Marshall County Republican. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1856-1878, 1857-05-07

is law; he is the vice-g.rent of COD, deriy-
ing authority directly from Him, which is
absolute when he says thus saith the
Lord" Brigham stands upon the should
ers ofhis two counsellors; thcp stand upon
the shoulders of the otharten aposteIs; they
stand upon the shoulders Of the priests;
they stand upon the shoulders Of the bish-
ops. they stand upon thu shoulders of the
captains Of tiitics and seventies; they stand
upon the shoulders of the elders; they stand
upon th, shoulders Of the LAP members of
tn, church; they stand upon the shoulders
of the laboring classes who till the soil
which supports the pile. From this tow
ering height Brigham Issues his edicts TO
the people, and with the scorpion lash of
/ bis tongas he lashes every one into silence.
''No one was ever known to dissent from
his will" The entire fraternity is bound
together by oaths the mostsolema to sup
port the church and nothing but the church,
aud every man, woman, and child Is con
stituted q police officer, always on duty, re-
quired to report to the head whenever any,
thing Of sufficient interest occurs to Justify
Il. From this you Will not fail to perceive
that the church form is but closely com
partai system Of police, having head from
which it derives all power, and body
forming nucleus srolni which are gath
ing the Ignorant, the supsrstitious, the big
OF. the outlaw. AMI The dissatisfied of all
! countries IN the world. who are taking ref
uge, as they suppose. under the wings Of
the angel o. the last dispensation. How
ever aclddsi thegrcat mass OF their follow
ers may be. the leaders are not deluded, out
are knaves from choice. wilfully misleading
the n lss for tis pa-pose Of obtaining and
welding power, boldly predicting the over
throw oiths Republic, whan they viii re-
sumo th, raias Of goYegnmea. and proclaim
Mosmon;sm to the benighsed world.
Every spseies Of inforinationis is stadious-
ly KEEP. from the people except their own
doctrines. which are so ingenious AMI faci-
mating tha; they bewilder rather than en-
/ tighten. tilltha feeble mind boeomes lost in
! the maze of metaphysical theories, and
/ looking around for some sure anchor Of
safety. despairing falls PROSTATE at the
| feet of the monster, imploring him, in the
language OF the scripture. 81 believe; mel
thou mine unbelicf"
The enlearins appe.lat;on OF "brother
and sister is applied to al classes indis-
crininately. which. with the plurality wife
system. ani the marriage Of blood sisters,
breaks up an oblitelases every rcstige Of
the family relation.
| On, tenth of all the property, and one
tenth Of all the products are demanded as
"tithing." and then. not only tie man,
but his wives and children, and his prop
erty entire, are conseeratei to the Church
All are at the disposal Of Brigham.
TIE entir> population Of the State are On
rolled ia the militia. who are under weekly
(some daily) military drill, every one Of
whom. from the boy OF twelve to the man
of eighty years. is required to keep on hand
one hundred rounds of cartridges, one gun
: or rilc. one or more pistols. swords, sarbes,
e knives, DC, oil he can obtain; anil then,
in the event of war. the women and child.
rem are to fight with any weapon they can
: command. Now. when we consider their
location, o thousand miles inland on every
g side, In the mountain iastnesses Of the con-
tinent; their numbers, which, according t.
A Chief Justice Drummond, are one hundred
: thousand in the Territory, and two hun
! dred in the surrounding States and Terri.
tories; their appliances of war; their Score
agents in every nook and corner of the Re
: public; their emissaries among every In
: dian tribe Oh the continent, teaching then
: ''ths mechanic arts aai military tactics,
: they amount to something more than W
have been accustomed to regard them
Tacy have settlements on Salmon River
Oregon Territory. and on Lewis River
near Puget Sound, in Washington Terrific
ry. in Carson Valley and at San Banardo
California. They instigated the Indians t,
J lrsvolt in, Oregon and Washington Terrific
I rios in the late war. and were, in my Judge
: inent, thecause tha. created the nccessit,
for tho proclamation. of martial law b,
9 Governor Stevens: and whan the Goyerno
e Forwarded asupply train of goods up t,
f and for Nez Pcrccs in payment of debt
contracted with them when returning from
the Black feet or Grows, in the winter o
: 1906, OH the arrival Of the train at Col
Craig the Indian agency for the Nez Per
: ccs, they had been induced to favor Kom
fuAutii, liz 4 duhiHi y Wds Sutcl, EcltlSeol u
receive the goods either in payment o
/, debts o. as presents, and ordered all tn,
II whites to leave the country. Col Craig
the Indian Agent, was retained, in case O
need; the train returned hastily to Dalles
but other whites among the Nez Perces. in
: stead of coming to the Dalles. and claim
ing the protection of the United States Ar
a my, went through the country. Of the wa
y Indians to the Mormon settlement, on Sal
mon River, for protection. In Col. Shaw
last battle with the Indians in the Crane
|, Ronde. among the camp cquigags Of tn,
! enemy. he captured ammunition with Aoru,o,
l15les on H.
4 Now permit me to condnct you to San
Francisco, CAL. on the ever memorabl.
18th day of August 1856. and behold tn.
streets of that ill-fated city thronged with
. men and arms. The Federal Constitution
has been upheaved. the laws overthrown
and the COMMITTEE Vigilantes" have in.
: stitutei reign of terror. The Committee