The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-05-26
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cRrsT SAT- lasr s,ry,.
THE REMOVAL on TILE NOR.
MONS I.
SATURDAY, MAY % 1860.

So ~. ,ta r. 49,. f. y
ing passed the House 81 Representatives
sssms not il he c1aeily tie thing calcu-
lated 10 efTectnaliy accomplish tie obiect
aimed al BIZ tliosc Who have puFposed IN
their hearts the annihilatipn of the citi.l
sens 81 Utah
TIE Rcsoiutioa, presented IN the House
byMf. Morris Of Illinois seems tosayori most
81 heir Intentions 'Thn AIormons are
athora II tic sides of certain parties;
and hence they must al once bc got rid
81. a Crusade has bern raisea against
them. and they are not yet extermlnatcd.
Judges Of the most hostile, silIainonsI
and sindIctiye character have been sent
among them, indictlneuts, jaries, yerlIcts
and ropes on hand, and they are yet UNI
hung Gamblers, thieves, mnrlersrs, So
ducers, and poisoners have been iranspor-
ted % their territory, and but d laiser.
able few hare fallen victims, Now, the
last alternative IS 70 buy tllonl oui, and
turn them on npoheotne other country
Suppose tile resolution Of NE Morris
u examined for d moment.
First, negotiations are to be entered
intoby the three gentlemen proposed with
whose names by the way. we have not
the least fault 10 end for the purchase
Of the possessions cf tho AIornons afer
and on behalf 81 che General Govern.
meut. Whit IS the General Govern
nlsnti OF whom Is II coinposedg Are
We 70 understand TINT Ii il 10 be found
enlbodirdin two or three hundred put
riotfc zoalots Ike Tic honorable III 81.
from Illinoisg lsitcentcred in The Dis
trict of Columbia; ID any ono State ID
the Northern OF he Southern States. Or
both combined o. does j, include all with
Il tie great borders or tie United States
who hare bowed 10 the Gag of their
countryi 1.-THE last solution be corfect.
who can bethe buyers and who tic victims
Of tho purchase!
The conditions Of the sale arc 10 81 our
removal beyond .'tho limits and jurisdic.
tion of tho American Republic Who.
can. who daro expatriatc an American
citizsn, save himseli2 Could mr.. Morris
do its We think not.
Next, i Is impossible Tor us, al 70 tho
Commissioners nre TO lie Instructed Is 81 j,
70 maintain ourselves s.for any great
length 81 time We have hot only
maintained ourselves by the help or Al.
mighty God, but have increased and
grown strong, amid tile believing Of
iiercer storms. aad under the scowling
shadows Of darker clouds than those.
which may appear to threaten us now.
Let the past tell It's own history. Wa
dread not, but anticipate with jjoy, tile
fnture. 81
Fhe peace Of the United States, as
vol as our own welfare and safety, inis
perioasly require our removal. Why
Wherein hare the oMormoas been dis,
tlsrbers q the peace Of the United Statesl
Was il BY bringing within her borders in.
austriois mechanics and honest farmerstS
work up her raw mineral and till her SOIL
Or was it il the aoeking 81 five hundrgG
bleeding tortured hearts around hcl
standard to defend its honor at the risk
I their own immolatioR2 WAS ii In III
aparing Of her troops when ut their merel
II the cold SHOWS Of wintsrg? Or was i
IN. tho voluntary abandonment Of thei
defiles and defenscs to avoid a collision
the result Of which 10 them was never
nor could be, doubtful? Was il in tbeiI
exodus from their homes 10 give an unin
terruPted passage for the march Of hel
Nearied columns through their city, Oh
was Il in the patient yielding Of ihefl
pastures and presumption claims to her
garrisonsf Was it in their qnfet snb.
inissiyeness to be hunted, and their houses
raasaeked BY her squadrons; their court.
houses surrounded by her hayonets; their
cities and haniets insulted BY the hostile
sound Of her .bugles; their Wheat.aelds
troslden down BY her chargers; md her
beautiful uniforms paraded struttineIy IN
their streetsl Or was it in the dignilied IA.
tiencs they have manifested amid The insults