Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1860-05-24
From Utah.

We find in the Omaha Nebraskoin let
ter written to a distinguished gentlemen of
the Territory. 1t adds that the writer is
an Intelligent gentlemen Of high standing
and an officer in the United States Army"
1t contains details of social life in Utah
of the most sickening character, and, what
is more, they are true.
The letter is dated, Great Sal: Lake
City, January S, 1860. The letter was a
private one and not intended for publica-
tion. The writer is at fault in only one in
stance, in estimating the population OF
Utah at only 10000, unless, as be Proba-
bly, does, be excludes the Carson Valley
region, which is now endeavoring to cut
itself loose from Utah, and has already
been organized as Territory, under the
title of Nevada.
We subioin the following extracts: :.
All Offices, from Brigham Young, who
claims to be the Yicegrent of God, on
earth, down to the angels of execution, are
fled by Americans so fan as they are capa-
Bile. Some Offices they have not the reqire-
ments to fill; for example, the number OF
clerks connected with the financial depart
ments of 'The Church." the banking &C.
partments of aThe Church." the printing
department of the "The Church" &c, &c.
In these latter, Engiishmen, who have
either escaped from or served their time in
prison in Europe for various offences, in
the mediaera-learned circles of life, are
placed. The Legislature is now in session.
and performs its functions under the Eng
ish Coat of Arms, with an Englishman as
Speaker, an Englisman Sergenat-at-
Arms, and an Englishman as Chaplain.
There is no civil government here, outside
of "The Church" 1t is the Alpha and
Omega in all cases of Law and Equity.
It ordains and executes. Its trainers are
supreme, and combines the power Of "filthy
lucre" witbal. Its fund now reaches the
enormous amount of fire millions Of dol
lars, all of which is in the control of the
Vicegerent brigham" The money is
mostly on deposit, about as follows: In
New York City 100000. In other parts
of the United States about 100000
In London 100000. In Liverpool
100000, and the balance in Glasgow,
Copenhagen. Manchester, Australia, and
other portions of Europe. Now, the
professed objects of these Mormons in as
sembling out here are to enjoy their relig-
ion; their real object is, and was from the
beginning, to plunder, rob, murder, and
give unrsstrained liberty to all of the lower
and baser passions of corrupt nature. We,
who have studiously studied their daily
walks. examined their Legislative grants,
their Church Creeds, and practices, their
secret and terrible executions, their mid
night assassins, and the antecedents, and
character of their leaders, strikers, and
assistants know this to be true. You in
the States, living under reasonable laws of
restraints, enacted and acquiesced in, by
popular voice, think the partial revelations
we have made are too monstrous to believe.
Several of the old members of the once
famous band of robbers, under the leader
John Murrel, known in history as the
Land Pirates of tie West, are now in
Utah, and are the fearful and midnight ex-
ecutioners of the will and behest of "The
Church" "The Church" has ordered and
executed two hundred and sixteen murders
within the sound of cannon of this
city, since the first of March, 1857. aThe
Church" has ordered and executed the
murder of seven hundred and eight emf
grants passing from the East to California
since 1850. "The Church" accumulated
by the operation one million two hundred
thousand dollars worth of money, goods
and live stock. "The Church" ordered,
and its Bishops and strikers executed, the
dreadful massacre at Mountain Meadows,
two hundred miles south of this, of one
hundred and sixteen emigrants on their
way from Arkansas to California. "The
Church" ordered and executed the massa-
ere of half q dozen emigrant trains last
July and August, one hundred miles north
of this, in which many lost their lives,
among whom were Mr. Miltimere, Mrs.
Miltimere and three dauhters and two sons,
that making their escape, one daughter
and three sons, ranging from eleven to
eighteen years Of age; the survivors were
living on the charity of the army at Camp
Floyd, and on that of the Chief Justice,
Judge Fckels, "The Church" robbed and
plundered emigrants of large numbers of
cattle the past summer within ten miles of
Camp Floyd, by running their cattle off
at night while in camp and concealing
them for several day in the ravines and
mountains till the owners had to give up
searching for them and 90 their winding
way. The cattle, mules or horses were
then very quitely driven into the "Church
Herd" which delecta5le Herd now num-
bers its thousands Of cattle. The plant
toels who execute this work is composed
of what are known as "Danites," or the
sHerds Of Dan," or, as "The Destroying
Angles" headed and commanded by tried
and chosen leaders, and numbering at pres
ent about six hundred and forty rank and
file. They have lately had some private
trouble in their ranks.
The private trouble referred to relates
to the DANTE fight between Hickman and
Huntington, and.. which in correspondence
heretofore published, the conduct of the
latter was justified. Although We express
ed no dissent at the time, in relation to the
views of the author and the course pursued
by the present editor of the Valley Tan,
yet we have never entertained doubt but
that the Church was an instigator of this
scheme. Bill Hickman, with all his faults,