The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-10-21


We have received BY The last mail from Utah,
tho Desert Ners Of 7th and 2lst August. Curisus
papers they are-tolsrably well got up in point Of
Typography, and not inferior in style 10 many Of
the minor New York prints, such - the Express,
the Day Book, the Mirror, and the Tribune. As
might DO expected, they contrast fav orably with
the Ma1<nnial star-ths organ Of the English Nor
mons-which is published at Liverpool. England.
The leaders are addressed ITO the Saints" which
does not prevent their containing very fair sample
Of mundane philosophy and prudence. The leader
Of August 7th, for instance, begins thus The
kingdom Of God 10 our theme;" bu. if you run your
eye little further down, your viii find that other
themes (such the obligation to pay tshes) usurp
fair share of the artieIe-in fact, that between
travelling elders" and working elders and
"public works." and "the saints,' the "kingdom
Of heaven" gets rather the worst Of it. 1t appears
that even among the saints, tho tax gatherer has
. hard time. He says, poor fellow, in the naiuetk
Of his disappointment, "the public works most pro-
badly will be suspended until ouch time as the
brethren can feel and understand that men cannot
live without eating All! there's the rub. The
"elders at home !" have been driving such proit-
able trade with the California emigrants, of late,
that tithes are wofully in arrear. The editor Ofthe
Mus is proportionately eloquent. Like the apos.
ties Of all previous religions, he Yields the f.lass
diuimSm. without the complete ordinances of the
House Of the Lord" says he-meaning until the
temple is rooted, shinglea and pastered-' there is
no perfect ialvatiOn!'' A cart load Of shingles
"coveIeth multitude Of sins,' and week steady
labor at the walls makes man
As sure Of heaven as II he'd cribbed
TIL impression Of st Peters keys in wax.
We find ample traces Of the animosity which pre-
walls between the Mormons and their a:cusers.
Whenever opportunity oters, we are slashed by the
Ntrs. Allusions to the profit gacy Of New York.
and the riots in Pennsylvania, are constantly made
and the speeches at the oath Of July celebration
are very spicy. President Brigham Young care.
fully abstained from these exciting topics; but the
speakers who followed him evinced less prudence.
General Wells is very severe on the late James X.
Polk and the United States government He winds
up in an appeal to the people to "drve from Office
every migrate, high or low, who shall, under any
rretencs whatever, desecrate by his polluted pre-
ssnce the temple Of liberty vita the following
fne peroration =" II this is sedtion then am not
alone guilty; and gentlemen politicians feel
themselves aggrieved, all ask is for them to hold
alone responsible, and not, as heretofore seek to
bring down condign punishment upon = whole COM
msnity for the honestly.expfpsed sentiments of .
single individual The HsS. Geo. A. Smith, .
portion Of whose speech we give in this days paper
was, as will be seen, still more pointed in his az
tacks on the government; and it cannot be denied
that his language was characterised by high order
Of eloquence. Indeed, when We look back on the
past history Of the Mormons-their prosecutions in
New York and Missouri-their cruel suferings in
xl,os- RI -
nation Of the of their high priest, and final
~, their present position, isolated in vast DESERT
midway between the civilization Of the East and
the nascent civilization Of the Westwe can readily
understand how the most unletterea should utter
words Of fire occasion such as the anniversary
Of their arrival at Salt Lake. We, too, may leara
. lesson from Hon Geo. A Smiths pertinent inter
rogatories; and though we cannot admire the pro-
sody or the style, we may appreciate the practical
truth Of the Mormon song
Let wings and democrats agree
To stir up party strife
Aud thus shall opposition he
The very hinge Of life.
But hark'ee now the time is nigh
When righteousness shall reign:
The Mormon vote will cast the die
When they shall vote again
There is good deal of quackery in the letters
published in the Neirs, from travellers returning
thanks for the kindness they have experienced in
Salt Lake Valley. They may, Of course, be genu-
inc, like the Earl Of Aldborough's certificate in IA
yor of Holloways pills and ointment; but one is al
ways inclined to suspeot man who summonse: wit
nesses as to character. Polygamy is delcately
handled. One Of the Nstcs's correspondents s.ys
that che does not know whether Brigham Young
has sixteen or sixteen hundred wives' but suppo,es
"he has no more than he can make tolerable proyi-
sion for; and the editor himself in abiding to the
proposition Of some mad Shakers to abolish matri-
mony in Massachusetts,, remarks tina. .'there is but
one short step from the one wife system to the no
wife system, which," lie adds ''would be more re.
spectacle and chris.iau-liks' than the fashionable
immortality Of the present day. Jolly times we
should have, if Shakers or Normons had it all
their own way.
In the sermon preached by Elder Orson Pratt,
which occupies several columns Of the Nsics, there
is much eloquence, mingled with not little pro-
anity. The first sentence is fair sample Of the he
teroceneous compound
i have been requested to preach the funeral
of the wife 81 rother Levi Savage who died last Dsc.m-
her; and since coming to this place this morning have
been requestei preach the funeral Of several
of the saints wio have died in Epgsnd and have
vidual TO preach what may be considered general
funeral OF Ill the saints that have died in all past
ages and generations with ell that shall die hereafter,
nd the funeral q all those who saints
and also the funeral sermon Of the heavens and the
earth"
The preacher goes on to remark that Brsudre.h's
pills cannot sin, and eIpounds how, after the
resurrection, all men are to inhabit this earth when
" farmers viii have great ferms,' and all the
blessed will be accommodated that ench IN shall
have hundred and fifty acres Of land, in that mil
lennial era. Salvation being thus measured by the
acre. Elder Pratt describes the style Of dress which
will be worn in his Terrestrial heaven "Flaxen
robes" 1t seems, are to be the fashion To fill up
the "spare portions which the sagacious Eide
oreses will exist the blessed will have every oppor-
tuniiy Of increasing and multiplying until
"the earth is SLED up" Bat enough ossuch stuff,
To be serious, glance at the progress Of Nor
mons ought to beget other thoughts than mere
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