Minnesota weekly times., 1856-11-29
Brigham Young ON whining Women.

| This sslf-elected Mormon Prophet has reelet
off another rich sermon, in which he makes tn,
startling announcement that on the 9th of Nov.
all women in the various harems discontenteC
with their lot, would be no longer kept in bond
age. They are to be free His sensitive en-,
cannot longer endure the snarling" of the
slave-women, and his humane soul "i sick " he
says 'in wadng through sea of feminine tears.''
He proceeds to unbosom himself: &c will 20
into heaven alone, rather than be surrounded by
a lot Of scratching AMI fighting women. will
set all at liberty. What, first wife, too p Yes,
l will lberate you all-aot out of curiosity to
see whether you will fee to the Gentiles and
Devil, or stay in the heaven am preparing for
you, but so that you need no longer think you
arc oppressed" After this LIBERAL looking prop
osition, he disgorges the following sentence:-
"Let every man thus treat his wives, keeping
raiment enough to cothe his body and say to
your wives, take all that have and be set at
liberty but If you stay with me you shall comply
with the law of God, and that too without mur-
ming and whining. You must fulfil the law of God
in every respect, and round up your shoulders to
walk up to the mark without grunting n''
He then makes this generous promise as bait
to entice his forty seven wives not to run
away -
E" "Sisters, am not joking do not throw out
my proposition to banter your feelings, to see
whether you will leave your husbands, all or anv
of you. But do know that there is no cessation
to the everlasting winnings of many of the women
In this Territory, am satisfied that this is the
case. And if the women will turn from the COM
mandments of God and continue to despise the
order of Heaven, will pray that the curse of
InNIn I< nIo - L-.l
that it may be following them all the day long.
And those that enter into it and are faithful, l
will promise them that they shall be queens in
Heaven, and rulers to all eternity.'
After talking in this strain about an hour, he
gets off into politics, and the way he shilelahs
the Democrats and Republicans is caution to
" Genties." He says he is s'neither niger
driver nor woolly-horse worshipper /; bat that
the Lord has sent to Salt Lake, constitution
and Bye Laws, and they are going to kick the
Devil overheard and elect Jesus Christ the next
President. Also informs his subjects that he has
elected himself Governor of Utah, and all the
United States authorities centred into one cant
unhorse him." He then makes the following,
not very gracious knock for admission.
g say, as the Lord lives, we are bound to be-
come a sovereign State in the Union, or an in
dependent nation by ourselves, and let them drive
us from this place if they can they cannot do it,
l DO not throw this out as banter; you gentiles,
and hickory and Eastwood I" Mormons 4" can write
it down if you please, but write it as speak it.
And winds up with the following majestic
toot =
''In the days of Joseph it was considered
great privilege to be permitted to speak to a
member of Congress, but twenty-six years will
not pass away before the Elders of this Church
will be as much thought of as the kings on their
thrones. The Lord Almighty will roll on the
wheels OF this work, and none oan stop him, and
they cannot drive US from these mountains, be-
cause the Lord will not suffer them to do so.-
l desire them to let US alone; sc hands off and
money down. we crave no jobs and make none.
Let them attend to their own business, and We
will build up z:on while they go to helI!''