The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1857-05-09

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h62alh a6d spirits ii which Ne always 70
ioice to zee good, sturdy, manly democrats,
He entertained u Tor s considerable time
with 9 ddcoask * Sc petsoIai ia jsdical
experience a,nong the saints, and u thsi1
manners, habits, history, nations and pur.
poses. Although We ware disgustsi with
this eel Of miserable fanatics, iron accounts
j which hsd already rssshsa usy<sons<vs1A-
tions given By Judge Drummond, 10 addi-
tion 70 those contained II biz letter 70 At
torney General BlseS addsd many revolt
ing shades 70 the pictafs. VS.. S.. u & &.
/ Tha judge position, - administrator of
civil and criminal lava il the territory, has
been such . % gre him : better and probe
ably more intimate knowledge Of the work
Iings Of the whole Mormen system than -
possessed now BY any one ont Of Utah or
ID it. His ,duties a. the representative Of
federal judicial authority have shown him
where Indispensable Of that superstition
fettered host rests whose i the will that
sways the destinies az considerable nation !;
what the motive that binds . hundred thou-
sand inhabitants to the girdle Of Brigham
Young, what is the use made Of their pow-
er by that astute, capable and bold hypo-
critic and his subordinates. # h 49, I.
A leading characteristic of the followers
If the modern Mohammed seems to be set
tied and abiding hatred Of all sGentiles,''
as they are pleased to style all who do not
subcribe to their dogmas and conform to
their unique and revolving creed. Although
they come mainly from the northern portion
Of this Republic, they look upon the United
States with no other feeling than hatred.
Patriotic love Of the country which gsser
them birth, and which they disgrace, hea no
place in their -bospms. They have been
taught to look upon the United States gov.
eminent as an oppressive one, whose author
ity they have . right to resist. All who are
without the pale Of the Church Of Latter
Day Saints, whether in or out OF the terrific
ry which they have usurped, they regard ~
their enemies. They either set at open def
ance the DEGREES of our courts, or dictate to
grand or petit juries the Indictment they
shall report or the yerdicts they shall rem
der. In notable cases, where the guilt of
criminals has been as apparent as the noon
day sun, Young and his fellow prophets
have forbidden Norman juries to render .
verdict Of conviction. In one instance,
where poor, helpless dumb boy was tortnr-
ed in many ways for months, barbarously
beaten, and then, while in the agony of his
mortal wounds was fettered and drowned in
brook, when his brutal murderer was sem
fenced to the Penitentiary, Brigham Young
took him from the hands Of the officers, led
him into the tabernacle, proclaimed bis abb
solute pardon, forbade any one to arrest
him, and gave him o seat Of his right hand {!
If Indians commit depredations on Nor
mans they punish them without delay or
scruple, but if they rob or murder the Cen
tiles, !" the prophet extends his protection,
and forbids juries to pronounce them guilty.
No law, except what eliminates from the hi
erarchy, receives the slightest regard. ,g@#..,
The right Of private property among the
Mormans is almost unknown. Whatever the
rulers need they always find means to OBJ
tain. s'The Lord needs it." is warrant
sufficient to enable Young and his Council
to seize upon any property in Utah, and re-
monstrance and resistance is not only use
less but dangerous. If wealthy decipls
arrives from the States, the Church Young)
lays hold Of just such share
of his goods as he pleases. The portion, Of
which the former owner is suffered to retain
nominal possession, he is compelled to man-
age according te the dictations of seine
prophet or priest. If the prophet says to
his neighbor sd Plant that FIELD with pota-
toes,' the farmer would loose his land, and
perhaps his life, were he to refuse. The
council he is thus obliged to obey, he is also
obliged to ask. The result is, that the ac-
tual possession Of the great mass of all the
real and personal property in Utah is in the
foul oigarchy Of Young and mis- immediate
@ rs s-se,s.s,'5..s.s.
But if the control over the property Of !
Mormons is tyranical, that exercised oyer I
their most sacred private and family affairs
is still more SO. - -s..z.,. a -, -,,5Fz
If father has a child, fair and innocent,
whom he loves and cherishes, and if she |
captiyates the fancy of some leading Nor |
mon, she will be taken from her home by |
the decree of the elders, and given up by |
the ceremony of 'ssealing' to become the |
fortieth or fiftieth wife Of some old villin,
while her predecessors, who have grown old |
in the same guilty and abominable connec-
ton, become his household or corn field
servants. 1t often happens that man is
sealed to two women at the same ceremony,
and cases are not rare where one of the
wives SO acquired is lost by divorce before
breakfast the next morning! ~ 80 l-,sss
The account given by Judge Drummond
IF many of these connections, where moth
sr and two or three of her daughters were
Ill sealed to the same man, presents a pic
lure of beastly barbarity. Could a correct
dea of these horrible transactions be made
Known throughout the country, q crusade
would be preached against this foul horde
hat would soon put an end to their sway.
We were not . little gratifed to learn that
lone, or but very few Of these Mormons are
natives of Southern States. Such q fact
ipeaks volumes in refatation of the, SLAM
iers of abolitionists against Southern So
'iety. We would congratulate our fellow
;itizens of the Northern States, upon being
id of SO many of their fanatics by emiQra-
ion to Utah, did we not know that for every
me that has left, there are hundreds more
whose superstition and bigotry are equal in
legree, if different in form. Mormonism,
Maine Liquor Lawism, Agra
Millerism, Spiritualism, Woman,s
sightsism and Abolitionism are all obs0nae
olucres of the same plumage, none Of which
re made less odious by any mutual hatred
hat may exist among them. 49,
4,ss Resisnatioa Of Judge Drunmoad.
70 the Hon. jeremiah S. Black, Attoyucy
d General ofthe United States, Wastinq.
q ton CITY, u. C.: notE nj 5&Esg
My Dear Sir: As l have concluded to re-
ign the Office of Justice If the Supreme
,ourt Of the territory of Utah, which posi-.