Burlington hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa) 1845-185?, 1851-12-04
TIA trouble With ,Aa Mormon. At Salt Lake,

haul il in friends.
The trouble with ths Aormons At Salt Lake,
We Published in our las, paper long and mi'
mute accoun, Of the awkward crisis into which
The trcasnaah.e speeches and hish~aanded acts Of
the Governor and leading members Of the Nor,
mon Church Al Salt Lake City, had preeipi'a'rt
mat,crs between the Executive aal the Jadsela
and other officers Of the Territory of Utah, We
have Il now in our power TO offer to the public 4
full confirmation Of these accounts from one who
was IA eye witness Of all shatuanspired aud who
here part ia the transactions related, being him
SELF ~ e,aer than Que of the Government officers
compelled hy the force OF circumstances and his
ewa sense Of honor and aaty, 10 leave the Terri
tory aud 10 make report 10 the President and
Congress OF the obstacles in the way of the pro.
per discharge Of his duties,
The following letter was addressed by the an.
thor 70 friends in this place, aal has been kind
" furnished Us for publication. The writer, Al
the date Of Il, had Just arrived q, the frontier set
Elements Of Missouri and was about to start in q
few days for Washington City.
We take no pleasure In reading these accounts
Of the blind folly and iafataa,ion OF the Nor.
mons. In ccmmoa, we suppose with nine.,enths
ofthc community, we believed thai they had been
hardly dealt with in Missouri aud lltaois; we
synpatAiscd with them in their saTeriags and
aestitatica in their flight from the latter State
aud we foadly INDUCED the hope that, having
learned wisdom by experience dearly bought
wherever their future lot should be cast their in.
tcrcoarsc with the Scientific world" around them
and with all others no: of their own household
Ct faith, woald be based upon different princi-
pies and governed By diileren, rules from those
which having formerly controlled their conduct
served only to bring them into all their difficult
ties and originated all Their Troubles.
They certainly have received from the Gov
crnmcnt Of the United States, as stated in the let
ter below, favors and Indulgence which they had
little right TO expect, and which should prompt
any other feelings towards the United States,
than those which they have exhibited on the oc-
casions referred to. in manner the most often
sive and insulting TO the official representatives
Of the Government seat among them. Our own
opinion Is that it such course of conduct is 10
be pcrsevercd in BY them, there is but one reme-
dy 10 be applied. Having no just appreciation of
the value Of republican form Of government as
given them BY Congress, they are unfit for il;
and some other form must be devised for them,
that viii Be- strong enough TO keep them in sub
lection, and 10 restrain, il need be, BY physical
force, all outrage aud violence, whether upon the
rights Of individuals or Of the United States.
Letter from u S. 0fcer, jus, re,araei from
Sill Lake City.
"LiNpEN, Mo, Nov. sth, 1851.
"ioa will have seen by the papers tina, the Of
ficcrs, (not Mormons.) have left Utah. We are
on our way TO report to Congress our utter ina
biGty to perform our respective duties with hon.
or to ourselves or 10 our country, in consequence
Of the constant aspers;ous heapcd upon our Gov
csnment by Brigham Young Governor, and sPre.
sidcnt Of the Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints" The "Mssouri mobiles" and "ths
id internal scounarcls at the head Of the Gov.
crnmcnt," arc the main theme Of The Mcrmo,
pulpit, IN language profane aud obscene.
AT the anniversary Of the arrival Of the Nor.
mon pioneers, (aith Jaly,) Brigham Young, il
asPcech and in presence Of the officers and tire,
or four thousand people, declared as follows:
"Zaohariah Taylor is dead and in hell, and
am glad OF it," Then raising himself on his toe
anl stretchin, his hands towards Heaven, h,
screamed At the top Of his voice, sand rophe
ey the name Of Jesus Christ, BY the power Of
TIE Priesthood that's upon me, tia, any President
at the United who lifts his finger agains, this PEG
ple, shall die an mtmely death and 20 to hell. /,
And the dclhdcd masses shouted "amea." An
other speaker at another time announced TIA, ",h,
government Of The United States is s,nk IN Ia,
ncstrils Of Jehovah! No woader then tina, ",
wish L dowa-wc can save i, though BY Theoc.
racy, but before we viii save il in any other way
We will see il damned frst.s
These and such like were the cons,an, remark:
from Sunday 10 Sunday
The twenty thousand dollars appropriated BY
Congress to be expended under the direction Of
We Governor and Legislature in the erection Of
public buildings, were no sooner received by him
'han he sqaandered il in p,ymea, of the debts o!
vac MORMON church. Indeed, he has set the Or.
gan'c law Al defiance b, oraerin. the election, 10
~ "e'a anaer The dcfanct law Of the estate OF
DsseEst" The Territory was erected OH SEP.
Mmecr, 1870. The Secretary 10 keen reeon,
g we Executive and Legislative proceed ,nrS
80 70 transmit copy TO the ncs:dcn, and Gu
Srcss On The hrst Of December, annually, II
prevent IN cxpoas Of tho So the Governor,
who has t''s fixing Of the time for the meeting d
shs Legislature. lived il for January. 1872 a.
that Congress would know no,hia, officially IN.
III December, 1852. two years and three months
after the erection Of the Territory. Ha, when \,
found that the officers and Secretary Harris. uh,
had $4,000 to pay the Legislature, t,hey hay.
ing agreed to give their per diem and mila-e 10 N,
Church. were going 10 leave and take this mon.
ey along, he assembled this motley body on tire,
days clandes,inc notice, who having FILTERED a
way four or Eve days, made out a bill Cor dali,
pay and mileage, and passed resolution com
handing the Marshall TO demand il, and If tn,
Secretary refused 10 pay il, to seize and imprso,
him until he Gid pay over the $2l,00o;- -fund.
over which they had no more control than owe,
those in the Treasury at Washington. Mr. Har.
ris firmly refused and sent in his reason in writ.
ias. As violence had been threatened, Mr. Har.
rs applied fnr an injunctinn to the Soprcmc Court
then IN session, which was granted; but Mr. Har-
is protest and the decree os the Supreme Court
would have been Of no avail bad they not dread
a the "Stars and Stripes"
Polyyamy is openly and anbllshingiy aycwed