San Andreas independent., 1857-11-28

not willing to destroy anything and everything
| of their property that would be of use to an
enemy if left, wanted them to go out Of the
Territory, and | again say so to-day for
when the time comes to burn and lay waste
l our improvements, if any man undertakes to
shield his, he will be shearcd down, for .judg-
ment will be laid to the line and righteous
ness to the plummet.' Now, the faint-hearted
can go in peace; but should that time come,
they must not interfere. Before VIII suffer
what have in times gone by, there SHALL not
| be one building, nor one foot OF lumber, nor
stick. nor tree nor a particle of grass and
hay, that will burn, left in reach of our enc
mics l am sworn, if driven to extremity, to
utterly lay waste in the name of IsraeIs God.
brigham Iounq.
Whilst speaking to the brethren on that
day, said Inadvertently, if the people of the
United States will let us alone for ten years,
we will ask no odds of them, and ten wears
from that very day. we had a message from
Brs. Smoot, Stoddard and Rockwell, that the
Government had stopped the mail, and they
had ordered twenty-five hundred troops to
come here and hold the s'Mormons" still.
while priests, politicians, speculators, whore
mongers, and every mean, filthy creature that
could be raked up, should come here and kill
off the " Mormons." | did not think about
what had said ten years ago, till heard that
the President of the United States had so un-
justly ordered troops here, and then | SAID,
when my former expressions came in nv mind.
in the name of Israel's God, we ask no odds
of them.-Brigham Young
am glad and my soul rejoices in these
things, and believe that the people are ready
to shoulder their guns and walk into these
k1nVOOS hara
Bridger in defence of the Constitution of the
United States and the rights which both the
laws of God and man guarantee to us-HU
ford Woodruff.
If it should become duty to take the sword,
let US do it manfuly and in the strength of
Israels God Then one will chase thousand,
and two will put ten thousand to flight. The
! day will be in which a man will go out and
say to an army of an hundred thousand men,
:. do thus and so, or we are upon you: and
they will hear the rumbling of chariots and
the rushing of troops as in the days Of Elijah
brigham Young.
If the United States make war upon this
people, the Lord will hold them responsible
for it, and the measure they mete will be meas
ured unto them again; and if they are ripe,
and the cup of their iniquity full, they will be
shattered to pieces, their union broken up and
destroyed. They will be visited with thunder
and lightning and hail and the judgments of
God; and every man who will not draw his
sword against his neighbor, will be obliged to
fee TO Zion.- JFaford Voodruf.
The news from Salt Lake still becomes
more exciting with each additional in
formation from that quarter As the army
which was sent out to be stationed among
the Mormons, draws nearer it's point of
destination, that fanatical people show in
a still bolder and more determined man
ner, their intention to resist the United
States forces. Brigham Young has issued
his proclamation to the effect that no
armed force shall enter the valley, and
appeals to his followers to prepare them
selves to resist to the utmost of their
power. There is now scarcely the posi-
bility of doubt but there has been
battle fought, ere this, between the Z.
S. forces and the Mormons and if such
has been the case, the result, under the
circumstances, can hardly have termi-
mated in any other way than in the defeat
of Col. Alexander's force. The Mormons
are greatly superior in numbers, and
fighting under the feeling of religious
fanatlcism, with a superior knowledge of
the country, and knowing that the United
States forces would be scarcely able to
retreat with any hope of escape; placed
as they were, hundreds of miles in the
heart of an Indian country, who would
be likely to take part with their enemies;
and soon be surrounded by the seventies
of mountainous winter; would all tend
to give redoubled courage to the army of
Latter Day Saints. A war once COM
menced with this people must, and will
be prosecuted to decisive and definite
conclusion; and in carrying it on, the
best point to establish the base of opera
tions would, undoubtedly, be California,
as being nearer to Salt Lake, and on that
side which would present less difficulties
for entering the Mormon settlements
1t is we'll known by all who have ever
travelled the route, that it would be I'M
possible for an army to pass through the
canons East of Salt Lake, without tre
mendous sacrifice and loss of life, if any
determined opposition was made to their
advance. This the Mormons are well
aware of, and have always pointed to and
boasted of it, as the great advantage
which they would possess if collision
should ever take place between them and
the General Government. There are
other reasons why California should be
selected as starting point. A large
number of men, composed of the best
material for such service, could be en-
rolled and ready for the field on the
shortest notice. We have no doubt but
tan or fiftaen thousand men IF needed