Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1857-11-27

q that dread unknown one all-powerful
Friend, with whom it is possible to com-
nune, and from whose Spirit there may
come response to us. Our Elder
Brother. the partaker of our nature, is
: . not only in the spirit land. but is all
I powerful there. 1t is He that shuttctlf
and no man openeth, and opencth and NO
man shutteth. lie whom we have seen
:. in tho flesh weeping over the grave Of
Lazarus, is He who has the keys Of hell
and of death. If we cannot commune
) with our friends, We can at least com.
inunc with Him to whom they are press
cnt, who is intimately with them as with
US. He is the true bond of union be-
tween the spirit and our souls; and
| one blest hour of prayer when We draw
near to Him. and feel the breadth and
length and height of that love Of His,
that passeth knowledge, is better than
all those innocent, vain, dreamy glimpses
with which longing hearts are cheated.
| They who have disbe.ieved all spiTit-
nal truth, who have been Sadduceic
doubters of either angel or spirit, may
find in modern Spiritualism great ad-
vance. But can one who has ever really
had communion with Christ, who has
said with John, Truth. our fellowship
is with the Father and Son, can such
an one be satisfied with what is found in
the modern circle?
For Christians who have strayed into
these enclosures, we cannot but recon-
mend the homely but apt quotation Of
old John Newton -
What thitk We Of Christ , is the test
To try both your STATE aud your scheme.
In all thes, so ocallcd revelations, have
there come any echoes of the ncsc song
which no man save the redeemed from
earth could learn,-any unfoldings Of
that love that passeth knowledge, any
thing, in short, such as spirits might
utter to whom was unveiled that which
eye hath not seen nor ear heard, neither
hath entered TIE heart of man to con-
ceivc? We must confess that all the
spirits that yet have spoken appear to he
living in quite another sphere from John
or Paul.
Let US, then, who long for communion
with spirits. seek nearness to Him who
has promised to speak and commune.
leaving forever this word to His churcl':
Il will not leave you comfortless, will
come to YOU
BRIGHAM iauSG's PRocLAM>TIoN.-Thc fol-
lowing is the recent proclamation of Brigham
Young;
PROCLAMATION BY THE GOVERNOR.
Cit1rls Of Tiah We are invaded by
hostile force who arc evidently assailing Us
10 accomplish our overthrow and destruction.
For t'ie last twenty-five years we have trust
ed officials OF the government, from constablcs
and justices, to Judges, Governors and Presi-
dents only to bcscorned, held in dcrision, in
suited and betrayed Oar houses have been
plundercI and then burned our fields laid
waste. our principal men butchered while
nndaI the pledged faith Of the government
for their safety, and our families driven from
their homes to find that shelter in the barren
willcrnrss and that protection among the
hostile sa wages which were denied them in the
bpastel abodcs of Christianity and ciyiliza-
ton.
The Constitution of our common country
guaranticsunto us all that we do now or have
ever cIaimad. II the constitutional rights
which pertain unto us as American citizens
were cxtcn led to Utah according to tho spirit
and meanng thereof,a and fairly and impartial
" administered, it is all that we could ask q
all that We have ever asked.
Our opponents have availcd themselves Of
prejudice existing ag tinst us, because of our
religions faith, to send out a formidable host
n accomplish Our destruction. We have
/ had NJ privilege nor opportunity of defend-
ing ourselves from the false, foul and unjust
asparsi ms against us before the nation. Tho
government has not condesccndcd to cause IN
/ investigating committee or other person to be
sent to inquire into and ascertain the truth.
a. is customary in such cases. We know
those aspnrsians to b. false; but that avsils
US nothing We are condemned unheard,
and forced to an issue with an armed mercc-
nary mob, which has been sent against us at
the instisation Of anonymous letter writer's,
ashamed to father the base, slanderous false
i hoods which they have given to the public
of corrupt officials, who have brought false
accusations against us TO screen themselves
in th~ir own inGnmy, and of hirclng priests
and bowling editors, who prostitute the
truth for fill hy luercs sake.
The issue which has thus been forced upon
us compcls us to resort to the great first law
Of s,lf-prcscrvation, and stand in our own de-
fonce--a right guaranteed unto us by tho
genius of the Institutions of our country,
and upon which the oy..rnment is based
Our duty to ourselves, to our families, re-
quires us not to tamely submit to be drived
and slain without an attempt to preserve
ourselves. Our duty to our country our holy
religion, our God, to freedom and liberty, re-
quires that we should not quietly stand still
and see those fetters forging around US,
which are calculated to enslaye and bring 10
in subiection 10 an unlawful military dcspot-
ism, such as can only cmanate, in a country
OF caustitutional law, from usurpation, tyra
ny and OPPRESSION.
Therefore. /, Brigham Young, Governor
and superintendent Of Indian Affairs for tho
Territory Of Utah, in the name Of the peo-
pie of the United States, in the Territory Of
Utah, forbid.
First-All armed forces Of every descrip-
ton from coming into this Territory under
any pretense whatever.
Seoond-That all tho forces in s,id Terrific,
ry hold themselves in readiness to march at
a moments notice to repol any and all such
| invasion zs.,s5Nrf'f Z