The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-02-04


cties Of childhood; and Why should We
drew him away?
The great and only business Of Mr..
Floyd seems to have been 10 make Nor
mOnism, or anything else, the medium
whence to draw the rich proceeds Of
contracts, and il matters little to him
who are the sufferers.
Yet i would b dangerous to say 50 in
plain tefmsl II would be 'sconstruc-
tive treason" and, as q matter Of
course, we ought to dread the issuel-
But We are . little inclined to the
heroic, and the issue might place us IN
the ranks Of heroes. Should this be
the ultimatum, what great fellows we
would become. We forego the pleasure
and place ourselves in an attitude TO-
receive the public verdict, without the
aid Of jury, and upon the conscien-
tious dictum Of honest men.
TO the text! "a menacing force
towards . conquered and sullen people,
The expression is somewhat novel.
With all our learning we are somewhat
in the dark concerning its meaning.
Conquered! We do not understand the
expression. We have some slight re-
membranes of ssEcho," and from
them have tried to Gull an idea or two
OF victory and conquest. We do not
now call up the recollection Of q single
defeat, nor passage in our history
that recalls the memory OF sullenness
or despair. The marches and counter
marches ON Hams Fork may be the
memoranda Of scenes worth remembers
ing. The sInoldering relics Of desolated
settlements and the et-ceteras connec-
ted Herewith may form the prologue Of
big reports. But where is the history
and where the blood?
The SHOWS Of winter had concentra-I
ted their fury in their usual places Oh
deposit. Who were the aggressors and
Who the Victims? We took an active
!. q ~ q q = < -E
part in all those matters, and were pre-
'ared to abide the direst issue that
night have been forced upon US. esSul-
enness and defeat!' No! Victory
.nd laureis, however blood stained ne
trophies, must have been our share.
Upon this matter there can be no
rational equiSocation. The facts of
the whole affair are yet fresh in our
memory and tell their own story to the
world.
But what on earth does the great
Secretary want2 Already has he
earned the reputation, and, it is said,
appropriated the proceeds Of shrewd
financial politician. With one eye
glancing at the federal treasury and
the other on his own cash box, he has
been certainly too shrewd to sacrifice
his individual interests on the shrine Of
patriotism. /; s* + ss 1, IL. s.&
Mr. Hoyd's trade against Mormon
ism may be classed with the long ex !.
Ploded SANDERS which merit no answer.
The old cry Of TREAsoS; the loud halloo
Of REBELLION; and the bug-bear Of Re-
yoLuTIoNs--haye all passed away among
the things that were, and are forgotten
as the soulless shadows Of the dark
night in hepast.
The Expedition to Utah has fulfilled
its intended mission. Public beggary
with its variety Of aliases, had staked
It's all upon the issue. and the majority
have come out winners. The treasury
has been plundored; the nation has been
humbugged; few individuals have
filed their pockets; and the world ways
on as usual. Ell 70. -: :: Is :
But after all, Utah has not been much
the loser. Terms and titles are of little
moment. The sound Of conquest and its