Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-03-28

All the prominent men of tho day having
been heard from on the political crisis, our
readers will be interested in the opinion held
by the Father of the Faithful in Salt Lake
City. The speech or discourse was delivered
in the Tabernacle, which was crowded to
excess.
Brigham, in referring to the national crisis,
stated that were he alive 10 Smith could
save the Union. He then referred to the
disintegration of the States, and continu-
ted;
Some have inquired, " viii they patch up
the old garment2' Let them apply their
new cloth, If they please. Mr.. Orittenden
has reported patch to put on the old gar
ment; let them put it on, and the rent will be
made worse. Let them remain as they are,
and the garment Is wore out. Is the form Of
the government ruined-has its form become
evil2 No; but the administrators of the gov
ernment are evil AS we have said many
times it is the best form of human govern
ment man ever lived under, btF It has as cor
rgpt set 10 administer u as God euer permitted
10 disgrace his footstooL There is the evil
Can they better the condition of our country 2
No; they will make it worse every time they
attempt to do so. What Is the difficulty p
Brother Darlington says there is no noble
minded master spirit to lead ont, one whom
the rest will follow. They are all master
spirits, They are all smart men. This is
the difficulty. They are too wise. They
will prove by their conduct whether they are
capable of forming aud sustaining a govern
ment for the Southern States that have
seeded, There is no more United Statss.--
Can they amdlgaMats and form government I?
No. WI they have ability to form a goUeT1-
meRt and continue itf No, they iOiH not.
Hear Il, Jea0 and Gentle. Suppose there is
division between the North and South, and
the fifteen slave States try TO form a perma-
nent government, can they do it 2 tell
you they cannot. They are too smart
south Carolina is taking the lead, and says
she, "we will sit as kings and queens, or
revolt from you" Says Georgia, we have
as smart men in our State as you have, and
we will have a President of our State" -
% But you cannot" says South Carolina
How long will it be before some other State,
perhaps New York, forms a separate govern
ment2 And If State has right to secede,
so has Territory and so has a county from a
State or Territory, and tot0n from a county,
and a JaHilytrom a Heigh6OrhOod, and you s0itI
have perfect anarchy.
NOT MUCH CONCERNED ABOUT MR. LINCOLN.
What will King Abraham do do not
knnw, neither do 1 care. 1t is no difference
what he does, or what any of them do
Why2 God will accomplish his own pur-
poses, and they may do or not do; they may
take the road that leads to the right, or they
may take the road that leads to the left, and
whatever road they do take they will wish
they had taken the other. What will
Abraham do2 King James says that if Mr..
Lincoln takes the oath of office and enters
into the administration of the government
with as great pleasure as he resigns his official
duties he will be a happy man. If could
advise King James and have him take my
counsel, it would be to resign tomorrow
morning, and let Mr.. Breckenridge be crowned
king for three weeks, that another king
might come before King Abraham to see
what the administration of that king would
be. do not know of anything better that
could advise him, "Mormonism" will live, and
God will promote it; but will we be prepared
to be promoted with it? That is the ques-
ton with me. It is in my thoughts by day
and night shall be prepared for the things
that are coming upon the earth? l will try to
be, and if have an evil appetite will over
come il; ifI have a disposition to do that
which is morally wrong l will reject that
disposition. l will subdue and overcome it.
Win you? Then you who drink, lie, steal or
do anything that is morally wrong, or break
the commandments of God in any way, or
injure your fellow men, cease to do that evil
and learn to do well.
THE AMERICAN NATION BOOKED FOR TROUBLE.
1 exhort the brethren not to boast over our
enemies downfall. Boast not, brethren
God has come out of his hiding place, and has
commenced to UeT the nation that has rejected
u.s. and he tgiH UeI IL tgitk sore Ue1atiOn. II
lDiH not be patched up-it neUeT can come
together GgaiR-but IL will be Sifted 1gtth sieUe
Of VaRity, and IN short time Il lDiU be like
rIter spilled on the ground and like chat
Epon the summer tsrsshiHg floor, until those
wicked stewards are cut of. If our present
happy form Of government is sustained,
which believe it will be, IL aDiU be done By
the people am nOaD looking upon, in connection
Ditk their brethren and their offspring. The
present constitution, with few alterations
of trihing nature, is Just as gooG as we
want, and if it is sustained on this land Of
Joseph, it will be done by US and our poster
ity. Our national brethren do not know how
% do it. They are not capable of controlling
heir own passions, to say nothing of ruling
nation. What is the reign of king who
;annot control his passions? VIII not his
subjects sorrow2 Yes, they will feel the
weight of his wrath, and their backs will
ache, and their head will ache, and they will
receive the lash from heavy hand.