The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1857-05-09

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which affairs are conducted in that modern
Sodom. Judge Drummond expressed
freely his bcliefthat the design of Brig
ham Young and the Mormon leaders gen
orally is to build up a sovereignty in Utah,
acknowledging no allegiance to the Con
stitution and laws Of the United States.
Even now the Mormons draw broad
| line of distinction between themselves
and Americans citizens. They glory in
the appelIatioa Of Mormon, while Ameri.
can is term of reproach among them,
Synonymous with GENTLE
Judge Dr,lmmond states that all the
menstrosisies that have been published
concerning the Mormous, and their acts,
but feebly express the condition of affairs
in that Territory The first Court he
held there was at Fillmore. 1t occupied
ffty-nine days, fifty of which he was en-
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES eases of prosecution.
The juries only convicted two--ond
before they trent to prison Cor. Brigham,
Young poraoned both Of them.
Carlos hurry, a nephew of Elder Kim
ball, committed cruel, cold-blooded
murder, and fed. The Marshall Nor.
mon-raised a posse and pursued him
arrested him, and brought him back
He was tried, and though the proof was
as clear as could be, the mormon Jury
without leaving their seats-returned o
verdict Of nat gritty, aud he was acquit.
ed. The arrest and trial of this man cost
the L. s. Government $4,000.
One way in which the Mormons fleece
the United States Government is as fol
lows: Some Of the leaders will bring com.
plants against dad Mormons" who, say
they, we wish punished by the laws OF
the United States, so as to put ourselves
right before the world. Warrants are
made out, and as it is an Indian country
posse-Mormons, of course-is rasied
to assist the Marshall--who ranbles over
the Territory, arrests them, bring them
to trial, when they are acquitted by Nor.
mon jury. Meanwhile the bill of costs
is sent in by the Marshall la this way
the Government is robbed of thousand.
Of dollars.
Murder there is an almost everyday
occurrence. One Of the chiefs OF the
church is a notorious fellow named Wm
\. Hickman. He has murdered as many
rs seven persons, and has never been
| brought to trial. The last man he killed
was a Mormon, who would not promis,
not to sell goods to the "Americans.
Hickman buried an axe in his brains
The murderer is the same person VIII,
! figures in the census If which Ronney
gives an account in his ''Bandtti Of the
| Praires." lie has been tried for differ,
ent offences in Hancock County, in this
State, before Judge Purple, always Gun,
irving to evade the law.
| 1t is the design OF the Mormon leaders
to gain over to their side the chiefs of the
various tribes of Indians-haye them
baptized into the Church. and 50 possess,
| ed OF the malignity of Mormonism towards
the United States, as to make them hos,
| tile to all Americans, and III time be able
To use them to accomplish their own ends
The mails Of the United States have
been habltuaIly broken open, and nothing
could 90 out or come into the Territory
safcl Y unless by private carriers.
Whipping women is of common occur.
renee. GOV Young's hired man whip
, p,,,. one of his (Youngs) wives in his
! presence till the blood tf1;ckled down her
| back-at,d that ,chj}e tie roman trns
! trHbin one naonh IF her CONFINEMENT
The crime was disobedience to the laws
| Of the church.
Elder Hyde (who has recently lift the
Normons) stated that he and Hickman
| (spoke Of above were set specially apart
! by the DANTE band to murder Judge
prummoui The deed was to have been
committed last July while crossing Car
son Valley, Hyde stated this publicly,
before the Legislature Of California
Judge Purple, Of this State, informed
Judge Drummond that at the time Fill
more appointed Brigham Young Cover
nor Of Utah two indictments were pom
ding against him in the l. :. District
Court for this State, for making aud pas
sing counterfeit money. Young was APP
pointed Governor Of Utah at the express
s)llcltationaad recommendation Of Senator
Doug las--at tie time these indictments
arere peadaag againa him. Douglas an i
Fillmore are the most popular men for
the Presidency in Utah. This is the
reason
judge nrunmond aiso informs us that
when a Mormon makes up his mind to
leave The Territory, he informs Brigham
Young, who say, oh, yes, You can leave.
Pay up your tithes-don't steal any
thing-and then you can leave and 20 to
h-ll. . One man named Benbow, from
kenosha, Wis, resolved to leave Nor
mondom. lie paid his tithes-paid all
debts-se;tled up his whole business and
started of, taking with him his cattle,
goods, and wagons. lie had not procee-
ded homeward however, over 49, miles,
when he was oyertaken by a posse, who
arrested him because Of a debt while was
stated to be unpaid. Benbow looked ut
the claim and stated that he never owed
claimant cent; but rather than go back
he would submit TO the imposition, and
offered to pay the sum demanded. This
aas not sntflcient--he must pay the costs,
which he also atleneth agreed to do, By
turning out some Il his stock. But no
--hc must 70 hack to Salt Lake City
such was the order lie had to submit
he went back, and his goods, cattle,
and wagons, were taken next day and
sold under the hammer without trial.