The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-02-25


citizen owes 70 himself. his friends and bis
country. not only 70 organize, but to arm
himself capapie. The creature Who
wrotcthc letter referred "a must be an
idiot. and 80 must We denounee the Iymss
for the insertionof The letter New York
knows the United States know, and the
world At large kEows that ID RepubIi.
can Government every man Is bis own
soldier, and TINT the safety Of his nation
depends upon bis own eveEready Weapons
II We have at any time been neglectful Of
our proper duty; II We have failed 10 call
the attention 81 our fellow-citizeus to the
proper guardianship Of their rights and
safety i We have permitted our laws ID
lsleep unanswered and dishonored; We now
advise our fellowcitizens to their duty as
enjoined by the laws Of their country
The American citizen who negleets that
duty, commits, BY that very neglect, the
first act Of treason 10 bis country. IL
/ may be argued that the federal troops
ARE employed to 40 battle FOR the nation
Where were those troops when we first
planted theflago fourrepnbliehcreg Where
was their artillery when onr citizens were
ldriEenfrom their Watering places and fncl
forests, ten years ago2 Where were
their outposts when onr citizens we're
scalped III their corn-feIds and our women
and children lay bleeding mingled corpsesl
on the plains? Torome still nearer home.
where were their aqnadrons, their rifles.
land their sabres, when Gunnisnn aud bis
escort were butchercd and hacked to
pieces. on the SEWER; and when our citi-
zcns alone dare attemptto sepulchre his
bones aud clip for his weeping widow i
lock Of hair from the nlangled corpse Of
The brave Captain Nearer, and Yet
moro ncarl Where were their brazen
batteries and champing chargers Inst
Autumn, when the bleeding scalps Of our
citizens swung cxultihgly as tue orna-
mcnts Of the red.meu,s spears, and the
natron and her babes lay bruised and
dead upon the deserts?
Our whole history Informs u, indepen..
ldent Of al these plain examples. that our
defence and seenrity. as wei IL the pro-
lection Of our friends, are in ourselves
Hence We now say Iii We never before
made tho suggestion, Arm, fellow
lcitizens, arm TO the hcltl II ron have
tbut one coat,sell il and buy q gun. YCur
pioneers, alone and nnnustained, have
sought youonta home Alone and on
yonr own resources you must defend it.3
/ The next charge against US, is the inn
Z portation Of seannop''; and at the same
time q sly cnt at General Harvey about
i sqnaw-butchery. For our own part We
regret TINT the frst accusation is without
Foundation. Wewould have been pleased
|, 70 receive a fresh supply Of ordnance; and
j would have taken pleasure in its preser-
walton, and III rendering il useful on law
j full grounds, either against Greek or bar.
|, barian We have been denied tho graft
I tiication, and reserve our tears.
/ The suggestion concerning the impor-
j tation Of cannon into tho territory IS al
ridiculous as II Is absurd. Bntsunposing
. THAT il were SO, or admitting the prob,
q liability what Of III Al certain quota ii
d ARMS is the lawful due of Utah. But hel
j citizens have never made claim upor
. tho public arsenal Of the nation Had sh,
) been disposedto war, nearly three thou,
d sand maskets, Or their equivalent are nov
o at the disposal and subject to the sleman,
q of the Utah Executive, and these hay.
il never been called for But why prepar,
o for comhatg The law IS established; III,
j; statutes are plain and intelligible.
d In regard to the Importation Of fire
il arms TO the Territory, tie charge is To-
], ridiculous omerit even the pretense Of
oftreply TO him who wrote it, whateye
8 his pretentions; how dignihed soeser bi
i. position might be; whatsoever were his re
ia sources, or bis Hoosier requirements; VI
y Wonld simply say to him that his state
!. ments are false, untrue In every particular
% Eand furnish us and the nation with anothe
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