The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-06-09
The HENNEFER ouTRAe,r

tnE atrccious Hsnnefer ohtraes AZ.
more than merely passing ro,laa q !. ~
Iuentary ccnment such aiabolism spnyo.as W
70 nearly 70 capital crime. 70 cool dsl,h....
murder y murder IN che irst de,,re,
challenges the serious attsution ~ 49, y
81 good order aud justice. Indeed II sotss
that Lieut. Gay did actually arre M 1870
murder q the manacied and helpless ,ic,;. ].
fhe high and responsible position y ~. M.
ciPals IN tlIs Outrageous affair bnt 49,. VIZ
its serious nature, and renders Ii All nv ~
Imperative that due punishment t,lIa,. !. :
that Justice DO yindicated III ali liz 3 -
Let Us glRnce al the circun,s taneas ~ n,
neetion with this dIsgraeefuI sase I 80. ~.
and magniiccntly appointed army. undas ~. 80
perienccd and skilfll leaders, il sen, +, IN,
cstensibIy torestofe tle foien II the l,,. s,,
the constitution We people 81 Utab 80, -, I.
the obscene oatlis and ribald thfea.. M /, III
model army, while CIR away d ~ d,....
Platte, and again nearer on The s,ya.,,,..a..
Nevertheless, after some parleylnr AMI ,lsl..
and many fair promises AMI patfiotic .,as "a.
riorable profession. the amy Il pernl,,.d,.
enter our seglIded wales nnd peaceably astablI.h
itaelf where u chooses, In the very nld.s y
our industrious settlements. q
Presently certain officers 81 this obed;.,s. Y
to-thcsl d-constitutiotl senfurcink ann
the midst Of Adrunkcn spree. sallv5 ont Y, III
store in thisci and force agrani passage I
arms with our police Iii the melee. &, st,,.
tetliqer Is wounded ..s ..s *
! Next, the army moves away And m 4. IL.
rcy comes acrass an ex policeman 81 sin Iak.
City; This u enough. Now for d f,rewell,
eshibitipn of the peculiar Law. and. constitution
prcelfyitiesof the army and The army ofice,,
The poor unsuspectiag policeman &, liz Ia,
IF " y soldiers, stripped and lashed To d wag.
gon, and then and there hs receives several
scores Of lashes with knottcd cat. q. fam.
tails"by an army surgeon, and. by proxy II n
army hentenant, I'll amidst the 1yociieiou,
EcheerE and exultstion Of d savage and brutal
horde Of army officers, soldiers, teanster Il Ana
camp followers Not one III ali That brave band
has the moral courage 10. stand d, III behal(
q thepoor, bleeding, tlinting victim. No sape.
rior IN command says a word Of condemnation.
or moves . muscle 70 stay tho horrid proceed.
ines The demoniacal orgies are contaminated
without check essh 4. the full satisfaction Il
the deyilish actors, THIS outrage Is Isl utter.
" base. eowardly, and cruel, that We eanrio.
help e1claiming, are we IN i ei yilized country,
or are w in hell tliat the perpetrators, aidera
and abettors Of such iuhunian cruelty should
so for one moment unwhipped III Justice.
What an excellent law aud constitution way q
doing things i this! Why are We not con,
yertedE . E s .:.> II: 7.
Now, we ask every reasonable person, wls
Their, Il such unm itigatcd crin,es pass unputl
ishpd, we have not good reason 10 expect tim
they would have been very commonly comn,i.
ltedin Utah, the past two years, By this iay.and
consultations nforetng army, provided il had
not Teeeiy "a at Ham. S Fork very gentle hin
that We had no particular partiaiity 10 suci
compliments, and The red-llot ardor Of thai
gallant army tad not been seasibly and season
ably tempered By tho deep SHOWS and below.
zero frosts Of Camp scottl . s II +.
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