Kanawha Valley star. [volume] (Charleston, Va. [W. Va.]) 1856-1861, 1859-10-03
The lhomIhatian ii INormonIsnl

Il half tie accounts We receive 10
respect to the vile practices and ont
j RACES Of Mormonism he true, we rel
gard it as the dn.yo Of The General
Government to scottish such cntrages
By the strong arm Of tile law and the
baypnet. The infamous and murder
0ns doings, peFpetrated il the name
of Religion, by those 9oWs degraded
and wicked people, shgnld not be toll
Grated III 8 country and age Boosting
Of its civility, enlightenment, refine
ment, and virtue. The leaders OF me
infanay should, every one of them, sDe
hung on the first tree.
a correspondent of the Philadel.
phia Christian Advocate, from Utah
Territory, pnder date of. July ? 1893,
says ,.H
n Youcannot surely know|the high
handed crimes which thispeople com
NIT ii the name of the most High
God. You surely know not the black
ness DC the heresy know not the
fearful rapidly with which the abom.'
Unable doctrines are prolonged and
embraced Of You would speak and
warn the unwary.
The basest passion 1of the basest
men have full scope of qualification
in the name Of religion. IN the name
of religion, arson and murder are
committed. To save the souls ofmen
who are apostatized, their throats are
cut. Ifwoman refuse Ito become the
second, forth, or fiftieth wife Of some
Of the lustfnl saints, their Threats, in
many instances, have been found cut
/ in foul murder, and the report started
] .scomnited suicide for fear Of the
4 wrath of Godl All that and more
are done in the name Of the Lord
and BY and with the advice and CON
sent of the heads Of The churches
The Jadge Of this Judicial District
1.-THE 1at) informs me that there are
now over one hundred and sixty muir
derers, tnanyiof them known and ac-
knowfedged to be such, running at
large, and in full, communion with and
protected BY the mormons - large
proportion Of whom are Bishops and
Elders and other church dignities.-
This is the district in which was cons
mitted the Mountain Meadows muir
der, the Parishes, and Jones and
Forbes murders, and others.
The bones Of the murdered Of the
Mountain Meadows, lay bleaching
where the dead fell until the LIST Of
May, when Judge Cradlebaugh, with
q detachment of soldiers, gathered mp.
and buried the bones Sof5 about one
hundred and twenty persons ;--all
but forty of these were women and
children. Children whose little skulls
were not Yet knit together whose
bleachedt and bleaching rids are not
fingers length wereAamong the Kill. 4
ed. IA few skulls were saved. and
are now. in camp to be used in nv ash
1ington city at the proper time. There
is also sack full. of long female's
hair, (most melancholy nemento,)
gathered from the sage bushes and
rocks, amid the bleaching bones,
whittier the wind had blown and
fastened thern. q
Eighty Mormons are known ito
have. been personally engaged in this
murder; and .writs have been issued
for forty odd persons. Among the
writs Is one for President Haight,
Bishop Fee, and in fact, for every FL
der, Bishop ard Legislature in that
Presidency, who has not fled.
], Over eighty thousand dollars worth
Of property Of this murdered train
has been reclaimed from the Nor
mons, Id the last few months.
Twenty children of the train, too
small Ito testify, were saved alive
Some weeks after the murder, the
largest girIofthe saved children, was
fonlly murdered, for saying to the
Mormon with whom she lived, ayonI
have got on my mothers dress thus
giving evidence that she knew too
much for their purpose. The Nor
mons have denied all knowledge Of
this murder until lately, hitherto at j
taching all blame To the Indians. ~
They can no longer deny the fact of1
ito beingdone Ty the command Of the
church /; the testimony is too strong.
While / write, murderer is in this
Judge Eckle's1 room, who has turned
States evidence, and stays in camp,
to protect his life, otherwise, the
, Mormons would kill him. III
This people have pretended proph4
cts and reFelatofs, who pretend a rev.
citation for any emergency, command.
ing the preparation of any crime
that may be desired TO accomplish any
end, In the name Of God.
All their wives are taken in accord
ance with pretended visions, dreams
! on revelations. Should the woman,
object, abe ID asked to- reflect with
care, and admonished to obey coun-
sci. This admonition, to obey conn,
sci, is. olnnious, saroring it 3throats'
cut, pretending suicide. Bot poverty
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