The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-04-14
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sATURDAE APRII =, 1900
"ONCE AGAIN BEFO n =
We SEVER

selves for 4 iine effort al our present lend
ING editorial, We felt asthOugh We mea-
sared about six cubits and . span, K in
consequence u the wonderful success 81 |
our former suggestions and recommends
tons We gave ourselves. justly as we
considered, some credit for the rehearsal
81 few plain facts in our former nunE
hers, accompanying our rehearsal with .
recommendation for the continuance Of the
course being pursued BY our home conrts.
intended for the sitting out Of crime and
the punishment Of the perpetrators Wei
were, however, reduced to our average
measure Of Eve feet eleven INCHES, ire
spsctive Of circumferences, on learning
that. nnassisted BY our counsels. our courts
were determined to pursue the even and |
legal tenor Of their own way.
Ourselves had no extraordinary trem-
blings when we published the results Of
the felonious Iiberations effected by judi.
cial accomplishing; nor did We for one
moment dream that there the curtain
would finally fall But some of our friends
were thrown into ague-its, impressed with
the idea that the unconytitutional inter.
ference Of an interloper wonld put nm end
forever TO the arrest Of the cyiI-doer. and
the just punishment Of crime.
BY reference to the proceedings 81 the
probate court Of this county for the past
week, Il win be seen that tho thupdets Of
the Camp chambers and the expressrides.
q : chiefjnstice. not to mention the very.
probable bonuses TO the bench. have been
but Of little avail IN staying the fair and
impartial exposition Of crime aud arrest
Of criminals Nor, though they may have
postponed, have they ciEcctually stayed
the final and stern administration of jus.
tice. The attempts, of which we spoke
last week, are but unimporiant bnbbly
affairs which burst BY virtue Of their own
lack of scIidity. and arc soon forgotten.
True il Is that the autograph Of Ger.
tain individual, whose only virtue consisted
in the borrowed atmosphere Of i garrison,
gave : temporary license to felony and
rowdyism Under the influence and pro.
lection Of that license. the liberated irlon
rode abroad for . Time, sneered Ill tho
peace-oiiiccrs and pattel his revolver,
But the persevering integrity IF our own
judiciary had been before but little known;
and the determination Of our own minis.
terial officers had not boon measured. II
d now demonstrated, IL never before, that
] in Great Salt Lake county 1t least, re
have Judge whose bruins comprehend
the legal and constitutional rights or the
citi1ens, and who hesitates not to assert
them; and that our sheriff has not only
. cool. clear head, but d brave and ii,
trspid heart.
Armed with Isdkslsiastical assurances
the recent criminals Of our county attempt
ed to brave our officers ut thevery portal
or tho halls q justice Their reception
however, Mas different 10 their apticipl
tions, aud they soon found their number
Diminished Federal mpliceshipaYaiIe
not. and tilched reyplyers from the arm
were at discount. a capias. based u
on the finding Of IN honest jury Of homes
men, Is strong document, and SO ii Ia
again proved itself s
To the law-abiding citizens OF Utah
matters but little at present, that the i
Ions they condemn are liberated undo
false assumptions and contrary 10 Law
The indictments Of their conntFymen ar
written upon their characters, and scale
BY their eountrymen,s verdict. The recor
Of the catalogue i preserved, and IS etc
nally indelible.
Our courts will p,ugnify the Law. On
jnries viii honor their oaths Our exec,
/. tive officers viii dotheir duty, And thel
when the iniquity shall bare been full
sifted out, there will be an epiIogue /
which many have not even dreamed.
Shall the whole matter, it may be asked
terminate with 1.-THE unlawful rending Of I'll
conyictsfetterss Willthe demonstration
al interference Of an interloper nullify d
law, and abrogate the right to inilict il,
and WelLmerited punishment, We hun
bly, incline to the negative.
Not one Of the many who have bee
relieved from their chains by q federo-il
dicial mandate in Utah, and whose Grim,
have been white-washed by the poisoniu
lime Of Eckels. is now legally al libert
They are. lit may be considered har,