The Burlington weekly hawk-eye. [volume] (Burlington [Iowa]) 1860-1876, 1860-03-31

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Their church Is os9nniaed unier = first pTesi:
dsnt Brigham YOupg j. two e0pnseloys Heber g.
Kimhau and General Wells; patriarchs, apostles
slders, deac0ns, and ID Oh. There C!lci&ls 1T
human, IKE itlis people asUssd shsms DIZZY wear
clothes like the people, and they partake ofrg.
esAlAe andNnimal nntFiment much like the peO-
ple; and asA consequence thsy hare q, be ssp-
ported 10 provide for these, then, universal
system Of tithing has been adopted. Each &srl
mon haa ia, pay into the,chdfch one4e ntb petf ot
al he produces, 50 that il : good Noruon. SON
bears ten pigs, one 10 . Riays pig because II We
longs to the church rs collect these titksaoih-
ccrs have to be appointed, and % gather ths Re-
suits together n great central dgpot has lto be
ipaintained and II y situated NJ Great Sa3t Lake
citys aMithin RgiSham'a own walls and the corn,
yeyedsthste and stored would spoil unless II Nj
disposed 81, md 20 Ne ind that they need stores
and in Salt Lake City we find ~ enormous store
with the sign s'Deseret Store SO IT, - tbe
church Is trader; X sells IN alley Tan vi;Akys
by the ,piqt bptter by he pound. and calieo by
the yard. II Is builder, for it vas 81 the labos
resulting from the tithing system that the build
ings erected by the Federal Gpycrnmant, the
pententiary and the capitol building 81 j1nSEe'i
Administration was constructed BrigbaaA pOck
| citing the Congressional appropriation u 6fy
thousand dollars. ~ =, $500, !. =
NAM, pisus Mornons have given property e
| the church. The church has also become thS
great property holder in Ctsh All III p0asess-
ions are exempt from aAion, and the church il
Brigham Young and Brigham Young VI the
church. What he says. is received aslaw and
gospel; and what belongs to the church, belongs
in fact 70 Brigham who can manage And iiiaaose
oft as be pleases. ssst !, 8 y $50
THx ASGELIc nosT. q 1. e..
Connected with the Mormo.l Church is band
Of men known as 1.-THE Danites,s or s'thc ayengine
angels" This band is composed Of the boidesi
of the Mormon ruffians. They are bound togeth
or BY dreadful oaths; they are the executioners
ofthe church, cafr, ing out its veug ance ag inst
apostates and offenders against the church disci
pine; and al church enemies are dealt with bJ
these men, generally in secret and terrible man
liner. None but God, Bsigh i'm Young and
themselves know the names Of their victims, b
MISSION AND M1SSIONA ARIES. - :.
| The MORMON Church is recruited BY means 81
missionaries yearly. sent out in large numbers
throughout the earth, to preach and propagate
not selected u are Of other sect.
for their piety mn devotion, Or for their general
fitness. bur AZ 4 punishment for some oifenst
against the discipline Of the church. To show
you that / am correct in that statement, I will
read you the language Of Brigham Young him.
self In regard to it. In 1856, Brigham had d
lawsuit in court. By some means he was moi
enabled to control the jury that was attending on
the court, and judgment was ATTAINED against
him. As punishment to the men who were
about the court and upon the jury, and to the
Mormon lawyer that took part in the case against
him, the conference being at that time ii ses
sion, he ordered those persons who had disobey.
ed his commands in regard to the Judgment, Of
on missions; and in regard to the character oil
the persons be was thus sending on missions.
read you what he says, from his Official paper
the Deserct News: Keep away,'. saws he, ..fron
the court house. No decent man viii 20 there
unless he goes as witness, or Is compelled to 90
But those who creep around them are devils and
ofsc thin devils; lei me tell you the devil is in
possession of them. We have got the names d
those who attended the court room, and we viii
send these characters on long missions, for VIC
want to get lid Of them, and do not care If the,
apostatize or not. Isas If, you hare not sense
enough to know the difference between honest
men a ID devils, wecannot help YOU / am aware
that the people abroad max say, why don't you
send US good men ? Do YOU believe them your
selves! We know you did not when you sen,
| them But we have 10 business here for these
poor miserable devils. call you poor misera-
bic devils because the Almighty has no work for
vor hc-o l,,e "a haS, ~.
Now go and Owe yourselves, and you desire
to he saints you have an Opportunity Were i,
not for your ignorance there would be a sever
anee between the righteous and the wicked ?
You see he does not pretend that he sends of
his missionaries on account of their piety, but
they are sent abroad as punishment for some
crime committed. The doetlile is that they are
good enough to 90 into the world, for If YOU send
good men they wont believe them, and ON that
account they send their bad men off as teachers
end missionaries. 49, s,-.. s: * -, 4
When missionary is sent away he is not per-
mltted to carry away any OF his wives or family
nor is he furnished with any means. but he lis
required to support himself by his own exertionS
or means, and the brethren are enioined to assist
him when necessary. The missionaries are usl,.
ally supported by voluntary contributions raised
from the ignorant proselytes that they make
They picture Utah as paradise, the M,rrnons as
saiNs, and Brigham Young as their prophet !;
they promise their prophet will heal the sick, re-
store sight to the blind, and comfort to the al.
iiicted; to the wealthy they promise wealth, and
prefcrmant Is for the ambitions, while social
standing Is TO be given 10 the degraded of both
sexes and polygamy is the paradise Of all The
rich saints, Tor sometimes such are taken in the
net, are required to help the poorer saints to mi
CRATE to the Mount of Zion: those that cannot
be carried out in any other way are carried out
by the church, the money being appropriated
front enigrant fund /: a fund which, nnder
Mormon legislation, the Government of the Uni.
ted States and the ernigrants are compelled to
contribute to raise. For the expense of such
transportarfonis note is taken, and the amount
Of the note s exaeted from the emigrant after he
arrives in Utah. Ii the church would furnis,,
money to carry the poor, deceived and dispirited
emigrant out of Utah, Mormnndoin would soon;
be slepopulated. WHEN the poor creatures get
to the end OF their long and dangerous journey,
they fad that Brigham Young instead of being
a prophet is gross plsbian imposter. Instead
of the paradise, they find nothing but the misery
which have attempted to describe ,.,... s5.st'4
g. AZ 49, aEcEiyING rRosELyTEs. -
These missionaries, when sent on missions. il
successful, afe7commaIded to bring their nrns,
dytes with them to Zion. They are generally
ukeh IN large trains, and the arrival of one OF
these e,nigrant trains is hailed as a great event.
Hundreds flock TO meet them frequently they
nike bands of music with them to escort T. new.
somess into the city. When they arrive in Zion,
they are camped ont on the public square Ap.
parently all business in Zion is closed, and for
the next few days large crowds may be seen
hanging about the encampment If some evil
sinner from the Gentle world should notice the
hct that the saints are not democratic in their
attentions, that they hang in large squads about
eertsin camps, ard If such vile sinner was to
inquire into the reason Of this, he would surely
earn that these camps thus favored nv the |
,onlltenance of these pious saints were the
camps of widows with young and marriageable |
iaughters. Women that are young and |
,retsy are are greedi!y caught up by the !
ipostles and dignitsries to swell their harcu,s !,
xhile the oleand ugly are left to care for them
elves, Or sometimes the prophet forces them on
Reluctant hubbard, that he may await himself
u their labor. @.aalsesss s9soyal1 sxifapM ~
rs, ta Ss.sl sEEEeTIOAs RESERVED. a4raasr
The missionaries are especially charged not to-
elect from the conserts until they are brought
nd PIT into the fold. Heller kimball, in deiiv-i
king lecture upon that subject to "A lot OIL
about to leave, uses language which
will read:-x =. les E4ssg. Ssss s. -.
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