The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1859-10-22

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wifi IL Ii reserve for them We want
peace. aGood win on earth and peace
" men, Il has ever been our motto and
Jig Wish of Our hearts. But patronized
assnssius We viii not tolerate; ~ mat
ief Who are their protectors, their abet-
tors, Of their rescGers. We shall not
quarry into the nest Of the reptile, to
tempt his sting. We shall walk evenly
along our path of duty, and, If crossed
thereon, shall use the right That God
and our country have placed within ourI
reach. l n s 3.
Back % our subject Martial INV
What i the meaning of I'll this non
sense, this abuse, these insults, this
damnable humbug that have been palm
"a upon is FOL two years 81 more2 His
honor, Delana Il. Eckels, Chief Justice
Of the Supreme Court Ok Utah Terri
tory, and ex- oficio, half adozen etce-
teras;why has lie dwelt all this time At
Camp Floyd md there discharged tic
ldutiVs Of d magistrate? He was ap-
pointed and hired out to the citizensof
Utah, for twenty-five hundred i year
land the perquisites, to serve them. His
Legitimate business j. with the citizens.
His quartering upon the army mo part
of bis duty. He issa trespasser On the
army III doing 50. And does he not
subject the Commanding General TO u
lrebuke, through his occupation DC quar-
tiers built for the army and by army.
appropriations The rectltude of bis
Intentions III these things may bear nm
argument. Hesurely cannot be study
ling economy; FOR the foul, he must BE-
aware, which We American citizens feed
to our troops over there, costs tile Trea-
sury twenty-eight cents o pound: and
he can have no claim To j deduction Of
the freight Il he afraid to come out
and live among the citizens2 If Sd,
lot him 60 home, home to his family
and safety. q. s. Judges, before his
lincumbency, have lived safely and
happily among our citizens; and our
citizens felt honored ythe presence Of
honest men, and high-minded, learned
judges.
What respect We ask tho citizcns
of the whole United States what
respect can ever be commanded by q
judicial officer who surrounds himself
with the trappings and steel Of nm
army IN time Of peacep Is not he who
does so i traitor to the power that made
him, q rebel against the constitution
and laws of his country, and an asaas-
sin of the rights Of freemen9 There
was d time, within the memory Of the
living; when such men, If they were.
worthy the notice, would have been pre-
scented forimpeachment, impeached and
sent home with Disgrace, to their corn.
fields and calf-skins.
Is there any difference between the
do facto Introduction Of martial law.
into Utah, and the bare faced iimposi-
ton which calls for our present atten-
ltion2 Yes, there is \ difference, q
wide difference. In martial law We
might find some refuge in The honor
which should prompt every soldier,
and especially every American soldier,
TO deal out eyenshanded justice. As
ii il now, the Chief Justice lounges in
barracks, sends out his capiases and
mandamases, and the victim, if sub
missive, is surrounded BY minies and
sabres; but the cold calculating brow
Of his honor forbids any appeal to the
honor On sympathy Of the soldiers
heart.
And this man calls himself d demo-
Eerat. Because he was i democrat he
donned his erlnine. Because he
was democrat he was permitted IN
kindness to retain it. What is . de-
lmocrat2 Mr.. Noah Webster, come
down here; you have Wondered long
enough on that shelf, como down and
enlighten us. What is q democrat,
Mr.. Webster? some who adheres 10 i
government By the people, o. fayors
the extension Of the rightof suffrage
to all classes of men. Are You not