Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1857-05-06
WEDNESDAY. nAY 8.
Utah md he normons-

morally certain That either the general
government will be compelled to inter-
pose lis power to protect her citizens
from the gross abuses of the Mormons,
and enforce the laws Of the United States.
or the scenes of Nauvoo will be r~e-enact.
ed, and on a much larger scale Isols-
ted between the great mountain chains,
remote from law and its executors, gath
ering increase ofpopalatioa and power
day by day. by the combined forces Of
ignorance and dsasion, stretching out
its arms by it's secret agencies in every
large city IN the United States, and ever
reaching into Europe, unnoticed and I'M
harmed BY the Federal Government, the
power Of Mormon;sm has grown and
strengthened until Brigham Young open
BY bids defiance to the authority of the
United States, and commits outrares
not only upon the misguided creatures
who acknowledge his control, but upon
every citizen OF the country at large,
who sets foot upon The soil of Utah
~ Abhorrent as,are the practices OF the
followers of Joe Smith. vile ADD adu,ier.
GUS as are theirAoctrfnes. standing out
rs Mormcnisnf does, one the vilest form,
of religious mposture which ever ap.
Feared, IN it's political aspect IT is st n
worse. Ii institutes in The midst of a
republic a mere than monarchal govern.
ment. The viii Of Brigham Young is
the highest law of a Mormon. His in.
science has lately exposed more Of the
hidden political purposes of the sect, thar
could have been ferreted out in ten years
by outsiders. The Cincinnati G1zeae
says:
Preaching from his political pulpit, he
has defed the authority Of the u. States,
and announced that nothing but Divine
Power could supplant his dominion. He
has combined with the Indisps, and is
secretly forming a wide spread confede-
Tacy, which may soon be more formid
able than any political government ex-
cept u OWE, on this continent. Their
settlements have spread through CaIifor.
MIA, Oregon, and Washington; and in
that wild and wide country, where civil.
izstion has hardly extended, and the
civil power seldom interft res, Mormon
ism can easily control the course of
events in the smaller settlements.
The National hateA;Sencer says:
The entire male population Of the
State are enrolled in the militia. who are
under weekly (some daily military drill,
every one of whom, from the boT Of
twelve TO the man of eighty years. is re-
quired to keep on hand one hundred
ROUNDS OF cartridges, n gun or rifle,
n or more pistols, swords, knives, &c,
all he can obtain; and then in the event
of war, the women and children are to
fight with whatever weapon they can
command. Now, when We consider
their location, a thousand miles inland
n every side, in The mountain Businesses
-of the continent; their numbers, which,
according 20 Chief Justice Drummond,
Pre- one hundred thousand in the Terri
tory, and Two hundred thousand in the !
surrounding States and Territories; their
Appliances Of war; their secret agents in
every mock and corner of the Republic, |
their eusissaries among every Indian
Tribe on the continent, teaching them
"Ihe mechanic arts and military tactics"
they amount 10 something more than we
have been accustomed to regard them.
The same paper gives the following
specimens of the sentiments taught and
preached BY the Mormon Leaders.
ga GENTLE shall not board in nv
family, and if one of my houses vas
rented to a Gentle, after the time bad
explred4 would burn it down! That's
the doctrine. "-Jedediah II. Grant.
eff aaGenGie were boarding In my
family, and.1 should bow down to pray,
and the Gentle or heather should hest
tate, l would say to him, bow down, YOU
devil This is the doctrine, and | know
it; and any man who shall oppose it shall
be destroyed."-Hs5er C. RimJaH.
Their religious tenents may be in fered
from the following:
Il believe in marrying brothers and
sisters; 1-belieye in the pre.exislehce Of
man; that Adam and Eve are the pa
rents Of all men. spiritually and physi
rally; that all the saints of this dispen.
sation will be resurrected by JOSEPH
Smith. jr. If / am ever saved. l expect
to be saved through the atonement Ct
Joseph Smithl"-Brigkam Young
"were my daughter to marry a Gen
tile, j would save her in this kingdom.
namely cuther throat from ear to ear"
-Brgkon Young.
The Sioux. Cheyennes. and Arapa.
hoes have banded together against the
GenIiles 10 the number of 5000 war
'rlors."- Raker, CHEF of the Utak Lndi-
ans.
"The Lamanites (Indians) are the
battle axe of the Lord in the hands Of
the Mormons."-NOrnon Billie.
"There is nc more union in the Ma
sonic Order than any other except the
Mormon-"-Heber c. EimLaR
"The right of private search by
'rogues' keys is a peculiar characters
tic order of the Acknowledgement
The law and the prophets; "A king
dom en- exist uitAia a Republic. BRIG
-hom TOuny.
"No one was ever known to dissent
from the~W of Brigham Young
'Orson Prot
What may 5e~expected: eff Govern
menl officers ever interfere with our wo-
men again. / will cut their throsis from
ear to ear-"--Brighom I0Hns.
"a division of the United States army !
shall never winter in this valley again"
-BrigAan Young.
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