Saint Paul weekly Minnesotian. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1858-1859, 1859-09-17

ceS, such as we have had for ten or twelve
days past, we will have free deliveries. Only
have little patience. Send on the money to
buy our grain; we can do without your gew-
gaws and gimcracks.-C Chicago Press and
Tribune.
Horace Greeley in Utah...The Noun.
tain Meadow Massacre-..Popular Sow.
ereignty.
Correspondence of the N Y. Tribune.
SALT LAKE, July 1S.
Do discredlt the tales of Mormon outrage
and crime-of the murder OF the Parishes, the
Mountain Meadow massacre, &c.-wherewith
the general car has recently been shocked p
No, l do not. Some of these may have been
fabricated by Gentle malice-others are
doubtless exaggerated-but there is some bas-
is of truth for the current Gentitle conviction
that Mormans have robbed, manned, and euen
killed persons in this Territory, under crcum-
stances which should subject the perpetrators
to condign punishment, but that Mormon wit
nesses, grand jurors, petit jurors and magis-
trates determinedly screen the guilty. deep
ly regret the necessity of believing this-but
the facts are incontestable. That large party
of emigrants-not less than eighty-from Ar
kansas to California, were foully massacred at
Mountain Meadows in September, 1857, more
Immediately by Indians, but under the direct
inspiration and direction of the Mormon set
tiers in that vicinity-to whom, and not to the
savages, the emigrants had surrendered, after
siege, on the strength ofassurance that their
lives at least should be spared-is established
by evidence that cannot q Think be inval-
dated-the evidence of fconscience-smitten par
takers in the crime, both Indian and x-Mor-
mon, and of children Of the slaughtered emi-
grants, who were spared as to too young to
be dangerous even as witnesses, and of whom
the majority have been sent down to the
States as unable to give testimony-but two
boys are retained here as witnesses, who dis
tinctly remember that their parents surren-
dered to white men, and these white men at
best did not attempt to prevent their perfidi-
GUS massacre.
So in the Parish case The family had been
Mormons, but had apostatized-an under
took to return to tn. States; they were warn
eG that they would be killed if they persisted
in that resolution-they did persist, and were
killed. Of course, nobody will ever be con
victed of their murder; but those who warn
ed them of the fate on which they were rush.
ing know why they were killed, and could
discover, if they would, who killed them
The vital fact in the case Is just this The
great mass of these people, as body, mean
to be honest, just and humane but they are,
before and above all things else, Latter-day
Saints, or Mormons. They devoutly believe
that they are Gods peculiar and especial peo-
pie, doing His work, up-building His king
dom, and basking in the sunshine of His pecu-
liar favor. Whoever obstructs or impedes them
in this work, then, is Gods enemy, who must
be made to get out of the way of the estab-
lishment Of Christ's kingdom on earth-made
to do so by lawful and peaceful means if pos
sible, but by any means that may ultimately
be found necessary. The Parishes were apos-
tates had they been allowed to pursue their
Journey to the States, they would have met
many Saints coming up the road, whose minds
they would have troubled, if not poisoned !;
and they would have told stories after reach
ing their destination which would have deep
ened the general prejudice against the Saints;
so the up-building and wel-being of Christ s
kingdom required that they should die. The
Arkansas emigrants had in some way abused
the Saints, or interposed obstacles to the pro-
gress of Gods work, and they were conse-
quently given over to destruction.
Far be it from me to hint, that one fifth,
one-tenth, one-twentieth, ofthe Mormons ever
bore any part in these bloody deeds, or even
know to this day that they were perpetrated
The great body of the Saints undoubtingly
believe all the current imputations ofMormon
homicide and outrage to be abominable cal
umnities. Many of the highest dignitaries
of the church may be included in this number.
Not one Mormon who has killed Gentle
apostate under like view of his duty will
ever be fairly convicted in this Territory. No
Jury can be drawn here, unless in fragrant de-
tiance of the Territorial laws, which is not
mainly composed of Mormons and no such
iury will convict Mormon of crime for any
act done in behalf of Gods kingdom-that is,
of the Mormon Church.
ask, then, the advocates of popular Sow
ereignty" in the Territories to say what they
propose to do in the premises. How do they
intend to adapt their principle to the existing
state of facts They have superseded Brig
ham Young with full knowledge that at least
nine -tenths of the People of Utah earnestly
desired his retention as Governor. They have
sent hither batch of Judges, who would
like to earn their salaries but the Mormon
Legislature devotes its sessions principally to
the work of crippling and lettering these
Judges so that they shall remain here as
as mere dummies or be driven to resignation.
The juries are drawn for them by officials,
under regulations which virtually exclude all
but Mormons from each panel it is viola
ton of the laws of Utah to cite in argument
before any Judge or jury here the decisions
of any court-even the Supreme Court of the
United States-but the courts of Utah; SO
that even the Dred Scott decision could not
lawfully be cited here in Fugitive Slave case:
in short, the Federal Army, as now existing
in Utah, are three transparent shams-three
egregious farces they are costing the Treas.
ury very large sums to no purpose and the
sooner the Governor Marshal, Judges, &C.,
resign, and the Army is withdrawn, the bet
ter for all but handful of contractors
Popular Sovereignty" has such full swing
here that Bringham Young carries the Teri
tory in his breeches pocket without q shadow
of opposition he governs without RESPONSE
bility to either law or public opinion fol
there is no real power here but that of th'
Church." and he is practically the Church
The church is rich, and is hourly increasing
in wealth; the Church settles all civil contro
versies which elsewhere cause lawsuits tn
Church spends little or nothing, yet rules ev