The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-06-15
Anairs OF tho Mormons.


A REMONSTRANCE AGAINST THE ADMISSION OF DE-
sERET INTO THE UNION.
WASHINGTON, June 8, 1852.
JAMES GORDON BENNETT, ESQ.,
DEAR SIR am constant reader Of your ably
conducted and widely extended paper, and noticed
recently several able articles in it upon the subject
Of the extraordinary conduct of the Salt Lake Nor
mons. One article-an extract from letter-was
headed Terrible Accusations, in which the writer
detailed some Of the monstrosties practiscd there
But, sir, these accusations terrible they may ap
pear including those contained in the report Of the
returning officers from Utah, sink into insignifcance
when compared to the charges made against these
same Salt Lake Mormons, by body Of seeding
Mornons residing in Covington, Kentucky. Asyou
the only editor in New York who has sufficient
courage to publish and disseminate that kind of
full information which electrifes whole communities,
I take the liberty of sending you printed copy o
these charges, embodied in the form Of o remon
s.rance to Congress against the admission Of these
Mornons into the Union, under the name of the
State OF Deseret. Will you have the goodness to
publish it entire in your valuable paper, for the
benefit of mankind in general, and those saints who
are gathering to the standard Of the great prophet
in particular 1t will be difficult snut'' for Bern
crack happened to be in Congress at the time
twas presented by member from Kentucky. Bern
hise, who was then running round the halls trying
to impose this great fraud upon the country he ad
mission Of the estate Of Deseret), was overwhelm-
ed at this sudden and unexpected exposure of the
Salt Lake Mormons. 1t was terrific in its truth
fulness as in its facts. 1t could not be met and
answered by bold and shameless denials, nor by
bold and shameless falsehoods The Governors
groom. ycept the Mayor of Salt Lake City, was not
here to be used catspaw by the illustrious dele
gate, Bernhisel, to father his vulgar twaddls Je-
dediah, the Mayor" was at home, grooming his
master, the Grand Turk, Brigham-batking his
limbs rubbing him down, and pampering and stimu-
ating him with raw eggs and picked oysters, to en-
able him to perform his important functions in true
Mormon style. No alternative was left. The dele
| gate betook himself to whining, begging, and i'm
plorDg the representative not to present the
STRANGE; but in vain. An effort was made TO
prevent its being printed; but that was discover
| honest purpose. Another scheme was adopted
to Illustrate its effects In few days q paper was
presented, purportng to be signed by these remon-
strants, withdrawing their objectons-but that was
too shallow for the purpose designed. In spite Of all
these schemes it was presented and printed, and
| now send you q copy Of it. 1t will astonish your
readers and the country. The charges Of 'murder,
snd Robbery "an
made, in plain English, and the accusers sign their
names to it. Here is presented wide field for the
classic pen of the honorable delegate from the
Mormon empire, dubbed by members of the House
of Representatives. with the significant sobriquet Of
sold 'Polygamy." Here is formidable gauntlet
thrown down. Are these charges true? Can they
be disproved? 1t will not do to protect these crimes
under general rules of the church. The mmunities
of religion never egitmately extend to smothering
up crimes. Grant alias Bernhisel, in his letter to
the President, claims these prerogatives. He says,
in substance" lst We claim the right to estab-
lish hierarchy for the government Of the terri
tory, to the exclusion of the civil authority Of
the United States; and in this we stand with
the Roman Catholics. I'd. We claim the right
to regulate the domestic affairs of the ter
rory please, without interference on the part
ofCongress in this stand with the South. He
might have also added, as cardinal points of the
church Sd. We claim the right of having
harcms of wives, of divorcing at pleasure, and Of
promiscuous concubinaga; in this stand with the
Five Points. 4th. We claim the right to embezzlc
the public money-to rob and murder in the name
of the Lord: in this we stand with the inmates of
Sing Sing And 5th We claim the right to send
your heroes and statesmen to hell-te charge your
representatives as pack Of id internal corrupt
ecoundrels, and your government rs stink in the
nostrils of Jehovah; in this We stand with the
Molmons."
Congress, you will perceive, are now acting
in the matter They have passed the bill unani-
mously, giving the officers who withdrew from the
territory their full pay. They have authorized the
and Minnesota to control the public moneys appro-
priated, while they have forbidden Utah all inter-
Ference with it The Senate viii reject the Mormon
nominees to the Offices made vacant by the return.
ing officers; and nothing will save the total repeal
Of the act establishing the territory, but the ccr
tainty of the election of Scott or Pierce to the Pre-
sidency, when the bandtt at the head Of affairs
there will he swept away with the bosom Of dcs-
truction tho reins Of government put into other
hands and n sufficient military force established to
preserve obedience TO the laws and respect to the
IeoIle Of tic United States Iowa.
DESERET.
REaoNsTRANcE or WILLIAM SMITH Er- AL, or co |
yINGToN, KENTUCKY, AGAINST THE ADMISSION or |
nEsFBET INTO THE Union.
December 81, lS49.-Relerred to tho Committee |
on Territories, md ordered TO be printed
I2 He H6Ho}0He J0oSe N Representatives. Of nc /
lnR6 &atS N lnyoicG, ~ Congress a5semb'of.
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