The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-01-30

smells 70 heaven. BE exceeded BIZ
authority, and he knew it. Nobody
really believes he did not know it
He meant to exceed his suthoritJ
and risk the consequences, but be
hoped to be able TO do il with i'm
punity. It was not an iradTertence
Il was nothing in the nature OF an in.
advertence. II was a wilful, pre-.
meditated, deliberate and reprehensi-
bic conspiracy. of reasonable color
and quality, against the liberties,
rights and, in expected and hoped foi
effects, the property and lives
of the people Of the territory,
over whom it was his high and sworn
duty to be The governor, the constitu-
tional and legal governor, and &c
obiciO the protector and guardian and
conservator of their liberties and
rights, and not an sutocrst, despot.
a tyrsnt, a traitor, an unprincipled
and heartless betrsyer, oppressor and
despoiler of the people. Such is my
opinion.
There can be no worse condition
than that which is likely to be in
duced in any government wherein
the rulers desert the cause OF right
and ally themselves with wrongdoers,
warping the law to cover the most
indubitsble illegality and the rankest
injustice. When the chief magis
trate OF the territory deliberately, and
with malice siorethought, places
himself on the side Of those unprin-
cipled, laWless and reckless creatures
who conspire to cheat and defraud
the people and rob them OF their
rights as citizens, and become himself
the chief conspirator, the head and
front of the offending. what must
naturally be expected? We can ex-
pect no other than that the baser
kind of men will be encouraged and
emboldened to follow in the same
track OF fraud, conspiracy and law.
lessness. With Well-grounded conf
dence that il the Governor can tread
in that track with impunity and with
success, so can they; that at least
they will have a friend, an excuser,
an ally in him. To a great extent,
this would place the bulk OF the COM
munity at the mercy of the very
worst elements of the population,
limited in number it is true, but un-
limited in bitter prejudice and intense
hatred toward the great majority and
in disregard for that which is fair and
honorable and just and lawful and
right. II such sn outcome is ger
name to true republicaniem, why let
it be 80 proclaimed, and then there
will be no deception, DO hypocrisy
about it. Bnt it will be simply pro-
that republication is not
another name for liberty. but is an.
other name for extreme license.
Under such black flag proclama-
ton, desperadoes would feel author
lied to go to any lengths, If it was
only Sin the direction sought" that
is. to the decided prejudice OF the
Mormons. II would be delivering up
by far the lartest and best part of the
community, bound hand and foot,
into the base and bloody hands OF
those who have no respect for any
thing, who neither fear God nor re-
gard man. when either stands in the
way OF their ambitious and wick q
designs, and who spend their lives in
preying upon the better portion of
the community.
In my humble opinion, Murray,
Watterson, PIERCE ct al.
will do wall to get them to q nun.
merry, l mean to retire to q monastery
for seven years, while they closely
study good homilectic encyclopedia,
to strengthen their moral faculties, if
they have any. For 90 not see how
The conclusion can be avoided that
they sadly need some such sort OF
strict and severe but w;thsl salutary
Indeed they might well
cave their country for that space OF
lime for their country's good, whether
1r not for their own.
BkRDON HILL.