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

DEFENCE OF THE MORMONS.
Letter from tho Mayor OF Great Salt Lake
CITY.
MoRMoNIsM Ut A MoRMoN--PoLYa AMY-MUgDHR--
JACKSON IN HEAvRN-TAYLoR IN LIMBo-sTIFF
NECKs AND NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. DEvE-
LOPEMENTs, ETC.
JAMES GORDON BENNETT ESQ.,
SIR viii thank you to print, as soon as you
can tho substance of this letter. Considered only
as news, it ought to DO worth your while There is
great curiosity everywhere to hear about the Nor
mons, and eagerness to know all the evil that
be spoken Of thom Announce you, that l am
Mormon elder, just arrived from Utah-Mayor, in
fact, Of Salt Lake City, whore my wife and family
still living-a preacher, brgadier Of horse, and
President of the Quorum of Seventies, and the like
and not one subscriber that went over shoe-tops
through the slime Of details you gave Of the play
actors divorce trial lately, that will not be greedy
TO read all have to say upon the flthier accusi-
tions that have been brought against and my
friends and brethren. This is what count upon
thank falsehood. And if you will publish my letter
entire, will ask for no editorial help from you.
am no writer, but-wth the help Of the Power of
Light-am not afraid of what you can say against
us, 80 long as / walk by the rule of my Master.
You walk by the rude working of your fancies.
must say have had my doubts about writing
out upon these matters, my doing so not being ap-
proved by our delegate in Congress, Dr. Bernhisel.
The Doctor is one of our gentlemen at home--a real
gentleman, and would not say rough word, or do
rough thing, to hurt the feelings, or knock off the
spectaces OF any man for the world. But am no
gentleman, in his sense at least and have had Sights
enough put upon Inc, personally, since came east
ward, TO entitle me to any amount ofstanl up self
defence Dr. Bernhises official course in this mat
ter, !suppose am bound to accept for have under
stood that he had the advice Of experienced men,
who said to him, 'sTake up the report of the three
officers eliminating your constituents when il comes
from the State Department into the House; ask
for special committee, with power to send for per-
and papers, and put the false witnesses oath;
but don't stoop 10 wrangle upon your religion mo-
rails. and political opinions with Mr. Webster or the
Congressman AZ large, whom the country considers
to have enough to do 10 take care of their own
This is all very vol, and very high, and mighty,
ana dignifed certainly; but while the grass grows
the COW starvcswhle Congress is taking its months
TO do the work Of day. the verdict of the public goes
against us-as the law word is. by default-and we
stand substantially convicted of anything and every
thing that any and every kind of backguard
make up lie about And now hear that the charges
are not TO DO pushed; two of the officers want to
back to us friends They are to be virtually
abandoned after doing us all the harm they can.
What Dir. Webster thinks, care little; what is
the opinion of most members OF Congress, you can
hardly believe. in your part OF the world how very
little; but public opinion, that power respect as
well as recognise; and therefore, am deter
mined, on my own responsibility, to write myself,
and blurt out all the truth Il can. may not be dis
Greet, but will be honest.
| have written, to begin with, an examination
into the causes that induced the three officers to
leave Utah, but find il grown on my hands too long
for publication. As | must conine myself, there
fore, to plain and unargued narrative, l will best
begin with the original and beginning of our
troubles, found to my mind, in the notion that un-
ike other populous communities, are not fit, or
have not the right, to furnish our own rulers |
doubt II the contrary even once occurred to Mr.. Fill
more, who, am persuaded, had quite a wish to
deal justly with us What was the consequence
AT the very outset of our national career we had to
have strangers sent to govern u.s. Who OF worth
and standing ut home would venture out to dis
tant and undescribed country Accordingly the
Offices went begging among all the small fry poll
ticians who could be suspected of being fit to fill
them. And (ns have heard, after sundry nomina-
tons were reiuseD the following were picked up:--
No. IA Mr. Brandebury, who brought his
commentator saying he had studied law in the
Office of n Pennsylvania county court lawyer, re-
nowned for successful high and lofty tumbling in
the support of the United States Bank, through
bloodless, cruel war, but who, in every other re-
spect, exaggerated the recommendation of Presi-
DENTAL candidate of being perfectly and entirely
unknown
No. 2.-zeubbabc SNOW Of Ohio lawyer prac-
tcing in the interior of that Sate--qualifcations
rather ahead OF the others-willing to come out.
probably having knsfolk among us
No. 3.-Mr. T. Il. Brocchus, OF Alabama. Of whom
10 the Presdent-in the lower purlieus Of the lis
trict Of Columbia By 10 means entitled to that
comincndation.
No. 3.-B ID. Harris, n smart youngster from
Vermont printing Office think for Secretary.
And for Indian Agent, No. ), a lazy little fellow
named Day. with half the head Of a Yankee for he
was all the time thinking Of . trade
FRY stones with butter,' says the proverb.
the broth will be good" | don't know what man.
ner Of appearance these present, now that they
have taken their titles ut our expense, and drawn
of Uncle Sans money for it ]; but, as they
came among us, the beyy was just such as you will
find keeping tavern together at railway wnter
station. Ierub the active partner-Lomuel,
rather slow but his uncle, supernt endent Of the
road 10 secure the trains always stopping there
breakfast and d inner times; with Harris, the bar
keeper TO fly round spry, and Day to black boots,
pump tank, and lift trunks. To our misfortune they
were not kept in their proper spheres.
The first we knew of our becoming territory was
the account Of the passage, September, 1880 oil the
law organizing Utah, which reached us before the
year was out Nothing could exceed the clamorous
JOY OF our citizens at learning that they were thus
invited into the family party by their brethren oil
the Union. Our national flags went up, hailed by
huz2os all over the settlement, and when hoisted
our large one ON the liberty pole at Temple Block,
in. Great Salt Lake city. the artillery saluled il with
one hundred rounds, rammed home
The first actual appearance among us. by personal
representative, Of The government majesty Of the
United States, the arrival Of No |, rs above.
which came as much az half year after, tthc 1th
Of June, thnl) with limited amount of personal
luggage, and put up al boarding house on the
outskirts Of the town rcsored to by traders and car.
riers passing through the settlement. We welcomed
this IRON our hearts. We did not FIRE the can
non az ", having sayed this honor for country
standard, or its enemies. Nor did we attend 10 APP
rearances as well as the French who made ready for
their king by putting white kid gloves on the guide
posts fingers, and clean cambria rufled shirt and
silk stockings on The body OF u criminal hanging IN
irons. Our means, after all. were limited but we
cordially did best. AS il was the Chief Justice,
numbers of us paid him respects; and, though
our calls were not returned, proceeded TO get up,
after our custom, ka.l ia kis honor A paragraph