, 1857-06-19
[FrOn the National Iutolligencer,l
MODERN SODOM.

The publication of the recent order from
the Department of War, putting in motion
large body of troops on our Western
border, under the command of Gen. Har.
ney, has created a general impression that
their ultimate destination is the Utah Ter
ritory and that it indicates an intention on
the part Of the government to put down,
by strong hand, the criminal and dis
graceful ontragcs which have so long been
committed by Brigham Young and his
band in the Utah Valley, and establish in
that sink of iniquity (by force if need be J
the authority of the Government and laws
Of the United States. Among those whose
attention has been arrested by the Army
Order is respectable citizen, who lately
spent twelve months in the Salt Lake val
ley, engaged in business connected with the
transit Of the mails through the territory
TO and from the Pacific. While thus resi-
ding in the Mormon community he studied
attentively the character and government
Of Brigham Young, the supreme head, as
well as the customs, habits, morals, and
laws of the community, if laws they may
be called, which consist simply in the will
of n despot The gentleman, corrobora-
ting fully all that judge Drummond has
lately stated on the subject, has deemed it
his duty to make known to the country
the result of his own observations
on the condition of things in the territory.
In executing this task, however, he has not
touched upon the domestic enormities and
DEF eraved social system of the community,
but has confined himself to the political
aspect Of Mormonism - to an exposition
of the poity power, evil purposes, opera
tions, and character Of Young and his CO.
adjutors or tools. His statements are start
ling, and we concur entirely in the remark
Of a Richmond contemporary that it is
high time that the Government Of the
United States was directing its serious at
tention to the condition Of things in Utah.
And if the revelations of our correspond
ent be true, as we do not doubt they are,
it is apparent that the day is rapidly ap-
preaching, if it be not already come, when
the Government will find it no easy task to
subdue the rebellious legions of Brigham
and quell the power of the modern Maho-
met in his stronghold The communication
of our correspondent is appended:
To the Editors of The National Inte7igenccr:
GENTLEMEN From q military order re-
Gently published in your paper, l infer that
a division of the United States army is to
move into Utah. This news will be hailed
with Joy by thousands Of American citi-
zens in every State and territory of the
Confederacy who have suffered directly or
indirectly by the mcrcless outrages of the
Mormons, committed while quietly pursu-
ing their toilsome journey overland to Or
egon and California. Every indignity has
been offered to emigrants, every species Of
property stolen, aud every species Of crime
has been committed. The Federal laws
have been trampled in the dust, Govern
mcnt officials set at defiance, menaced
threatened, and insulted; juries have been
influenced and the ends Of justice thwarled; /;
the prison doors have been opened and the
criminals set free. All this did not satisfy
them, but they must enter the hall Of rec
ords, and publicly burn the archives of the
territory.
Now, as evidence of their inveterate ha-
tired to Americans apd every thing pertain
ing to America (and these sentiments are
constantly Taught and preached, } l will
cite as follows:
"A Gentle shall not board in my fam
lily, and if one of my houses was rented to
Gentle, after the time had expired |
would burn it down! That's the doctrine" I"
Jedediah NJ Grant.
eff a Gentle were boarding in my fam
lily, and l should bow down to pray, and
the Gentle or heathea should hesitate, !
would say to him, bow down you devil
This is the doctrine, and | know it: and
any man who shall oppose it shall be des
troyed. ."-HeJer C. Kim5aH.
Their religious tenets may be inferred
from the following:
al believe in marrying brothers and sis
ters; l believe in the pre-existence of man
that Adam and Eve are the parents Of all
men, spiritually and physically; that all
the saints of this dispensation will be res
urrected by Joseph Smith, Jr If am
ever saved, 1 expect to be saved by and
through the atonement OF Joseph Smith!
Brigham Young.
"Were my daughter to marry Gentle,
| would save her in this kingdom, namely
cut her throat from ear to ear"
Brigham Young.
Their advocacy of internal improvements
may he inferred from the following:
Mr.. Lee, who ploted the Government
troops through on that route (south side ol
Great Salt Lake, last spring, 1854, }
wished to publish book-a guide of the
route-but was prevailed on not to do it,
as the Presidency there (Carson Valley
did not wish the emigration to pass that
way" Elder Johnson.
Objects of missionaries: Most Of the
foreign missionaries will be called home
They will be sent among all the Indian
tribes to teach them agriculture, mechanic
arts, and military tacties"- Brigham Young
Means Of defence:-"We have the self
loading twenty-four repeating rifle, the Min
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