The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-03-09

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will believe of Mormonsr After defining worry fully
/ remember, about as follows What you have
not been afraid to intimate about our morals, will
not stoop TO notice, except to make my particuisr
personal request Of every brother and husband pre-
sent, not 10 give you back what such impotence
deserves. You talk Of things you have ON hoar-
say since your coming among us. III talk OF
hearsay then-the hearsay THAI you are discon-
tented and will 60 home, because we cannot make
it worth your while to stay. What would satisfy
you TO get out OF us ] think it would be hard To
tell; but am sure it ia moro than you'll get. II
you or any ono else is such baby calf we must
sugar your soap to coax you to wash yourself Of
Saturday nights, go homo to nanny straight away.
and the sooner the bctter!'
This ia the whole of Governor Young's speech,
Of which 80 much to do has been made. What
to make of the strange speech Of Brocohus to this
day am not clear. Had it, after ALL no more mean
ing in it than capons crow! or did the man, under
the impression that We were divided people, think
no could raise up party out OF those opposed to
Brigham Young snd was he the two hours sweet
cning his preface before trying 1t Tor was be.
again, as others think, drunk, or partially so!-or
was he scared when he came to his words Of work
In earnest, as to got into sort Of college lads
furry, and say more than he meant to say.
to extrcate himseIffrom bashful houndering? Any
OF the supp0sitioDs may be true in parts but AIN
satisfied it was n concerted thing, although, as l
have minated it did not strike in that light at
the time, or, in fact, in any other, much beyond b
breaking up our conference. This it did. Wecould
not 60 with the church business after tho disgrace
full occurrence, and our meeting had to be dismissed
and dispersed for the day.
After tho Brocchus outrage, the story OF the mis-
conduct of the other officers is related. First.
We found out, to our astonishment, that neither
Brandebury nor Harris were at pains to condemn or
disavow his course. Soon we were threatened that
Harris would return with Brocchus not long after wo
heard the same ill of Brandebury, and soon after
this Il am not here in the spirit Of jest; but just
four days before little Sally BALKAN had left Utah
and its Judiciary for the mines their purpose of
doing so was formally announced to US. The Go
vernon, upon this fearing they might be as good AZ
thcr word, and leave tho territory to legal anarchy
called special session of the Legislature to consider
Of the exigency. There rupture at onoc
They would not communicate with that body or
tice its existence. Tho Assembly passed joint
resolution directing the United States Marshal TO
take into his custody the papers, seals and funds Of
the Secretary, rs about to abscond lie dsregarded
il. and applying to Judge Bandcbury, who, for
this special purpose, constituted an United States
Court for the first time, obtained an injunction on
tho marshal against interfering with him. The two
houses passing also a resolution directing order
to pay $500 on account of mileage, stationery, &c..
ont Of $24 600 placed i'll the Secretarys hands for
such expenses, he refused to accept it, and on tho
contrary, wrote them back Insulting letter. in
which he pronounced his (thc Secretary's) opinion
that they were Illegally elected and constituted
This letter, dated September rs, came to the Assem-
bly, next day, or Friday, Sept. 26. What they
would have done, what would have been the
of their debates it would be hard to say But
the OIcerS, as ii tncy 1earcu the Assembly really
might take the Secrearys objections for more than
they were WORTH resign and be reconstructed which
could have been done in week. The next thing
we knew, they were off Sunday morning, bright aud
early, A. d., 1851.
And SO quiet as they kept about it all Though
the Legislature had their muss with Harris, about
not paying them and the rest which figures largely
now on paper, the very week left, there was
thing about it had hardly come up much as talk
except how Brocchus nsulted the Conference on the
9th Of September. Yet all this time, it turns out,
they were hedging and hatching and laying traps,
playing sly attorneys tricks, giving advice, and get
ting crooked law papers out OF honest, straightfor
ward citizens, that suspected no offence, but looked
up to them in such matters for what they protested
to be- their legal protectors advisers and guardians.
And to crown all, they have the face to talk in the
documents they have got up, Of the 6 hostile and
seditious feelings and sentiments Of the people.
Our poor people, that then and and all the time
have been minding their own business, sowing, and
reapng, land digging, and building and manufacture
ing, careless Of the doings Of the men in Rhodes
boarding house, you would be of gongs on Mt the
Swedish consul's in varick ~ street Though ic
the wiles of the Diaboonians prosper, be they
SO unwilling of guilt, they will be punished for
many sins indeed, by having sent them pro-consul,
with rapacious lcgions (of relations) some ssmost
excellent Governor Felix" or Porcius Fcstus, of the
last hangryest OF the first families of Virginia, who
has missed his mddy's warrant when he was young,
and can't get pursership after he has gone to seed
have concluded my narrative How far it con-
tains cause OF offence, perhaps, am unable to see:
put am sure IL VIII surprise every ono that has
peruscd it, to know that wreched stitching together
of trivialities, AS it appears it covers the whole
ground OF the charges made against in the many
score pages of the returned officers and contains the
true statement of every transaction in which they
were concerned, and by perversion, made obnoxious
to censure. Above, and outside OF all the admis-
sions have been careful to make, the reader will
see that room remains for to offer comments OF
our part, explaining our course, and condemning
our antagonists. / refrain. | shall take my chance
Of doing this, when take up, in form, the charges
as they have drawn them. Though can't expect it
will please them much better than did the woman the
emetic when she told the doctor there was no good
giving her any more, for she couldn't keep it in her
stomach five minutes. Still, their complaint shant
be their physic is not done up in style.
am your very Obcdient servant,
JEDEDIAH NJ. GRANT
NEW YORK, March 4. 1852.
Postscript to the reader.-The chapter on poly
gamy is postponed for the next letter.