Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1857-04-30

on OF the territory of Utah. / also eharg
Gov. Young with constantly interfering
with the fe lerel courts, directing the Gram
Jury whom to indict and whom not; and
after the judges charge the Grand Juries
as tc their duties, this man Young invari.
ably has some member of the Grand jury
advised in alvance as to his will in relation
! to their labors, and that his charge, thus
given, is the only charge known, obeyed
or received by all the Grand Juries of the
| FEDERAL Courts OF Utah territory.
Again. sir. aftera careful and mature
investigation. | have been compelled to
come to the conclusion, heaa-scnling AMI
sickening as It may be, that Capt. John
w. Grnnison, and his party of eight 9TH
ers. were murdered by the Indians in 1853,
under the order. alvice. and direction of
the Mormons; that my illustrious and
distinguished predecessor, Hon. Lconidas
Shaver, came to his death by drinking
poisonous liquors, given to him under the
order of the leading men of the Mormon
Church in Great Salt Lake City; that the
late Secretary ofthe Territory, \. w. Bah
bitt, was murdered ON the Plains bv band
of Mormon marauders, under the particu-
lar AMI special order of Brigham Young,
Heller c. Kendall, and j. NJ. Grant, and
not by the Indians. reported by the
Mormons themselves; and that they were
sent from Salt Lake City for that purpose,
and that only; and as members of the Dam
lite Band, they were bound to do the will
of Il. Young, as the head of the Church, or
forfeit their own lives.
These reasons, with many others that /
might give, which would be too heart rend-
ing to insert in this communication, have
induced mcto resign the Office of Justice
of the Territory of Utah. and again return
to my adopted State Of Illinois. Ny rea-
son, sir, for making this communication
thus public is. that the Dem ocratic party,
with which have always strictly adhered.
is the party now in power, and therefore is
the party that Should nosc be held rcspon-
sible for the reasonable and disgraccful
state of affairs that now exists in Utah ter
ritory. / could. sir. if necessary, refer to q
cloud OF witnesses TO attest the reasons
have given, and the charges, bold as they
are, against those despots who rule with
an iron hand their hundred thousand souls |
in Utah. and their two hundred thousand
souls out Of that noticeable territory, but T.
shall not DO so for the reason that the
lives of such gentlemen as ! should desig- !
nate in Utah and California would not be /
safe for q single day.
Hatred AMI cnmity to the United States
IS openly aal perSistently inculcatel, and /
resistance to the national authority is
preached as 'Iuty; the L. S. officers are
insultci. thwarteil and har-
-assed. and openly defed.- No American
,itizcn but Mormon. is allowed any rights.
Robbery AMI mur.ler of the '.Gent:les'' or
hose who 10 not belong to the church are
'crpetrated with impunity When the
IN. iians dcprela;e upon Mormons they are
punished; brt they age instigatci
o rob and murder those who are oLnox-
Gus to the church, AMI are protested anu
hieldei from the punishment of their
rimes.
The right OF private property among the
Iormons is almost unknown. Whatever
he rulers need they always find means to
btain. "rhc Lord needs" is a warrant
'if.irient to enable lorng AMI his Council
seize upon any property in Utah, and
m insurance or resistance is not only use ,
IS but dangerous. 1T a wealthy disciple !,
~rives from the States, the Church .
Young Immediately lays holi of just such ,
share of his gools as he plcases The
ortion, of which the former owner is suf-
re to retain nominal possession, he is
ompelled to manage according to the die j
Ition OF some prophet or priest. If the
rophet says to bis neighbor, "PIant that
ell with potatoes" the former would
'se his lands, and perhaps his life, were
: to refuse. TIL, counsel he IS thus obliged D
} obey. he is also compelled to ask. The
'sult is, that the actual possession of the
reat mass of all the real AMI personal
TopeTty in Utah is in the fonl oligarchy j,
Young and his immediate suborii- /
ate-..
The social state Of the people is more
o.riblethan their civil and political con-
tlon. Judge Drummonl, says where a
ther has child, fair AMI innocent whom =
; loves and chcrishcs. and if she captivates
le fancy of some leading Mormon, she C
i'll be taken from her home by the decree
the elders, and given up by the ceremo- ii
of sealing" to become tie fortieth or :
'tieth wife to an old villain, while her -
who have grown OIL in the
me guilty a5omniablc connection, be-
me his household and corn-fell servants.
OF N happens thai a man is sealed to
70 women at the same ceremony, and ca
s are no. rare when one Of these wives so N
quirel is lost bya divorce before break
st the next morning! r
The account given by Judge Drummond =
many of these connections, whore some
mes a mother and two or three of her
lighters were all scaled to the same man.
esents picture of heartless barbaritv.-
ould correct idea Of thssc horrible trans
tons be made known throughout the
untry,a crusade would be. preached a.
inst the foul hor'le that would soon put
end to their sway. The Government
ould be aroused TO eradicate this immor-
pestilent community from the land
ne appointment Of Brigham Young. Gov 5
nor of the Territory. was the most fatal =
ror of Mr. FilImore's administrator. e
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