The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-04-01
The Recent Morm"" Outrnxcs IN Utsn Let
&C., from .Jos'g. Dywn.monf

ter from judy. Dvwss.s0ond.
TO TIE EDITOR or THE HERALD.
valued friend of nine has iust HANDED q copy OF
your valuable paper In which ind extract OF nge
of mine u he Grand Jury Of Genos, In Carson valley
Uah Territory, In July ast, in which Am reported as
ssyg the laws Of Cousre hsa provided for punst
log the normous for their poyEsmous Intercourse or IA
substance trat Congress had cssAed tue suojeci Of
poyssmy. In this reported exrsc. spresensei
The which called the attention OF me 6eaai Jury
was statute enacted BY the Legislature OF Uaa Torn
tory - might readily be ~ reference 10 toe Ian
russe Of the section quoted the extrsst OF ohgs
A rspor,ed IN the NEW Yon IissAIp You viii do me
favor Of nseftng tnis letter In paper that nay
rgtt before the legal world particularly q, this
vesed question Of No monsm u noe exciucg the ssteo
ton Of 81 hopen refeotios minds. the charge 10 toe
Gard Jury % the time sfor saId vss obeyed
nan who had . negro woman for . wife, bat ~ far
me pru's asd DEGRADING hocn'ousrsss OF the ~hne
ace cocoernea, no indictment could be found there
TIRE, the ckUes OF the Court vas wholly dsrerardsd
50 that the saints sound the IN W RAGS,
he man vboss taste 10 pcssd toward the wooy bead
ne must be pun,shed By positive law bas the man who
las Different notion a. 70 color 10 no, smenaele 70 the
Az But really the only Law that can be enforced In
Utah T,rrisory The law Of shs Ohurch and that lag
given the people W Brigham. from e 70 time, ~ The
:s., The Isvs O. ooosress and TIE fsdsrsi su,noy
wholly dsree ardsd the ncsmous ana NE federal
Ulcers wsased - spsss q the federal eoverpuens
zee ,hsa 10 utterly impossible 10 bring tee hs 70 bear
on tbsse Des when Ill the jurors Witnessed Is, are
Msrmoss, sno wholly subject 70 The v Of Bnsnsm
Jung whose VIII and power are supreme In this Terri
,ory wn0 he govsrpmens viii do Win these hs',orous
dsspersdoes cannos divine; but certain 10 unless
drsrept oourse 10 pursued 10 useless 70 send Offices
,fere Who css do no ropd No eoars held and
Mormon brovgst 70 j<scs without the aid Of strong
army. This An sorry 10 say b true. but PRACTICAL eJ
psrsrce has taught me this solemn truth, which
deeply regret
rbe recsn, outrage In Salt Lake CITY in the burning Of
sbout hundred volumes u law psci paiy urnished
By the government together Win tse eatre records OF
me Ocurs and ali ~ sppssdases va one OF the
corrupt and treasensss scu ths, wss ever comnn
sed The United stats and most clearly done under
BE order advice and direoxos OF Gov. Young whose
duty 10 zee the law faith ully obey Cd, but whose
ps sotioe 10 70 see tpai ,he Law most viilapsssy
wamp 81 upcer fcct and wicksdy violated By hs desps
rate followers.
In cosousios have only TO say that tho or Of
me vho soceps any once or pcsuou In Utah. under the
sdnnistrAticn Of Mr.. Buchshaa, any other sdmnis
uson 90 20 at tner peril for evident bcycad dcuet
issi every IN Usah rerrosv holds hi life ~ The w
Brigham Young ana 10 equally certain that ros ocy
he but all hts followers. are secret and deadly sworn
en-, miles The institutions Of the American orm Of gov
q, pment and without the ad Of the military power no
IL safe In life OF property In attempting 70 enforce
asy law, rule or nsndAte In which Mormon party
10 ,he proceeding. This desperate state Of hinss n
America; but neverihs ess these stubborn hcts ~
spy and all men VII end who IVY the experiment am
your obed,ent servant w. W. DRUknOND.
JsprAr1 70 1851