Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-20
LOOKING BACKWARD. /


The Boston Transcript of Aug. IS, in
an editorial on The G. A. r. at Salt
a Lake takes occasion to speak about
General Cnnnor and to say that. lc-S
3 G2rding to tradition. when he reached
Salt Lake and found "ths sentiment
OF the Morinone decidedly secesh, took
the responsibility Of hating his conf
r Ennand there. terrifying and calling for.
rein Inducements, Fort Douglas which
Elong bridled the Saints'is said to have
n sprung from the earthworks thrown
IN by Conner, who had In his youth
been a trooper In the regular army and
had n soldiers eye FOR tho Importance
I OF preserving communication The
government. for a wonder. approved
Connor's action. and during the Civil
Il War while he was fighting winter cam 4
paigns this tough old veteran never let
4 30 his hold on the Mormon capital.
Authentic history does not support
this view OF theSc Conner received
orders TO march to- Utah with his Fol-8
nnteers ostensibly for the purpose of
protecting. I he m ai I route and keep the
4 Indians In check. but really to watch
the people here and keep them IN
g awe, because their loyalty had been
( questioned In Washing ton, perhaps NOT
without tecoll ton of the wrongs the
Y Saints had suffered at the hands 4 OF
lflobs. Conner. therefore. did not halt
4 here Of his own accord IS because he
found a aisloyal sentiment here. On
the contrary, before he entered this
Hey his proclamation indicated thnt8
che expected to find traitors here. but /
when he arrived at Salt Lake. Gov.
1 Harding alphabetically declared = be-E
I lieve the \ people you have now coms
amongst viii mot disturb you III YOU
K do not disturb them IN their bubble
! rights and in the honor and peace Of
1 their homes. Z Connor s but. too anxl-
GUS to continue his march east He en-
dorsed the demand Of his men to be \
4 sent to the seat o wal '.to light raj.
4 tors and expressed the opinion that
4 there was cavalry enough In Utah to
protect the mail routes. a correspon-
/ dent of the San Francisco Bulletin
writing at that time from the camp
4 wrote Il Why we were sent here is /
mystery. 1t could not be to keep Nor
snondom In order. for Brigham can
thoroug hly annihilat e us with the 5000
4 to se5. 900 frontiersnlen always at his
corlmand .n sSs i3I
sS ieneral sonnor ofce here 1t APP
pears that someone outside the
Church was trying to create a
sentiment of dislpyalty for the fur
I therance Of their own purposes. GOV. 4
n ia ding, formerly friendly to the PEG
pie, experienced a change Of heart for
no apparent reason whatever He de-
slibsrateiy insulted the Legislature and
wrote derogatory letters to Washington.
4 Ills course called forth a. public mass
meeting in which the attack made up
on us by his Excellency Governor Hair
ding. wherein our loyalty is i'm
3. pugned was denounced .'as base. wick
ed. unjust and false" At the same
i time q petition was sent to President
/ Lincoln for the removal OF the governor
and two Judges
At this very time, when a governor
tried to inpugn the people as disIoyal,
= esldent Brigham Young, 1t IS under
q stood received q proposition from GER
/ tain politicians In California asking
him to join the Pacific states and ter.
ritories In an Independent federation.
in case the Union should be broken up
f lby the war. But President Young
would not, of course. entertain any
such proposition. Utah proposed to
stand by the Union History Of Utah.
/ orson f. Whitney, vol IL. p. $50
Finally accusations were made
AGAINST President Young and his arr
Test was threatened He surrendered
i himself voluntarily and excitement ran
high The grand jury failed to indlc.,
but the telegraph was nevertheless kept
busy and the press began to talk about
Inc prospects of another war in
f ~ tah Alta California at that time
said: The whole AFFAIR, therefore, is
still enveloped in some confusion. There
! Is one thing, however, that we do know:
Colonel F. Edward Conner anu his;
regiment We're sent across the noun
tains to protect the telegraph ana the
overland mall, and to fight the Indians,
and not to kick UP trouble with Nor
mons or any other class OF persons.,'
The Sacramento Daily Union said tsSy-
neyer deemed it particularly an act of
wisdom to order a single regiment TO
salt Lake. 1t was not needed there tur
protection We fear, too. that tho
govern 10 been in,nrudent. H.
q 80 withthe Transcript and cx-
fs,ator Teller that Common deserves all
honor foi;l5the services he rendered thu
\ Union during the wal, but there was
II no special necessity for an armed ferca
3i TO stand guard over the "aiornons "
They We're Just asSioyal as General
Conner, And today, the Latter-day
Saints in their loyalty to the Govern
! ment and their regard for the laws OF
thelr land are second to no class OF
citizens anywhere.
HOW A FakE TRAVELS.