Litchfield enquirer. [volume] (Litchfield, Conn.) 1829-current, 1851-12-11

Which have been published. concerning
the disgraecful proceedings Of Gov.
Brigham Young aud other Mormon
officials. The officers Of the Ierrito' Y
appointed BY the United States have re-
turned and were IN st. Louis on the 23d
ult. The St. Joseph Adventure gather
ed from them as they pa sed through that
IIace, the following facts, The account
contains an amount Of profanity seldom
found in our columns, but will assist the
reader to form something of an idea Of
the corruption Of the leaders of that
community:
| After the arrival of the government
officers IL Chief Justice, an Associate
Justice and a Secretary of Statc) the
Sabbath and the pulpit were constantly
prostituted to denunciations of the Gov
ernmcnt of the United States and its off
Gers, especially il any of the officers hap.
pened to be present, The Governor de.
clarded 10 tile immense masses of, delu>
ded followers who assembled for wor-
ship. that he 8 was not opposed to the
government of the United States. but il
Vas the ID internal scoundrels at
the head of it," In speaking of the or
ganizstion of the Territory and the officers
to the same people, he reclaimed upon
the stand and to individuals, g that the
United States Judges might remain in
the Territory and draw their salaries. but
that they should never have cause TO
try, if he could prevent it.' Another
speaker high and influential in the
Church, encouraged by the bold decla-
ration Of the Governor, went degree
further, and announced to the audience
from the pulpit, that "U 8 officers
might remain in the Territory, so long as
they behaved themselves and paid their
boarding, but il they not, they 1.-THE Nor
mons) would kick them to hell where
they belonged" Indeed no opportuni.
ty was suffered to pass without aspersing
the people aud government Of the U s
in language profane and at times OBJ
scene.
Upon the occasion Of celebrating the ap-
niversary of the arrival of the Mormon pio-
neers into the Valley, Gath Of July,) an
immense concourse of Mormons had assem>
bled from all parts of the Territory. The
officers were invited to be present and par
in the festivities of the OCCASION
They were seated upon the stand, and
their feelings were shocked and outraged
by diabOiical declaration on the part of
Brigham Young in regard to the lamented
President Taylor. After proceeding to
make few remarks he declared Zachary
Tailor is dead and gone to hell and am
glad of its-then rising upon his toes, and
stretching both hands towards heaven, he
declared in loud voice, sand / prophecy
in the name Of Jesus Christ, by the power
of the Priesthood that's upon me, that any
President of the United States who lifts
his finger against this people shall die an
untimely death and 60 to hell y and the
masses responded in shouts of Amen.
It vas gravely charged by another
speaker, that the United States had cruel
ly and dastardly torn away five hundred
MOrmons from their wives and children
at Winter Quarters, and forced them to
90 to California as soldiers, leaving their
wives and children to perish on the from
tiers.
The people were laugh. from the pull
pit that the laws and policy Of the United
States Government, were intended to op.
press the poor that the government OF
the United States was q stink in the nos
trils of Jehovah-that it was going to hell as
fast as it could, and the sooner the better
that they (the Mormons. could save it
but rather than save it by any other means
than Theocracy, they wouldsee it d-d
first.
Another speaker declared, that the Nor
mons were prescribed by the United States
THAT he had two wives, others of his
brethren had more, and brother Brigham
Young had still more, and none OF them
dare return to the United States; for their
dirty, little, mean, contracted laws would
imprison them for polygamy. These and
many like sentiments, were taught to tfle
deluded masses, and the officers compelled
to hear them, without the power to repel
them,
Congress appropriated twenty thou
sand dollars TO be applied under the di
rection of the Governor and Legislature.
in the erection of public buildings. The
Governor no sooner received this money
than he embezzled every dollar Of it in
payment of debts due ty the Mormon
Church, and in less than ten days after
its arrival in the Valley it was on its way
to the United States in other hands.
The seditious sentiments thus preach :
ed by Brigham Young and other leaders
of the Church. taken in connection with
the total disregard Of the provisions Of
the Act Of Congress by the Governor
and his uuscrupulous and fraudulent en-
bezzlement Of the public money, deter
mined the officers then in the territory to
report the facts in writing to the Presi,
dent Of the United States. Subsequent
events determined them to leave the ter
ritory. and report to the Government III
person. !, !.
They saw they could not perform theil