The Athens post. [volume] (Athens, Tenn.) 1848-1917, 1857-08-07
THE MORMON LEADERS.

are New Workers., Brigham lived near the
line dividing Ontario and Monroe counties,
! in the town Of Victor, at the time he became
Mormon. He had always manifested q
prOcliyiIY to religious fanaticism, or rather he
was lazy rapscallion, good for nothing ex,
cept to howl at camp-meeling. tie lived
in log shanty, with a dilapidated, patient
suffering wife, surrounded by a host of tow
headed children. Occasionally he made up
! lot of axe helves and traded them off for
sugar and tea, in other fits of industry he
would do days work in the hay field for q
neighbor, hoe the potatoes in his own little
patch, or pound clothes for his wife on a
washing day. But his special mission was
20 go TO camp-meetings and revivals, where
he managed to get his daily bread out OF the
more wealthy brethren, in consideration OF
the junction. with which he shouted "ga-lo-
rnh!" On such occasions Brigham took no
thought of the morrow, but cheerfully put
ting on his old wool hat, would leave his
family without -four in the barrel or weod at
the door, and telling his wife that the "Lord
would provide" he would put of for a
weeks absence. Poor Mrs. Brigham man.
aged by borrowing from her neighbors, with
small hope of paying, chopped the wood her
self, and with an old MISUNDERSTANDING o
style-went to the spring after wnter, thor
oughly convinced that her lot was not of the
easiest, and that her husband was, to use a
western expression, an "ordinary cuss;" in
wkirh sentiment all who knew him joined
People were getting very tired of Brigham
when Mormonism turned up. He was just
the man for the religion, and the religion
seemed expressly adapted to him. lie be-
came an exhorter, held neighborhood meet
ings, ranted and howled hls doctrines into
the minds of Others as weak as himself, and
finally went West with the rest of them;
where he has developed his powers until the
poor, miserable rustic loafer is Governor of
Territory, and chief prophet of a great re-
ligious sect. He has Just the mixture of
shrrwdness and folly which is required for
success in fanaticism or quackery. A wiser
man could not hold his place. A man must
be half fool and half knaye TO be a success
ful quack.
Hrber G. Kimbal was a man of more re-
spectability. He was born fanatic, and if
he were not Mormon, would be something
else Just like it. In his church-he was a
Baptist originaly--he was of those pestilent
fellows who want resolutions past at church
meetings Withholding fellowship from some
body else, and insist On having political
codicil added to the Bible. We believe he
had some property. He has much more tai
ent than Brigham Young, but is inferior to
him in the elements of quarkery. He has
very respectable relatives now living in the
part of Munroe county from which he started.
The HARMoNIoUs IN GEoRsn.-The Cass-
vile Standard contains the following commu.
nication, which shows any thing but good
state of feeling among the Democracy of the
Empire State of the South:
Hon. John H. Litmpkin Sacrificed United
States Senator.
Mr.. EDITOR: Ii cannot have escaped the
attention of the most casual observer that
there exists in the Southern Rights wing Of
the Georgia Democracy most bitter feeling
of hostility towards Union Democrats, and ii
is clear to my mind that this proscriptive
spirit controlled the action of the late Demo-
cratic convention. To appease it the Hon.
John II. Lumpkin, the choice of the Union
Democracy, has been sacrificed, and to de-
lude, mslead and cheat the Union Democra-
ventionst-one who had not been recon-
mended for Governor by single county
meeting in the State, has been thrust upon
the people, without their knowledge or con-
sent, and the friends of the Union are told
that they have candidate in Cherokee. This
was deep played game. They think Lump
kin is not "kIled off, for the present, bu, for
the future. nm informed that the friends of
the great HuInllcar (who by the way is now
talking about disunion pretty strong,) were
engaged in this game. The battle is conf
mrnced, and we are willing TO fight it. The
Union must be preserved, and the Union men
must do il, therefore announce the name of
the Hon. John II. Lumpkin as the candidate
of the Union Democracy for United States
Senator before the next Legislature. Come
out Union Democrats and stand up for your
favorite. Scorn to kiss the rod that smites
YOU. The issue hes been forced upon YOU
meet it like men. Fight for your principles,
though party may not triumph, and the in
strumeni selected to crush you may be broken
in the conflict. ] was in favor of Judge
Lumpkn, but Judge Brown will most certain.
ly lose the vote of one UNION MAN.
MYSTERIOUS DsEAsEs.-The "Natonal
Hotel dsense" has suddenly made its appear
ance in the capital of Russia. A letter from
St. Petersburg tl5th) in the Independence Of
Brussels, says:
"Several families have, during the last few
days, been thrown into mourning in very
melancholy and distressing manner. After
a dinner, which took place at the Institution
of St. Catherine, n large educational estab-
lishment for the daughters Of the nobility.