Raftsman's journal. [volume] (Clearfield, Pa.) 1854-1948, 1857-09-23
IMPORTANT FROM UTAH.

ernor oung's sermon delivered in Salt Lake
City on the 29th of July:
What is now the news circulated throughout
the United States? That Captain Gunnison
was killed by Brigham Young, and that Babbitt
was killed on the plains by Brigham Young and
his DANTE band. What more That Brig
died between the Missouri River and Califor-
MIA. l do not say that President BucI anan
has any such idea, or the oficers-of the troops
who are reported to be on their way here but
such are the newspaper stories. Such reports
in the bellows, and editors and politicians
are blowing them out. According to their
version, am guilty of the death of every man,
woman and child that has died between the
Missouri River and the California gold mines,
and they are coming here to chastse me. The
idea makes me laugh-and when do You think
they will get chance Catching is always
before hanging. They understand, you know
that had gone North, and intended to leave
this place with such as would follow me, and
they are coming to declare a jubilee. 1t is
their desire to say to the people, "you are free;
you are not under the bondage of Brigham
O'ho .ou HCSh hSdi ms y OhC no IOuSSI
now Let us get drunk, fight, play at cards and
race horses; and every one of you women turn
to be prostitutes, and become associated with
the civilization of Christendom.'' That is the
freedom they are endeayoring to declare here.
viii make this proposition to Uncle Sam
viii furnish carriages, horses, the best OF
drivers and the best food l have, to transport
to the States every man, woman and child that
wishes to leave this place, if he will send on
at his own expense all those who want to come
to Utah, and we will gain thousand to their
one, all who understand the matter very
we'll know. 1t would have been much better
to have loaded the wagons, reported to be on
the way here, with men, women and children,
than with provisions to sustain soldiers, for
they lUiN never get here ,UithOut lre help them;
neither do think that it is the design of Pres
idcnt Buchanan that they should come here.
L am not going to interpret dreams, for don't
profess to be such 4 prophet were Joseph
Smith and Daniel, but l am Yankee guesser,
and l guess that James Buchanan has ordered
this expedition to appease the wrath of the
angry hounds who are bowling around him.
He did not design to start men on the 18th of
July to cross those plains to this point on foot.
Russell & Co. will probably make from eight
to ten thousand dollars by freghting the bag
gage of the expedition. What would induce
the government to expend that amount of
money for this Territory? Three years ago
they appropriated S45, 600 for the purpose of
making treaties with the Utah Indians. Has
even that diminutive small sum ever been sent
here 1t is in the Golfers of the government
to this day, unless they have stolen it ont, or
improperly paid it ont for some other purpose.
Have they ever paid their debts due to Utah
No, and now they have capped their meanness
by taking the mail out Of the hands of Hiram
Kimball, simply because they knew lie was
member of this church. If he had only have
apostatized in season and written lies about US,
it is not probable that this mail contract would
have been taken from him without the least
shadow of right, as has now been done. He
was to have S23, 900 for carrying the mail from
independence to tbs city once amonth, which
was .hc lowest bid, but because he was ssMor-
mon" the contract must be disannuled; and
that, too, after he had put by far the most faith
full and efficient service on the route that there
ever has been, as is most well known at Wash
ington. If thought that my prayer might be
answered, 1 would pray that not another Unifed
STATES Mail may come TO this city, for until Mi.
kimbaIl began his service it had been con-
slant source of annoyance, disappointment,
and to us loss. We can carry our own mails,
raise our own dust, and sustain ourselves. But
,coe, ,roe 10 that 1cho comes here to unlartlt
ly interfere ,cith my affairs. Woe, ,roe 10 those
men ,rho come here TO uniawfully meddle lrih
and this people. s,core an NauUoo, trhen
mine enemies were lcohfing me in The face, that
tcoMid send them 10 h-H across lots If then med
died Nth me, aad ask more odds of oil nh
to-day. If they kill me, it is all right but
they will not until the time comes, and think
that shall die natural death, at least | ex-
pect to. Would it not make any man or COM
munity angry to endure and reflect upon the
abuse our enemies have heaped upon us and
are still striving to pour out upon Gods peo-
pie Brother Bernhisel says that M 'Graw's
mail contract was out in August last, but they
demanded at his hands and would pay him to
carry it two or three months longer. The Post
Office department knew, or should have known
that it had forwarded the acceptance OF Mr..
Kimball's bid, for the new contract in that
mail, which M'Graw was not carrying, and then
it took advantage Of the failure of that mail
and trnmped up false allegation of the unset
tied state of Utah, and on those grounds dis
anaul!ed the contract with Mr.. Kimball. Our
mail rights and other rights and privileges are
most unjustly trampled under foot, but they
can spend millions to raise hubbub and make