Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1857-11-05
no immediate or prospective political advan-
tage has seduced into improper dallis: ce.
How they talk in Utah.
A Sermon Delivered at Salt Lake Ci

Since the Kansas quaaion is virtually
settled, the next subject of engrossing in
;erest is Utah.
How the Mormons relish the appointment
of Gov. Cumming, and the expedition which
is to put him in power, may be learned from
the following extracts from sermon de-
livered to the faithful, at Salt Lake City,
and reported at full length in the Mormon
paper:
From the Deseret News, Sept. 81
DISCOURSE BY PREsr. HEBER c. KIMBALL,
BowERY. SUNDAY MORNING, AUG. 80, 1857.
You must expect when you see Bro. He
Der stand before you to speak, that you will
hear what is called the rough etchel TO this
generation.
Iwant to tell some Of my feelings here
TO- day, in few words, relative to my bro
ther Brigham. call him brother. shall
only call him President before the saints, in
his calling; was going to say before our
enemies, but d-n them, they shall never
come here.
Excuse me, never use rough words, only
when come in contact with rough things.
You all acknow ledge brother Brigham as
the President of the Church d: Jesus Christ
IF Latter Day Saints, then you acknowledge
him as our Leader, Prophet, Seer, and Rev.
elator, and then you acknowledge him in
every capacity that pertains to his calling,
both in Church and State, do you not!-
(Voces: "YesrO
Well, he is our Governor. VIII I is a
Governor! One who presides or governs.
Well, now We have dec ared in legisIa-
tive capacity that We will not have poor,
rotten-hearted cusses come rule over US,
such as some the, have been accustomed
to send. We drafted memorial and the
Council and the House of Represe natives,
endorsed i, and sent to them the names of
men Of our own choice, as many as from
five to eight men for each office, mea from
our own midst, out of whom 10 appoint Off
GERS for this Territory.
We sent that number for the President
OF the United States to make a selection
from, and asked him TO give US men Of our
own choice, in accordance with the rights
con<ttniionally guaranteed to al American
citizens.
We just told them right up and down that
ie they sent any more such miserable cusses
as some they had sent were, we would send
them home, and that is one reason why an
army, or rather mob, is on the way here,
as reported. You did no. know the reason
before, did you!
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Now, gentlemen and ladies', you look at
these things, and then right in his book, the
Bible; it says, our mobiles shall be of our
selves; that is, our Lords. Governors, our
Judges, our Marshals and our everything
shall be of ourselves. Won I you read the
3Oth chap ter of Jeremiah?
81. And their mobiles shall be of them
selves and their Governor shall proceed
from the midst of them: and will cause
him TO draw near, and he shall approach un-
to me; for VIII is this that engaged his
heart to approach unto me. saith the Lord
%. And ye shall be my people, and |
will be your God.
% Behold, the whrlw ind of the Lord
goeth forth with fury, a continuing whirl-
wind; it shall fall ith pain upon he head
of the wicked.
"a. The f rec anger OF the Lord shall!
not return, until he have done it, and until
he have perirrmed the int-nrs of his heart;
in the Ia ter days We shall consider it,
Well, the day has come " hen our Cover
nor has come out of our midst and he is in
| the tops of the mounta ns, just where tie
prophets said these things should come TO
pass, and now the Unted Safes are report
ed TO be trying to force GoyernJr upol us
when the Lo.d has raised one up right out
of our midst.
will now bring up comparison. live
in the city Of Great Salt Lake. am a
iather, husband, benefactor to between
sixty and seventy subjects: feed them;
cluthe them; and they do not have pin, a
drink of tea, or anything but what provide Z;
| provide Them b. uses TO live in, and beds
to sleep on, But suppose that by and by
some stranger comes along, and my family
say TO him, 1--WE will have you to preside
over U.s." and they reject me, when at the
same time they say, BRO. Heber is good
man." but the other nan comes with a smi-
ling face and my family take him and reject
me-what have they done! If they reject
me, they reject their head, and by SO doing
they destroy their heirship to the head Or
limb tn which they are lawfully connected
Is not that So!
Suppose you acknowledge the man report
ed to be coming, what do you dol You re-
ject your head, and if so, where is the BODY,
and what will become Of il!
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Ii this people should consent to di pos
s.ss Br. Brigham Young as our Governor
they are just su,e TO go to hell. as they
live, and know it, for God would fursake
them and leave them to themselves, and
they would be in worse bondage than the
children Of Israel ever W re.
Surprising this thing all blows over and
they don't come up here, but they begin 10
hauer US und be friendly, what will be the
result! They may fatter as long as the
earth stands, bnt never will be subject to
one Of their ID pusilan amous cusses.-l
They may court and fatter as much os they
please, but | never will be subject to thrm
again, no, never. Do you hear it! Voices,
"Yes."l Do you think we will submit to
them! No, never. They have cut the thread
themselves.
have right to say the gentiles shall
never rule over me, sithough this people
might admit Of their coming here. | have
right to say also, that we shall never be
ruled over by them from this day FORTH
while grass grows or wafer runs; never, no
never.