, 1870-11-30

andit is underatood their counsel meana 10
appy to the Supreme Court for wnt or fd-
bea: corpus. by means Of which to tako thom
cut IT the banda of tho Marshal and discharge
then. II they fail in that, - they Will. they
wil!send man TO Washington At once. ard
Apply for relief to tho Supreme Court OF the
United Statea.
Tie gct-ous Of the Ne,es is as fol'owa:
The sxand Of The Third r. etment os re MILL
"a nes NJ se sg eai pa
lie, beg having Just arrived from ne East 80 tneg
tns1ed the men Ut their regiment 70 turn fo. 90
thtii ucers. respondt 10 The Irritation. aud met
5esltrIay afternoon at the ecaool-aouse u tne
Twt itie III Wafd, in which ward the mosl q tne
ofdtr1 irom tue Colonel or other otncer, saG hha
q ye.y pleasant time together. auf we're ~ e.
ceednel5 pleased with the music o. !ae oaaa' auo
All lie subioined, from the he1es Of day
later. elbows how they regard tho affair, ana
how ;hey expect the country to regard It. Al
ludirT to tbs Judges dection. Il says: 49,.
"s'asute nud common nrar laW ms ~ enn~ - shat
The chief nuthort:y IN regard Y ne mihnA ot o.
Siates and Territories Is yested to tie ptesioenI Gs
the United states sad sea. n3so6 .as II teason Of M
m.st 6sErant and aggravated character, aua tna!
he power Of the Executive and the majesty or the
Al 70 offeni,nr. Tnis sJ Sound lie lo.ic in the
ears 1t Its enunclator, but what nas = ~ VIII
few houE.' Amu*enenr. ratticipstea in ny noas
Utterly iaii 10 see. However, sueh Is the result
arrived at, and s1ch the Law a3 INTERPRETED: or
tath. ta tsted and violated. Treason mas oiten
hus never, We s,eieye, on such utterly trivial anu
childish Esnunt1s, and We arc sansned s0at II Tue
employers at the bnngl!ng Jaw 1ohoets WE'D have
Ia ibis adair 40 not snnh them. the united YER
0tct Ut the cpm1uon-sense portion OF the entire
nstiun Etil. Rebellion ou: Of meeting lot t'atn~
Ii may be ~ we'll to cay that there hass
besu grave doubts among US OF the wisdom
Of Governor SnaTer's action in this matter.
Because, in short, there il no way Of getting
rid OF tie Mormon militia except By getting
rid Of the Mormon people. So long as they
States, their right to bear arms cannot BE- taken
from them, and hotc they will do it is pr.c.i-
callv In their own hsnds, il the long run, in
spite Of all the Governors in tho world. II
you can hold them II people to BE- outlaws,
or il yon cau get enough Americans into their
country to out,vose them, son can contend
otherwise you caanot. They have too much
tho advantage. NeanEhi1e, We have enough
to do that seems illiberl and un-Americsn
in. in supprsesiDs polygsmy yit9-
are impracticable, and therefore can only be
,f psy ss essSs'a eop sssi's a.ae1
than opposed; to thus strengthen them
abroad without Weakening them It home, and
to excite needless dislike and distrlst Of tho
policy OF the administration, without further
ing its cuas.
But Shaffer ieEued the order from his death
bed Of his OWL notion, and once it was done,
there was nothing to do, under the citcuua-
stances, but to clofe up tie ranks and tight il
out on that line. Nor is tho propriety Of the
step necessarily In question, now. II is SIM
ply whether the Governor OF Utah, or the
Lieutenant General OF the Nauroo Legion, is
the ranking oficer:-s question which may as
well 10 determined nov as ever.
Things, then, haring arrived at this pass,
that Is to saT. the proclamation having been
issued By tho late Governor SltaEer, tho new
Governor Vaughan endorsing and making it
his Own, and The MoKmons having yiolated it,
the result the -Netfs regards As 50 ridiculous
was inevitable. And it mas prove no joke to
thosc who undertook it. whether they we're
directed TO or volunteered, or whether they
did in fun or in earnest. Whether the Law
has been violated by the Governor aad tho
Judge, whether the officers =" have made 4
ridiculous exhibition Of themselves" or
whether tho yiolatioa OF the Governors order
is altogether 60 tE,f1ing matter AS the Nor
mons would fain regard lt-of tllese things
the country must Judge. Meanwhile, the in-
teresting inquiry, "Are the Mormoua above
tho laws or not ?" is decided in tho negative
for the time being, 90 far IL the gove:nment
authorities in CttA are concerned.
Doc0I4s.