Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1855-11-10
FROM SALT LAKE CyTY-BRIGHAI YoVNG
N,I,II,,l No INrirEH

The Salt Lake News has late adyices from
! ormondom. Brigham Eoung's niuoty-iN
! wives seem to have no power over his spirit
| IN suhduing its fiCrcCncss. lie is full OF wrath
against the followers Of Belinl, the United
States soldiers who. last winter scduccd the
! Mormon girls to taking sleigh rides and other
little pcCuliaritics not considered moral and
unbecoming in that chaste community. Hear
! him:
! ! say again that the constitution and laws
OF the United States and the laws Of the diff
terent States, Us a general thing. are just as
good as we want provided they are houored.
But we find judges who do not honor the laws
yes, officers OF the law dishonor the law
Legislators and law makers are frequently
the first yiolators Of the laws they make.
when the wicked rule, the people mourn,'
and when the corruption of It people bears
down the scale in favor of wickedncss, that
/ people is nigh unto destruction. We have
the proof on hand, that instead Of the laws
being hOnored they have been violated in
every instance ofpersecution against this pco-
! pie ; instead Of the laws being made honora-
ble, they have been tramplcd under the feet
OF lawyers. Judges, sheriIls. governors, lcgis
lators, and nearly all the officers Of the gov
ernment such persons are the most guilty
of breaking the laws. 10 diverge little, in
regard to those who have pcrsccuted his peo-
pie and driven them TO the mountains, | in
tend to meet them on their own grounds. 1t
was asked this morning how we could Obtain
redress for our wrongs: | will tell you how
| II could be done ; We could take the same law
they have taken, viz mobocracy, and il amy
miserable scoundrels come here cut their
/ throats. All the people said, Amcu.) This
would be mcteng out that treatment TO wick
, ed men which they had measured to innocent
! persons. We would meet them on their own
/ ground. when they will not honor the law,
! bnt will kill the prophets and destroy the
innocent They could drive the innocent
/ from their homes, take their horses and farms,
cattle and goods. and destroy men, women
! and children, walking over the laws OF the
| United States, trampling them under their
! feet, and not honoriug II single law. Suppose
! | should follow the example they have shown
/ us and say, Latter Day Saints do ye like
/ WISE and hid defiance to the whole clan of
such men" Some who are tilniG might say,
! 90 our property will be destroyed, and We
/ shall be killed. If any man here is q coward,
/ there are fine mountain retreats for those who
| feel their hearts beating at every little hue
and cry of the wicked. rs though they would
break their ribs. After this year we shall
very likely again have fruitful seasons.
Again, he says -
Up to this time we have carried the world
on our backs. Joseph did it in his day, be.
sides carrying this whole people. and now all
this is upon my back. with my family TO pro-
! vide for at the same time and we will carry
| it all and bear of the Kingdom Of God. And
| You may pile on State after State, kingdom
after kingdom, and all hell on top, and We will
roll on the kingdom Of our God, gather out
the seed OF Abraham build the cities and