The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1859-09-03

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biz pstictirm seved him from : capi-
-; and the next VI hear Of him be Is
selected as one Of the Grand Jury for
The First Judicial District. he q one
Of those convenient appendages Who
seemto have been commonly in attend
ance on the Courts Of our Territory,
for the purpose Of filing up panel Of
jurors. OF his private character We
have naught to say; only 50 far as be
isbefore the public. A resident Of two
districts; known to be, and fined and
indicted as q gambler; strongly sus-
pected as counterfeiter, his good for
tune finally places him as one Of the
strong pillars in . Court Of Justice,
There may be more things connected
with this, than do now, Or will ever
meetthe public eye. The influence of
the successful gambler Is 4 strong and
dangerous one. Strong for self pro-.
lection, and self-exculpation, and strong
for victimizing and destroying II
Eglides into the committee rooms, and
crawls stealthily and magnetizingly in
70 the halls Of legislatures. Often.
| il IS found, unseen, turning the scales
OF Justice on the bench, and braaing
| the jurors conscience. Il smites with
desolation the happiest homes, and
makes . hell IN every corner where II.
Els found. Il associates with all the
vices, and brings its victim 10 the
| grave with infamy and dishonor Are.
we wrong ii our description Of the cha
racter that Col. Crosman associated.
with him In his patriotic efforts, and
from whose possession, yes, from the
very deposit Of bis laSless earnings,
he received the silent instruments Of
lguilt2
But farther, speaking Of the conn
terfeit, tools, &c, he says, esmost Of
them were found IN the Tithing Office
of Brigham Young, President Of the
Mormon Church That is q misre-
presentation as undignifed and SLAM
lderous, as We believe it to Be- wilful and
intended Not millionth part Of
anything Of the kind was found else
where save in, and around Camp
Floyd, and ia the private dwellings, Of
Brewer or Mex enzie, Or both. But
from d room in the Deseret Store, w0re3
fuflIawruny taKenuy the u. 5. Marss Ir,l
the plates belonging to the '.DEsERET
CURRENcY ASSOCIATIONS and few
plates for visiting cards, including, we
believe, neat little pocket bible.
Brigham Young is the President of
this association, lawful, useful, and
honest associations. When these arti-
.cles were called for, they were gwen
up under protest from Governor
Young's authorized agent and clerk,
Mr.. Cainc. After having being pack
ed to and from Camp Floyd, and un-
.dergone the interesting scrutiny Of all
the favored curious ones, they were I'M
our presence offered to be returned. "A
copper-plate printer was called in, who
pronounced them entirely ruined, in
which opinion We fully ooncured.
The finely polished plates were all
scratched 50 that the impression from
them would be incorrect. We do not
know the precise value Of the plates,
but presume them to be worth from
one to two thousand dollars.
We have nothing t. say, nor shall
We attempt to say anything to inter-
fere with the course Of justice. We're
it our dearest friend, we would say let |
the law be magnifed upon him, though
he pay in chains its dearest penalty.
But lot all feel its weighty hand alike.
The glittering heaps Of the fortunate
gambler should not place him in the |
eyes Of God or man above the poor
mechanic; neither should the gaudy
epaulette, whether earned onthe bloody
field or by tho inauence Of political
friends, exait its wearer above the po-
sition in the eyes Of the law and public
opinion, Of the tax-paying citizen.
We should scarcely have noticed the
scurrilous letter in the {. Bulletin, 2 had
10 not appeared in the form Of an Of
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