Weekly Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1853-1861, 1855-05-10
Brigham Young's Manifesto.

manifestations Of the age 1t astounds the
calculations of philosophers, and perplexes
the theories of the believers in the progress
and perfectibility of man. The morals and
institutions OF the East have been transplanted
to the Far West, and MAHoMET's claims to
greatness as the sole imposter who could draw
men from Christianity, are jeopardized by the
marvellous but successful rascalitieS Of JOE
SMITH.
When Mahometanism began its career of
conquest, Palestine, Egypt Carthage and Asia
Minor were Christian lands. But m those
days there were no printing presses, railroads
or telegFaphs, and a nation OF armed men
crushed out one faith and substituted another
which was comparatively gross and false
But now with Bible societies, temperance So
cicties aud common schools scattered all over
the country, half million of persons forsake
the religion of Christ, abjure the purity of
European manners, and voluntarily adopt the
woke Of an imposter, and the vices of Orient
aIism. This result shows that the boosted
virtue and intelligence of the nineteenth CEN
turv do not interpenetrate society in COM
pletc manner There must be vass amount
of ignorance and folly among the Mormons,
for half a million of knaves could never hang
together so long. Delusion and fanatcsm
are the cohesive power Of such an institution
as Momonism. BRIGHAM You've and his
Elders are, no doubt uumitigated seoundrels,
but the poor devils under them are more to
be pitied than blamed Takea-zel sasther
the existence and spread of Morrnonism is one
of the most humiliating spectacles on the
face of the earth. If the thing had occurred in
China It would have seemed natural enough,
but its presence in enlightened and republican
America should lessen cur pride.
We have no fears, however If its spread /:
it will be girdled by Christian States and will
die natural death for the seeds of death
and corruption are in it.
But let our government carefully avoid
everything like persecution. The old proverb
that the blood of the martyrs is tho seed of
the church, might prove true of false reli-
gion.
BRIGHAM YoUNa's recent sermon Is very
peculiar, curious and full of pepper and salt"
The first extract we give is BRIGHAMs &C
count of the condition OF GENERAL TAY-
LoR The Louisville Journal, in quoting this
passage. observes "The old General stood fire
remarkably we'll in life and BRIGHAM saws
he has to stand it now"
When n man processes to be my friend and
the friend Of this people, he will take my
counsel, instead of stirring up strife and prac-
Using iniquity. | dislike the willfully cor.
; rupt, and by and by will come ont thunder
like, "a | have done upon Others when prac
Using iniquity: and rs l did upon certain
: individual when he made his glorious speech
2 and insulted this people from the highest t.
2 the lowest. L chastised him, and he ran of
! and reported as my saying things which die
not say. 1t was told by him, while he was OF
the plains, that President Zachary Taylor wa,
dead and damned, aud it has gone through
!, the States, from side to side, that / said so.-
! 1t was first given out that the Mormons sale
50, and then that Brigham said so; well
hacked il up, because knew il was true
have just as good right to say that Presiden
Taylor is in hell rs to say that any other mis-
: cradle sinner is there. He has gone there
and so have many others; and the Lord Al
, mighty is removing the bitter branches, a
i foretold in the Book of Moses
n Our next extract Is one in which he talk
u Of church and State, aud thinks President
i should be taught of the Lord 10y dreams AM
visions
Ours is professedly a Christian nation, ant
+ those who profess TO be Christians should b
so in very deed; if they were they woul,
not hesitate to have a good man, and
Christian to preside over them. A much a
= is said against Christians sitting in the Presi
= Dental chair of the government they are tn
= only suit lble persons to rule, and should b
e taught of the Lord BY dreams and vision.
But after all the hue and cry about Churcl
y and State there has not be President no
L a Governor, in our day, but what has bee
e controlled, more or less, by priests who den
h revelation, believe not in visions, aud receiv
. not the Ininistrations of angels President:
Governors members of the Cabinet, and o
l Congress, are more or less controlled eithe
lie by the priests or by a traditionary religion
IF influence; and at the same time, nearly tn
>. whole of them will turn round and curse tn
priests, and curse religion to the lowest hel
while they governed and controlled by i
or The false religion that is in the world is whs
a rules this hue and cry misguides the people
< and opposes itself against the Kingdom c
God on earth Now, if we would only ia
70 in with the wicked, all would be right, an
then no person would wish to prosecute us.
= In another place, the prophet espresso
= his devotion to our Constitution and laws
u 1" Brethren and sisters, our friends wish
l. know our feelings towards the government
l. / answer, they are first-rate, and we wi
l. prove it. too, as you will see, if you only liv
% long enough. for that we shall live to prov
it Is certain; and when the Constitution &
u the United States hangs, as it were, upon
r single thread, they will have to call on tn
ii Mormon Elders to save il from utter destruJ
9 ton, and they will step forth and do IT,
We love the Constitution of our country
," 1t is all we could ask though in some fe,
ie instances. there might be some amendment
made which would better il. We love tn
IN Federal Government and the laws of Con
N gress. There is nothing in those laws tbs
/, in the least initiates against us, not even I
III our excluding common law from this terrific
e ry. can inform our lawyers who plead 9
10 the bar here, that the Congress of the Unite
or States have passed laws giving us the priv
: lege Of excluding common law at our pleas
- - are, and that too, without any violation G
L the Constitution or general statutes. The
Of have also given the privilege to stop drunk
IN enness. swearing and gambling and to pre-
=. vent horse racing, and to punish men fc
hurting and robbing each other. The Coz
Oh stitutioa of the United States and the Who'll
n Genera. Government, in their acts, have give
of us this privilege.
of The prophet next proceeds to give advic
IL to Uncle Sam
p The relation between us aud the govern
ment may be likened to man having twel'
t. sons, and all the elder sons pitch upon ii
mr. younger one, as Joseph's brethren of old d
upon him. They Prosecuted him, and liz
VIC IN their father ahont him and triad IN allie,