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

~ ANNItItA " = utI4t'I r~1-e o 10y
relstlluts thslf cnm pleasure % The constitu4
uSuAl Int1nsions d NE lesislatsre - isr.
iIsmiiIrn.
n u u q = n.aitsr q some little re-
Krst that We are compelled 70 rccur 50
lFs9seaGy ~, aad percllance bore our
rsadsrs upon ne subject which calls
VI orr pssssat attention. We hare no
a1clegies y oiIsf But, Il We sought fOr
80. 4 uoula " simply this: We Gre, d
p1hie Journalists. ire servants Or the peo.
plA and conaider i our duty To- obey
DIR can - their topographic medium.
Early Ii our editorial career W. were
called upOn p give our sentiments IL n
gArd 70 The condition q judicial affairs ID
Utah. We gave them il our own plaln
nnoantnin style. unaophisticated ana una,
doEnsd. We may not Indeed have con,
veyed Our ideas II that eloquent and 81
CONSERVATIVE style which would Do caIcn
lated 70 strike conviction IL once a. Il
he coFrectness 81 Our views and the con
rtitutiouality Of our position; but We can
= least claim credit for honesty and can
dor. Our platform Eve ndopt modern
pclitical parlanoel WIS that Utah. BE-
yund her territoriaI boundaries, was only
known by tho misrepresentation Of the
silest and most unprillcipled sIandercrs.
Our daty, We believed, was 10 correct
pablo opinion and claim for our territory
and her inhabitants fair Investigation
and impartial trial. How far We have.
auccseded ID this We know not. nay, We
care moi, 20 that We have bnt done our
duty.
Before an unbiased jury aud an honest
bench the veriest villain that ever leaned
his guilty head upon his bloodstained
hands could claim the right 10 test the
character 81 the accusing evidence, and de-
mand. 4 proven. its impeachment. How
has II been with Utahg Has the chm
rnctsr 81 her accnsers over been investi.
gated before the public. OF has the
weight and magnitude OF the accusations,
crushed under and overshadowed tho xil-
laincus perjury Of the ready swearsrsg
Has 4 ever occurred 10 the calm judg-
nlent Of those who are ready to pronounce
upon y their premature cOnyicIing YER
dict. o. = 4 reserved for us TO tel them
IL onr onn plain way, that among the
yolnminoas annals o. the crimes charged
npcu the citizens Of Utah. he name II on
Aonest slan cannot be found II t1e III u
tkeir aeessva UnnotiGcd, nnheard, nm
tried. and unattended. ON tie evidence d
The most corrupt. degraded. periured
sccundrels. The hood.wiuked hnmbueged
public abroad have been trapanned into
ths rendition e ) condelnning sentence.
Il \ our duty and our principle 10 deal
u iactsi and those facts are now accnml.
latiag upon rs. and ii no questionable
shape
From The hour ii which the plough
first poked lis ciyilizing nose into ri,
desert lands Of Utah till the present mo
mont, Il has never been denied. nal. Il ha
been publicly announced from press AM
pulpit. that esildoers obtruded themselyc
. and their dark devices amid the log
cabins and camps Of the honest pilgrim
Of tho wilderness. Satan, most probably
among ..the sons Of God = wns ever q
nnwelcomc guest; yet his dark presenc
did not begrime the features or the hol
heirs. Neither ought the intrusive step
of the unprincipIed and iawless. who min
gled in the big multitude that followe
the weary path Of our pioneers blacSen Q
dciame the characters Of the honest cit
zens who made the deserts bloom, and III
wilderness blossom, that their wives an
little ones'might live, and, living, acknoN
ledge that their God was not only ID
Great Creator. bnt the Supreme Coz
trollcr Of the whole earth
From that same hour for ten snccessiy
years. during the existence Of the; Pr
visional Government. and subsequen
to the Territorial Organization. no Grim
can Be found on record that received no
! = Just punishmeut, excepting alone from
the general rule the rascality Of fes
federal officers. the responsibility ofwhos
conviction We thought proper 10 max
transIerabIs.
The impunity 81 crime in Utah date
from the threatening advance Of the &
deral troops and che commissions Of I'll
present federal Judiciary. The facts i