No murderer is arrested, and n
efFort made 70 nsgify the supremacy Of The Ia,
for which Uncle ssm pays millions, and no %
: rpnst be allowed To- do il. for from aflr me
: came 10 try, punish, hang. mud use up the Law
I Hess, and you, citizens, stand, gaze. wonder /
our activity, You, officers, stand on enc sid
. and give Us uHcoplrolled sway and sss ussiad
cais the meissty u ths law. We have beef
and are, lost in. wsnder, loye and praise Of II
= result III. r I, s... E.: 81 UrAH,