Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1857-09-26
BRIGHAM YOUNG ON THE UTAH ExpEDF

BRIGHAM YOUNG ON TIE UTAH ExPEDF
TON
The following extracts from q sermon preached
BY Brigham Young at Salt Lake City, July 26th,
will be read with interest at the present time:
Men rage and boil with wrath and indignation,
and they do not know the Of it. If they think
q what injury have the Mormons done to met"
the response from their own minds will be "not
any" What can the men truthfully say who have
civilly passed through here to the West TO make
their fortunesl That here is place of peace and
contentment; and though thousand miles from
civilization and from all the Injuries and many of
he comforts Of life, yet here is q people satisfied,
rontented and happy. Did they injure you? 'sNo"
Did they treat you kindly? Eyes Ask the peo-
pie in the East what is the matter? We can't tell
sou, only somebody has said something?" What
have they said? 1--WE don't know; we only heard
rumor, that's all.
The people abroad are just as foolish, unwise,
and short sighted as they can possibly be repre-
ssnted by the best learned men in the world. What
are they doing? What they have done all the time.
Have they been trying to destroy "Mormonism?"
les. Did they destroy it when thew took the life of
Joseph? No 'MOrmonism" is here, the priesthood
here the keys of the kingdom are here on the EARTH
and when Joseph went they did not 60 And if the
wicked should succeed in taking my life, the keys
Of the kingdom will remain with the church But
my faith is they will not succeed in taking my life
Just yet They have not good man to deal with
rs they had when they had Joseph Smith | do not
profess to be very good will try to take care of
number one, and if it is wicked for me to try to
preserve myself, l shall persist in it. for am in
lending to take care Of myself
When they killed Joseph they were talking about
killing great many others. Would you believe
hat the apostates say that was the instigatOr of
he death Of Joseph and Hyram? And William
0GgnrfPd at I h IL,
death of his brother Samuel, when brother Wood
ruiz, who is here today knows that we were waiting
ii the depot IN Boston to take passage east at the
very time when Joseph and II yram were killed -
Brother Taylor was nearly killed at that time and
Dr. Richards had his whiskers nearly singed off by
he blaze from the guns In a few weeks after
Samuel Smith died, and l am blamed as the cause
Of his death. We did not hear of the death of Jo-
seph until some three four weeks after he was
| oase martyred.
What is now the news circulated throughout the
| United States! That Capt. Gunnison was killed by
| Brigham Young, and that Rabbit was killed on
/ the plains by Brigham Young and his DANTE band
| What more? That Brigham Young has killed all
he men who have died between the Missouri river
and California. l do not say that President Blu
| chanan has any such idea, or the officers of the
troops who are reported to be on their way here,
but such are the newspaper stories. Such reports
are in the bellows and the editors and politicians
are blowing them out.
According to their version 1 am guilty Of the
Heath Of every man, woman and child that has died
between the Missouri river and the California gold
mines, and they are coming here to chastise me
The idea makes me laugh, and when do you thiuk
| hey will get chance? Catching is always before
| hanging. They understand, you know, that had
gone north and intended to leave this place wit b
such as would follow me, and they are coming to
declare jubilee. 1t is their desire to say to the
people, "yOu are free, you are not under the bon
| dage Of Brigham Young; you need wear his yoke
40 longer; now let us get drunk, fight play al
cards and race horses; and every one of you women
turn to be whores and become associated with the
civilization of ChristendOm." That is the freedom
they are endeavoring to declare here
viii make this proposition to Uncle Sam: will
furnish carriages, horses, the best of drivers and
the best of food have, to transport to the States
every man, woman and child that wishes to leave
this place, if he will send at his own expense all
those who want to come to Utah. and we will gain g
thousand TO their one, as all who understand the
matter very well know. 1t would have been much
better 10 have loaded the wagons reported to be on
the way here, with men, women and children, thar
With provisions to sustain soldiers for they never
will get here without we help them; neither do
think that it is the design of President Buchanan
that they should come here.
am not going to interpret Dreams for dom
profess to be as much of prophet as were JOSEPH
Smith and Daniel, but am Yankee guesser and
guess that James BGchahan has ordered this expe
dlon to apPease the wrath of the angry hounds who
are bowling around him. He did not design to star
men on the 10Th of July to cross these plains Il
this place foot. Russell Co. will probably max,
from eight to ten thousand dollars by reghtng the
baggage OF the expedition. What would induce the
Government TO expend that amount of money fol-
this Territory? Three years ago they appropriated
o+o,OOO for the purpose of making treaties with tbo
Utah Indians. Has even that diminutively small
! nm avar haap Il = =.
Government to this day, unless they have stolen il
1t, or improperly laid it out for some other pur
pose.
Have they ever paid their debts due to Utah? No
and now they have capped their meanness by taking
The mail out of the hands of Hiram Kimbali simply
because they knew that he was a member of this
church. If he had only have apOstatzed in season
and written lies about us it is not probable that his
mail contract would have been taken from him with
out the least shadow of right as has now been done
He was to have S23 900 Tor carrying the mails from
independence TO this city once month, which wa!
me lowest bid, but because he is a Mormon the con
tract must be disannulled and that, too. after b,
had put by far the faithful and efficient service
On the route that there ever has been, as is mos
well known at Washington. If [ thought that my
prayer might be answered, | would pray that no
another United States mail may come to this city
for until MIR himball began his service it has beer
a contant source of annoyance, disappointment ant
own dust, and sustain ourselves.
But woe, Woe to the man who comes here to IN
lawfully interfere with my affairs Woe, woe {,
those men who come here to unlawfuly NEEDLE will
me and this people sWOre in NauvOo, when my
enemies were looking me in the face. that | woulC
send them to hell across lots, if they meddled witt
me, and | ask no more odds of all hell to-day.
they kill me it is all right; but they will not unit
he time comes, and think that shall die natu
raj death-at least, expect TO.
Would II not make any or community angry
| 10 endure and reflect upon the abuse our enemies
have heaped upon u.s. and are still striving to pou
out upon Gods people? Br, Bernhisel says tina
! McGraw's mail contract was out in August last bu
they demanded at his hands and would pay him t
carry it two or three months longer The Postoffict
Department knew, or should have known that it haC
forwarded the acceptance of Mr.. Kimbalrs bid fol
| the new contract in that mail which McGraW wa,
not carrying, and then it took advantage of the fail
ure OF that mail and rumped up a false allegation
Of the unsettled state of Utah. and on those grounds
| disannulled the contract with Mr.. Kmball Oul
mail rights, and other rights and privileges ar,
most unjustly trampled under foot, but they car
spend millions to raise hubbub and make out tina
| something wrong as being done in Utah.
Let me be the President of the United States lit
lie while, aud would say to the Senators, Repre-
| sentatiyes, and other officers of Government gen
tlemen, you must act the part of men and States
men, or l will reprove you. What are they angry a
me for? Because will reprove men for their mi
guilty, and because have such influence here, tn,
very thing they all after They think that they
are going to obtain it with money, but they canno
| dc 1t.
KANSAS.
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