St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1871-12-08


state. Direction waS given that within
the counties 50 designated persons sup
posed. upon crcditahlc information. to
lie members of such unlawful comhina
tons. should he arrested by the mill
tary forces OF the l'nitcd States and de
lvcrcd to the marshal TO be dealt with
according to law. In two of said COM
ticS-lork and Spartanhurg many az
rests have been made. At the last ;ic
count the number of persons thus al
rested WAS l6-. Several hundred whose
criminality WAS :tSccrtainrd to be Of an
inferior degree were released for the
present. These have generally made
confessions Of their guilt. Caution has
been exercised in making these arrests,
and. Notwithstanding the large number,
it il believed that no innocent person is
now i'll custody. The prisoners will he
held for regular trial i'll the judicial tri-
hnnal> of the nitcd States. As soon
us it appeared that the authorities of
the United States We're about To take
vigorous measures To enforce. the law.
many persons ahscondcd. and there is
good ground for surprising that all such
report of what has been done under this
laW will hr submitted a. Congress by
the attorney general.
THE MORMON QUESTION.
In Utah there still remains Il remnant
OF harharl$In, rcpu%nant to civilization.
To decrm;'l. and To the laws of he nit
ed States. Territorial officers. how
ever, have I','cn found VIII" are willing
To perform their duty in Il spirit of
equity. ard with Il due Scu>c of sustain
ing the majesty of the law. Neither
poly gauN non any other violation of cN-
i>timg statutes will he permitted within
the territory of the l'nitrd States. IL
is not with the religion of the self
styled saints THAI we are now dealing,
but with their practices. The will I've
protected in the worship of tod accord
inn To the dictates Gf their con~cienrc$.
bat thcy will not b" permitted tn Nin-
late the laws under the cloak of religion.
II mal Ice advisable for Congress /"
consider " hat. in the execution of the
law against poly"amN. j. To he the sta
tu~ of plural wives aud their offspring.
The pruplirtl ui Congress passing an
enabling act. authorizing the territorial
Legislature Of l'.uIi IL lrgitimlc all
children born prior to =, time fixed in
thu act might he ju~liiir,l hN it> human
itl II these inherent children. Tbs i
Il ~r'~gp~rion ,ull. and not ~ lcrnnl-
lamentations.
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