After adjourning his court at Fillmore, Drummond located in Utah County in the winter of 1856. The following summer he went to Carson to hold court for Judge Stiles. Thence he proceeded to California and to the States, and as the Mormons allege "contributed largely to the getting up of Buchanan's crusade."
CHAPTER IV.
POLITICAL HISTORY CONTINUED.—THE MORMON WAR.
Report of the Secretary of War.—Proclamation of Gov. Brigham Young declaring Martial Law.—Correspondence.—Sermons of Young and Kimball.—Proclamation of Gov. Cumming.—His Echo Canyon Adventures.—Col. Kane.—The Mormons leave Salt Lake.—Commissioners appointed by the President.—Peace restored.
By these and similar outrages the Mormons had succeeded in ridding themselves of all the federal authorities, and were really in open rebellion against the Federal Government.
As Congress was not in session, the matter was taken in hand by Floyd, Secretary of War, and President Buchanan.
After due consultation it was deemed advisable to appoint new men to all the civil offices of the Territory, and to accompany them with a military force sufficient for their protection and the enforcement of the laws. Accordingly, President Buchanan, during the summer of 1857, made the following appointments for Utah:—Governor, A. Cumming; Chief Justice, D. R. Eckels; Associate Justices, John Cradlebaugh and Charles E. Sinclair; Secretary, John Hartnett.
An army of about 3000 men was armed and equipped, and ordered to march for Utah, early in the fall of 1857.
Brevet Brigadier-General W. S. Harney was originally named as commander of this force, but it was subsequently deemed inadvisable to detach that officer from the special duties of his department in Kansas, and the troops sent to Utah were placed under the orders of Col. A. S. Johnson.