James Buchanan issues Amnesty for certain crimes during Utah War.
James Buchanan, “A Proclamation,” April 6, 1858, 35th Cong., 2nd sess., S. Exec. Doc. 1, serial 974, pp. 69–72
offering to the inhabitants of Utah, who shall submit to the laws, a free pardon for the seditions and treasons heretofore by them committed.