The Union and eastern journal. [volume] (Biddeford [Me.]) 1854-1858, 1857-11-20
The Mormons Indignant.

IL Is hard to tell what the Utah saints
will do when the Y. s. soldiers get among
them, but they talk fercely enough before.
hand. From the loliest elder up to the
many.wivcd brigham, all were. at tho last
accounts, busy haranguing, inveighing and
prophcying against our government. Some
Of the stuff Is laughable, and some Of It Ia
mentable. Elder John Taylor thus dips In.
to the politics Of the government movement
OF sending troops TO Utah
"l will give You my opinion about their
present course The Republicans werc dc.
termined to make the Mormon question tell
in their favor. At the time they were try
ing to elect Fremont, they put two ques-
tions into their platform, viz Opposition
to the domestic institutions of the South,
and to polygamy. The Democrats have
proiessed to be our friends, and they 20 to
work to sustain the domestic institutions of
the South and the rights of the people; but
when they do that the Republicans throw
polygamy ut them swallow that with tho
other. This makes the Democrats gag, and
they have felt strong desire to get rid Of
the Mormon question. Say they. We,
who profess to the friends OF the Mornons,
and support FREQ institutions, squatter SOW
ereignty and equal rights, will do more to
the AlormOns than you dare do; and wo
will procure officers by that means, and save
our party ;'-and,as Plate and Herod could
te made friends over the death Of Jesus, 30
they 50 to work and plan our sacrifice and
destruction, and make up friends on the
back OF It. They would cruelty Jesus Christ
u he were here, us quick rs the Scribes aud
pharisees did in his day, and the priests
would help them.
President Young says they shall not come
here and destroy us, and | say amen. The
congregation shouted .Amen.'D
President Heber Kimball ls,by turns funny
and ferocious. We select brierspecimcns Of
both moods:
swell, here is Brother Brigham-he is
the man Of our own choice-hc Is our Gov
ernOr in the capacity of q Territory, and al.
50 US saints Of the Most High. Well. It is
reported that they have another Governor
on the way now, three Judges, q District
Attorney, Marshal, a Postmaster and Sec.
retary. and that they are coming here with
$500 men. The United States design to
force those officers upon us ut the Ioint of
the bayonet. Is not that a funny thing D.
You may think that L am cross but am
lanshinsat their calamity, and will 'mock
when their fear cometh.
"We arc the kingdom of God, we arc the
State OF Dcseret, and we will have you Broth
er Brigham, as our Governor Just 10 long
rs you live. We will not have any other
Governor. Imean just what say and
this people say they will not have any other
Governor, and especially any one that has
to come here under arms. for wc consider
that any man is poor damned currc that
has to como here under arms to rule over Us.
These are my feelings, and if anybody votes
against 1t they are not Of us /; but there are
but four or five but what vote for us, and
they are apostatcs, aud will go overheard.
There is not child but what goes with us
in these things When we reject brother
Brigham Young we re reject the head, but
We will not do it,for the body shall dwell to.
gether, and we are members OF that body,
and he shall be our Governor Just Us long as
God Almighty will have him to DO. Those
who are in favor Of II raise your right
hands.
The vote was unanimous.
Brigham Young ratified all that Brother
lleber had prophesied,' and added:
"Brother Heber said to you if the time
has como designed by the Lord Almighty for
tho thread to be cut between this people
aud the residue Of the world, then the Lord
will suffer our enemies 10 clip tho thread,
and | am with him in that sentiment. But
1t the time has not come, the Lord will not
suffer them to come. II he deslgnes that
traffic should continue between us and them
that wc shall have the privilege Of bringing
our immigration, Of preaching the gospel
and saving tho people, let mo tell you that
they will not come God will stop them.
As for myself, would just Ms soon tnis WIS
the time Us any other II it is the time for
the thread, ina national capacity, to I've
seveiel. let II be severed. Amen to it,"