The Perrysburg journal. [volume] (Perrysburg, Ohio) 1853-1861, 1857-12-24

the priest and hellish rabbe in efforts TO drive
US from the land we possess, for the Lord does
not want US to be driven and has said, F." if you
will assert your rights and keep my commend
menls, you shall never egain be brought into
bondage by your enemies.'
FAITH WANTED.
The Government of our country will 20 by
the board through its own corruptions, and no
power can save it. IL we can avert the blow
for another season, il is probable that our ene-
mics will have enough to attend to at home,
without worrying the Latter Day Saints Have
faith and all will BE- well with US. would have
this people have faith enough to turn away
their enemies. have prayed fervently about
this matter for ii has been said that the troops
would come but have said that if my faith
will prevent they shall not come. If God
will turn them whithersoever he will SO that
they do not come here shall be perfectly sats-
| tied. But another man steps up and says 10
the one that prays for our enemies to be turned
| away, Brother,you a coward damn them
| let them come Tor | want 10 fight them" Here
in you see q conflict in our faith, and that
should not be. If there was perfect union Of
our faith, our enemies would never cross the
Rocky mluntans, or if they undertook to come
some other way, they never could cross the ST.
ezra Nevada Mountains, nor the Basin Rim on
the north nor the deserts on the south. But
says ona, " / want to fight" Do all such per-
sons know that they are not right If they win
examine their hearts they will find wicked an
ger and malice there, and they cannot get into
the kingdom OF God with those feelings
RRiGHAMs LAST RESORT.
Ihave said that If the brethren will have faith,
the Lord will fight our battles. and we will have
the privilege o! living here in peace. have
counted the cost 10 this people Of a collision.
with our enemies, but cannot begin 10 count,
the cost it will DC to them
Il have told you that if this people will live
theit religion, all will be we'll and have told
you that if there is any man or woman that is
not willing to destroy anything and every thing
of their property that would be Of use to an
enemy if lett, wanted them to go out Of the
Territory, and Iagain say SO to-Ioy for when ths
time comes TO burn and lay waste our improve
ments ii any man undertakes to shield his he
will be SHARED down, for judgment will be
laid to the line and righteousness to the pinm-
met" Now the faint hearted con go in peace,
but should that time come, they must not in
terlsre. Before viii suffer what have in time
) gone BY, there shalt not be one building, nor
, oae foot of Lumber. nor a stick, nor tree, nor
particle of grass hay, that will burn left in
: reach OF our enemies. | attn sworn, if driven to
t extremity, TO utterly lay waste in the name Of
e lsresls God.
i know that the Saints, both tho brethren and
sisters, prsy that our cnemcis may not come
}. here, for their entrance is designed by our Gov
IS ernn-nt to be the prelude 10 the introduction
of aboninalions and death. And you cannot
talk to a brother or even to sister, but that she
will tell you that if she consents in her feelings
=, 10 have our enemies COM here, she feels uncom-
+, Portable and her heart sinks within her II
~ consent in my feelings t. have them come here.
- my heart sinks within me, my bouyant spirits
- are gone, and have no comfort. for know the
! heliSh designs concealed under the prrSpnt move
= mant. But we free. and every man says.
stand by the kingdom" When this is the casa
4 every man is like troop, they are like lions.
No HE ASKS NO ODDS.
- As said this morning, ten years ago on this
"A ground said thbt we would not ask any odds
l, from our enemies in ten years from that date
and the next time that thought of it was ten
years afterward to day. "They are now send
ing their troops was the newl and it directly
g, occurred to me, will you ask any odds Of theml'
= No, in the name Of lsresl's. God, we will not
- for as soon as we ask odds we get ends-or bay
-" onets When we have asked them for bread
III they have given us stones; and when we asked
lis them for meat they have given US scorpions
-, aud what is the of asking more? | do no
~ ask any Odds of those who are striving to de
ly rriye US OF every ves.ige of freedom and to de
nj strny rs from the earth.
IN Suppose that we should now bow down anC
Of they should order tacir troops back and then Sent
Governor and other officers here, how on
bo would ii be before soma miserable scamp woult
-, g"t into a fuss with the Indians in Utah count =
ag or some other county, md get killed? TheI
an the Governor would order out The militia prob
,r- ably two or three hundred m'n, to kill off thos
"a Indians. Well, the brethren Knowing that III
w. aggrPSs0r is white man, do not want TO Iur-
-, oct and like Col. Harvey kill he squa ws, an
-, they say, we shall not CO. Then the Cavern
va or says, they have committed trrnson.' and j
80 would be, send ah army here and shoot an
'ro hang them Our enemies determined I
~ bring MS into collision with the Government S
70. that shoy can kill US, but they shall not com
~ here.
ns If the troops are now this side of Lorami,
40, remember the Sweet aer is this side OF tho
, place. They must have some place to winter
for they cannot come through here his season
We conld 90 out and use them mp. and it woul
not require 80 men to do it. But probably "
re" shall not have occasion to take that course, fc
zen we do not want to kill thera They may wini,
nc in peace at some place eas; Of US. but whe
Ike Spring comes they must go back to the states,
on at any rate they must leave the mountains.
We have no desire TO kill men, but we wis
re- re- to keep the devils from killing Us. II you he'
w that they ure uear the upper crossing Of II
ub- Platte, they will probably stay there till the
Ia can collect 10000 troops We will say tht
OF nine aud threa equal seventeen, aud If that is
., how long will il take 10 get those troops here
ma Let on arthmetician figure ont how long il wi
g'h be before nine onl three will make seventee
we for thar will br just as soon Us ouc enemies wi
De get $4,000 troops here.
,.illI 5a9- Douglas, in his recent debate with NJ
,st Greene, Of Missouri, said;
,th. " II the Lacomoton Constitution was to
forced on Kansas, We might as well vote add
tional regiments at oner. II would take mo
: ns than four r-glm'nts to compel the mii0riiy
just submit 70 t'lr mino'''y, Fonr n'ths would
al submit 10 one-A'tn' Inc Sch'm1 OF forcing
vet Constitution on Kansas was scheme of civ
is war end disuniun. II il was persisted in 70
,oas new regiments wnul assurpdly ha wanted
-zfa-
the DEHOCRAFs MJvINa In New York n
AtmnstrAtion has got it1 whippersu
started, and large meeting WAS held Ia
night in response to the President and d
lIecompoa Constitution. In Detroit, on d
nLn ..l.... L.. n L