Indiana American. [volume] (Brookville, Ind.) 1833-1861, 1857-05-15
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Of The country, and none arc moro clamor-
Gus against the Sovereignty Of tho people
there than the politicians and editor who,
for three years, have stoutly defended the
right Of the squstters to do As they please,
evento tho establishment and protection Of
institutions that must forever exclude large
portions Of the people Of tho United States
from the Territories Our neighbor, the
Sentinel, and all papers Of lie kith have do
claimed oloquenty IN tho rightsof the dear
people, and the uneonstitutionality Of inter
fering with them, especially in regard to
their domestic institutions" But now that
Utah claims what they have accorded 10
Kansas, they robel The polysamy Of Utah
is domestic institution, what right have
the States TO infere with Il Oh, but II Is
horrible 10 allow mon 10 have 80 many
wives But we ask, does not the Bible au-
thorize polygamy2 Did not David and
Abraham and scores Of good men Of old
have more wives than one' There IL quite
as much scripture to defend polygamy as
the "patriarchal institution Of slavery
one Is ms patriarohsl as the other. But say
they, polygamy Is abhorrent TO ell our cen.
ses Of right and propriety. So 10 slavery,
and moreover slavery 10 polygamy, 10 it,
most aggravated sense There may be few
pious % Shareholders who are not adulter-
ers, but tho thousands Of mulattoes that
dwell In the South-the thousands OF child
rem who are held In bondage and sold into
slavery By heir opn .fafhers, prove too
plainly that polygamy Is an inseparabls
eoncomitant Of slavery. And slavery has
a thousand ills that polygamy has not, yet
Il may spread--it may be carried into new
territory--u may usurp power--fhafis con-
sti,utional, but polygamy only one, and moi
the worst adjunct Of slavery, must be re-
strained, and the general government musl
forthwith march an invading army into
Utah. at any price. and destroy their town'
and cities, and kill their men, because they
have more than ono wife
Recently Democratic-a squatter sovcr
eighty Judge--Judge Drummond has 70
signed his Office as Judge in Utah, and pub
lished his reasons They amount TO this
the people arc 90 bad--polygamy "a so wick
cd an institution, that he cannot stay there
The papers, particularly tho Democratic
papers are giving such items as the follow
ing as coming from the Judge;
the DESIGN ON rnr xoRNoxs REGARDING rul
Gross INDIANS
tits the design Of the Mormon leaders h
gain over 10 their side tho Chiefs Of the va
rious tribes Of lndians--hayc them BAPTIZED
into the Church, and 10 possessed OF tn
malignity Of Mormonism towards the Uni
ted States, as 70 make them hostile 10 nj
Americans, and in time be able 10 use then
10 accomplish their own ends
snARcuiSo rnr MAIts. "a
Tho mails Of tho United States have bee
habitually broken open, and nothing ooul
20 out or come into the Territory safely IN
Iess by private carriers
WIPE WHIPPING
whipping women l. of common occur
ronce Gov. Youngs hired man whippe
. ono Of his (Young'O wives In his presonc
ill tho blood trickled down her back-an
that wkfie fhc roman cas pifhin one mont
Of her confinement Tho crime WINS dis'
, bedienco 10 tho laws OF the church.
: iupoE pRrnxosp TO M MURDERED ny onpE
. on TnE CHURCH,
r Elder Hyde (who has recently left N
|, Mormons) stated that no and Eiiokma
! (spoken OF above) were set specially aps
by the Danito band 10 murder Judge Drur
4 mond. The decd was 10 have heen commI
q ted last July while crossing 10 Carson Va
ley Hyde stated this publicly, before u
: Legislature Of California
: BRIGHAM YOUNG INDICTED ron COUNTERFEIT
p iSo--poueLAs KSowLEpon op IT.
y Judge Purple informed Judge Drummer
= that at the time Fillmore appointed Bri
a ham Young Governor Of Utah two indi,
a ments were pending against him In tho
! $. District Court OF this State, Tor makil
- and passing counterfeit money. YOU
a was appointed Governor'of Utah at the {
|. press solicitation and recommendation
Senator Douglas--of fhe time these indi
psenfs rae pending against him. Dougl
and Fillmore are the most popular men
N the Presidency In Utah.
N That IL certainly lamatable state Of
Of fairs but can the cruelty Of the India
y, DO any moro bloody than that Of the Bord
II liuitans In Kansas VIII they moro TIL
70 kill and scalp and mutilatc those whom III
20 opposef Yet, TO establish slavery there,
ie this was tolcratc d--why not allow II, TO
fs tablish the "patriarchal institution "
IN polygamy'
70 And what about the mails In Kansas
no Why should rot polygamists have tho sa
he right 10 keep rigid surveillance over
on mails that shareholders have5 Have
To- tho mails been broken open a thousa
he tines In Kansasf 10 not the opening
mt tho mails and the destruction OF ohcns
hs matter part Of slavery Why send
en- army to Kansas because mails are brol
In open, when subscribers 10 tho INDIA
ed AMERICAN In Kentucky have been CONF
los led 10 discontinue, because tho postmast
nd pronounced Il an incendiary paper'
he But, o, they whip women In Utah T.
Tor is unquestionably wretched state Of
OF fairs, but Ia II only in Utah that women
ks whipped2 Is not the whipping Of won
also an adjunct Of slavery Why prob
ing the whipping of women in Utah and mo-
~ Kansas or Carolinaf
l., Aud they threatened tho life Of the Jud
md That too is bad, but what OF Governors 9
an ry and Reeder Of Kansasi Fortunal
les, for the Judges in Kansas, they have b
ME- on the side Of the Border Ruihans and h
ant not suffered from threats, but oil have '
20 " have opposed their demands
ara Yet Governor Young has been reno
and must be subdued, because he is &C
terfeiter and has several wives Did
, the United States Senate refuse TO rem
tho Notorious I,ecom nfa Though the (io