Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1860-04-18

disturbance, but on the Secretary fMr. Riggles)
explaining that these two respoI Ses were occa-
SS.Sneu ny .ne iact OF two persons Of that name
oeirg prescnt-the father and the son-Quiet wa
agsia restored
The Chair again urged upon the meeting the
I'M Pofance OF proceeding harmoniously and
quietly in this matter They were all Democrats,
and there was no occasion for all this excitement
Dr Jewell.-An that you have said, Mr.. Chair.
man, is perfectly correct, We-are all Democrats
time we do not wish the other side to do wrong,
nor do we desire to do wrong ourselves. That
side says that there has been illegal voting on this
Therefore to avoid ali difacuity in the future
renew my motion made sometime since to put ont
any man who casts an illegal vote.
Mr.; Terrence Dru1y-Mr Jewell, you charge
side Can you refer to one instance,
DIR. Jewell did not say So
Mr.. Terrence Drury did make the asser-
(Berret) side. VII 'Ni'
DIR. ewell.-I said 1t was so CHARGED a, u wa,
also charged that there was ON this (Magruder1
Mr.. Terrence Drury .-Oh.wel Won are t,,.,no
on both sides. That is the amount of il.
III Jewell am talking on no de. IAfter a
lapse OF some three or four minutes. You. sir
however, are not my Judge 1t does not concern
you which side am acting on
MI I. Drury.-l did not say / was; but like
70 see man who knows what he is talking about
Or JEWELL know, as much as you do, about
Mr.. T. Drury.eYou don't indicate it.. You are
the man that wanted DR.. Newman to vote in THU
meeting. A pretty Democrat you are
Dr; Jewen.-preciseiy, sir. am the man. and
/ will mark you.
Mr.. 1. Drury:-fou are pretty 'sucker,u
=, Dr. Jewell are by far more of tsucker,,
than am But will not stand this
Both parties here rushed toward each other
and serious consequences would no doubt have
resulted had it not been for the interposition of
The respective friends of the gentlemen Several
but persis;enly refused to render any aid to onei
the disturbance, preferring to stand quietly by
and, as one remarked, ''see the fun ~ -
A Voice.-Drury, what is that you have in your
A Voice. move we adjourn.
Guardsman Mastin, In reply to a request to in
terPose and prevent difficulty, said II will not
aessd vain want to see fair play have OBJ
The Chair finally succeeded in restor;no o,ds,
when the roll was proceeded with. The vote
was announced to be 81 against striking ont
tuesday night and inserting Thursday, and 30 in
AFTER little Earring as to who had and who
hao not the books of the Secretary in his posses
sion, that officer threatening to resign if thew
were not produced at the next meeting IL was hyy
mutual consent agreed to substitute friday, in
the place Of Tuesday evening, in the resolution
calling meeting of the citizens of the Ward. To
appoint delegates to the Citizens Convention.
d. JeWeli, rising to privileged question. said
he wished to correct an erroneous Impression that
prevails IN regard to the rejection at the last
Ing Of the name Of DIR. Newman. His name was
not rejected for the very simple reason that n
| not presented TO the Association
Without the transaction of other business. tn.
| meeting adjourned. 'A'
| LECTURE ON MoRMoNIsM The lecture of Mr.
Dasia a. butr, at lizards Hall, last Saturday
evening, on the organization theories and d.
trlnes OF the Mormon Church, was the occasion of
drawing together quite a large and appreciate We
audience, at that place. MIR. b. having been for
some Time Clerk of the Supreme Court of Utah
was thereby afforded an ample opportunity OF
| making himself familiar with the subject Of
which he that evening treated; and the full and
&cid manner in which he exhibit. d the wretcbed
| condition Of, and the enormous crimes practised
oy THIS deluded people, rendered it apparent that
he bad not failed to take advantage of the opnor
tunities presented
The lecturer commenced by remarking that
this subject Of "Utah and its Inhabitants :, was
one deserving the serious consideration of every
American citizen: Here, within the Jurisdiction
and upon the soil of the United States there ex-
listed at the present day some As 600 sonls vow
erned and ruled by despotsms the most stern
and exactlng in the world; and under a perfect
union OF church and State. In the very centre of
THIS Republic, In territory the most Important,
az the keystone of the great west was class Of
people, organized into a system the vowed
object OF which was the utter overthrow Of the
political, religious, moral and social institutions
OF this great country and the substitution in their
stead Of the tenets of society, whose doctrines
while they were SO very repusive to the educated
ana refined, were presented in such a light as to
render them peculiarly attractive to the Ignorant
and besOtted.
Such was the community of Mormons. living
IN Otah at an expense of millions to the Federal
Government, and nominally governed by its laws
1t was often difficult for persons to realize the full
enormity of the crimes If these people, for thew
were indeed really incredible; but he hoped that
by as close examination into their doctrines and
organization as his limited time would permit. to
remove in measure this difficulty
The growth and development of Mormonism
had been very rapid 1t was scarcely thirty -tive
years since Joe Smith, Jr., first imposed upon a
number Of mostly ignorant persons, SO as to in
duce them to believe that under special guidance
Of Divine Providence he had been led to the s..
covery OF certain golden plates, covered with
strange hieroglyphics, which. by the inspiration
of God, he had been enabled to translate into a
history, known as the Book of Mormons This
book, 1t was claimed, contained history of the
w estern Hemisphere, just as the Bible did of the
Eastern. The first organization of the church
was very simple, consisting of a Prophet the
supreme head, and such men as he should select
to act under him As the church increased in
number and importance, more regular and COM
plicated system was found necessary to SWAY and
control all the thousands that tiocked to the
Prophets standard Changes were continually
being made, as expediency suggested, until at
the present day nj ormonism was regulated and
controlled by machinery Of church government
SO perfect, SO powerful, that the individuality of
the man was com pIetely lost In that OF the church
The lecturer then entered into very minute
and interesting description Of the form of cburch
government and the mode of worship. Among
other oaths required to be taken by the highest
order Of priesthood was, that constant eninity
should be cherished to the United States Govern
ment for not avenging the death of Joe Smith;
and pledge Is exacted of them that they will do
all that they can towards destroying, tearing
down, and overturning that Government to en-
deavor to battle its officers in the discharge Of
their duties, and to renounce all allegiance to it,
This they are directed to nstill into the minds of
their children, and entail it upon them as the one
idea of their lives This church organization was
shown by the lecturer to be complete system Of
government in itself-Brigham Young in this
organization sitting, it were, in the very apex
Of a tyranny, which extended through the presi-
dency the apostles, the high priests, and bishops
So perfect was this system, that prophet might
In an instant be made familiar with all the pri-
vate relations and actions Of any individual.
1T was to be sincerely regretted that there
such an increase Of converts being made to the
doctrines Of the Mormons; and, strange to saw
these converts were made from enlig 6tened ma
tons. But 1t was gratifying to know that the
success Of their missionaries In America had been
but SMALL but ii had been great among the igno-
rant classes of England, Wales, and Scotland
The reason Of this slight increase from the Ameri
can ranks was because, first, Of the difficulty Of
making converts; and, second, their obstinacy
self-will and independence, after they had re-