, 1863-05-11

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and also again took prreaution to file with til:
same Secretary n copy Of tho communication.
Strange to say, not the least notice was taken
Of this communication Of the Governors; nor
does IL appear anywhere In the published Jour-
ndls that any such was ever nude; how an
honest Federal officer, having charge Of the
public money, and the printing Of the Legs
,t*td. nnd particularly against the interests Of
his Government, may perhaps be satisfactorily
explained, providing le can find the neees-
safy time apart from his 9abors on the teeth Of
MeJa1T "sai'ats,' trho grace the sacred bce-hire.
'toh ehame where is thy blushs''
1t is but sheer Justice to mike these state
ments, dtsparaging as they may be, and ought
to be, TO those who lend their official inilu-
cnce to thepromotion Of objects so unworthy
rs SANDER and misrepresentation of q man
Who will not and cannot be made the tool Of
Brigham Young. In nothing else has Cover
son in the Territory. If tat is fault in bis
character, it must be admitted by those who
knou him, that there is but small hope for re-
.3o1naa@ion.
The prese"tnensof the grandjury further COM
plains of the Governors withholding bis sane
tfon to numerous important acts passed ut the
recent scssion of the Legislature, and the
stranger would be delighted to believe that
the charges 20 made needed explanation. It
is enough to SAY that It the facts OF the case
we're given that @ no such explanation would be
The Legislature adjourned on Friday eve.
ming, January 10th The Governor sat up
late for the purpose Of having bills presented
for his consideration. Several were 30 pre-
sentcd, some we're approved and Others were
not. He returned the same with CON-
munications as to the facts, giving in the
case Of the latter, his reasons for withholding
his assent. During al1 this time no coumu-
nication "as sent to the Governor, rs is al-
ways done elsewhere, asking him if he had
any further communication to make to the
closed their session for forty days, during
which absolutely nothing was done, compara-
lively speaking, to what should have been ac-
complished- The following Monday, the 10th
Of January, q member Of the body lately I'D
}ourned, accompanied By Mr. Long, Church
BY the Legislature, and presented them for
the Governors approval, saying, at the time,
that they @'were all right.'' Amongst Others
was one apPropriating some fire thousand
dollars Dc to br1gh.m Young aud his nephew,
The Territory. This act WAS particularly urged
upon the Governors consideration.
The Governor remarked to the gentlemen
having charge Of the bills, that It was pity
that this duty had been postponed until after
The adjournment Of the session; that whether
the bills were rig ght or wrong he could not
nov. inquire into. That he lad no power to
act at that time; that he understood the Leg
lslature TO be composed Of three coordinate
House CT Representatives; that neither
branch could act without the other; that q
mutual concurrence Was necessary In order
to l'ass any laws; that inasmuch as the Lcgis-
1ature ceased on the night OF the 10th, and
could not have extended its term beyond that
time, owing to the expiration Of the limit
prescribed by the organic act, that what WIS
done by the several coordinate branches must
have been done bcfure the adjournment
Holding this opinion, he could not now either
approve or disappruve the bills presented, tor
the simple REASONS before stated. That he
"tlat Gov. Cumming had often done what he
was requested to''-Whercupon Gov. Harding
rejoined by saying that "Goy. Cumming
doubtless acted on his own convictions ot
duty, and lie should do the same.
Such are the circumstances under which the
Governor is presented by this honest Grand
jury undeT oafh-s',eTbHn. sat-" But perhaps
the meanest and most malicious of ali the
charges made against him i'll that most dclect-
able document, is contained in the following
passage with J. his privats; character 1 we
7eil, nor have We disposition TO expose human
deprayity or inflrmity. We would rather
screen from the public gaze the consequences
Of unbFidlcd passions, cspeeially when exhib-
tied by man who ought to By the model of
human excellence and SlrLue.
1yentu1c to say that no where in the history
| Of malicious SANDER and unmitjgatcd mean
! ness, can anything more internally malicious
| be found than in the extract abovc quoted.
| Because they cannot find one tangible fact
upon which they dare make IN issue with tile
Governor, they assall his private character
| under the pTetcnse that they have nothing to
| do with it. The public may rest assured that
if il Vas possible, even through falsehood aud
perjury, to have trumpcd up charges against
the Governor, it would hare been done much
more readily than in the case of his much
abused. though perhaps inprudent, imlncdi-
| ate predecessor.
| In connection with this subject, it may be
/ proper to remark that many traps were set
nnd baited for the present Governor, with
all the adroi.ness Of the he and she saints
combined. Soon after his arrival here. when
it was current on the streets that the hand OF
the Lord was In it-mcaning his coming here
as Goyernor-paintcd and whitened sepul-
| cherss' dressed in crinoline and "ecented for
the dcath," were by design thrown in his way
at every opportunity. Fruit and flowers came
in ptofusion, but tho Governor was not 4 bird
to be thus lined. He saw in the flowers the
little serpcnts coiled in each cell and cup, and
what others might have mistaken to be honey
dew, he, with forecast that must be confessed
did credit to his head, if not to his heart IN
poison, and labelled with deaths head and
| cro6s bones.
Every act was rcsorted to by the old ones tc
use the young ones, in Mormon pnrlance, "tc
put hook III his nose Poor foiled and
fooled intriguers; they had go often been able
their discovery Of the failure in this instance
had driven them on to madness that only i:
destined 10 fall upon those "whom the god:
hare set apart for destruction"
pass from. this part of the subject to IN
other complaint which does not rest upor
base and vile insinuation, bnt On facts wllicl
should be understood by all mankind whs
layenot sounded the breadth and depth ant
height" Of Mormon wickedncss aud spirit O
. religious intolerance aud persecution. I refe
tended to seventy eix persons convicted II
Judge Knncy's Court, Tor rather, Ex-Judgo
to the honor Of the Government be 1t said) Al
abe March term of the same, / have no room
; in this communication, already extended be
yond its intended length, to enter into the par
: ticulars of the convictions Of these deludcd
but otherwise harmless people, whose!grca
; | Fin vas that they had set up poor religious
monomaniac, By the name Of Morris, rs thci
prophet, md in 20 doing had ahjurcl anothe
, prophet, whose character is stained viii
deeds much more repreheDsible in the eyes 0
honest men than monomania, no matter hoH
!; hopeless the cure may promise.
Tie pardonlng power is Z grave one, ant
the Governor Would much rather that none o
its responsibilities should ever devolve upor
him. But when such questions are presented
} he is a man who consHlts his own heart a.
well as the sterner qualities that make up tht
true man snd hero.
Suffice to say, that the petitions for tht
pardons above referred to were numerouslJ
signed By persons both in the city and CamI
Douglas, who were not under the unligu in
flucnce Of Brigham Young. By the pardon:
granted, some eighty-thrce years Of hard Ia
/ Dor have been lost to the "Church,' {tor the
, Church Is the state) and some ten thousand
dollars OF fines, as well.
/ It was great davis work for the Governor
10 perform when he thus knocked of, By
single dash Of his pen, the tsball and chain''
from their ancles, add restored them to thei1
tnmilies, ,:and there is not an honest hear
here, whether 1t be Mormon or Gentle, that
; does not respond at the tribunal Of its OWL
conscience "it was brave and noble act, ,
and "multitudes shall rise up and call hin
blessed" for that act Of mercy.
! For IT should be remembered that the Coy
; eEnor had been told that II he dare pardon
) these people, he would "neyer live to pardon
any others" How little they knew the mar
ifthey supposed that threat OF bribe couli
have changed his action one jot from what hi!
own heart and judgment taught him WAS r1gh
in the premises. INTER NOS.
a RESUME OF THE SITJA
TlON.
Dedicated to the Crackers,
| From the jackson mich Citfzeu1