Semi-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1853-18??, 1857-04-22
from the New Orleans Courier, April 81
INFAMOUS PRACTICES

from the New Orleans Courier, April g.
MORMONISM-IT INFAMOUS PRACTICES.
We had the qualification yesterday morning OF
call from Judge w. W. Drummond, of Chicago, iate
Chief Justice Of Utah Territory He was in that
condition of fine health and spirits in when We
always rejoice to see good, sturdy manly democrats
He entertained US for considerable time WIN q"
account of his personal and judicial exper'en:ee
among the saints and Of their manners, nao 49,
history, notions and purposes A,thcus. rom
disguised with this set of miserable iaha''cs, nI
accounts which had already reached us some l.'a
t;ons p;ven nv Judge Drummond, IN adoitioh ~
those Contained in his letter to Attorney uenerai
Black. added many revolving shades to inc picture
The Judges position, as administrator vi II'n any -.
criminal law in the territory, has been SUCH as 10
olive him better and probably more intimate knowi
edoe of the workings of the whole Mormon system
than is possessed now by any one out OF Ctan OF IN
it. His duties the representative OF federal judi
cial authority have shown him where the supreme
rule of that host rests whose IS
the will that sways the destines of considerable
nation. what the motive that binds hundred thou
sand inhabitants to the girdle of Brigham Young,
and what the use made Of their power by that astute,
capable and bold hypocrite and his subordinates.,
A leading characteristic of the followers OF the
modern Mohammed seems to be settled and ao'o-
ing hatred of all "Gentes," they are pleased 10
style all who do not subscribe to their dogmas ana
conform to their unique and revolving cfeed Al
though they come mainly from the northe n portioh
of this Republic, they look upon the United states
with no other feeling than hatred. Patriotic love oi
the country which gave them birth, and wh'ch tney
disgrace, has no place in their bosoms. They have
been taught to look upon the United States govern
ment as an oppressive one, whose authority they
have right to resist. All who are without the pale
of the Church of Latter-Day Saints, whether In or
out of the territory which they have usurped' they
regard as their enemies. They either set at open
Ac
grand or petit ures the indictments they shall re-
port or the verdict they shall render. In notable
cases. where the guilt of criminals has been as appa
rent as the MONDAY sun, Young and his felow
prophets have forbidden Mormon juries to render
verdict of conviction. In one instance, where poor
helpless dumb boy tortured in many ways Tor
months, barbarousy beaten, and then, while in the
agony of his mortal wounds, fettered and drown
ed in a brook, when his brutal murderer was sem
fenced to the Penitentary, Brigham Young took
him from the hands of the officers led him into the
tabernacle proclaimed his absolute pardon, forbade
right hand
IF Indians commit depredations upon Mormons
thew are punished without delay or scruple, but if
they rob or murder Identities" the prophet extends
his protection, and forbds uries to pronounce them
guilty. No law, except what emanates from the su-
preme hierarchy, receives the slightest regard.
The right of private property among the Mormons
is almost unknown. Whatever the rulers need
they always find means to obtain. 1.-The Lord
needs it." is warrant sufficient to enable Young and
his Council to seize upon any property in Utah. and
remonstrance or resistance is not only useless but
dangerous. If wealthy disciple arrives from the
States, the Church (Young) Immediately lays hold
of Just such share Of his goods as he peases The
portion, of which the former owneris suffered to re-
tain nominal possession, he is compelled to manage
according to the dicaton of some prophet or priest
If the prophet says to his neighbor: Plant that
A. L. H.,
and perhaps his life were he to refuse. The coun-
sci he is thus obliged to obey he is also compelled
to ask. The result is. that the actual possession of
the great mass of all the real and personal property
in Utah is in the foul obigarchy of Young and his
immediate subordinates
But if the control over the property of Mormons
is tyrannica that exercised over their most sacred
private and family affairs is still more So If
father has child fair and innocent whom he loves
and cherishes, and if she captvates the fancy of
some leading Mormon, she will be taken from her
home by the decree of the elders, and given up by
the ceremony of Sealing" to become the fortieth
fteth wife to an old viilian while her predecessors
who have grown old in the same guilty and abon-
nabe connection become his household or corn
field servants 1t often happens that man is seal
ed to two women at the same ceremony, and cases
are not rare where one of the wives so acquired
is lost by divorce before breakfast the next morn
ing!
Of these connections. where sometimes mother and
two or three of her daughters all sealed to the
same man, presents picture of beastly barbarity.
Could correct idea of these horrible transactions be
made known throughout the country, crusade
would be preached against this foul hordeth that would
soon put an end to their sway.
We were not little gratified to learn that none
or but very few Of these Mormons are natives of
Southern States. Such fact speaks volumes in
refutation of the mean SANDERS Of abolitionists
against Southern society. We would congratulate
our fellow citizens of the Northern States upon
being rid of so many of their fanatics by emigration
to Utah. did we not know that for every that
has left there are hundreds whose superstition
and bigotry are equal in degree if different in FORM
Mormonism, communism, Maine Liquorawsm,
agrariansm Millerism, spiritualsm, woman s-rghts-
ism and abolitionsm all 0bsGnae uolucres of the
same plumage, none of which made less odious
by any mutual hatred that may exist among them.
The SPIRITUAL HAND.-Mr. Willis, student of
divinity in Harvard University, has, for a year or
two past, been figuring as fourth.proo spiritual
medium in Cambridge, Boston, Salem, and various
other places in Massachusetts,. His reputation was
so great as to induce Professor Eusts of the Law.
renee Scientific School, and other gentlemen con.
nected with the University to attend one of his pr
vate circles, last week.
Soemnly formed itself around the table, the circle
of converts, impossible ladies' ncredulous profess
sors and medium Willis. For a time, every thing
went on successfully. The table was moved, the
raps were distinctly given and some remarkable dis
closures of fact and doctrine made But few of
the company were not quite satisfied and Mr. vii.