The weekly American banner. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 1855-18??, 1855-05-25
A MORMON MANIFESTO.

W. a MOhMON MhNIFESIO.s# 1
BRIGHAM YouNG, the Governor of Utah, deliv
cred a long address at the Tabernacle, at Great
Salt. Lake City, on thelSth of February. 1t is
a sort of exposition of the Mormon doctrines and
a defence Of Mormon fidelity to the Constitu-
| cf the United States He givcs history Of the
career of Joseph Smith, and eulogizes himin the
strongest manner. Abiding to the appoint
ment of Col. SrEProE he says:
''The newspapers are teeming with statements |
that said president Pierce and all hell could
not remove me from Office" l will tell you
what did say, and what now say the Lord
reigns and rules in the armies of the Heavens, |
and does his pleasure among the inhabitants of
the earth. He sets up a kingdom here and pulls
dowu another there at his pl asure: he walks in |
the midst of the people, and they know it not;
he makes Kings Presidents, and Governors at
his pleasure. Hence / conclude that shall be
Governor of Utah Territory just as long as he
wants me to be- and for that time neither the
President of the United States nor any other
power can prevent it. Then, brethren and SIS
ters, be not worried about my being dismissed
from Office, for when the President appoints an
lother man to be Governor OF Utah Territory you
may acknowledge that the Lord has done it, for
We cHOuau dOhHOWiCt3C ino ldHu III dll
We subjoin another passage in relation to the
. admission of Utah into the Union:
"The relation betwesn us and the Govern
| ment may be likened to man having twelve
2 lsens, and all the elder sons pitch upon the
younger one, as Josephs brethren of old did up
, on him. They prosecuted him, and lied to their
father about him, and tried to ALLEVIATE the feel
ings of the old man from him, and succeeded in
measure in cstranging the feelings of the faith
er from the young child. So tits with the Gen
eral Government and u.s. We have pleaded
) time and time again, and will plead, say nc
e Spare us, love us; we mean to be one of the
best boys you have got; be kind to us, and fyou
chasten us, it may be said that we have KISSED
the rod and reverenced the hand that gave it
and tried again; but be merciful to us, for do yot
not see that we are dutiiul childp But no
,d Tom, Bill, Dick Harry, and the rest of the boy
at are eternally running to the old man with lie
in their mouths, and he will chastise little 10
seph. And though the old fellow has not com
out in open war upon him and arrayed the fore
lis and arms of the Government to kill the boy, ye
in he sleeps in his chair and dreams it over, an
le, talks in his sleep, saying, go it, boys: 60 j
ED boys; we will not say any thing here' An
Tom, Bill; Dick, &c. commence pounding on
z little Joseph, and the old man is doing in h
TT chair, saying, go it, boys
= "What will become of this little Joseph!
vii tell you. We are child of the Govern
!. lment, one of the youngest children, and v
the cling to our parent, and desire to be reckoned
err in the family, and to hail our brethren as bret
rem and be numbered among them either in
ess Territorial or stage capacity. What mex
The cry is raised by the older boys that it W
to never do to admit this younger child into. t
Union; he is an alien, and we must exclu
,n,s him. I viii tell you what this viii amount
|
. they will pound and ab1se Joseph until his .
ections are entirely weaned from his parent a
4 from his brethren, and he becomes an indepel
- ent how Who viii cause this! The MormC
2 mo. the elder brethren will do it. They Y
Iurpe on their hostility against little Joseph
It'll he is driven into Egypt for succor. We'll
this is not Egypt enough, where will you
rIss. it,
Isa- What i going 20 oe done Wltn a. lnese .Sf
and len. Moimons, these :,
ison, n WI. -, ypa In,,a sTha GovernnsSf of
col United Staes and the president Of the Un
States ought to treat the rehgiot Later
Saints as they do methodism, Prt ytefiani
on Quakerism, Sh>I<trism, and many other i
Rich and say, Here, I wish you to hold your ton
labout the Mormons, orsthey have jus< Is {
II. right to their reliQion as You have tofK.
And when the people petition for this
+ las the right Of petition should never
i it is the luty Of thQse who are addfe4
states fhanrIen to the petti9s OIL the people, and
- them have officers Of their own choice, for
FER IoppointinQ BOWER ID eled DkSty the voiceof
|people, and the mass Of people = 4the rein
IG09ernnontin their hpnds, cn<et the
ACRES pie c1fzy out those principles they Ne ado
II any Idnd profess - abide bys and whenxe wish.
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