The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1859-11-12
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subject till Il ii entirely thread-bare.
But W. have little more 70 shy on
the subject Of Military Reserves.
The legality of the position We as
sumcd last week cannot be questioned,
nor the entire consistency Of our hur-
RED remarks, with cvkry republican
principle. II cannot be denied that
one Of the main causes which led TO the
breaking Of the ties that bound our
country 70 her motheF-Iand, was the
keeping among the citizens Of standing
armies in times Oh peace.
A standing army is At best tho
weapon and INSTRUMENT 81 tyranny, and
neverhave any gcodresults sprung from
their associations with civilians. With
the army of Utah, however, II our
present business Upon tho conduct
Of General Johnston ID department
commander, ne have no disposition 10
cast my reflections II y not upon
record that the same number Of regular
troops we're ever guarterod ii the
United States, 50 long and SO close 10
civil Settlements with less disturbance.
But that IS not tie question. II is our
object now to Inquire how much legis-
latige power Is invested IN the army or
its commander. The fathers Of our
country maintained that the consent Of
the local legislatures should be given
before troops we're gaartered among
the citizens. They fought hard and
suffered long, and finally sustained and
established their doctrine, Their wiser,
faster children of tho present genera
tiOn assume to have learned better; and
those old foolish notions Of democracy
are fast being obliterated from the
nations page. ii is far from our
thoughts just now to presume to claim
for our Territorial Legislature the right
70 give, Or withhold consent. for the To-
cation OF the army in our midst We
simply submit, for the consideration OF
our -citizcns, some of the meme
cries Of bge4gonos.
The simple locality Of the army is
to Us . matter Of the shccrest indiffer.
ence. Butwhen the army assumes e
deprive citizens OF any Of theil
rights, we are not aware that there il
any great harm in telling 81 IL
Sometime towards the beginning d
the past summer an attempt was mad'
to assess and collect taxes from parties
Who had taken up their residence Ia and
around Camp Floyd. Tho attempt
was vetoed from the headquarters 81
the post. And yet the army and those
who dwell With appropriated LIBERAL,
10 thor service, the bridges and ROAD
produced By the taxation Of the cit.
zens. And mot that alone; but forti
issued from the camp some hundreds
Of individuals, at our last genera
election, assuming to be legally quail.
fed electors.
The annual session of the Legislature
is approaching. We shall see Mhat
course will be taken this time withthe
delegate from Green River county.
Taxation without representation has
been long mold hobby with patriotic
politicians, A good rule will work
both ways. II taxation exists at all in
the territory, should not representation
gowith il hard in hand?
ecare not what pretence may be set
up, the principle IS anti-republican and
wrong,t to quarter troops among citizens.
The same assumption Of power, that
prompts the seizure Of cultivated lands
i and meadows, may with equal propriety
prompt the appropriation Of barns and
dwelling houses. The moving down,
By large bands Of mules and nor ses, of
the grass where our cows once grazed
in peace, takes from our little ones a
necessary nourishment, as much as
walking into onr -four cribs and Dip
ping into their contents would do.
Finally We would recommend our esfel-
low citizens of Etah'' that they feel nc
disappointment nor yexation II, on then
= return from meeting any stormy Sab
bath day, sentinel with fixed bayonel