New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-13

II Wis, % sprtnll, 30u s1S rofut53 u1o o8to0ct4
or II she husband is likely 70 be troublesome. re-
course is had to 9 system which has besa saace sssl
and practced By the authorities OF tho Chgrca-
Tie au sos..~A ~in b cent On mission. nd q
course, dses ~ dssapyesrs, 49,. s4seed ASesae
then reveals to the woman that her late hasbsse
committed some en0rmity which hss seot hin q
the Internal regions, but Il abe viii marry him -
will be sure to 60 to heaven, and aIss sccuro Ne
salvation of her late husband But il lea 10 eca
erslly the case) she favors his advances tAsy 90
and get Brigham's consent, and their secret meet
ings are considered perfectly lawful provided tAsy
stand high in the Church and are 6rm in the fnshs
We have bad some very cold weather during ~
past month, snow having fallen to the depth o. .
foot in the valleys and from three to eight feet deg
IN the mountains. BY the latest accounts from tho
Third Hand-cart Company which is now bctweee
Green and Rear Rivers we bear that they are SUI
feriDg dreadfully from cold and hunger The trAi1
contained so adults and large number have psr-
lshed. his news has created some excitesneut
among the people and great many teams With Bro
visions have been sent out to their assistance. a
the Fourth, Fifth and Sixth Handcart Compsases
We have heard nothing. They are Car in The rsar.
and if they have not stepped at Fort Laramie WI
all perish. Beside these there are sevcrM waass
companies and the number Of emigrants yet on dc
Plains is estimated at LEGO. You win perhaps
have later news from them through the carrier of
the Eastern mail which left here the lst, - b Wiu
pass them on his route.
have noticed articles in Mormon papers from
tA States denying the existence Of Slavery in thss
Territory but their mendacty In this in al cssco
where their institutions concerned s uotorSoN4~
There many slaves now owned here both No
groes and Indians, and they are as much IN article
Of sale n any other property.
1t s true that the number Of negro slaves 10 csa-
paratveiy small probably less than one hunireSy
but this scarcity arises more from the poverty Il
the people than from any aversion they have to
Slavery. Their Laws sanction it, and their rcl9ieo
mcucates the idea that they (ths Africans) ars q
Inferior race Of being. and that this inferiorty viii
continue in the next world.
suppose that not less than four hundred Indiae
children are held in bondage under the pretsnse Of
apprenticeship These children arc purohase4
from the Indians (whe steal them from tho neteA-
boring tribes) for sums varying from $xO 10 30
apiece. This traffic is thus encouraged By Mon
mons and in fact sanctioned by their laws.
In regard to the Mormon children, they appear
Ike q neglected, uncared-for set generally dirty
and ilclad The majority Of them are girls, ana
this troubles the women very much, ~ eAsy k~e0
that female is doomed TO slavery sRd ~ q wsss-
eyy. Ii is also singular fact that . large proper
ton of them are white-headed. These children arc
suffered to grow up in ignorance and vice. With
out the hallOwed influence OF home to restrain them
they are vicious, profane and obscene. Some o.
the worst language ever heard fell from tbs
lps of urchns in the street; but, when tho most
profane and indecent language is heard IN tner
Taber nace, and all other public meetings, no ono
can expect any other result. The Mormons boAse
or exult in calling things, they say, BY their rgnS
names: all parts Of the human body are spoecn
of familiarly, in terms that would make anybody
but Mormon blush, and they say It 10 part "
their 3uty. if not OF their religion, to teach their
children knowledge of the issues ofhfe, 10 meg
term IT.
have heard of the University OF Deseret,' wiz
its Chancellor and Professors, and know not hew
many high sounding Offices, and also OF the pro-
posed donation Of Congress to it; but It 10 oil Q
sham. There is no such University here exceps
in name. They boast abroad of their common
schools They consist of edifces built ia eaca
Ward called school houses; but these are IN hesiiy
every instance used for the sole purpose OF holding
what they term Ward meetings." and yet heavy
taxes are collected throughout the Territory osten-
siby for school purposes. 1t is the settled policy
of the priesthood TO keep the people In ignorance
and poverty for it is then easier to rule them.
These facts show the importance OF the imu Q.
date attention of the American Government ana
people to the affairs Of this Territory. what car
be- expected of this people, even IL they should
throw off the sbominable Mormon despOtism under
which they are now grooming. They are nearly all
foreigners Of the lowest cass-an Ignorant but in
dustriOus, Woodworking people. Accustomed
FROM their youth to be guided aud ruled IN all pO-
ltical matters they ignorant Of the first princ-
pies of selfgovernment
Uninstructed in respect to orr institutions and
the workings of our system ofgovernment, thoy arS
daily counseled TO hate and despse il. These prin
ciples taught to the parents by them insted in
the minds of their children, who, brought up with
out even a common education, are ready adopts IN
learning anything vicious or demerslizing. More
over it is to be- remembered that they arc COM
petely isolated and that there is no external nnu-
epce to modify these circumstances; all the news
thew receive from the world is through the medium
of the Church newspaper, which is the only ono IN
the Territory. a. "
Whet then is to be expected from them II a. some
writer's propose they are left to themselves to work
out their own ends!
We want here the Bible, Free Press, faithful
Missionaries, and complete system OF eduoas.oa.
so that old and young may receive instruction. But
these things cannot be had without . completes
chsDge in the administration of the laws, and tho
entire separation Of Church and State.
That donation has been granted BY Congress-