The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-05-27
You, that judge men by the handle and sheath, how
can make you knew . good blade!

more than another, it would he his likeness in cha
racer to the great man Of old OF whom it was said,
that whatever you saw him once take up, you would
have said 1t was the occupation of his life. Brig
ham naturally can judge between right and wrong
| quicker than any mortal ever saw. He is nice IN
MS person, and must have everything "just so"
about him; his pride, moreover, Is in his affection
ate ard joyous temper, and humanity that makes
the dogs and cattle know him to love him For all
social harmonies. too it is true Of him by figure rs
II is besides i'll fact that he loves all the best nut
sic hat heart can invent" But he has no mind for
some kinds of nifty natfy fnical why whaing. He
has never tre to make himself lamb or dandy,
lawyer; and therefore neither can try here to
make him out such Aud if men don't treat him
well, ard rather make up their minds to be his enc
mics. 60 out Of my way here to say what think
to his credit; it is "a 40 then or fight; he has no
manLers to spend them Mt all. He can't smile
ard stab in the wink, they learn to do in
Was hin gton
When he led the of our pioneers, seventy
strong pushing for the great basin for the first time,
met by the Pawnee warriors, in force say
eight hundred mounted men, demanding that we,
and all who followed us, should pay tribute for pass
ing through their country. Brigham gave us our Or
ders befo ehand quietly. and haltcdstill till they
crowded close upon threatening, and off their
guard. Suddenly. at the word down went our rifles
to The sights and covered all the head mon and
chiefs individually. and then Brigham spoke up his
answer" Now, down off your horses, this instant,
you front rank are dead snap.'' This was all
the answer lie gave Themselves then asked par
don; and 10 more trouble from tho Pawnees have
we had since. Our saying hence is, Brigham treats
his unfrieuds Pawnoe fashion. After they have once
proved their i'll viii. good bye to comp nents He
shows what proud man he was born; aud if his
scoin is quiet. 1t is the harder to bear Here is the
explanation. il any needed, of scene particu
lnry atcsied 10y Boy Harris. who, coming into the
Governors room at time when he administer
ing robuke to an utaithful public servant Of our
own sect. was so ignorant of the first rudments
Iolltenoss us to sit out their whole interview. Brig
ham Young can mix up devotion and drolcry, clio
qucncc and old English. quainincss and magnani-
| nifty, with variety that only tie most highly cdu-
Gated order Of perception fully appreciate How
then, in the name Of Grace. could such common
place ieckless unkics orlorn snols Of officers
be expected to understand the man! You might as
well have brought together old Oliver Cromwell and
the turnspis Of Charles Stuarts kitchen His de-
mcanor ouizzed them, his jests puzzled them, his
religion scared them ana his acts confounded them.
There is orc fact shines out in Brocchuss letter.
Had he Gov. ioung) pointed his finger at me-
says the defender Of his country" had he point
cd his finger at me, in that instant, should have
been dead man." shall not deny that Bracchus
really did think 50,
10 cross back to my argument Briefly We
Molmons may value Bringbam Young most for his
spiritual endowments, and we may believe we owe
him NEST for his guidance of us on our heavenly
pilgrimage: In the good old cause of Gods rule
and mans happiness, we know that he is the cham
pion who will bite the frebrand that stands in his
way, and who if hacked to pieces, will stand up in
every piece to fight on for the right. In the great
cause Of redemption and its holy war, we have
IN nun cOHblLCQ the virtues OF the Tour captains
Shaddai sent to regain man. SOUL those /" rough
bewn men that We're fit to break the ice and make
their way by dint of sword" We may think,
besides, he can 60 down into the black den and
drag forth devils thence. like Putnam's wolves. I
may choose to say even believe he is Grcatheart
himself, incaInGtc TO slay the giants Grim, Maui,
Slaygood and Despair, and conduct safe our pilgrims
to the land of Beuah and the gate called Beautiful
What matters it, SO long outside and above all
this-which TO you is within the realm of supersti
ton, to us within the sphere of heaven-there is
that more than enough which makes Bingham
Young stand up like Saul, the king, q head and
shoulders above all other men And so be il ever
As for Mr. Young's personal opinions on subjects
at large: for men so much his interiors rs these,
any Others to call him to account for them is sheer
impcrtnence Out of the range of his official duties
he has much right to think what he pleases, and
say what he thinks. as any other citizen of the
United States Mormon, Methodist, or Presbyterian.
Is he 10 be outlawed because he holds unpopular
opinions of Zachary Taylor | will give mine then
to he pillorod, rs they accord with his Taylor is
not 70 be compared with Washington, no. nor with
Jackson: and never justly will be- 80 long
generals greatness is measured by the lives he
and not the lives he sacrifices. DO you want to try
the two together! Lool. at Taylor at Monterey
and our poor fellows blood running there by cutters
full, through his obstinate ignorance; and then look
at ia ,kson after the battle of New Orleans, urged
to gain renown by attacking the British in retreat,
but saying =" No sir; by God, am bound to the
father and mother Of every boy that's followed me
from Tennessee to bring him back safe and sound!'
he see old reyhead jackson al the judgment of
God The bodies of his (six and seyen) thirteen
men killed at New Orleans come up ut tho trial and
stand by to grasp his hand. while they thank him 70
saving their beloved country. But when they call
up Zachary Tay thousands Of widows and orphans,
wailing, flock to lay their complaints before the
Eternal Throne; and at their head, their spokesman,
appears earthly orator the death angel isnow lust
calli,g for-and he demands vengeance for the
slaughter of his gallant son-and this is Henry
Clay When lay my head down to die | want no
weight upon it like the glory of Buena Vista
And rs for the Governor language-his ''vehem-
encc. and "vulgarity," and " obscenty," the
Pole Kittens editor characerizes t-and rs for the
language of Mormons in general, (see Language
proiane,' : bitter ordinations, " invectives of
great bitternesss, &c. Sc } it is boast that,
rs we have manners and customs growing up in
basin. differing from these of the people lying
the beaten tracks of travel, so we have already a
style OF speaking all our own. My theory is-this
nation has not been pushing round the globe west
ward till it has come to the east again. without
becoming filter to enter the eastern world than it
was when it started My word for it, you'll see our
Jonathan Americans Sombroros from San Francisco
walk into Japan and China, just where the old bull
EIglishmens CATERS behind them have failed
entirely. People don't note the progress Of the
preparation. But it has been going on in speech
just as it has in habits and fashions / don't ask
you to believe as do, that MormonSm is going to
be the great entering wedge of new civilization INTO
Asia But what have to say now and do say, is
that the people Of Utah, IN their manners, ovincc
more Of this adaptation. as you would call it, more
of the characteristic ways of western men, and in
their speech also bring out forciby those
hypcrboc flncies which, though you style them
screamerisms. the earnest of future spiendors in
Oriental dcton, than the citizens of any other part
Of the Union. Ii the territory of Utah is to be called
to account for the sayings Of its citizens or their
presidents, offer myself again for condgn punish
ment At one of our public celebra ions, the name
of late chief magistrate being proposed for groan,
il received with such spirit that the chair called
upon me to couple il with IN innprompu sentiment,
and. glasses being fresh filed for the purpose with
the wbitcst water. gavc:-
'Matty and mobocrats-May they be wnked at
by blind pcople, kicked across lots by crippes nib
bled to death BY young ducks and carried to hell
through the key hole by humble bees r'-(Signed,
Chester feld.)
You rich in New York town; you raise your
yearly crops of merchant princes and mlliouers,
with t.pickerc ovcrgrown. fortunes who build
their chateaus so high that they look clean over
the Five Points But what's all this for glory, when
it has on and over it the trimmings and rotmarks of
sin that is shame! What, sir, ask you, are whole
dreadful columns IL advertisements in your paper,