St. Mary's beacon., 1861-04-04
SEII(1lH MIS- Ell LANY.
BRIGHAM YOUNG ON SECESSION

The Tab"rnacle was crowded, and hun
drcds were forced to leave, unable to get
even a s,.n,iirg place under :he shelter
of the outer roof Brig CHAM. in referring
- the nati"nal crisis, stated that. were he
We. 10 Smith could save the Union. =
Ic then referred to the dsiutcgration of
the States and continued =
Some hav" inquired. Will they patch
up the old gsrmcm >" Let them apply
th"ir new cloth. if they please MIR. Crit
trm'icn had reported patch to put on the
old garment; let them put it on. and The
rent will he made worse. Let them re-
main as they are, am! the garment is worn
out. Is the form of the government
iuin, d-has it's form become evil: No /:
hnt tho administrators Of the government
ar" evil As We have said many times
it IL tir best form of human government
,nan ever lived under, bu, it has as cor
rul'i s.t TO administer it as Gpi evrr
permitted to uisgracc his fo",s,nol.
There is the evil. Can they better th,
condition of our country? No; they will
make i. w"rrc every time they attempt
to so so. Whn. is the difficulty =
Brother harrington saws there is no no.
ble-minded master spirit to lead out.
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 capatlr
of forming and sustaining Il government
for the Southern States that have Sc
ccd,d. There is no more United States
Can they amal gaH,atc aud fnrm u gov
ernnent! No. Will they have abilit,
t" form government and continue it:
No, they will not. Hear it, jew ami
G,htilc. Suppose there is division be-
tween the North and South, aud the
fifteen slaves States try to form a per
nmnent government, can they do it?
tell you they cannst. They are too
smart. South Carolina is taking the
lead, and says she, I'VE will sit a.
kihgs and queens or revolt from you"
Says Georgia. we have as smart men
aial our State as you have, and we will
s ave President for our State" But
you cannot" says South Carolina. How
long will it be before some other State,
perhaps Nrw York, forms separate
government: And if State has Il
right to sccede, 50 has Territory. and
SO has county from State or Terri
terry, aud Il town from a county. and a
family from a neighberhood, and you will
haze u perfect anarchy.
HIS OPINION OF Mr.. SEWARD.
Brother Carringtnn alluded to William
II. Seward, of New York. lie is con-
sidcred BY n,any as one of the smartcst
men that ever was in this government
Were it not that lie had the advantages
of the learning and wisdom of one of
the best men in the governmcnt--had
he been mechanic or farner-I doubt
whether he would have possessed an ex-
ira amount of knowledge. What of his
natural abilities? DO not consider him
o man of great ability He came to
Auburn. n. T.. to study law with
gentleman well knew. That gentle
man took him into his Office and house u
boy. and made considerable of man Of
hiss. He did his best to make man of
him, lie Was one of the most influential
aaal best mcu in the country: he was
Juap Of brain and heart, and took all the
pains possible 70 make something of the
hoy. Alter As Seward had been with
ihe judge few year.. he began to be
looked upoa ~ ONE possessed of a consid-
frable degree of smnrtness. What would
he be if be was president? Judging from
his late speech. NJ received ia despatch,
would snppase ihat be hardly knew
enough 10 find bis way ACROSS the little
city Of Washington. The prospect of his
lafiy position appears to bayr nearly rnin-
I'd his brain. --a- 2
TNrcR toscERkED ABorr Nh. LINCOLN.
pWhss~ihKing Abraham do? / do
pot know. neither do care. 1t is no..dif-
ference what he does. or what any of them
do. Whyg God viii accomplish his own
purposes. and they may do or not do they
ina, take the road that leads to the right,