Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1852-01-17
MORMoNisM ED.

TO the condition OF Mormonism and The
treatment they received from Brigham
Young. The report opens as follows
To His ErcciIcncy Mitlard Fillmore,
Presideu, of the United States
SrR-It becomes our duty, as officers
OF the Uuited States for the territory of
Utah, to inform your ENcellency that we
have been compelled TO Withdraw from the
territory, and our official duties, in conse-
quence of the lawless acts and the hostile
and sedilions feelings and sentiments mani.
Tested BY Brigham Young, the Governor,
and The great body of the residents there,
towards the government and officers of the
United States, in aspersion and deuunciaiion
so violent and offensive as to render the dis
charge Of our official duties not only dam
gerous bnt impraciicabe, and longer resi-
deuce in the territory, in our judgements,
Incompatible with proper sense of self
respect, aud the high regard which is due TO
the Unite 4 States.
To enable the government to understand
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IN mat territory, IL wl''' be necessary 10
eNp'''' '''' eA''"''''',"'s 'e''H'ous o's""''
za,ion existing there its unlimited preten-
sion, influences, and powers, and TO enter
,'''o " "'s's'ee'''' 'e'"'' VI '"0'' "''' ''''
'"'N""Se an" sV''''''V"'' Vt 'No "o'e'"o''
and others high in authority, toward the
people ana government o' Tue '"''e'
States
we 'o""o, oP"" "'' "''''"', '.'"' '''''os'
'ne eh'lre P"P""'''n co"S.S,e" o' PeoP,e
ca''en Nor'ho"Si an" '"e Nlo'iio" ''h"'o"'
o'erSn'"o"''@ an" eo"''o''',S 'ne op''''o">'
'he ac''o"S' 'he properly ana even '"e ,''e'
o' us '"t"'oe's "Su'p''s anu eA''''s''s
'"e 'o''''on' VI "'>.'''0''' "''' '''o I'"'' '',
o'''''''' VI INC '''''"'!
'o.','''"'''''I ''e ''''''"'l '''Po''"s " ~"
P"o''o '"'"'S "Po' us oN" 'e'''s 'o''''''s
''o'1H' ",'' 'o'''"2 '' ''''"'"''o''
standard above lis real value ; openly sane
toning and defending 'h" practice OF poly.
"amy, or plurality of wives exacing i'hes
from lis members, and enormous taxes from
citizens not members penetrating aud su.
pcIvis"g the social and business circles, and
inculcating and requiring as an article OF
religions faith implicit obedience TO The
councils of the church, as paramount TO all
the obligations Of morality; society, alegi-
ance. aud of law. At the head of this for
mlahle organization, styled ''The Church
End Saints stood Brigham Young, the
Governor, claiming represented to be the
Prophet of God, and his saving as direct
revelations from heaven, commanding there
BY unlimited sway over the ignorant and
ctednlous. His opinions were their opinions
and his wishes their wisher. He had but
10 indicate his sympalhies or dislikes, aud
they were made their sympa'hies or dis.
lkrs In word he ul d without d u,aI
or OPPOSITION, tol no man daied question his
authority.
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