The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1859-12-10
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g. II
enter with no small degree 81 sorrow
and regret. III former days We Ind
been accustomed TO dwell in . very ex-
tensiye degree Of qnietude, 80 far q per-
sonal safety was concerned; and 70 feel
some security IN turning ont i COW, Or.
steer, 81 horse, Or mule upon the public
commons 70 recruit and fatten. The
day Of security and reciprocal conf
dence seems 70 have gone By, ecIipsed
by the Tefulgence 81 modern ciyiIiza-
ton.
i seems that i il no longer safe
tooWn anything valuable thai possesses
the least ingredient Of mobility. Is
We turn out . COW 70 improve her flesh,
and mature her embryonic calf, We may
now expectto be gnawing her purchased
ribs, Is We wander out to hunt for her
on the range. Orr saddIe-horse may
Be undergoing the faiigues Of an ex-
press-trip il California, while our boy
il rambling ii search of him over tile
benches, and ourselves anticipating :
pleasant s'pasear's on him around
home. Our mule teams may BE- paw
ing the dust 81 Los Angeles, while our
ploughs, awaiting their recovery, lay
rushing on our farms. What Is the
meaaing Of al this, and where the diff
6cultyp
There was q time when we had not
these annoyances to meet. Larceny
was once easily discovered aud promptly
punished; and honest industry present.
I'd the only means Of earning honest
bread.
We are not disposed, however, either
10 give credit whore credit Is not due,
Or attach blame where blame is not
deserved. Il is q most notorious fact,
Z fact which cannot be concealed, that
an extensive System Of stealing is now
being carried on in Utah. We do not
like to use harsh terms, but We are pc
euliarIy attached to plain English;
hence We say stealing instead Of the
moro modest term Of .snnIawfuI ap-
propriation.n A good honest citi-
zen Of Utah has lost, We might say has
had stolen. during the past year, about
: hundred and twenty head Of cattle
from hisranche Almost every day we
hear Of similar, though perchance less
extensive, encroachments. Is 1t or is
il mot time that aninquiry, q thorough
and decisive inquiry be- made into
these matters2 In our opinion it is
time, and tho very fulness Of ii.
IL Is q fact, not to be concealed, that
we have, growing up and being unin-
tentionally fostered in orr midst, i
number Of young men who have en-
tirely abandoned all honest pursuits.
We sec them, as We walk around, rid
ing 6nehorses, well dressed, and with
money attcommand. How came they
BY their good fortune? II may be
answered that it is none Of our busi-.
ness. Very good; yet there are cattle
andmules and horses stelen. ByWhom
are they stolen, and whittier have they
gone? They have not oil, We opine,
vanished into ali, thin air. No, to speak
in plain mountain American, they have
been stolen. BY whom, then? Il
Us here, here at home, that We are
afraid will be found the stronghold Of
their iniquities. Men, aged ininiquity
and grown grey in crime, poltroons
themselves, seduce young men and boys
of courage into their lneshes, and make
catspaNs Of them for their own ag-
grandiEement. A ahorn Of liquor for
friendship merely Is followed by q
game Of neuchre;n the venture Of q
dollar. at ssmonte," one risk at STARE, ],
and the victim is secured. Thus error
Observation-Disclosures, and crime succeeds
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