The Evansville daily journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ia. [i.e. Ind.]) 1848-1862, 1858-11-19
The nlormons not subdued.


connected with the army in Utah, in a pri-
vate letter to a friend in st. Louis, gives the
following account Of affairs among the
Mormons.
The papers tell you all is quiet, and that
the civil officers are well received, and the
laws executed here, but | tell you just the
reverse. The Mormons think their Chief,
Brigham Young, has achieved complete
victory over the General Government, by
diplomacy and fnessc, and give vent to their
feelings of hatred auong.t each other, just
as they did before.
The Presidents proclamation Of pardon
for all their declarations and overt acts Of
treason, before the army came here, was
great political 5lmder, and has complicated
t1e difficulty, instead Of settling it. True,
the Judges are here, and other civil func
tionaries, but how can justice be admins
t red, with Mormon Legislature, Mormon
juries and witnesses. The thing is impos-
si0le, and Will not even be attempted. The
government of Brigham Young is perfect
thcocrqcy, of the most despotic kind, and
far more powerful than any the United
States can introduce here. The people
generally, are his admirng and worship
ping SliiN ES, anu are uedl ~ All HLucLCCS;
other than those Of the Church, Of which he
Is the acknowledged head. The great ques-
lion must be met by the people of the
Union, and this polygamous ulcer upon our
Republic must be treated as it dcserves-n0
Homeopathically either, as Doctor Buchanan
has treated it; bu, with severe measures, or
even with the knife if we wish to secure
it, finally and forever, and save ourselves
and all ChriStendom, from 4 political cancer
that Will, otherwise, plague US forever
Twenty. or thirty thousand people,
! large portion Of whom are ignorant and de-
based who were gathered up mainly from
the overgrown population Of European
cities who know nothing about the prin-
ciples of our government. and care less
who were brought up under mOnarches and
passed straight from the emigrant ship to
place themselves under Mormon govern
mcnt; who know no other Government,
and who not only 90 not care for any othe~,
but who think all other Governments ar
tagouistic TO that, and that sooner or later
! they must yield to the control of Mormon
is, find a common home and common
cause in these distant valleys, and may,
some day, do more mischief than is con-
monty supposed. Amongst them, as might
/ well be expected when their antecedents
/ are considered, are thieves, robbers and
mnrderers, and the Mormon creed and faith,
/ is a perfect shelter aud protection to all
such provided only that their outrages are
committed against Gehtics or apostate or
/ lukewarsl Mormons 1t is true that while
there is an unusually large proportion of
most undesirable meu, there are many, very
many good, honest, simple men and women
! here, who have been persuaded to leave the
outer world in search Of this Eldorado of
earth and the salvation of their souls.
The annals of crime might be stuiied in
vain for parallels to the shocking and beast
" crimes reported to Us here, on most cred
/ ibIe authority. Twill not stain this sheet
by relating them. They are so disgustii g
;tnd abominable that | could not possibly
believe them, except on the highest and
| most indisputable evidence. Single murders
! of apostatc MorTnons, We're so common, that
hardly any notice was taken of them and
it was only when men and women were de-
stroyed by whole families, or parties, that
much was said on the subject.
There is abundant proof Of the completely
and chief agency of the murder of that
large emigrant party from Arkansas last
year The goods and even the cattle of the
massacrcd, are now in the hands of q noted
Bishop Of the Church. Many other like
murders and robberics are also succept-
ible of proof; but the Jordan, like
the Dardanelles, opposite the Sultan's harem,
has been t}vorite deposite of dead bodies
which it never yields up again, but carries
them swiftly to the waters of the Great Salt
Lake, from which, nothing living or dead is
ever recovered. But enough Of this dis
gusting theme.
The General Government should furnish
transportation and subsistence to the States
for all who wish to leave here This would
reduce the power of the Mormon King, and
humanity dictates this as the duty of th(
Government. Thousands of men, women
and children would thus be freed from {
worse than Algerine bondage.