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finger be would have been used up but did not bend
IT, II had the sisters alone felt Indignant enough to
have chopped him 10 pieces.

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have chopped him 10 pieces
AvEyoiSG ruE DEATH or THE PROPHETS.
The Mormon people were all sworn In the Endow-
ment House to revenge the death OF the prophets,
especially upon their enemies in Illinois, Missouri and
Arkansas. They needed but q hint from tho Prophet
twho constantly inculcated in his sermons the doc
trine OF blood atonemenp 10 ''use up" anybody from
either those States. II would have been violation
OF their oaths bad the Southern Mormons-so wont
10 slaughter one another in ''obsdisncs to COUNSEL
lei the Arkansas train pass without molestation.
Whatever the text OF Brigham Young's letter 10
Haight It did not prevent and the almost universal
conviction hero Is that II not intended prevent
tue most hideous crime committed by white In
North America The verbal message which 10 said 10
have beeo delivered by Young to Haslam, that the
emigrants be suffered 10 pass unharmed Is criti
ciscd moro than cloak 70 the concealed and
hitherto unreveaed written intimatlon.
MARTIAL Law,
One thing which has never been understood Is that
Utah, IN the month OF the massacre, was under
tial law. Johnston's United States army was ap.
preaching Therefore. said Brigham Young IN
proclamation dated September ID, ls57:-
Martial law is hereby declared 10 exist In this Terri
tory from aud after the publication OF this proclama-
ton and person shall be allowed 70 pass rcpass
nlo or through, or from this Territory. without q
permit from the proper olnccr
Some t,me before this formal was issued
the gst OF ii was made public throughout Utah. 80 that
prior arrival OF the Arkansas train Cedar City
IL was well understood by the Mormons that sno per-
son should be allowed 10 pass through tho Territory
without permit" Every avenue or egrsss from and
entry into Utah was guarded. Some families from
Salt Lake and elsewhere who attempted 10 escape
through the eastern canyons were stopped and mur-
dcred. Those who came IN through these canyons,
aud wanted 70 south settle there or TO proceed
BY the southern route 10 California had TO get pass
from Governor Brigham Young or Lieutenant General
Daniel II. Wells Manuscript copies or numerous
passes issued by these officers In September, 1857
on my table Here are lew Of them which certify to
tho care that taken OF travellers into southern
Utah At that timc:-
ADJrrAxr GENERALS OFFICE, UrAH TgRRIroRr,(
GREAT SALT LAKE CITY, Sept, 1851
To ALI WHOM 1T MAY CONCERN
This is 70 certify tina; The bearer n. John Aiken,
who 70 pcacaoly travelling through the Territory is
permitted 10 pass on his way TO California
DANIEL H. WELLS,
Lieutenant Genera Comm andiug.
BY order OF the Lieutenant General Commanding.
JAMES FERGUSON Adjuant General
governor 8 OrPicx,
GREAT SALT LAKE CrrY, U. I.
To ALL WHOM IT MAY C0ycERN:-
The bearer, John Andrew Fullmer, emigrant, and
lately from Lancaster, Fairfield county Ohio, is here
by permitted 10 pass peaceably through the Southern
~ BRIGHAM YOUNG,
Governor and Superintendent Indian Affairs, Utah
Territory.
WITHOUT PASS.
without such safeguards the lated train from Arkan-
sas yentured way down from Salt Lake City
the remote and melancholy country where It de-
s,royed. John d. Lee few weeks before his death,
ironically said 10 Marshal Nelson that he "dian be-
licve those emigrans went down there with the fight
sort of q pass!" That they did not have this pass
might be asserted military reason for ''using thcm
upn When all the facts are disclosed win be found
Utah the Mormon Inhabitants Of that country were
alarmed and ready for war. One vivid figure used by
General Wells is that 'he fate OF the emgrants
the air." Those who have studied Brigham Young's
teachings and arc familiar win the cold and cruel
policy OF tho Mormon Church. viii dispute With Gen.
era Wells and affirm that was IN the hearts Of the
Mormon priesthood.
YoUSG's SUBSEQUENT ACTION.
informed ~ he was by Hsslam Of the danger Of 13C
emigrants and afcrward told by Lce and others OF
their slaughter, Brigham Young, Governor. Indian
Agent and more than all President and Dictator to
the Mormon people, took not step to bring the muir
dcrcrs Justice According to the testimony ot numsf
GUS witnesses he enJoned silence aud mystery b
spread over the Affair." Now that no arraignod at ths
bar OF public opinion he defends himself by sayinl
that II United States officials nrocd the courts
bad co-oporatsd with him hs would havo acted as
avengor Disavowing his responsibility as the Tori
toriai Executive he omits to say that the Probate
Courts which, like every other institution in Utah
that was Mormon, were under his thumb, exercised
jurisdiction in all criminal wi hin tho Territory
Did he or did any person 10 Cedar City its neighbor
hood who got sniT from tho Mountain Meadows sham
bes instruct complain the Probate Court OF thai
county2 or was the Judge OF the court himself ar
assassin instgator of assassns? And justice
then baked. often before aud since, by power
Utah superior to courts and conscisnces?
Brigham Young's temper ut the period am descr ID
ing was bad. He regarded the Arkansans just N
regarded Johnston's troops. ''hen hounds" alto
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LEXIS TREATMENT
John d. Lee who came to Salt Lake as soon as hi
could and told Brigham Young all about the massacre
fell into no immediate disgrace on account OF IT, Or
the contrary. you have been told Of hts spiritual ant
temporal promotions. In June year, after Presi
dent Buchanan's proclamation OF pardon to the Nor
mons was issued Young sent to Lee printed copy o
IL, which is now In my possession on the blank mar
GIN OF which Is tho following note in the PROPHETS
handwriting countersignod by George A. smith,
Major LEE-We avoid a fight, II seems, this spring
You will, no doubt, be exceedingly thankful 10 ths
President OF the United States for forgvng you Of al
your solutions and treason, and be happy 10 learn
was entirely because he kind hearted and athey
in his feelings toward his waywurd children He par.
you because he can't Kill without its costing
him too muon but he calculates TO spit on hts hands
and begin again by and by. We must save our pro
VISIONS and get ready Yours, In haste,
JuSE II, 1858. BRIGHAM YOUNG.
FINE ARTS.