New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1859-08-24

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r-.,S,z,rnspt Of the few; bus cauDot believe that
..c, 40 considerable ard 50 vigorous as ne Nor
mon vas ever fouoded 10 cJnseOus inPos,ure or
built up on any other basis thau t5as OF earnest con
yctiop. II the pr jsctor and tw0 or three OF biz
chef coDfederstes were kn.ves, TIE great body Of
their followers were dupes
Nor 30 accept the current Gentle presumption
that the Mormons are an organized ba1dit'-a
horde Of robbers ard essassins. Thieves and mui-
derers msny haunt the purleus OF great cities or
hide in caverns and forests adjacent 20 the g'eai
routes # travel But when the Mormon leaders
decided 70 set up their Zion in these par .hed
mountain wales and cahons, the said vale! we're
nt,er, secluded and remote from al ,entilo sp
proaeh-away from any uai-route or cbannel Of
emigration. That the Mormons ~isned 10 escape
Gentle CONTROL scrutiny I,rudeIce is evident;
tbst they rnesnt 70 abuse the inacce,sbiy, to the
detrment and pluDder n, way farers, s pot credible
DO J. iheD, discredt the tales of Mormon out
rage sad crime-of the murder of the Parishe tae
Mountain Meadow massacre, &c, &c.-wnere
with toe general ear mas recently been shocked
No, DO not. Some Of these may haze been iao'
ricated By Gentle malice-others are doubtless
exsggerated-but there is come basis OF truth for
the current Gentle conviction that 1NormOnS hare
rObJed, naimed. and tren kiHed persons IN his
Territo,y Under Circumstances nhsoh should sh3eet
The gerpe,5 Gt0rs to oOHdign pVnishmtnt, but that
Norman ,ciHesses, grand jurors, petit jurors and
magistrates determinodiy screen the guilty. deeply
regret the recessity Of believing this; but the facts
are iDcontestsble. That large party of enigrant.
not less than eighty rom Arka9sas to California
were e. ly msssacred at Mountain Meadows in Sep
TENDER, 1c57, more Immediately by Indians, but un-
der the direct inspiration aud direction OF the Nor
mon settlers in that yicini'y-to whom, and not to
the savsges the emigrants had surrendered after
SIEGE on the strength Of Assurances that their lives
at least should be spsred-is established by evil
ceDce that cannot q think be invaidated-the
evidence Of conscience smitten partskers IN the
crime, both Indian and ex-MormoD, and Of
children of The slaughtered emigrants, who were
spared as too young TO be dangerous even as wit
nesses, and Of whom the great majority have been
sent down to the States unable to give testi-
mouy; but two boys retained here rs witnesses,
whO distinctly remember tina. their parents surreD
deTed white men, and that these white men at best
did not attempt prevent their perhdloGs massacre
These children, moreover, were all found in the
possession of MormoDs-not one OF them In the
hands Of Indians; and, though the Mormons say
they ransomed them from the bands of Indians,
the children deny it. saying that they never lived
with nor were in the keeping of savases; and the
Indians bear concurrent Testimony. So IN the Par
rish case: The family had been Normons, but had
spostat zed-aDd undertook ~ return TO the States;
they were warned tina; they would be killed If they
persisted in that resolution: they did persist, and
were killed OF course, nobody will ever be con-
yicted of their murder; but those who warned
them Of The fate on which they were rushing
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
Of these peope, ss body, mean to be honest,
just, and bUmane but they are, before and above
all things else, Latter.day Saints, or Mormons
They deyoutly believe that they are Gods peculiar
srd especial people, doing His work, up building
ii biz gdOm, and bssking in the sunshine of His
pc ;ulisr favor. Whoever obstructs or impedes
them IN this work then, is Gods enemy, who must
be msde 10 get cut Of the way of the establishment
of CAlists kingdom ON earth-made 10 do 20 BY
lawful and peaceful me,ns If possible, but BY any
means that may ultimately be found necessary The
Parishes were apostles; bad they been allowed to
pursue their journey 10 the States, they would have
met many Saints coming up the road, whose minds
they would have troubled if not poisoned; aud
they would have told stories after reaching thsir
desiL aiion which would have deePened she general
prejudice against the Saints: so the upbuildiDg and
well being Of Christ's Abed dom required that they
shoDld die. The Arkansas enIgrants bad in
some way abused The Saints, or interposed |
obstacles to the progress of Gods work, and they
We're consequently given over to destruction. Far
be IL from me 10 hint that ODefth one tenth one |
wtntieib, OF the Mormons ever bore any part in |
these bloody deeds, OF even know TO this day that
they were peIpe,rated. The great body of the /
Saints undouotnsly believe all the current mputa
tions of MorDoa homicide and outrage to be \
abOpiosble calumnies Many of the highest digai- \
tares Of the church may be incaded in this number
Blu. there are men in the Church who know that \
they ale not cslumnies-who Know that Gentles H
and spostates have been killed for the Churchs and Il
for Chrsts sake, and who firmly believe that they Il
ought to have been. | grieve TO say il, bat / Il
hold these more consistent and logical MOrmOns
than their innocent and unsuspcious brethren.
For if / were a Latter Day Saint, undoubtedly
believing al oPpossrs Of the Mormon Church to be
GqdS sn,n ;,; "sHoX-eQs 10 His wrath aud
curse, and powerfully obstruc'iOe Ss rescue OF
soul. from eternal perdition and torture Should be
strongly impeed TO help put those oPPosers Of "oa'
purposes out of the way OF send.ne more Immortal