The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-06-02

clans and ofIice-seckers III the Union.
for and IN behalf Of tie Mormons, upon
the express understanding, and none
other, that they shall remove within q
reasonable time from The highway of the
emigration Of the Mormous from Europe,
Africa. and Asia; and out 81 the way oil
other honest men; that The said Commit
teesbe and hereby are vested with power
To negotiate with the Americans as afore-
said. as their known discretion may die
tate, provided that they be restricted 10
give the snnl Of fifty cents for the pro
Eperty connected Miththe Tribune Office,
and the goods, chattels, and property of
the twin nurderers, In the same proper
tion4 And that the said COMMITTEES be
instructed 70 say to the said people, that
IN our Judgment, deliberately formed,
their peculiar Institutions, corrupt prac-
tees. peeulation, gas and bunconnb, are
snch that ii will be Impossible for them,
ina nation like ours. 10 exist for any
length Of time, that they are already fall
ne. FALLING, FAILING that tho peace
and prosperity Of this continent, Us well
as their own welfare and safety, iInpe-
riously require their removal as aforesaid.
That experience has shown, that they
have permitted us to be robbed III Ohio
Missouri and Illinois, and sent the in
nlaeuttte army here 10 trample as under
iooti that our great emigration from Eu-
rope, STA and Africa annually are am
llgyetl In every eoneeiNable manner,
robbed Of their money by land sharks
and other yiie agents within their limits;
that Judges, and other Officials have been
appointed here who have coleugued with
dlsreputable characters, set loose the
saFages upon MS; liberated thieves fruin
the prisons and penitentiary; that they
puhlishsthe yilest falsehoods III their press
aud halls Of Congress about us; and that
they seek 10 deprive us Of onr rights as
treemeH aud Americans.
That every species Of crime, such as
drunkenness, whoreiloln, 1ornication, So
dom!y robbery. murder and iiliibnstering,
As committed within the limits and jnris.
dirtiOn of the United States; that tic.
bulls Of Congress ring with the foulest
language; members abuse, beat, brnse
and shoot each other; that triekcry of
every conceivable kind is played to rob
the national treasury Of the tnxes wrnng
tFqm the earniugs Of the eaog y ti.ea .ss.-
Wise men IN Congress liaye become q
laughing stock and derision to the whole
world that they merit the contempt OF
honest men: and that they are q burlesqne
on the character of statesmen and law
makers; and that having furnished, by
their own misconduct, continued for q
long series Of years, the most undoibted
evidence Of their hostility to us. disre-
garding and trampling upon oil the sae
cred obligations of patriotism and duties
OF citizens, they have no Just cause Of com
plaint il they are not tolerated by ms IN
their shameful and iniqnitous course in
Congress, having long since declared
themselves by their acts, moral, social
and governmental, opposed to the fnte-
rests OF the commonwealth, and that they
live in utter Disregard Of the laws Of God
and man. b
Tint the committee Aforesaid shall
faithfully and duly report their action in
the promises before the next election Of O.
President; and shall each receive com.
pensRtion OF twenty-five cents per day for
the time actually employed in the dis
charge Of the foregoing negotiations and
arrangements; and that they 60 by the
pony express, the expense to be paid out
tof the profits of the said express"
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