The Cass County Republican. [volume] (Dowagiac, Mich.) 18??-1880, 1859-02-10
NUMBER AZ.
Utah and the Mormons.
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1t is currently reported in the camp,
and on what appears to be good autho-
rity, that Brigham Young has posi-
lively and preemptorily refused to obey
the summons to appear before the Dis
trict Court, except upon condition that
Gov. Cumming shall furnish him a
sufficient escort to protect his sacred
person from harm. According to the
accounts we have. in camp, Marshal
Dodson and his Deputy have had the
door of the Lion House shut in their
faces three several times. AS yet no
requisition for military aid has been
made on Gen. Johnston: One thing, i
think, may be. assumed as pretty cer-'
tain, and that is, that Governor Cum
ming will never call upon the military
to enforce. the laws in this Territory,
as long as he can, accordingly to bis own
conceL tions of propriety and official
duty, avoid doing so. Whatever view
may be taken of Utah matters at WASH
ington, it is certain that among all the
Gentiles here, whether in the military
service or not, it would be difficult to
find half dozen who do not consider
that Gov. Cumming is disposed to take
entirely too lenient and charitable a
view Of the political offences and social
enormities which have characterized
the Mormon community of late years.
Our camp was thrown into quite a
state of excitement, night before last
by report, since fully verified, that an
officer of the army had been shot in
Salt Lake City, and another first
knocked down by bludgeon, and then
carried to jail by the Mormon police.
The circumstances appear to be these.
Lieut.. Saunders, of the I'd Dragons,
was one of the officers attached to the.
command sent some time since in the
direction of Humboldt, to look after
certain bands Of Indians who, it had
been reported, had attacked and an
noyed the California mail party. While
on this expedition, Lieut. Saunders was
taken very i'll of the typhoid fever, and
on the return of the command it was
found necessary to leave him in Salt
Lake City, under the medical care of
Assistant Surgeon Corney, who was
detached for that purpose.
On the evening of last Monday, DIR.
Corney, who is known to be one of the
mildest and quietest gentleman in the
service, and Lieut. Saunders, who had
recently risen from bis sick bed, were
at or in the vicinity of the store of
Messrs. Livingston, Kinkead & Co., in
company with Mr.. Kinkead of that
firm. The party were laughing, talk
ing and enjoying themselves, when
policemen stepped up and told them
they were making too much noise, and
must quit it. To this Mr.. Kinkead
made some reply, which drew forth an
insulting retort from the guardian of,
the night, whereupon the latter was
knocked down by Mr.. Kinkead. A
melee ensued, several other policemen
coming up on the instant, and some
sixteen or seventeen shots were fred.
DIR. Coreny was slightly wounded In the
arm, and Mr.. Saunders was knocked
down with a bludgeon, and then car.
ried off to Jail Fortunately for the
assailants, neither gentlemen was armed.
Lieut. Saunders is powerful man, aud
one whom l should think could not
often be knocked down with impunity.
But the typhoid fever is not exactly
the thing to prepare man for travel
ling on his muscle through crowd of
assailants armed with bludgeons and
six shooters. troaf
A few nights ago, while VIM. Hob
60, II lI,rebolI orI NJ Ho~oo<k
Secretary Of State, were walking after
dark on one Of the most public streets
of the city, pistol ball whistled by,
them, fired, it is supposed, by one Of
the police. In the present state of
affairs, / should not be surprised at,
any moment to. hear of bloodshed and,
violence on a more extended scale in
the city. ..G isa8a - sea1 sssi
/ know of nothing that displays in a.
more striking light the brutishness of
the Mormon character than circum-
stance / have heard in connexion with
the recent cutting off from the church
of a considerable number of the
women Nowhere else, / venture to:
say, on the Continent of North Ame-o
lica, are white women to be seen work
ing like slaves, barefooted, In the field.
1t is notorious to all here that large
Numbers of the. Mormon women are
In a state of great want and destitu.
ton, and that their husbands do not
pretend to provide them even with the
necessaries of life. The Gentle mer-
chants of Salt Lake City gave employ
ment in the way of needlework to
considerable number of these poor
women, thus enabling them to earn
decent support for themselves and
children. ii a.
/ have been assured by lady, who
had herself been ex-communicated.
that every female in Salt Lake CITY
who took in sewing from the Gentle
merchants had been cut off from the
Church.. Nearly every Mormon wo.
man about our camp has shared the
same fate. 1has1 l ri 3dI
Brigham Young and his confede.
rates know full well that his system
cannot continue to thrive or to exist
except by being isolated, and that anys
thing like free intercourse between his
people and the army would tend d.
rectly ard powerfully toward the over1
throw OF the most objectionable fea-