Autobiography Volume 2 circa 1865
th in company with Dr Bernhisel
I called upon Col Cane to have an interview with him. In
relation to petitioning Congress. He conversed with us at length
and presented his views on a government for the State of
Deseret.
Among other remarks he said "I applied
according to the wish of President Young for a Territorial
Government. I had my last sad and painful interview
with President Polk. I found he did not feel to favour
your people and had his men of his own stamp picked
out to serve as Governor and other officers who would
have oppressed you in any way to fill their own pockets
He would not appoint men from among yourselves
and I saw it absolutely necessary that you should
have officers of your own people to govern you or
you were better without any government. I had
to use my own discretion and I withdrew the petition
