Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1857-05-02
correspondence OF tue NatohaI IhteIllgehcer
The MoEm0nS-The Military Power and
Political PURPOSES Of the MOrmOns.

Political Purposes of the MormOns.
GENTLEMEN: From military order re-
Gently published il your paper, infer that
division of the United States army is tc
move into Utah. This news viii be hailed
with joy by thousands Of American citizens
in every State and Territory Of the Gonfcd-
eraey, who have suffered directly or Indirect
! ly by the merciless outrages of Normons,
committed while quietly pursuing their toll
some journey overland to Oregon and Cali
forifia. Every indignity has been offered to
cmigrants, every species of property stolen,
and every species OF crime has been commit
ted The Federal laws have been tramplcd
/ in the dust, Government officials set at def
anee, menaced, threatened and insulted; iu.
RIGS have been influenced, and the ends q
Justice thwarted; the prison doors have beer
opened and the criminals set free All this
did not satisfy them, but they must enter
the hall of records and publicly burn the ar
chiycs of the Territory.
Now, as evidence of their invcterate ha-
tired to Americans and everything pertaining
to America, (and these sentiments are con-
stantly taught and preached, } | will cite as
follows;
4 Gentle shall not board in my family,
and if one of my houses was rented to a
Gentle, after the time had expired would
pof5l II Gown nat $ the doeffine.-s5e4e-
"'gs u "fG't5.
f Il Gentle were boarding in my family,
and ] should low down to pray, and the
uehtie or "e4..sea shooid hesitate; w, Mould
say 70 9t-h, p2#il aoWa' you 9eYll | nat
doetfiie' ana | Know IL : ana any man VINO
shan oppose It shaii be destroyed.--Ht6eF
o. 4 s"'1a";
jhen ,enG'9as tenets may be inferred
IRON the following
belleFe III marrying brothers ana sis
f"rs | oeheFe IN the pre- existence pf man
that Adam and I've are the parents OF all
men, spfitually ana physica!ly that all the
SAINTS OF thts aispeasation viii DC resuffeei-
cd % Joseph emith, 1T' II am ever s1F-
eu' - - Pe s1 - - a,'p va 1 1L ~
lin119
Were my daughter to marry Gentle.
would save her IN this kingdom, namely,
cut her throat from ear to ear.--HffgAam
long.
Their advocacy Of internal improvements
n.ac 10 inferred from The fallowina.
n. - - - ~ = -.
80. sa - =, 49,, -. Wv 80 = III. IN, u,
~ 49, S..4e
- -. -, - - - sis'.-
i,''.'..' : 3' ,,'oe y, ,'iV foo'e
i.'1 ~. IL, , 20 - SlI ~, ~ = ~.
- ''.s.: N'''.e. ,i @,.03 .sAe iiy'
''' ~ s'' ,'s'g'i ~ t.'4' '''.'' ~ = .
ai i1@....,, - ,t:..;......u:..s ,fastf H., g.
~ IL ~ - '.S,o, .,I 'I } .. 'n r., ,or-
~ '.ss'1.',l q, NIL, no gaii $500, ."a'e n,
aab IL ss.'' w. ,9 ~ ~ ,,', - -
- 49, D. 'i-eN,''' - q t.
Means Of defence We have the self
loading twenty-four repeating rife. the Min
ME rife. Browns revolving iiye-shooting ri
dc and pistol, aud a revolving cannon or
field pieec.-Elder Ltas.
III tie aboye-namcd firearms. powder,
ball, Sc are in process Of secret manafac-
,ura
W.T. r.,..y.....
=. M as'1 'no iN s4 are ~ ee'eo 70 20
o ,t ;' W. 800 -% Oh T; oo.9 %ls
way ,t /" @p -, III ~ .n, Vt f inrls2 "ls ~
9c,, p,IIirS
The Sioux, Chavenncs, and Arapaboes
have banded together against the Gentiles
to the number OF a'oQo warriors ho1@er'
M ~ = "s t'@I l, .ar.,u''s' 49, A. -,
ave Of the Lord in the hands Of the Nor
mons.- Moro,oa BITE.
There is l.ore union in the Masonic Order
than any other except the Mormon --Aeder
T. -, ht49t.tH'
Inc right OF private search ny "rognes
Eeys Is peculiarly characteristic ofaef OF
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS.
The law and tie prophets;
\ Kingdom can exist uitttu Republic.
BriqLam loaaq.
No one was ever known 10 dissent from
the uH of Brigham Young. Orsoa Pratt.
What may bc cxnectod
- -. ~. - IL,
- sosoin'ngli1 . 81 nl1et1Iie wi'n our
women "s""'' ;, ) VIII elt 'nelF tnroa's from
ear . ear "a. HFfg8 ., "@39; CO.,
n oi''Sl'' % '"e tn!ea , ,s'a'os army
a,',' never T. winter III 'nis valley aGa'h.--
'1't1'''sNs 1"""9'
The abovo quotations are taken from
mass Of information collected in l854-'55
during nearly a wears STAY IN Utah. all O
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