The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1858-05-08
Another yIew % the Mormona.

Frederick Lola, Ru educated Swiss, Who
became strangely fascinated with Mormon
Ism 90 2 distance, unly a. bu dlHBusied WIN
% sight ul ID in [ lah, has escaped ana return
ed Ia IeaypuNorth Kansas, Whtre Dee gives
10 the correspondent II thr New York I'm4
views Of the condition ~ the Mormuns some
wlmt different from those previously received
lie docs not believe tho Mormons VII hEhl
thg troops, ~ Says lhry have neither pow
der. cannon, nor military stores Of any hnH'
and there IL no truth Boo tbc stories of ihrir
having large force perfectly drilled, lhu
number " their men capable Of bring sol
dtqfs. ne FayB. riUFE mot rHrurri iJ'iti fir
thinks Young will have q special revelation
and run aVfy o. soon hc finds lhe government
il in ehrncN -
Mr., Lola bases his positive opinion that
the Mumnus viii make uu attempt 40 or
ganiled resistance, upon biz personal hnoWl'
edge u the fact, they have no means ni Tcslst
nnrc. They have very little ammunition, 40
gunp0wder iscluryrn0 ,malfilAlllohi Nh''h
20 make the powder, none ~ The appliances
essential o. TINT purpose, nor any single man
who knows how 10 WakGRn ounce oi cNpg'
slye material, even ifhis life depended upon IL,
Nor have lhcy any artillery, With ibo eAoep-
ton ofa single piece Of cannon, Nopoun-
der, nuv Of pair given them loug since hy
the United SMtgs--tht other ono having
burst Wilhelm Eoba Was iu lhc valley,
lie asserts that they have no military
knowledge, even il thcy bad anna +-ihst thrr
talk about thcir baulllious aud regiments
and legionR il he ,crlrst humhuF imaRlnh-
ble--pnd that there prcicueca OF the posses
lion- Of abundant ornaments are lhlhnhuuua
unmiUgpted, They have no iron from when
90 cast caunon,-nud Il they had the material
they have no foundry, nor any machinery iuI
tlftt GNmnulFUl
10 do DE work, True, there II nn phuud'
auce of iron ore 500 miles or more south OF
Salt Lake CIV, hut Il IL highly magnetic, and
up 10 the time when Mr. Lohl lUt, although
large Sums had been expended IN experiment
ing, III efforts 10 melt II down and render u
III for usc had failed, Neither are the Nor
mons any better oil in the matter Of manu-
featuring small arms, They have some few
gun-tinkrrh among them but us un evidence
Of their utter incompetcucy he mentions lh'
fact that no one Of them was able TO make
screw for him, 20 replace one which lac bot
lost from \ revolver Of peculiar construction
~ short, he considers the MurmonS destitute
of any elective power Of resistance 10 ever
the small force already under command OF
Colonel Johnston, and maintains that brig
ham N0ung'A entire reliance has been haAr,
upon his hope of being able to deter the ui
ted States from attempting TO deal with him
by lying boasts Of his ability to wage sue
eesslul resistance.
"Ioba naturally feels very deeply the mis-
eryand dc graduation which Mormoni1nl entails
A man Of large heart aud noble instincts
he 1, sorely grieycd at the condition OF
bis fcllow.crcnturci whom hc left under th
heel Of the Mormon ,heocr0cy lie has wit
messed every bpccics Of outrage aud crim'
heoped upon men aud women in the nom'
Of religion, and feels that il is u stern dut!
Of the government Of the United States to g
TO every extreme in order 20 prevent the sac
rifce Of further victims. Understanding lh
whole system of Mormonism in all its score
mysteries and its continuous net work oierim
he is firm in the conviction that It can nc,c
he tolerated with safety aud that only IN cy
termination can the evil be reached an,
cured To this issue he thinks the question
must come at last, believing that the "saiuts,
&c they escape now, will eventually fore
sithcr the federal government, or the indie
nant people Of the border, TO cut OIL the tai
Of the rNbid dog, Immediately back Of ,h