The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-12-04

Msjestys service. This very plass;is
when their foreign missions taken into consisra,
ton They have had missionaries for years m IN.
East Indies, where whether from accident design
rsent and stations OF the army So was at Malta NJ
Gibraltar at the Cape Of Good Hope, at Halifax In The
Canadas and the elders were not in their la
| bors among the red jackets. When the Crimean war
brought together the British army From part OF the
lons dominons, the Mormons found themselves strong
enough organize into conference, and there they did
praying and preaching well as lighting was inform
ed that ut the conclusion OF ce some OF these o6tanet
their discharge and have probably gone West
The star before taking his departure from
the British Isles believed himself under obligation 70
liver prophetic warming, which illustration OF how
the Mormons anticipate coming events and the miss'oa
they believe accorded b them, copy Tor your edihcA
A PROPHETIC WARNING TO THE INHABITANTS OF
GREAT BRITAIN.
Expecting soon to leave Great Britain and return TO our
to leave with the inhabitants Of these countries solemn
warning concerning those things which will soon befal
them, and TO point out their only way 70 escape
Being called and sent of God humbly and in most
respectful manner say TO her most gracious Majesty the
Queen and 70 all the lords nobes rulers authorities and
Inhabitants IN the United Kingdom Of Great Britain that
God Almighty, in this nineteenth century has set up His
Latter Day kingdom upon the earth predicted by HI
ancient prophets and apostles Angels have been sent
forth from heaven by whom power and authority have
been conferred upon many, not only TO set up
oil things "' pertaining to the same These in
spired messengers have been sent, by the com
and have testified in humility and meesnsss, but yet with
great bodness that the great and terrible day Of the Lord
at hand and that the preparatory Kingdom Is establish
ed in the heights Of the mountains the great western
| hemisphere.
The Kingdoms of the world have waved old; and, be-
Of wickedness they destined 10 be speedily
broken TO pieces; but the Kingdom OF God will endure for
1t is destined to increase in strength, power, and
dominion, and bear rule all the earth Those
tons and kingdoms which Will not unite themselves with
the kingdom Of God and become with it, honoring its
laws and institutions will utterly PERISH and no place VIII
| be found for them
In view of these things humbly, servant of the
most high God cntrea all the people OF these countries 70
ord We n
the evils and denominations your midst and
the Lord and his Kingdom and shall be forgiven and
your ransgressions shall be botted out you shall be-
come great and mighty branch of that universal heo
crazy which to ill the whole earth and thenceorth be
| governed by its laws.
But If you will not nation, repent and unite your
| selves with Gods kingdom, then the days at
hand when the righteous shall be gathered out Of your
MIDST and unto you when that day shall come, for
shall be day of vengeance upon the British naon and
your armies shall perish your maritime forces shall
your cities shall be ravaged burned desoae
and your stronghods shall be thrown down. the poor
shall rise against the rich and their storchouses and their
fine mansions shall be pilaged, their merchandise and
their gold and their silver their rich treasures shall
merchants OF the land and all in high places be brought
down, and shall sit in the dust, and howl for the
miseres that shall be upon them and they
that trade by shall lament and mourn, for their traffic
shall And thus shall the Lord Almighty visit you,
because of great wckedness in rejecting his servants
and his kingdom; and IL you continue TO harden your
hearts your remnant which shall be left shall be
the dry stubbc before the devourng ame and
all the land shall be ceansed by the fire the Lord
| the 6lthness thereof may up before him.
Your armies in India have already been smtten with
Judgment because they cast out the Lords servants
who were set 10 them and to- prophecy TO them.
They were rejected by missionaries and your officers
ana pelng without purse or SCRIP thsy mad not where 70
their warning message, until the Lord called them out Of
their midst that he might execute speedy Judgment and
show 10 all nations that his rejected
with impunity let Great Britain take warning, and not
follow the wicked examples OF the Europeans in India.
Your Hastings and your prayers will be solemn mockcry
before God you the message he has sent
Though you appoint Of fasting and humiliation before
the Lord vet be will not hear you, answer your peu
TONS long you receive his Kingdom and treat his
servants with scorn. He will neck at your calamtics,
and multiply them upon you until you wasted away
as chan by the whirlwind Of the mountains
Completely OF the Mormons In the Late Emi-
| grant Mnssacre-The Indians were Tools In
| the Hands OF the Saints.
| TO THE EDITOR THE HERALD
The late horrible massacre OF than hundred
emigrants on the Spanish trail from Utah TO California,
deserves more than passing notice at the hands Of e
The San Francisco papers give the substance Of
veral statements tending show that the Mormons
eognizant of the and probably nsgascd it, Tho
fact is undoubtedly this; The Mormons planned
ari executed II with the Indians, Il could not have
occurred The writer has spent year Utah. and during
the spring Of 1855 passed the from Salt Lake
City TO Los Angeles, California in command Of dctach-
ment Of United States troops Previous this march he
had seen several months service among the Indians who
occupy the country in the vicinity Of the late
These Indians have for years been under tuteage Il
the Mormons. Their chiefs, Canoshe Ammon and Others
are members Of the Mormon church. Their villages arc
In close proximity 10 the Mormon towns their fields Of
grain adjacent To those Of the Mormons Missionaries
reside constantly with the Indians and control their move
ments. In the Of the death Of chief his SUCCESSOR
is always the designated by tho Mormons These
Inc ans are armed with rifles and have abundance OF
ammunition supplied by the Mormons and these supplies,
are purchased with United States money supplied TO Brig
ham Young In his capacity OF superintendent OF Indian
Affairs The whole instruction OF the Mormon missionaries
has been that the Americans weak and nrm nation
con pared with the Mormons and the natural enemies Of
the Indian For years past no small PARTY az Americans
has ever travelled this route without ASSUMING he char
actor and name OF Mormons absolutely necessary
prccau,on pass through safely The Mormon
stretch Fillmore City the Vegas river nj intervals
Of few miles and close the connection between the
Mormon people and the Indians, that is absolutely i'm
poEsibc for train 10 be attacked this
without the knowledge and consent Of the Mormons beg
leave TO gay that this s charge hastily made-no
considerable evidence-bu an nconestibe fact; and its
truth he aested by hundreds OF people IN California
who have travelled the route and called themselves Nor
mons 70 avoid fate similar 10 that 81 the hundred and
eighteen men women and children slaughtered at Noun
tain Meadows.
The writer Of this letter camped days Mountain
Meadows two days on the santa Clara and two days
the Muddy At the approach Of the troops the Mormon
missionaries left the Indian tribes and the
Mormon settlement after ns,rucng the Indians TO attack
the troops Nothing but exhibition Of superior strength
and constant vgance prevented repeated attacks scye-
dians and ~ often recovered The chiefs OF the tribes
on the Virgin and Muddy rivers told the their
Instructions W attack the troops and Of the representa-
tons OF the Normons that the Americans were a weak
people and the enemy Of the Indian. repeat that Il Is
not reasonable 10 suppose that this could have
been committed without the completely Of the Mormons
The circumstances Of the show that they could have
prevented w. rescued the greater portion OF the train
as the night lasted many hours, and they made
| aware a u by expresses
Tho facts here stated with reference TO the Instructions
~ the Mormon missionaries and the march OF the troops
have been on Gle In the War Department, In the form Il
| MI official report more than three years. ARMY.
| AsToR Hovss, Nov. 80, 1851.