The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-12-23
WHAT WOULD COME WITH STATE
GOVERNMENT.

IF Utah should be admitted as a
state of the Union this Winter, as
Won saw. of course Brigham Young
would be Governor, Fitch United
States Senator, with Captain Hooper
tor colleague. and the leaders of the
Church who have so long ruled and
robbed the people would ill all the
Offices. The criminal prosecutions,
now going on, by which 1t Is hoped
to bring to light and to justice the
assassins who have participated IN
nearly two hundred known murders,
you'd at once be stopped, and then
with a Mormon Judiciary, States at
tornev. jury and witnesses, there
would be no safety foranon-Normon
here. The long pent up venom en-
cendered at Far West Mo- Nauvoo
iQl.). and elsewhere, would burst
upon the heads of the Gentlles. and
woe be to them that would dare to
brave the retaliation hat would be
inflicted to avenge all the grievances
that this people complain Of There
are now about 5000 Gentiles IN
Utah perhaps u few more but
their numbers will not reach 1O,OUO
With the apostate MOrmCns, Joseph
ties, and all. If Utah should be
admitted a State, fully half their
number would abandon the Terri
tgrv. and then Woe be to the once
lIormons who have abandoned the
Church. and all lukewarm and
Iacksliding members would at once
return to the fold, through very
fear"
The above doleful dirty is sung by
the correspondent of the Sacramento
Record. Howmuch theimasinatlon
q the writer may be Influenced by
tie preliminary fact stated, that
Noung might become 4 Governor
again, and Tom Fitch a Senator, can
lie easily inferred. This is indeed
tie substance of the opposition to
the State organization by a portion
- the Gentiles. This opposition IS
headed. in the first place, by the
present Federal officials, who would,
Of course. have to go to the wall
forthwith. if the people Were to elect
their own officers. Their opposition
Is perfectly natural. It is their pol
lev to postpone the State organiza-
ton until by some happy clrcum-
stance q change can be affected III
the composition Of the people. 4
larger immigration of Gertiles, or a
further weakening of the Church,
might create a condition of clrcum-
stances more favorable to their ambl-
ton. Atpresent it wouldbepolitical
death to every Federal officer in the
Territory; not merely from the
Mormon majority but from the OPP
position Of the larger portion Of the
Gentle population, as well, who
hold the carpet-baggers in no high
esteem.
In addition to this there are nu'
laerous aspirants amongth Gentiles.
The bar especially is largeand able
many of the practitioners are ole
politicians to whom office has become
As essential as the air they breathe
They perceive that Fitch has the In
side track at present, and that he
must be killed off before they cal
expect to enter the list with any,
hope OF success.
Then again a formidable opposi
ton comes from some ofthe business
men who have broken through tn
old municipal regulations, quasheC
the court as well as the Justice, ant
through the rulings of Judge Nc
kean, are enjoying a respite from
former tolls and licenses. Thes'
fear an abridgemeIt o ftheir Liberties
and the practical restoration Of tn
former puritantical city ordinances
Ihey are there to make money!
make it now-and hence they wlsel.
prefer to preserve the existing statu
rather than TO take any chances.
Such are some of the considers
tons which are impelling an opposl