The daily exchange. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1858-1861, 1859-02-04
Jury ignoredA the bin the Gentle population

Juryignored the bin the Gentle population
of the city, though disappointed at the
result of the investigation, were by no means sur
prised. Immediately after the bill against CHRIS
TIANsoN was ignored by majority of the Jury,
those who dssented and who were neither tinctured
by the dominant spirit of fanaticism, nor disposed
to surrender their convictions, addressed memo
rial to Judge SINCLAIR, requesting to be discharged
from the duty that had been imposed upon them.
Although il was not stated in the memorial, it was
well understood at Salt Lake City that the prn-
cipal motiye which governed the petitioners in
asking to be relieved from serving on the Inquest
any longer, was their implicit belief that the laws
could not be executed in the Territory. If this be
true-and we have no doubt of the fact--the
means adopted by the Mormons to battle the &C
ton of the Federal authorities are clearly apparent.
By obstructing the execution of the laws under
cover of the laws themselves, they successfully de-
feat the ends of justice, and render nugatory the
efforts of the presiding Judge to exercise the
functions of his office. OF the course pursued by
Judge SINCLAIR, since his arrival in Utah, there
can be among impartial men but opinion.
That his admirable charge to the Jury, with refer
the PRESIDENT for past Offences should have drawn
upon him the enmity of the Mormon Hierarchy,
was nothing more than mi ht have been expected
and the general desire evinced for his recall by
that poygamous community is the best evidence
of his Judicial integrity, and of his frmness and
decision of character There are those, however,
who disposed to regard the liberation extended
by the Mormons to Governor CUNNING proof
of their submission to the General Government.
If this be so, why is it that Mormon can be
viced of a criminal offence, committed
within the limits of that Territory? Why is
it that anything like cordial intercourse with the
Gentiles is strictly forbidden by the Mormon
elders; and why is this injunction very gen.
orally obeyed? If BRIGHAM YOU'VE is disposed to
accept in good faith the free pardon by which he
was, but too generously, released from the penal
ties attached to his reasonable practices, he has
adopted singular mode of winning confidence in
his professions. Ever since his return to Salt Lake
he has been enacting the part of MooRE's yelled
prophet of Khorassan He has secluded himself
within the precincts of his Lion House, or his
harem, and has rarely condescended to exhibit to
profane eyes the beauty of his countenance. The
quiet that pervades Utah is the quiet of antago-
nsm that only dares to reveal itself in repellant
demeanor-n scowls and furtive glances, and in
setting at naught the authority of the Judi
ciary by shielding offenders from punishment.
That state of things cannot be called peace which
is only maintained by the presence of an army of
three thousand men; nor can the people of a Ter
ritory be regarded loyal to their constitutional
obligations whom it is necessary to overawe by
maintaining in their vicinity, at an immense cost
to the country, force so imposing. The wise and
prudent precautions adopted by General JOHNSTON,
and the perfect discipline he has enforced among
the troops under his command, have fortunately
prevented any collisions from taking place between
the latter and the Mormons. But are our best SOL
diers to be always employed in keeping watch and
ward over this nest of knaves and fanatics2 1t
was, at one time very generally believed, that the
entrance of the army into Salt Lake City would be
the signal for steady influx into the Territory, of
emigrants from the States, and that the pernicious
influence exerted by the Mormon priesthood over
their deluded followers would thus be counteraced
to considerable extent. But the acceptance of the
amnesty rendered them by the President left the
Mormons, for all practical purposes, ''masters of
'the position" and by enabling them, through
their pretended submission TO the Federal authori-
ties, to preserve intact the status quo-has etectu
ally deferred Gentle emigrants from taking up
their residence among them.