New-York daily tribune., 1858-08-24

.pd mules and 332 oxen ant c5ws were con7c1d
.aere Spacious b1ueres we're e'ec'eo' a1a t'e
evening VISA devoted % mu'ic taa dancins. lne
n,,t day was salu;ed by dscssres OF cannon aad
n.r.ds q, part Of the Nsuyco Leg u. About
.oa, ,no Mrm,rs-A o. Sm4,. and Jddson
S,o5Ssra-,ote INTO the Canon, h.vog j1'! arrived
f-om the s,.te.. They rad ef: Fort Lea7euwo'to
m the All Of July, sBd they ero1sst toe news nat
,,s N,rmon mail .on.rsc. hs3 been aluu'lsd BY the
po..r,,,,er. General, AID ths. preparations f'r the
march Of the s,Dy were beiog made a. the Fort
. ,c.ne oi the yiljes. t4mlt eDsued 10 the ulds.
If which Brigham Young mounted the staad s0d
recalled 10 the rninis Of his sudisnce that just ten
yesr, before, on tba. very anniversary, he hsd
said. "Give US ten years more and we WIZ not ASK
/" any odds of the United States" lie then pro-
.oaSs, N sav that the ten years had passed, and
row they asked no odds; they were henceforth
f,ee and independent people, 10 De known no longer
| q. inhabitants of Utah but citizens of Deseret.
Mis- remarks were echoed BY Kimball and other
| dgnitaries Of the Church IN yet more infemperae
language Their speeches have never been reported
AID 10 the official account Of the proceedings IN the
| kanyon. published in The DeSerd Nens, over the
| signature of the Church reporter, no mention Is
| made Of their delivery. But they were OF such an
extraordinary character that they msde an ndelble
impression on the mind Of every hesrer, aud extracts
from them have often been repeated to me BY per-
sons who were present on the OCCASION
The doctrine Of the independence Oi the Mormon
people was enforced from the stand 10 the Iaoer-
nacle, by Young, Kimbsll, Taylor, Geo. \. Sn th,
and others, on the succeeding Sundays. A few ex"
tracts from the discourses will show the character
of their remarks. Heber Kinball said on Sunday
July 26:
led,s ubstheY nelonQ thb Clufc1 or cot,
| vhen you will prize Brother Joseph Smith az the
prophet Of the living God ard lo1k upoe h'm as God.
and also upon Brigham Young our Governor IN tue
Territory Ct DeseIet. There 10 no other man, eIcepL
s his in the priesthood thst vii ever rule
| over me as Governor.
| On Aug. 9, he said:
"God kpe th at Zachary Taylor would strike again
| u.s. aid he cent him 10 Hell. President Fillmore Wa
the next who came upon the PLATFORM ano ne dld
ue good-God bless him! Then came President fierce
and he did not strive to njure We hoped thst the
next after him would DO US Justice but he has issued
oroers to serd troops 10 kill Brother Brigham and me-
| ard 10 take the young women to the Sthtes' ne
woman will be damned that will 90. But there O. n I
| apy gong uness they are We. Will the President
thst site IN the char of state be tipped from ms seat
Yea; he will Gle an untimey desth, sni God Almighty
| will curse him..
| On August 80:
Deseret sbe shall be 10 more Utah; We will have cur
| own name, do you hear it = We ere the people oi
Deseret and is for us TO ssy wheh her We VIII nave
| Bro. Brigham for Governor or those poOr
miserable devils they reported to be trying TO onng
| here. You must know they are m sersble devils to
have TO here under arms, bu, they snail not rule
| over us nor come into this Territory. We are toe
| Kingdom of God, are the STATE or DEsEREr, and
we will have you, Bro. Brigham, as our Governor,
ust long you live. We viii not have any olner
Governor. When we reject Brigham Young, We re-
ect the head but We will not do 1t, for the body sha
dwell together, and We are members of that body,
and he shall be our Goverrer just as long az God
| Almighty will have bin to be-
Brigham Young said, on Aug. 9:
| "H,re an i yet, Governor of Utah. Five years
ago told them that should be Governor as loug as
the Lord wanted TO be. and that all hell coud not
remove me. They have tried duirg these i've yeaHs
| lvIv.-. me sno have had to sppoiIt Secretary
for bs Territory times in thst period for the
ores appointed by the Pfesiden. absconded from the
Territory And the prospect Is that shall still
preside over the legislature and that Capt. Hooper,
whom appointed Secretary, will have to continue In
that ofce. God bless you. Amen"
1t is lust year since the leaders of the Mormon
| Church assumed this position definitely, and drew
the whole population after them into rebellion The
events which succeeded have become familiar to
| the public. And now on the 2ith of July, lcJc,
after the prophecies of Young have been proved TO
be idle after be has resigned the Gov srnment nOml
nally into the hands of Col Cumming, and has
asstnttd to the location of the army in this valley
after his people have been deprived of many OF the
necessaries of life more than twelyemonth, and
have been forced to abandon their homes and waste
property and labor to an incredible amount in obey
| IL q the mandates of the Church, strange to say
the power of the leaders of that Church over their
disciples appears not to be weakened yet one single
particle. The present state Of affairs is simply ths
A handful of Gentes have been enabled to enter
the valley, part of them bearing the titles OF civil
officers. The only guaranty of their personal secu-
riiy is the presence Of portion of the United States
| Army. On proceeding tO the duties OF their oflces
they find themselves incumbered by Territorial
code, great part of the provisions OF which have
been contrived expressly with view to embarrass
any civil officers whom convictions of duty might
lead TO acts opposed to the interests of the Church
| They are obliged ALSO TO combat the preludces OF
the population, and they uncertain OF support az
Washington. In addition to all this they are divided
| among themselves in respect to opinion and policy
| the Governor and the Superintendent of Indian Al
fairs having assumed position directly at variance
with that of their civil associates. And as if to
crown the pile Of difficulties the courts psrayzed
by the absence OF the two Associate Supreme
| Judges.
1t has become the conviction of most of the mill
tary officers whose opinions deserve respect, that
in view Of the state of affairs, the most desirable
solution of this Mormon question would be by the
exradition Of the leaders OF the Church aud such Of
their disciples would wish to share their fortunes
! in foreign land. 1t would be no disgrace 10 the
National Government to make the proposition to
Brigham Young, and, in case it should be accepted
the result would be blessing both TO the United
States and to the majority of this people, Young
must be convinced that however many difficulties
environ the Gentle civil officers their presence and
that Of the army must inevitably, though slowly.
undermine his power, or else excite him and his
people to another rebellion. The cost of maintaining
1900 L. s. troops in this Territory one single year
will exceed the amount necessary to remove the
whole Mormon people to Papus. There they would
find field for indefinite expansion, while if they re-