Council Bluffs bugle. [volume] (City of Council Bluffs, Iowa) 1853-1857, 1855-02-16

TOVe10oI { 0U0S
so AND THE
| ID1nD1S on Utah.
RI (LY TO GEO. R. GRAHAM. ESQ,
Editor Of the ssssturday Mail."
HE GOVERNOR OF UTAH.
/ veRnor Brigham Young said lately, he
hen the patcnt Of his honors direct from
/ nlaAH, and that he would resist any
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$iIGy 20 civilian could be found with &C urags
enough to 60 and supplant Brigham. But at
! last soldier has been found who will take
that bull by the horns. Colonel Steptoe is
! that man. We shall be anxious to hear all
about the Colonel's reception in Salt Lake
city. He will, doubtless, take some of his
armed companies along with him for the
sake ef peace an smitv. We do not believe
Brigham, though backed by his two score
wives, will dare set himself up against the
general government. He has now come in
contact with the outside civilization, which
he and his Mormonltes have been endeay or
ing to avoid, and must abide the eonsequea-
ces. Emigration will soon overflow the Salt
Lake Valley, and the beastly license OF his
roguss and fanatics will soon be done a<ay
with, as the muddy character of pond is
changed after a stream has been made 10
flow through ii. Nothing but dreary Will
dernuss, remote from the cities or men, could
tole ate that exceptional form of civilization.
If it desires to exist any longer. 1t must pack
up and go to look for another blessed wilder
ness But it will not be easy to find such
one. II these wand RUG vagabondo should
pitch on some favorable bottom land, away
apparently, from the beaten tracks of our pl-
oneers, ten to one, Col. Benton's railway
would come Numbering through it some fine
, mo -Qlng, and scatter their camp once more.
~ should be a matter of general congrat-
ulat;o1. tsat soldier ana . christian gentle
man is eGing 20 tsAe Brigham in hand and
keen him in orGar. We my now expect
,bat the laws n, the United States will c"me
:n,o collision with hose Of the Mormons, SO
-, feetly incompatibl. with the prevaen..
pr;ne, t,t,s of society. 1.ere is no neea u
sn r.s, er of pr, phecy to fol'ete!l the result
NaraTn;s, xill be blown away IKE 'ne M
ssn of mo -s5, and a hood of w.1o som
c;yil;zatio, roll through the gorges ~ inc inc
San Lake valley ,,t,aal.h; hor
Mall" priHted as + "a" ae'pA'A' De''0-'
80, 1854.
To Mr. Graham, Editor = INC
Maii.o
ina xaoxk cnaniAx Of ~;-~~' Sth 1854
ed from ur paper of December 81
t is made I'D II many incongruities and
Iarded with such atru'hless flow of alega:io.
against The Governor of Utah, and the Latter
Day Saints generally, that justice and truth
seem to demand their refutation. Had this
come from source less eminent, it would have
passed unuoticed. But it has been Haunted
through your circulation of 20 900 copies which
ay of into every part OF TINS Union and 10
trans Atlantic nations; and icing the offspring
of that intellect which, for fifteen years gave
celebrity to "Graham's Magazine'-th sse are
causes sufficient to give to this article an i'm
portance worthy of notice.
First. You attribute saying to Governor
Young which, in my opinion, he never uttered,
in the light you give it. He has never said he !
"held the patent" OF his gubernatorlal "honors
direc, from the Almighty but he might have
said to III .F.ct that he would be Governor
until be Almi ;hty said, Brigham you reed
not be LoveEn II any longer" How does MI
Graham know but God Almighty preceedec |
President Pierce in excusing Brigham Young
from being Governor This is grave ques
ton and one, too. that will be very hard for
him to answer definitely unless he is believer
in revelation and legitimate medium for its re-
ception. Neither is there anything in this like
threat of resistance should President Pierce |
attempt to displace his official honors. Yet
the effect has been wonderful upon the nerves
Of dances on the tripod who have thrown off
gas and nonsensical farragoes enough 20 quite
secure them from a collapse. And, according
to MIR. Graham, all the civilians In this bless |
ed land found their hearts in their throats as
their courage" came oozing from the ends OF
their fingers Even the reward of gubernator-
ial honors and emoIuments could not induce
them to make The venture. Wonderful man
must be that B gham Young, that single state
nent of his can vanquish all the statesman
ship of Ameriea Graham says 1t and he
ought to knoo Bless the Star Spangled Banneri
lucky it Is there is soldier in the land Col |
s:eptoe, brave at tehepultepec, marches broad
side up to the rescue, and slr. Graham says be
.will take that bull by the horns" He has
predicted it, SO we'll watch for its fulhl-
ment.
Second. awe do not believe Brigham
though backed by his two score wives, VIII
dare set himself up against the General Gov
erument He has now come In contact win
the outside civilization, which he and his Nor
monites have been endeayosiag to avoid and
must abide the consequences"
This quotation exhibits consummate ignorance
of the true character of Gov. Young and his re-
ligious adherents. "Set himself up against the
General Government? No sentiment he has
sver uttered, no act of his life, can be pointed
to, which truth and candor can so construe he
should be barbarian, an outlaw, land pirate,
bandit by profession, brigand by trade or a
freebooter in practice, in order to justify THIS