, 1859-08-26
HORACE GREELEY IN UTAH.
The Mountain Meadow MaA4acFe--
Popular Sovereignty.


IEdi;ur.al Correspondence Of The NY Trslunel
sAr LAkK, Julyl4, 1eso.
Do discrelit the tales of Mormon Outrage
and crime-uf the murder Of the Parishes, tEe
Mountain Meadow massacre, &c., Gc.-wherr.
with the general ear has recently been shocked.
No. do not. Some of these NAV hare l,eeu
fabricated by Gentle nlnlice--ot1crs are doubt
lcas e1afgerated-but there is some basis cf
trus4 for the current Gentle conviction ,lrt
Hormons Aart so.1td, sadimtf, and <rta IILI
ptrsohs in fhs 1rsrifory und<r circvmtfaHcs
Tiih should sul,tcf tAt trtrdtors to condiya pun
t*h"eas, tut tut -Hor'ao" tc:f".ssfs, grand ju~
rors. ptI Jurors aid maqi1rdfts defer-
m'"tdly screen Ne q"'Ay. deeply, regret
Ise incoulestable. That large party Of em.
igrauts-not less than eighty Arkansas
To California, we're foullY masxacred 1t Noun
taln Meadows in September, 1871, more imme-
dixtely by Indians, but under the direct inspi-
ration aud direction Of the Mormon settlers in
that vieisltv-to whom, und MT to the sAyascs,
the euligrants had surrendered, after siege, on
II" strength Of assurances that their lives ut
least should be spared-is established by cv,-
dence that cannot Il ,hink) be invaidated-thc
evidence Of conscience -tnitten partakers IN the
crime. both Indian and ex-Mormon, and Of
children If the slaughtered enai.rants who were
spared as to too young to he dnngero .s eyen US
witnesses, and OF whom the majority hive been
scut down to the States Us unable to giye testi-
mnuy-bpt two boy8 are retained here as wit.
nesses, who distinctly remember that their ra.
reuts surrendered to white men, and that these
white men u best did not attempt to prevent
their pcr1Idlous massacrc. Thuse children,
moreover, were nl found in the Possession Of
Morrnons-rot one Of them IN the hands Of the
lndlans-and, though the Morlnons say thee
ransomed them from the hands of Indians, the
children deny il, Saving that they never hved
with NO: were i'll the kteping Of saTages; md
= I'D, t,o, = ~
Parish case The fau1ily had been Mormons,
but had apostatized-and undertook to return to
the STATES: they were wnrned that they would
be killed II they persisted in that resolution
they did persist and we're killed. OF course,
nobody will escr be convicted of their murder
bus'hose who TaFned them Of the fate on which
sley were rushing know why they we're killed,
and could discover, il they would, who Killed
them.
Tie vital fact in the cusc is just this: The
great muss OF these people, body, 1nenn to
be honest, just md humane but they are, be-
fore and above all things else, Lattcr-day Saints,
or Aor1nons. They dteouty believe that they
His work, up. building; His kingdom. and bask.
ing in the sunshine OF Ills peculiar lusor Who
ever obstructs ar inptdes them in this work,
thea, is Gods enemy, who must be mnde to ret
out Of the way Of the establishment OF Christ's
Kingdom on eart1a--nladc to do 80 by lawful and
that nay ultimately be found necessary The
Parishes were apostles; bud they been al-
lpwed to pursue their journey to the Suites,
they would have met many Saints coming
np the road whose minds they would
Lave troubled, if not poisoned; ind they
would hare told stories ufter reaching their
destination which would have deepeneG tho
general prejudice against the Saints: SO the up
building and wcll.being of Chtists kingdom
required that they should die The Arkansas
enigrnnts had in gone way abused the Saints
or interposed obstacles to the progress Of Gods
work, aud they were consequently given over
to destruction. Far be it from me to hint that
ne.tifth, onetcush, one-twentictl, Of tie Nor
nlons ever bore any part i'll these bloody dceds,
OF even know to this day that they were perpe-
trHied. The great body Of the Saints un1oubt-
ingfy believe all the current imputattons OF Nor
nlou homicide and nutEnge TO he abnminab1e
caumnics. Many Of the highest diguitaries
Of the church may be included in this number.
But there nrc men in the Church who know that
they are rot caIumnles-Nho know that Gtntes
| md apostates have been killed for the Church S
and fur CArist's sake, and who firmly believe
| that they ouyht 10 have been. g7ieve to say
il, but hold these more consistent and logical
! Mormons than their innocent und unsuspicious
brethren. For if were L Latter Day SAINT, un.
touttingly believing all opposcrs Of tue Nor
mon Church to be Gods enemies, obnoxious to
His wrath mud curse, and powerfully obstruct.
ing the rescue Of souls from eternal perdtion
| un1 torture, should be strongly inpelled to
| Of The way Of scndin. more immortal souls to
| everlasting tire. should feel it my duty SO to
| act, as lover of God und mau. And conf
dentiy predict that not one Mormon who hos
| killed uentile or apostate under like view oi
| his duty will ever be fairly convicted in tEis
| Territory. No jury can be dran here, unless
| in fragrant defiance Of the Territorial laws,
which is not nlainly composed Of Mormons ; md
| no such jury will convict Mormon Of crime
| for any act dune in trhulf Of Gods kingdom
that is, Of tue Mormon Church.
| ask, then, the adrocates Of Popular Soycr
eighty in the Territories to sny what they pro
| posc to do in the premises, How do they in
lend to adapt their principle to the existn. statt
| Of fucis. They lave superseded brigham Young
with full knowledge that ut least niEletenllIs
uf the People Of Utah earnestly desired his re-
tentlou rs Governor. They have sent hi!her q
ba.cl1 of Judges, who would like to earn theis
| salaries but the Mormon Legislature dcvote:
its sessions principally to tue work Of crippins
and lettering ,hese Judges 30 thut they shall re-
MUM here Is mere dummies or be driven ints
resign ton. Their jurics ars drawn for then
by Mormon officials, under regulations which
virtually exclude all but Mor1nous from tact
panet; it il yiola.ion Of the laws uf Utah to
rite in argument before any Judge or jury here
tue decisions Of uny court-eycn the Supreme
| Court Of the United St4tes-but the courts Ol
| Tluh 80 that even the bred Scott decision
could not lawfully be cited here in Fugiurs
Slave case: in short, the Federal judiciary, til,
Fedora! Executive, and the Federal Army, Al
now existing in Ctah. ute three Transporter
sh4ms-thrcc egregious farces they arc cost
| ing the Treasury very large sums to no pur
pose; and the sooner the Governor, Marshal
Judges, 4c., resign, and the Army is withdrawn
t.,c Letter Tor NIL but handful IF contractors
..popular Sovereignty has such full swim:
H., Ir;,,} %l. T..rr VIZ
in bis brecches pocket without Shadow Of op
position be governs without responsibility It
either law Or public opinion; for there is no Eca
power here but that Of 1.-The Church." an
he is practically the Church. The Churc]
is rich, and is hourly increasing in wealth
tue Church settles all civil coutrover
scs which elsewhere cause lawsuits; til
Church spends little or nothing, yet rules every
thing; while the Federal Government, thoug
spending two or three millions per amman hert
und keeping up fussy parade Of authority, j.
powerleas mud despised. #, then, We arc t
have Popular Sovereignty" in the Tcrrisorc.
let US hare it pure and without slams. u
Brigham be rc.appointcd Governor; withdra,
the present Federal otlcc-boldcrs md Arm,
| open shorter and better roads to CRliforni
through the country north Of BridEcr, and not
ty the emigrants that il they choose to pas
Let the Mcrmops lsse the Territory to thcu
relves-it is worth vcry little to others, b,
reduce its area by cuttin. off Carsou Valley Q
the one side, aud making Rocky Aounta
i Territory on tue other, and then lei them 60 9
their way rejoicing. belieEe this is not on
i,r fur the cheapest but the safest aud best moo
| OF dealing with the difficulties already developt
aud daily Developing here, uu]ess the notion
Popular Sovereignty" in the Territories is I
! he utterly exploded and gren up, "popul'
Sovcrcignty" in Territory is = contradlcue
; in tesms; ; but !" Popular Sovereignty" in lie
y ritory backed by thousand sharp Federal ba
+ onets md battery Of flying artillery is Il
+ tnonssrons = fusility, too transparent . swindl
r 10 be much longer upheld or tolerated. II. e.
Erassus Brooks and Daniel U1lnsan q
Parties and Politics.
The following is tue substance Of the spcce
es delivered bs the Hon. Erassus Brooks Il
# Daniel Cll1nan, Esq, in the late American ST.
: Council, 1t Genera, n. T.:
:. Mr.. Brooks being loudly called on address
- the Council lie snd that The life Of the pal
!, as political organization was bI ief one.
- then traced the origin Of the purity from I
~ feeling Of dissatiAfac1io1 that h2d risen Rgatl
! tIa ofher nr1a atiorS and from tho hn RI.