The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-04-07

city, and daily almost Al the very elbow
81 his honor II the writs were lawtpl
writs, vas the msn to whom they
should have been committed icr servlce.
81 wht should cllocse . deputy for te
|purpo,e MI. Dolson wa Kept igncrsnt
of a. pfoceedibss and kqet not tl'.s
such papers were issued, uhtliby accident
he learned the fact when che prisoners
were halfway to Camp Floyd. The
! wits wese issued -ws nndsrstahd, q the
Instance 81 one Thomas Wheeler, brother
10. one of the prisoners ~ him they
were lc6mmitted f6r service, and " him
were served on the warden. Mr. McIae.
why ii,is secrecy Why should the
federal marshal be insulted and treated
witl, contempt, and the solemn process q
| 4 chIef.iustice be entrusted, without bis
knowledge, into the hands 81 one whom
The citizens hold in but doubtful reputes
There i something black, ugly, and dis-
graceful ID the whole aiEair
The prisoners Huntington, Ianhard,
III. Wind II. Wheeler. and Clawson, III
charge Of Mr.. Joseph Taylor, arrived ct
Camp Floyd, on Tuesday, at d pm Ii
haIf an hour after Their arrival they were
nnsIackled and SCI free. There was %
investigation No argument onbehalf y
.'the people of the United states illsthe
Territory II Utahn was Invited ot heard.
AS to the guilt OF Innocence q these
young men. We have moi q word 70 say
We only know that they were arrested
|gby 4 legal process, served by q legal
ministerial officer; that they were indicted
BY a jury Of their countrymei1 and Tint
they were tried BY 4 jury of their conn
trymcn, 10 whom themselves did not OBJ
Eject, and by Them found guilty and sen.
fenced under lie laws enacted by q legis-
llatiye body of their countrymen and
friends. They were not strangers ii the
land. Each one lad his family conlec-
tions and numerous acqnaintafces; and i
the interference Of favor had been per
mitted. they had i fur show for liberia
ton.
What can be said Of an officer Of the
government. holding commission under
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the national seal, who thus unblualingly
drives around the country. turning loose
the characters whom the laws and honest
serdicts of the citizens condemn Is be
less guilty than the felon who wore The
.slIackIesg Is he NOT mi accessory after
the fact III all these cases, and an acccs-
sorry before the fact IN crimes yet TO be
perpetratcd and yet nntricdg The army
and its suffers hare been themselves SUI
ierers. wmtncy tCIeratc eucn niguuuuu.
ed and unconstitutional interfercneeI The
whole territory Is suffering weekly. WIN
not her citizens pronounce with US their
heartfelt condemnation Of such course,
and disown. boot al, and despise the per.
pctrator OF such ontragess
Let not our courts be discouraged. non
slack their hands. Twelve young lher
are now IL custody at Prove, SeYen q
them hare been committed fortrial befor'
the Probate Court Of Utah County on a,
10th inst on charges Of grand larceny
Let our own courts continue % homo
and magnify the law; and let the respol
ability Of release from its penalty nestll
on the federal prstender. Where Grim
exists. ietit BE sifted out and exposed
And while the pctiye and less cunning
perpetrators are detected let no pains b
SPARED to bnnt up the .'laddiesg Of th
.finiqlityl Rank 5r.nane should have d,
claims to conccalnent The wandering
adseptnrer, who unlasfully appropriate
Ito. himself the Proeeedsof the hard toi
fof the honest man, Is y felon In law and |
feIon 10 fact Much more should he D,
considered one who, ID defiance Of III,
everyday teachings Of bis parents anJ
friends. places by his yillainy the homo
and peace Of his kindred in Jeopardy, and
brings dishonor 10 his family name.
Much, much more had We 10 say Ol
these alatters but We haze already fal
exeeesied the space allotted to rs. On,
/ short paragraph more 5...
Will not our friend nRicnARp,s a
/ Camp Floyd, write another sermon % III
!" lines, under The text /" llapaaisae'
crime IN Efa1s2 II would be 50 appro
pirate, 50 welLtimed. 50 rich, 50 very rich
and so consistent
Iy.nr,,,,s;Ss gnrino has come and see,