The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-06-29
The Mormops'

may desire
The Niormons.
The rise and progress of this remarkable see'
v;ves 4. poverful rebuke to the boastfui spirit 10
vh;ch ve are accustomed to speak OF the supe
,,or er,,cb,enment and civilization OF America es
rsc,.v ~ that mart of the country which reloices
In tho rpive,saty of It's free schools and the gem
.,.l s;ffusiou of what II calls know
therabv the art of reading. writing and cypherins
"a little learning is = dangerous thing ana tue
,s,k iu.urisnce with which all sorts OF numoug'
tina, never take root 10 this benishtec pof"os Of
the land flourish and run riot among the maize
Gated masses of New England demonstrates the
,ruth of the proposition The learning .nat goes
far enough to sw allow wi,chcraft spirtuafsm and
Normonism and cannot digest truth, science and
common sense is more absurd and perilous IMAM
the ignorance which canpo; read and wrto' ou'
has su cient natural ssgacity and modesfy enough
70 follow the guidance of wise and instructor
minds.
A vulgar impostor in Western New YORK mas
book written by an invalid to Wills ~ -,
tedious hours of sickness calls it ne" DUE anu
straieh,way sets up sect, declaring h'hisen
prophet, commissioned by Heaven 10 es'A'"'a
new faith and new code OF morals Az ouoe' 'N''
evident kpaye and black guard succeeos III i'ip''
inc bis p-enos,erous pretensons upon hundrees OF
the "enljshteued" citizens or country Vi eoAi
ma, s.booIs the hundreds swell to thousands and
tho thonssnds to tens of thousands. lie establishes
temuIe 10 Ohio is soon surrounded oy nuiie-
rous colony processes to work miracles auu Ao'u'
ally makes his miserable dupes believe ihAt he
has the power of suspending the laws OF nature
And while be processes to suspend the laws Oh
nature. he. without any humbug violates tue laws
of the land commits arson, ROBBERY anu o'hoi
crimes. until even the Western Reserve OF onio'
represented by Giddings, in the House OF nepie
seutatives and which therefore must nave d 'oie
rably strong stomach, spues him and ms aeosucn-
ed disciples out of her mouth, as somethius ioo
offensive and intolerabe to be endured LUIS a.
fort of abused nature to relieve itself OF oiSease
be denoupces persecution, and there are io0'
enough in this enlightened nineteenth Gentry TO
believe it, and to swell his ranks with hosts Oh NE"
recruits who follow him to Missouri, which Voih'''
forth the nau seous dose almost as soon as s"@'
lowed, and then to Illinois. where he ouiias ne"
temple, collects crowds of fresh adherents' se'S
barns on fire, plumbers aud abuses the natiVes'
and finally achieves the honors OF martyrdom'-
Elected from Illinois, the Mormons iay the tounoA'
lions of Utah and electng Brigham Young 10 LIE
vacant apostleship of Joe NTH, increase IN nu"'
bers at most unparalleled rate, SO that they are
now supposed to number hundred Thousand
souls The nan at their head is one OF tie
shrewdest, and most depraved and thorough paced
scoundres that the world has ever produced
THERE'S scarcely crime which be has not com
mitted and does not glory in. lie has changed ana
almost su5verted the entire moral code Of Chris
tianity and of modern civilization. He has es>
tablished polygamy. but gross and revolving as
that is to the civiiz alton of the estern world 1t
is among the least of his offences. He has inci'ed
to and justified wholesale murder aud robbery,
bad faith and converted incest into a virtue
His impety and blasphemy are appalling. Were
pirates and acknowledged outlaws TO commit half
the frightful crimes that are perpetratcd by this
unmitigated miscreant, the whole world would
cry out for their aun- hilatiou, but when they are
done in the pure and awful name of God and CT
religion, it is impossible TO find language strong
enough to express the adherence of every heart
not totally brutalizsd, besotted and dedevied for
such heaven daring as well as man defying crime
Yet, this man, and this system, unblushingly con-
fessed, proclaimed and gloried in, has suddenly
sprung up in the midst of an enlightened century
aud country to such terrific proportions that the
world looks upon the spectacle in supplied amaze
ment, and knows not what to do. What a COM
mentary on the bosted civilization and knowledge
of the times A hundred thousand MormoDs
with missionaries all the earth with br ancbes
in every large city, and with hundreds and thou
sands of Americans and Europeans thronging
every month to the head quarters of the new devil
worship. If Gen. Harvey exercise these
fends by the sword we trust he will not be over
scrupulous in awaiting himself of an occasion to
rain fire and birthstone upon the Sodom of the
modern world