Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1858-01-09
A war-speech by Brigham Young.

other Saints. We give below some speci-
mems of Bmgham's cloquence, which indi-
cate Enthusiastically the state of feeling
among the Mormons in regard to the Gov
crnment expedition now approaching them.
There canuot be more damnable, das-
tardly order issued than was issued by the
administratio. to this people while they
were in an Indian country in 1916. Before
we left Nauvoo, not less than two United
States Senators came TO receive q pledge
from us that we would leave the United
States, and then while we were doing our
best to leave their borders, the poor, low
degraded curses sent rcquistion for five
hundred of our men to 20 and fight their
battles That was President Polk, and he
is now weltcrimg in hell with Zachary Tay-
lor, where the present administration will
soon be, if they do not repent.
have told you that if this people will
live their religion, all will be well; and
have told you that if there is any man or
woman that is not willing to destroy any.
thing and everything of their property that
would be of use to an enemy if left, want
ed them to go out of the territory, and |
again say so to-day, for when the time comes
to burn and lay waste our improvements, if
any man undertakes to shield his, he will
be shcared down, for Judgment will be
laid to the lin and righteousness to the
plummet." Now the faint-hearted can po
in peace, but should that time come, thev
must not Interfere. Before | will suffer
what | have in times gone by, there shall
not be one building, nor one foot of lumber,
nor stick, nor n tree, nor a particle of
grass and hay, that will burn left in reach
of our enemies. / am sworn, if driven to
extremity, to utterly lay waste, in the name
of israel's God
Suppose that our enemies send $4,000
troops here, they will have to transport all
that will be requisite to sustain them over
one winter, for | will promise them, before
they come, that there shall not be one par
| tlclc of forage nor one mouthful of food for
them should they come. They will have
to bring all their provisions and forage, and
though they start their teams with as heavy
loads as they can draw, there is no team
that can bring enough to sustain itself, to
say nothing of the men. If there were no
more men here than there arc in the Semi
mole nation, our enemies never could use
us up, but they could use up themselves
which they will do. The Seminoles, lit
tie tribe of n few hundred in Florida, have
cost our government, / suppose, in the
ncighborhood of 500, 100000, and they
are no nearer being conquered than when
! the war commenced.
1t has been asked, "Iave you counted
the cost" Yes, for ourselves, but can
not begin to count it for our enemies. 1t
will cost them all they have in this world
and will land them in hell in the world to
come, while the only trouble with us is that
we have two or three times more men than
we need for using up all who can come here
to deprive us of our rights.
1t is my faith and feelings that if we live
as we should live they cannot come here,
but am decided in my opinion that if
worse comes to worst, and the Lord permits
them to come upon us, | will desolate this
whole territory before will again submit
! to the hellish corruption and bondage the
wicked are striving to thrust upon us solely
for our exercising our right Of freedom Of
conscience. 81
will say, in reference to President Blu.
chanan, that for his outrageous wickedness
in this movement, he shall wear the yoke
as long as he lives lie shall be led about
by his party with the yoke on his neck,
until they have accomplished their endsand
he can do no more for them, and his uame
shall be forgotten; and cold Bright" as
Mr.. Kimball calls him, shall be free.
After doing what they have already done
to this people, after sending among us the
filth and scum of all creation Gas some of
che officers were) as o!Eicers of the govern
ment, contrary to the government, contrary
to the genius of our institutions, | want to
tell them that though they continue to send
| poor, pusillanimous curses here to be gov
eminent officers, we will not submit to it,
troops or no troops shall tell them this
in plainncss and simplicity, and they shall
find that inlny simplicity will try to sus-
tain sorighteousa so position
DEATH or a YEfERA \. Thomas Pen
ny died at the Naval Asylum, near this
city. yesterday, aged 81 years This GAL
liant tar was one of the crew of Commodore
Perry 8 aa5-shiR Lawrence, and fought most
nobly on board that vessel until, owing to
1 her disabled condition, it was determined
that Commodore Perry should go on board
the Niagara, when Penny was selected as
one of the crew of the boat that was to con-
Sey his brave commander. The passage
was effected amid storm of round shot and
grape, which splintered nauy of the oars
aud so shattered the boat that when il
reached the Niogarait it was ia a sinking
conditions. The character of the fight ON
board the Lawrence, in which this heroic
seaman, Penny acted his part with cool
and dctemincd courage, may be gathered