Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1857-12-25
In speech delivered by Brigham Young on the 18th


eousy angry and the bosom ofhe Almighty burns with
anger toward those scounders and they shall be conSun
cd in the name of lsreas God We have borne enough
of their oppression and helsh abuse and will not
bear any of it. for there is just law requiring
further torbearance our part. And am not going
to have troops here to protect the priests and helsh
rabbe in efforts to drive from the land possess, for
the Lord does not want to be driven and has said, IT
will assert your rights and keep my commandments,
you shall never be brought into bondage by your eme-
mics
Admit Ut corrupt administrators sending troops here
and what would bc the result :? All hell would follow
after naturally dislike to have any trouble, and would
not were not obliged to; but Obliged to defend
ourselves against the persecution of oppressors or
have constitutional rights rent from and ourselves
destroyed. We must either suffer that stand up and
maintain the kingdom of God on earth
We have known all the time that the Kingdoms of
darkness opposed to the kingdom of God, that the
powers of earth and of hell were combined against it
Christ and Baal cannot make friends with each other
you cannot mix oil and water Righteousness and wicked
This is the kingdom Of God all others arc of the
devil They be united in this world nor in
any other there is possibility of the two kingdoms
becoming Those who believe and obey the gospel
of the Son of God and forsake all for its interests belong
to the kingdom Of God and all the rest belong to the
other kingdom There is Distinction and the line
must be drawn, and you and have to stand up to it
though it may take from right eyes and right
hands. We must stand up to the line and maintain the
kingdom of God will all go to destruction to-
gether
" If the troops arc now this side of Laramie remcpl-
Der that the Swcctwaer is this side of that place They
must have place to winter, for they cannot
through this We could go out and them up
and it would not require fifty to do it. But prob
ably shall not have occasion to take that course for
we do not want to kill men. They may winter in peace
at place east of us, but when spring comes they
must go back to the States, at any rate they must
leave the mountains
Wa bov,o cirat ia lut1ua y,icb
the devils from killing If you hear that they
the upper crossing of the Platte they will probably
stay there till they can collect fifty thousand
troops We will say that nine and three equal seventeen
and if that So how long will take to get those troops
here? Let arithmetician figure out how long it will be
before nine and three will make seventeen for that will
be just enemies will get fifty thousand
troops here.
i am aware that you want to know what will be
the result OF the present movement against Nor
mOnism will take almighty stride into influence and
power while enemies will sink and become weaker
and weaker. and be no more, and know it just well
now as | shall five years hence The Lord Almighty
wants name and a character and He will show our
enemies that He is God and that He has set to His
hand again to gather Israel and to try our faith and in
tegrty And He is saying, now you my children dare
you take step to promote Righteousness in direct and
open opposition to the popular feelings of all the wicked
in your Government? If you do will fight your bat
ties
continue the job they will want to let it out to subco-
tractors before they get half through with it. If they
persist III sending troops here want the people in the
West and East to understand that it will not be safe for
them to cross the plains.
1t has cost the Government hundreds of thousands
of dollars for the Indians in the other Territories
than it has in this, and have saved the Government
hundreds OF thousands of dollars by keeping the Indians
peaceabe in Utah. Hundreds Of miles have the Indians
Travelled to see me to know whether they might up
the emgrants, saying, they have killed many of u.s. and
they damn you and damn and shall stand it p
| have always told them to hold on to stop shedding
blood and to live in peace. But have been told that
the first company of packers that went through here this
season. on their way from California to the States shot
at every Indian they saw between Carson Valley and
Box Elder, and what has been the result Probably
scores OF persons have been killed. animals have been
taken from nearly all the emgrants that have passed on
that road and the Indians in that region have now more
stock than they know how to take of and they
into the settlements with their pockets full of gold The
whites first commenced the Indians and now if they
do not quit such conduct they stop travelling through
this country for it is than can do to keep the
Indians still under such outrageous treatment
DEPRECIATION IN PRoPERTY.-Ths year will long be
memorable as the most disastrous one to the property of
our citizens known within the present century. The
only class of persons capitalists that have escaped are
the of real estate we'll located in the city, the
holders OF State city securities and the holders of first
class mortgages These remain firm, while all others are
more or less involved in ruin, by the almost total de-
Srctlon OF many classes OF personal property The I'M
wise capitalists who changed their safe investments that
were yielding them six per cent per to dabbe in
corporation and business paper have had their fingers
burnt 50 seriously, that they cry hands Off and
will probably be very cautious about such operations in
future The persons who have been the projectors of
the immense expensive manufacturing establishments
find their investments gone. Persons in the iObbing
trade find their means locked up in deprecated stocks Of
goods, or III protested notes due them from suspended
parties ut the West and in New England. The mer
camille interest has suffered to great extent as any
other and commercial men will find themselves crippled
for years Ships and cargoes have alike deprecated and
long time must ease before the losses are ascerained
the goods sold the money attained and the voyages set
tied up.
Many of these persons are looking forward with inter-
est to what dividends will be paid in January as
they need the funds to meet their bills at the first of the
year.
We hear of the of gentleman of this city, who
was appointed trustee of the estate of deceased person.
and guardian OF some minors, and who thinking safety
should be mainly consulted Ill the investment of the funds
thus committed to him. sold all the stocks of various cor
porations belonging to the estate and invested the pro-
ceeds Ill State and city securities where he sure of
SIX per cent interest. The appraised value of this pro-
perty was about Sl3O,OOO two years ago. The differ
cncc to-day between the market value of the stocks sold
and the securities held by the party is no less than
forty thousand dollars
1t is reported i'll financial circles that the personal es-
atcs Of an opulent merchant who died in Boston less
than four years ago valued in 1854 at 81 100000 and
consisting mainly of railway shares and bonds, has
shrunk 50 much during the past two years. that the de-
probation is more than million of dollars.
1t IS stated that the manufacturing stocks owned by
single family have deprecated more than million of
dollars in value within two years. The personal property
of many individuals has faded away during the present
year like dssoving views, and the surprise attending
the change is similar in many respects to that which
usually attends these novel exhibitions
Do~Jo