The weekly Columbian., 1857-05-02
Salt Lake and the Mormons.

John Hyde, Jr., late Of the Mormon
church, but who, because of his renoun-
cling the faith of the +" Latter Day Saints"
has been by Brigham Young and his fol-
lowers delivered over to Satan to he
bufet-d in the Ae h, delivered very in
tere,ting lecture at San Francisco short
time since on Brigham Young, Salt Lake
and Mormonism generally. He spoke
Of the Lake as being 1000 feet above the
level of the sea-70 miles long and so
broad-and that three gallons Of it, boil
ed down, would deposit one Of salt. A
negro b; thing in it. said he, would come
out perfectly white with an incrussation
Of salt No human body could sink in
it, and myriads of gras<hoppers. which
had been blown therein, had l'een throws
upon shore, imbedded and preserved j,
| crystals of salt. In speaking Of the city
he said:
"Salt Lake City contains six miles
square, inclosed with a wall. All kinds
| If manufactures are carried on, and all
kinds Of indu try that can cnnduce to
comfort and wealth are prosecuted there.
Fifty thou people, the no indus
tr,ous in the world, live III that city, shut
out from the world, and ruled with a
despot'c power by Brigham Young, the
Prophet"
In speaking of Brigham Young. he
described him AS polite, shrewd man,
well dressed and tall and stately-one
who had the faculty of leading weaker
men. Brigham age is SO, and his food
is bread and milk. He accuses the Mis-
sourianS of~poiing his appetite. and says
chat " Uncle Sam. the old cuss." gave
him great trouble He always carrie,
his revolvers. and swears by the Eternal
that he cannot lie killed
The lecturer spoke of the great i'm
! lmoraIlty aud indecency of the system in
which so many people lived. and If Brig
h"ms claims To intalibility. Brothe.
Kimbail had preached that mans soul
was as safe in the hands of Brigham as
in those Of the Almighty. The lecturer
said that the onl Y means to stop the pr
gress Of Mon monism was to open the
great avenues oftravel through the mid
die of the continent. and suffer the food
of enlightenment to flow through that
leniehted country. Thousands of Nor
mons, said he, were ready. as soon as fit.
ting opportunities should present. to
leave Utah and renounce their errors
but they were shut up in their noun
tains, and nursed th-il infa,uation be.
cause they had no hope III anything else.
The above is condensed by the Sacra-
rent Bee, from the Ba1letin's report Of
Mr. Hyde's lecture.
The absolute necessity Of a change or
refo' nation among these people, is clear.
ly demonstrated by Judge Drummond,
the U. S. District Judge, of Utah terrific
ry. who in recent despatch to Wash
ington, exposing the crimes and treason
able acts of Brigham Young and his Nor
mon proselytes, amongst other things
says:
THE leading men Of the church are
more traitorous than ever Only few
days since all the papers, records. dock
cts. and nine hundred volumes OF the
laws. we've taken out Of the Supreme
Clerks Office and burned. And this is
not the only instance of the kind. Isay
to you again. and through you to the
President, it is impossible for US to en-
f'rce the laws of this Territory. Every
man here holds his life at the will If
Brigham Young; and here we are with
out protection. / am firmly of opinion
that Babbitt was murdered by Mormons
under the direction of Brigham Young,
aud not by Indians. Murder is COM
m n thing here; and mormnns cannot be
Puni she'd with Mormon jury. witnesses.
officers and Governor to pardon. 1t is
too cruel and must not be endured. A
man. not member Of the church, ,s m,lr.
dered. robbed. castrated and Imprisoned
solely for questioning the authority OF
the church. Persons are now in the
Penitennary. convicted before the Pro-
bate Judge, who are wholly innocent of
any crime. Is there any other country
where this abuse is or would be endured
Let all then, take hold. and crush out,
one OF the most reasonable organiza-
tions in America"
1t is generally believed that Mr.. Bu-
chanan will supercede Gov. Young. in
which event it will be necessary to back
up his successor with an army of U. S;
Troops, as Brigham has threatened ven-
geance on any man who would he impu-
'lent and bold enough to exhibit COM
mission from the Presidens, as Governor
of the Saints.
Thatl IzAe Il y -.