The weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn. Territory) 1852-1858, 1857-11-07
Mormonism Rampant.

MormOnism Rampant.
The Deseret Nssos of September 9th, gives
a report of sermon delivered at Salt Lake
City, by President Heber G. Kimball, from
which can be anticipated the reception which
Uncle Sans troops will meet with in Utah.
We extract as follows
HE DAMNs THEIR ENEMIES.
want to tell some of my feelings here to.
day, in q few words, relative to brother Brig.
ham. l call him brother. / shall only cali
him President before the Saints, in his call
| ing, /. was going to say before our enemies
but damn them, they shall never come here.
Excuse me, never use rough words, on
ly when come in contact with rough things
You all acknowledge brother Brigham as
the President of the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter Day Saints, then you acknowledge
him as our Leader, Prophet, Seer and Reve-
lator and then you acknowledge him in every
capacity that pertains to his calling, both in
Church and State, do you not ? Voices
"Yes")
Well, he is our Governor. What is a
Governor? One who presides, or governs
Well, now we have declared in legislative
capacity that we will not have poor, rotton.
hearted cusses come to rule over us, such as
some they have been accustomed to send.-
We drafted memorial and the Council and
the House of Representatives, endorsed il
and sent to them the names of men of our
own choice, as many as from five to eight
men for each office, men from our own midst
out of whom to appoint officers for this Ter
ritory.
We sent that number for the President OF
the United States to make selection from;
and asked him to give us men of our own
choice, in accordance with the rights consti-
tutionally guaranteed to all American citi-
zens.
We just told them right up and down that
if they sent any more such miserable cusses
as some they had sent were, we would send
them home, and that is the reason why an
army, or rather mob, is on the way here, as
reported. You did not know the reason be-
fore, did you?
SCRIPTURE AUTHORITY FOR SQUATTER SOW
EREIGNTY.
Now, gentlemen and ladies, you look at
these things, and then right in this book, the
Bible; it says, our mobiles shall be of our
selves, that is our Lords, our Governors, our
Judges, our Marshals, and our everything
shall be of ourselves. Won't you read the
Both chapter of jeremiah !?
81. And their MOBILES shall be of the m
selves and their Governor shall proceed from
the midst of them; and 1 shall cause him to
draw near, and shall approach unto me; for
who is this that engaged his heart to ap-
proach unto me saith the Lord.
%. And ye shall be my people, and will
be your God.
%. Behold, the whirlw:nd of the Lord go
eth forth with fury, continuing whirlwind ;
it shall fall with pain upon the head of the
wicked.
"a. The fierce anger of the Lord shall not
return, until he have done it, and until he
have performed the intents of his heart in
the latter days We shall consider it.
Well, the day has come when our Govern
or has come out of our midst and he is in tile
tops of the mountains, just where the proph-
cts said these things should come to pass,
and now the United States are reported to be
trying to force Governor upon US when the
Lord has raised one up right in our midst.
DAMNED PUsILANIMOUS CUssEs.
If this people should consent to dispossess
Dr. Brigham Young as our Governor, they
are just as sure to 60 to hell as they live
and know it, for God would forsake them
and leave them to themselves, and they
would be in worse bondage than the children
Of Israel ever were.
Surprising this thing all blows over and
they don't come up here but they begin to
tatter us and be friendly, what will be the
result ? They may flatter as long as the
earth stands, but l never will be subject to
one of their pusilanimous cusses. They may
court and fatter as much as they please,
but never will be subject to them 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.
TO ARMS, WOMEN AND BOYS!
have right to say the Genties shall
never rule over me, although this people
might admit of their coming here. have a
right to say also, that we sLall never be ruled
over by them from this day forth, while
grass grows or water runs never, no, never.
Voices, s.Amen."1
Well, we have got to sustain these amens,
and we have got to sustain these vows. You
ladies, too, will certainly have to do your
part or back out. l told you last Sunday to
arm yourselves, and if you cannot do it any
oIuci way, eei oouio vi your unc DOnDctS,
fine dresses, and buy yourselves good dirk,
pistol, or some other instrument of war.
Arm your boys and arm yourselves univer-
sally, and that, too, with the weapons of war,
for we may be bought to the test, to sec il
we will stand up to the line.
HE PROPHECIES AND BRIGHAM SAYS AMEN.
We never shall leave these valics-
till we get ready no, never, no, never. We
will live here till we, go back to jackson
County, Missouri. l prophecy this in the
name of IsraeFs God.
[rhe congregation shouted "Amen," and
Pres. B. Young said 'it is true
| If our enemies force us to destroy our or
chards and our property, to destroy and lay
waste our houses, fields and everything else
we shall never build and plant again till we
do it in Jackson County. But our enemies
are here yet, and we have not yet thrown
| down our houses.
Let me tell you, if God designs that Israel
should now become free, they will come and
strike the blow, and if he does not, they will
not come. That is as true as that book
[pointing to the Bible.