Anti-slavery bugle. [volume] (New-Lisbon, Ohio) 1845-1861, 1854-01-07
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GOVERNOR YOUNG 10 THE HORIZONS.


which we extract ;he following,
know what the feelings of the generality Of the
people are at this time they thuk all tho Indians
N the mountains are coming to kill OF tho Latter
Day saints. have no more fear Of That, than
nave OF the sun ccasing to give light upon the earth
have studied the Indian character sufficiently 10
KNOW wha the Indians are in war: | have been
with them moro or less from my youth upward
where they have often had wars among themselves
Leg every man, woman and child that can handle
Uutcherkniie be good for one Indian, and you are
am aware that the rcoplo want to ask me a
thousand and one questions, whether they have
done It or not, touching tho Indian difficulties;
have tried to answer them all, in my own mind, by
saying 'CH be inst as Me lori tciR
How many times have | been asked in tho past
week what intend to DO with Walker | say, lei
Ni@ alone, sscsrelY. have not made war on the
Indians nor am I calculating TO DO It. NV policy
Is to give them presents and he kind to them. la
stead OF being Walkers enemy, | have sent
him great pile Of tobacco to smoke when be Is
lonely in the mountains. lie is now at war with
tue only friends he has upon this earth, and want
him to have some tobacco to smoke.
calculate to pursue Just such a course with the
In Hans, aad when am dictated bv existing crcun-
stances, and tle Spirit Of the Lord to change my
course, will do it, aud not till then.
IL you were TO see Walker, do you think you
woald XII Kim? You that want to kill him will
give you mission to that effect. A Great mnpy
appctr very bold, and desire /, 90 suI brinr me
Walkers head. but thcy want an the peopie in
Ut1h to 90 withthcn. | tcoull point ont tbonsapd.
in this Territory who would follow these Indians.
hpd continue thcm and leave the cattle o Ic drove
OF by the cmigrants. and the grain to perish and
thus subject the whole community to the ravarcs of
famine and it, consequent evils. | have been
toacl, and teascd by men who will come to me
and says Just give me twenty-five, fftv, or
"hundrci mcn and will 20 aud fetch you Wal
"ker's heGd." do not want his head. but wish
hin TO do all the Devil wants him to do, so far as
She Lord will suffer him aud the Devil to chastse
this people for their good.
say to to the Indians, as have often said to
the mob, % your length. You say YOU are going
TO kill us all of. You say YOU are going to oblit
crate the Latter Day Saints. and wipe them from
tseelrth. Why don't you do it, you poor miserable
cdrscs? The mob only had power to drive them to
their duty, and to remember the Lord their God
and that is all the Indians can do This people arc
worldlymlnded; they want to get rich in earthly
substance, and are apt to forget their God the pit
from which they were dug, and tho rock from which
they were hewn, cyery man turning to his own way.
Seemingly the Lord is chastcning us until we turn
and do his will What are you willing to do ?
Would you be willing to build fort and all 90 in
it to live! l tell You, you would have q hell OF
your own, and devils enough to carry It on. Dc
You suppose you will ever sec the time you would
d. thatand live ut peace with each other and have
the spirit of the Lord enough to look each other in
tho face, and say with a heart full Of kindness
Good morning, Mary" " How do you do, Ma
|'ria?" You will be whipped until you have tn,
Spirit Of the Lord Jesus Christ sufficiently to love
your brethren and sisters, freely, men, women and
children; Until you can live at peace with your
selves, aud with every family around you; unit
you can treat every child though it wero tn
tender offspring of your own body; every man a!
your brother and every woman as your sister; an,
until the young persons treat the old with respec
due to their parents, and all learn to shake hand
with warm heart, and friendly grip, and sa,
God bless you from morning till evening; unit
Il. 4 n -
"cvil in my heart to an individual can then sem
"my children to school with yours and correc
"yOur children when they do wrong, as thougI
"they were my own and | am willing you shou
"correct mine, and let live together until we ar
"a holy and sanctifed society,""
Now is the time for action Look to all YOU
grain and vegetables of every description sec tina
everything is secured against the fosts Of winter
so that nothing waste Our Heavenly Father !
not pleased when he gives his children n cift an,
they do not take care Of that gift and make goo
Of il. Our Father has given US sufficient t
feed and serve all in Dcscret, the coming year am
until anether harvest, and if We don't take care o
it, who will be 20 blame? Our Father will not cr
at our hunger, if he does at our sins iules negleC
and wasteiulncss.
Wall in your forts, your cities, or your towns n
you have been instructed from the proper source
and according to your abilities, and not think L
toaH in land tor ten thousand inhabitants, when yo
cannot do it for ten. This is the sum-mum-JoRun
the total Of the Instructions YOU have received
make yoWe!f SAFE Jelc or mdRy and live at peac
among yourselves Let no man because he
clothed with little brief authority presume tim
he can "oppress" his noighbor with immunity. d
as you would be done unto; and if yon do it not
trouble yill be on your track before you are awar
Of it.
Let every individual look for the safety Of tn
whole, 50 far as in his power, and he will be saf
himself, and become savior unto others. This i
what we are here in the Valley of the Mountain
for, by the direction of the Almighty, and If w
fill not our missions here, we are not fit for an,
other mission.
"AHhpsae,, why these caatioasi" Yes, all il
peace. quietus, like . vessel becalmed on thu
ocean, is now spread over Utah. The Indians arr
quiet. The public mind is calm. There is no DO
lical strife. No desoating sickness is raging IN
our midst. "jFhy these e4tti0Rs0 a good rea
son why In the time Of peace and plenty is ia,
time topreparc for warand innline and for the want
acknowledge and action thereon, many nations have
been 0verthrown. Lei Hi5 aerT be sdd IF tic Lat
Ter Dly S1iats. Bgetlrcn, take care Of your ,come,
and ealtdr5p put them in forts some safe place
aud behave your5elycs, or you may be called TO par
with them, as was David, King of Israel and then
the time may come when you will know what he'll
is. BE wise while you have the opportunity of ex
ercising your wisdom.
Think not because a few Elders have been thrust
out from Prussia, China, &c. and have returned tc
make their reports that tho work of God has stop
ped or his kingdom come TO an end. This is hut q
beginning OF what is TO DO. All ears nre to be
male to tlnge, but many thrones will he upset. anC
Kingdoms royolutioni2ed before that day comes.
Lock to your garden seeds, that cughf to be sown
haul in your wood before tho kanyons are full 0
snow; say your prayers night and morning from
pure hearts seek direction from the heavens in al
things; be dilgcnt in business and never saw
have nothing 70 do" while the labor Of one hundre
men and women are wanted in the Valley, and n
one can be had a moment.
Look after the widow and fatherless and see tha
they are provided for rs we'll as yourselves not fo
setting the families Of those whose heads are gon
on missions. Remember the eve of God is upo
you continually, and if His servants should not Sc
you do wrong, lie will, and he may whisper in the
ears when you do not know it.
A wall will be called for around Great Sa
Lake City, which will be entrusted to the Dishor
Of their several wards to execute. Let them giy