New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-11-02

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Rr;ohsm Young il looked upon ~ nero I'M
.,s,or ubo has no enthusiasm OF ianat'c'm W im,
:. D "an.s and shrewdness enough to know that be
49,, maintain contest with the United States
70 nosed also that his influences over his fol-
icue,s i sufficient to restrain them from violence
AZ Least from any other yiOeCce than that Of
words.
have no doubt that this view of Brigham Youngs
cbsrhcier ia just; but it seems to ne that sufficient
weight is not gwen to the peculiar circumstances in
which he is placed. He may deliberately engage 10
a conflict with the United States notwithstanding
his full knowledge of the Lfer.rty Of his forces and
resources. He may do so from the deliberate con.
sheraton Of the fact that submission after struggle
can be no wOrse, and in some respects may be bet
ter for him than suDbmissiOn without struggle.
With all bis shrewdDess he may go into fight in
which he will clearly have for considerable time
the advantage Of numbers and position, with the
Mcaw berish expectation that " something will tdrn
up." Or, like many another leader, religious and
political, he may be impelled by the zeal Of his fol
lowers INTO steps Inch bis own judgment condemns.
Que great cause Of the remarkable influence of the
Mormon leaders is the fact that in enthusiasm, real
or pretended, they have always kept ahead OF their
disciples Their success has been achieved by sheer
bOldness and audacity. In the war with Missouri;
the war with IN the inhrcH W tan, lucy
kept their position by going ahead and sticking at
nothing. The moderate and prudent leaders, like
Sidney Rgdon who was, perhaps, the ablest man
they have ever had among them, have been deserted
and expelled. Prudence itself may dictate to Brig
ham Young that to faer now, in the face Of danger,
would be more certainly fatal than to the United
States. BY fighting he risks no more than every
soldier risks who goes into battle, while by subms-
sion be is likely to lose everything.
ila in not
disaffectlon exists among the MOrmons, the mani
festation of which is suppressed by terrorism 1t
thought that the presence of the troops and the pro-
lection they will afford to those who may be dis
posed TO revolt from Brigham Young, will call into
open action an amount OF atent discomfort sufficient
itself to cOunterbalance the power of the Mormon
chiefs aud those who adhere TO them. There is
much plausibility in this view Of the case, which
was to. day presented to me by high authority, as
conclusive argument against any alarm as to the re-
suit of the Utah expedition, and should place much
more reliance upon ii than upon any considerations
of Brigham YOungs shreWdness or caution. Yet,
after ALL it does not appear to be based upon any
thing better than inferences. No reliable facts have
been or can be alleged in support of it. And before
next Summer we may learn too late that the htte
army that has been sent to Utah has had to encOun-
ter united and excited and well-armed band OF ia
natics of three or four times their number. AS
matters now look, the Government should lose no
time in forwarding strong reentOrcements to Col.
Johnson. :.
Bleeding Baltimore bids fair to rival Bleeding
Kansas in the minds fthe Democracy. The Union
utters cries of rage and lamentaton over the cohd
ton of our neghbOrng city, that exceed IN extrava
eance the widest shreks for Freedom. 1t RACES
about "hOuses sacked or consigned to the ncendia-
rvs torch" of "the fearfully large numbers OF
"ther political friends who have been fouly muir
" dered;" of ga despctsm more absolute and ap-
"palling than that Of China and Japan"
Let us look at these statements statements which,
from such source, We ought 10 consider calm, ac-
curate and statesmanlike contrasting in every
respect with the frenzied defamation of the Free
dom Shriekers. Passing over as a DardOnable rhe-
torical flourish the "hOuses sacked, because two
make plural what shall We think of the fearfully
large numbers" of Democrats who have been fOully
murdered IL the country aware of any such enor-
nous atrOctesl Still more, is it aware that within
forty miles of the national metropolis there exists
ga despOtism absolute and appalling than that
"of China or Japan?" These are truly alarming
assertions to be put forth by the official organ OF the
Government. AMI not right in saying that Bleed
| ing Baltimore is % be a match and more than =
match for Bleeding Kansas
The condition of Baltimore is sufficiently crtlca
without being made the subject of ridiculous exag
geratons for political effect. The painful emotions
| that agitate the sympathetic breasts OF the De-
mocracy at the appalling spectacle 81 the chief city
of the Slave State in the hands of men whO do not
believe the diffusion of negroes to be the great OBJ
ject of human existence, be readily appreciated
But their distress hardly sufficient to justify them
| in provoking civil war. The object Of The Cmon
appears to be to urge on conflict between the Mill
tafy of the State commanded by the Democratic
Governor and the Know Nothing mob of the city.
| If the National Government through its Ofhcal
organ, sees occasion to interfere at ALL it should be
| TO calm and not to excite the elements OF dlscOrd