The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1857-10-26
The Norm ons.

p,.....sa NV that madness which goes before de-
s,ruetion Brtsham Young. II recent accounts are
Ia be credited 10 likely to precipitate an Issue OF
arms with the troops OF the United states. The
news :. almost too good TO be true. He lisa man OF
20 much shrcwdness and subtlety. that we expected
him % make graceful surrender OF his executive
mower. and content himself with the spiritual
headship Of his people. II he had pursued such
course, there could have been no means Of extir-
pa,iag him and his besotted crew from the land
they have made ahominable by their crimes. I'm
der p edara6toes secured to liberty of conscience
1T would be impossible to touch the Mormons how
ever evident IL might be that their freedom to wor
ship God only meant freedom TO worship their own
iusts and persecate other people with fmpnhis'
But treason and open resistance TO the laws OF 'he
land are a different affair and jtstfs the intefpo-
sition Of the temporal magistrate, WHO Brigham
will find s'beareth not the sword in vain
The whole history and career of the Mormon
ara sn, h,o, mon the intelligence and eiviiiza-
finp Of the pinetecnth century Joseph snith'
,heiy tpnder. was a d!ssolute brute. without edu-
cation refinement. or even a pleasing address,
Brigham Young is a coarse, burly ruffian, with
certain degree Of low cunning q strong will. and
powerful animal passions, but utterly destitute of
Intelligence and statesnanlike qualities. Neither
of these men, in the communities where they we're
born anu reared. WOUtu nave Detu Uusteu 10y tHtli
fellowctizens with the post Of constable and their
: rmbined credit, il is not probable, could have
commanded the loan of ten dollar bill. Yet
these two worthless loafers found spiritual com
munity, which now numbers hundred thousand
believers, and a temporal Commonwealth. of which
one Of them is stiii the head, managing it's affairs
with considerable success, and festhering his own
nest in the most comfortable manner. He has been
now living for years in clover; he is prophet,
whose words are received by his dupes inspira-
ton: a king. at whose command they rob and muir
der Mormon millionaire. fine house rich groeDds,
barns bursting with plenty; Sultan, with a sera
Clio of seventy or eighty wives, amidst whom he
moves like a sun among the stars. The doctrines
aud practices Of this Salt Lake Mahomet are incon-
ceivably brutal and hdeous going bow-shot be-
yond the most filthy excuses Of Mahometanism.-
Yet, the ranks of Mormonism have been annually
swelled with disciples, mostly from abroad, honest
people too. who think Brigham Young is really a
prophet, ard ,he founder of new dispensation.-
II is not until they have become inextricaby ill.,
volyed in the meshes Of their new position,
able 10 return to their distant homes. and
afraid to resist the tyFant into whose hands they
have fallen that the disciples initiated into the
Utmost mysteries of the new faith, and find, too
late, that their magined prophet is sensual and
ltGoClous savage Nena SaHib III lfst duo cupiuity
but destitute of the redeeming quality Of believing
n single word Of his own vile imposture
Hence, the whole country will rejoice if Nor
monism. instead of continuing to play upon the
crednlity of the ignorant, shall boldly try conclu
sions with the sword and bayonet There is no
danger that it can beget sympathy on the score of
persecution. 1t has been permitted for years to
wallow in such sty of moral abomiuations
would nauseate a Turk, and 10 hand has molested
it, because polygamy, incest, murder, and robbery
were part of its religion. But, the crime of
Treason this most liberal of governments does not
permit 10 be perpetrated even upon the plea of
freedom of conscience. We trust soon to hear the
refreshing news that retribution has overtaken
Brigham Young, and that shower of fire and brin-
stone from the batteries of the United States have
overwhelmed this modern Sodom.