Bozeman avant courier. [volume] (Bozeman, Mont.) 1872-1882, 1873-02-14
MILITARY FOR UTAH.

Our late dispatches anr onnce an inipert-
aa movement by the government in the
location and disposition OF troops, in the
ACT that they "will be removed from the
South and placed Ia reasonable cor
tiguity, to Utah. and that tits ac-
ton il not intended as menace" The
word last named is, as many words are. sus-
ecptble Of general and abstract application.
In the latter sense we regard tbs word as
now used. that in it there is no show or in
fention ION the part of the government,) to
tinflict an evil. On the contrary we must De-
lseve that good will result both in the South
and In Utah from this action, For many
years past troops have been located in the
South, which. since the defeat Of southern
Il arms, and the downfall of the Southern Con-
Z feteracy, have been kept there III violation not
only Of good policy. but also against con-
stitutional law. AS a matter Of legitimate
policy, it tended only to keep estranged
IRON the government the minds, goodwill
and allegiance OF people whose heroism
and daring must live In american history,
ard whose faults must be attributed to
american character and American insttu-
stions. With the surrender Of their army
they babe farewell to organized hostility to
tie government, and submitted their condi-
tion. as they believed, to a cenquering and
magEauimous victor. The history of tina
part of our country since the close OF the war
is more redolcnt OF crime and oppression
than their history had ever been before the
war commenced. How elections have been
carried by bayonets and grcenbacks. by
force and bribery, and by the partizans OF
the day is SO well known to all that we have
only toallude to lit. Soon after the prcsi-
denial cleetioh the dispatches announced
two tpepdrtaiit things; that President Grant
would continae his former policy in the
South, and adopt stringent measures toward
the Mdrme,,s in Utah. The latterrwas after
ward coatradicted and the report became
current that a peaceful policy would be pur-
sued, Trusting to and relying upon the civil
fzing results of railroad connection will, the
Buster marts Of trade and colnmerc. while
The former remained as first announced I'M
Ill the Journals Washington special in |
formed us otherwise. Whether the policy |
now, intmated is. adopted because of the |
dangers and precarous nature Of prescen-
fial election are over, we cannot say. but. /
that the course now about to be INDUCED in
will meet with the appreciation of a great
majority OF the American people, is we
believe, poitively true. Since the close OF
the rebellion a standing army has been
maintained IL tile South, whose presence
there is excused by the acts of a few violent
men konwn as the Ku Klllx, and who do no
worse, If az all us bad, as some worthy peo-
pie not SO tar beyond Mason and Dixon's
ine" have done. From whatever cause, we
hail the new movement toward affairs iii the
South as ominous of good during the next
four years administration, and do not attrib-
ute it to the mere obviating Of the enlistment
Of volunteers rs stated in the dispatch. The
tranquil status Of the South land the election
ovcr) renders it unnecessary to have troops
there, willie the affairs Of Utah and the
carried on along the Rio Grande
have ut last attracted the attention of the
< government, and the seventh cavalry has
already bee.. ordered there to protect the
border, while the other troops will be placed
within. available nearness to Utah. but mot
Rs u menace How careful of hurting the
pride, confronting the attitude, and oppos-
Ing fiie law-dcfying course OF the Mormons,
our ,:altliorities are! We are only surpris d
thist fula and more satisfactory explanation
TO them has not been made. A people living
Within the Jurisdiction of TIE United States,
Expected to obey their Iaws, but who dare
iaek government to enforce them, are surely
WAstlly Of some consideration. and we
'.iak they are now about to get it, as first
essaeed by President Grant. The .safiili-
a., n pubic Officers Nth the Mormons,
/, of,sn -, xgcd, may be thwarted by the
LIT ID the days aid doires of such
,,n,is s,ry,,,,fs General T. E. Conner and
x-chief Justice Tisa : may for the good Of
ne Mornons themselves. ana 20 the credit
ud glory Of the country, " soon feea'aeted'
[ that people will not otn S~'S go =
,bsesve their duty to the COVE. n'''c'is &ssu
,bcllenee TO its Itws.