The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-01-14
1EI MlTNTAIIRRl.
szTURDAE JANU1Ry il. 1880
ANOTHER GOVERNOR IN UTAH.

Z
FRom the aTenitorial Enterprise, z !
of Dscemher 18th, we publish IN
anothsr column the PRocLAMArrox Of |
His Excallency, Isaac Roop, Governor
elect Dc Nevada, Or Western Utah. The
..Eitsrprise comes out most magnilo-
quentIy on his energy Of character dis
played BY his trip over s.bad roads and
deep snows," and His Excellency's
suPerb appetite FOR sheet steaks and
cOfee. I,
Mormonism has become I splendid
theme for stump orasOry, and Governor
Rocp induiges literally id that style
lof resPectable .eloquence. Sep.
aratiOn from the curse Of Mormon
Legislation'' il his grand theme: al
though Ne INDUCES ii one sympathetic
Strain for Judge Cradlebaugh's vain
attempt 80 establish the .. 8. District
Court In that district
We cannot help but coincide With
some Of our savage commentators and
eonclude with them that Utah Il indeed
A anomaly II our government. She
e one Of those intricate eniemas that
once IL tWo Or three thousand years
de6es the world for solution. Every
attempt to solve il self-contradictory.
and she stands now the defying riddle
at the universe.
AZ the outset Of our editorial career
We purposed to deal as little rs possible
il the retrospective. We have felt
obliged occasionally to ramble among
the "reminiscences Of the past; and
now again shall we be compelled III
call for still further indulgence il our
cratic habits.
On the sixth day Of April, Al. D..
one thousand eight hundred and fifty-
eight, . PRocLAMarIos issued from
the White House, { ! copy 81 which
We hnd i CONVENIENT still to carry
N our pocket. From this, as ii has
become . public document, We take
the liberty % making ! few extracts:
= Altar ealsfulIy eonslie,iag ihls state q Il.
fairs, anA matursly weighing The obligation /
uas under 20 SEE she laws tai,hfuily executed, j.
asemed 10 me right ind proper that should
make such nee Of The military force Il NV oispo-
sal % might Be necessary to protect the federal
in going inlo cha Tnrilory oIUlah, and
u performing their datiss atsr arriving there.
Isccordi,gly ordered ! delachmsnt .os The army
70 march tar the cdy Of sals Lake, Of within
reAsl. oiihat giuee, and to act, III eass 81 need
= z posse for 'hs enforcement n The law..''
This consideration Of the estate of
aiiairs' induced the Introduction Of
the "fower Of the army big guns
and oil, to see to the enforcement Of |
the laws. And what was the particu-
lar state ef Affairs? Ono Or two
Judges, appointed BY federal favor,
had Found whiskey in Utah at terri
BILE premium, and broihels at an aw-
Sui and multiplying discount. Law and
order rcigned to their detriment; and
political speculation was below par.
This estate Of AFFAIR." was beyond en-
dlrance, and personal reports ex-of-
fcio had to DO made Mt the Capital. The
result was " . posse Cor tho enforce
ment Of the laws. =
Next,
= Thelr dstsr,ni alton 70 crpess the authority |
e the goyernnsnt BY mill afy se.es has not o,-
y been tkPressed % words, bul manifested Il |
o.srt ae.. q .he most unsquvoesl chs. ssser.,'
What particular opposition to seihe
authority Of the government il here
referred 70, We are not prepared to
say nor do NO wish to recall the old
vexcd question. n the blockade oil.
mail-routes, the stoppago Of all COM
municatiol with east and west; the
order g invest the cities and homes Of
peaceful patriotic citizens with troops
and batteries; the spurning Of petitions
the usurpation q the civil power byIp
force Of arms; the substitution ofE
courts martial for trials by jury; I'LL,
these are what constitute the legitimate
and constitutional authority Of govern
nent, then indeed we might turn tbei
pictnre and look at its other side. But
We have mot changed tho face Of ,hei
picture. nor vet pIcadeI Cn;l,v 80 49,.