American union. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1855-1859, 1858-02-05
Defiant Speeches OF Brigham Young.

1850 A'""S 'H""o INC ioitOWiDS tr-
marks:
Twill say a few words befnre the con.
gtesaion is dismissed
As bu, few can be ia our Offices to
learn the news .hnt ia brought in, Twill
say tha. on the Cd. Friday last, a mes.
senger arrived with the intelligence that
the soId;ers were going up Hams fo,k.
Previous to that | had sent by Lieut..
Gen. Wells copy Of the proclamation
Proclaiming martial law and ordering
the troops not to come. here. They treat.
ed II as supposed they would. They
say they are eemt by the President. are
subject to superior officers, and intend
to abide their INSTRUCTIONS, and expect
they will until some o,hor power checks
their progress. ......
| do not know that aDybody's heart
burns' except it is To &c, little nearer
our enemies. and for the troops to uu-
dertake To come in heie.
l have told you before and l will tell
you now, that the result will DO that
MormonSm will be higher and xrvatss
IN power than ever il was belors. Our
enemies will sink while we increase in
power and strength, and enjoy an in
huence that we never enjoyed before.
and the Lord will have his own way in
h'i"ging about these things know
that all will be made right, and ll.wisc
overriding Providence will bring us off
victorious. He haB led US To victory
and peace, aud has given us power and
Influence that we can sustain ourselves
against all that can come TO annoy, de-
siroy. desols,e snd drive the Saints of
God. God will igh, our battles, and
he will do it just as he pIcases. BE
On the 9Th of October Brigham Young
De 'ivered lhe following speerh in the
Isternacls in relation to the advance #
the United States troops ia the Terri
tory:
If the Government Of tho United
States have sent soldiers 10 this Terri.
tory. do not know il, for have had no
"tticia notice Of snrhs q circumstance.
and y"H will perceive that treat them
accordingly. II they are sent by Gov.
eminent. they are sent expressly to de-
stroy this people. aud if they are not
sent by tho Government they have CONS
expressly to destroy this people; there
fore shall treat them, as have inform
ed the officer in command, the same as
MoHgh they aoere an aUored moi, not ss
| would thoso who have heretofore
mobbed ua, but as parties who have
come to mob US now.
We have sought for peace all tho
day long, and have sought for peace
with the army now on your boIdrrs,
and have warned them that we oil mosr
hrm'y believe, that they are sent horo
solely with view To destroy this peor
pie though they may be ignorant oftbos
fact. And though We may believe ths,
they are sent by the Government of
the United States, yet as Governor Of
this Territory. have no business to know
any such thing, until am notified hy
proper au'hority at Washington. have
light t" treat them as mob, Just as
though they had been raised aud officcr.
ed IN Missouri, and sent here expressly
to destroy this people. We have been
very merciful and very lenient to them.
AS inf"rmed them in my unofficial
letter, had they been lbese mobociats
who mohbsd US in Missouri, they would
never haYe seen tho South Pass. We
had plenty Of boys on hand, and tho
mode Of wal fare they would have met
WIN 'hey are not acquaiuicd with.
would just as soon toll them os 10 tell
yon Of my mode Of warfare. As tho
Lord God lives, wo will waste our enc,
mics by millions. if they sepd them here
to destroy US, aud ne, man Of Us bo
hurt That is the method | intend TO
pursue Do you want to know what
is going to he done with the enemies
now on our borders? If they come
bore will tell you what will be done.
AS soon as they start to come iuto our
settlements let sleep depart from their
eyes end elumber from their eveli0s, un-
I'll they sleep in death, for they have
been warned aud forewarned that we
will not tameIy submit to being destroy
cd. Men will be secroted here and
there and shall waste away our enc mics
in The name Of lsrael's GoJ. ""'
Another year, am going 10 prepare
Tor tbe worst, and want you to prepare
to cache our grain and Icy waste this
Territory, for AIN determined, if driy.
on TO that extremity, that our enemies
shall lind nothing but heaps Of ashes
and tojus We will he SO prepared
that IN few daye oil can be consumed.
shall request the Bisb"ps to sec that
the people 10 their Wards arc provided
with two or three yeo'e' provisions.
There is much more Of the same ieuy
or, which, howover, is not worth repro.
duciug.