Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1863-03-12

~ my oiOou ~ Nilci Niiic ~ tue GiScnaISe
of my duties. by yenr ministers of ven
geanc", it will be avenged, and not one
stone in your city be left upon another"
THE BEeiSxrNG OF THE OUTBREAK q
(Rrnnblished from the Tribune, Marrh4 }
SALT LAKE CRY. March 3.-In mass
meeting held to-day in the Tabernacle.
Gov. Harding and Associate Justices
Waite and Drake were denounced as enc.
mics to the Territory aad General Gov
crnmcnt. The Governors speech to the
Legislature and other papers we're read
and severely handled. Ii is rumored that
ithey are to be waited ON and requested to
resign and leave the territory. a petition
to the President for their removal is in
circulation 81, = ...,s. .ro,
UTAH, FAST AND PRESENT.
There is trouble brewing in the many
wived Kingdom. Our news as above is
to yesterday by osr special dispatch from
Salt Lake City. Previous dispatch re-
eeived Two days earlier is explanatory Of
the other. The Saints are rising. and an
other ulcer Is doubtless about to break on
the body Of oar nation. so Slavery and
Polyeamy will doubtless be di.po>ed Of
together. Let US give enough of the past
-ot Utah and of its present to prepare our
this disturbance. Gov. Stephen s. Har-
ding was appointed To the Executive office
lin Utah by President Lincoln early in the
spring of 1862. anil assumed the duties of
his ofiire on the 7th OF. Jnly The Unite,
States District Judges Waite and Diake
went out with him. The former, Charles
b Waite. Esq was a well known lawyer
Of this city Oac word asto Gov Har-
,iings predecessors in the Gubernatorial
office Brigham Young WAS appointed in
Scn,ember. lS49. by President Fillmore
The Saiuts ma, left Nauvoo. in this STATE.
in 1915 and 1916, and reached the Salt
Lake valley. the pioneers in 1877. the
main body one year later. Aspiring TO he,
from tho outset, a full blown State. they
knocked for admission as Deseret. in 1919.
Congress held the door fast against them,
but organized the Territory of Utah. its
admission being all that was successful in
the lannon's "0nuibus blll'' for The organ.
izatinn of the Territories. the struggle
over which formed a prominent part Of
the Congressional annals OF 1850.
The Saints accepted Brigham. OF course.
but speedily expelled the Federal Judges,
the Governor himself aiding 10 drive them
out. Brigham was removed. and Colonel
Steptoe. U. >. ~. was appointed To ie-
/ place him. The latter did not dare take
the chair The Mormons nov had it all
their own way. and their resistance was
muscuarzcd by four years of successfully
having their own will. Col Sieptoc maize
a show of assuming his duties in 1854.
but was frightened away. and shortly after
he left. his fellow lunlortunates in Federal
appointments in Utah arrived. to embark
on a stormy sea OF tronhlc. They took
only feeble semb!ance OF office or functions.
hut even this the Mormons resented. ard
in 1856 the now hot very ill,si riops Chira-
90 LAWYER. who bears the name of Utah
! Dmmmond," was forced to close his Uni
led States District Court. in Salt Lake.
and. leave. Brigham was then in 'full
bloom as a Governor appointed Of The
Lord" and not to be set aside by the Fed
eral mandate.
! Alfred Cumming. Superintendent Of
Indian affairs. backed by 2. 800 U. S. Reg
Iulars was next sent out as Governor OF
Utah, by-Presidcnt Buchanan Of foul fame.
The troops met with hostile SHOWS and
more hostile Mormons. and only by inter
veniion aud fresh underst anding brought
abont by mutual concessions was Gov.
4 Cumming allowed TO enter the kingdom
This was in 1858 Gov. Cumming
troops were stationed about 40 niles from
The capitol, where they remained until
1860. when they were withdrawn. TIE
appo'ntees Of President Lincoln in time
succeeded those OF the ignotle Lancasirian
tool Of the rebels. -. .''t .s''''
WHAT GOV. HARDISG HAS DONE. 8.
Gov. Cummings Chief exertions seem
to have been to draw his paw Of s2,5oO
aud "let alone contention" There Is this
to he said, however. that until 1862. no
Federal action was taken affecting the
great distinctive, social crime of the Terri
tory. In that year Congress passed an
act, "to punish and prevent the practice
; of poligamy in Territories of the United
States, &C." ssfea - % iesm
h. This put into Gov. Harding's hand the
law he needed and he was not unwilling to
/, execute the same. The twelfth animal
teIecion OF Utah was held in the fall oil
1862 chosen by which on the 9Th 3 of last
December ,he Territorial Legislature con-
vened. The TRIBuSE Of three weeks later
contained in full. the inaugural speech Of
: Cos. Harding. forwarded 10y our.l Spe-ia
iorrespondent insSslt Like City. From
that document we republish sn extract OF
J two -.hich will suffice to show how Coy
Harding has nobly earned the luminosity
bof the Saints. s7osa aaossd lin ssasa
ii12se csc no MARRIAGE LAWS.
{ "Much to my astonishment, have mo-
been able to find any law upon the stat
Iutes of This Territory regulating marriage
{ II earnestly recommend to your early con
. sideration the. passage Of some law tina
b will meet the sxigenciss Of the people
s THE CONGRESSIONAL ACT TO PusEsH PoLlGAlnay
: iqs.I respectfully call your attention to Al
8 act of Congress, passed the first day Q
. July, 1862, entitled An act to punish and
!, prevent the practice of po6gamy an th'
" ~ u nd