, 1863-05-21

on the 7th day Of July last, his ad:cnt here
was hailed by the Saints as God.fcnt, aud
in Mormon cant, it was believed "thAt the
land of the Lord was iu it." This arose, no
doubt, in part from tile fact that the Govern
or had some kindred in the !. Church" }" Of long
standing and amongst the most devoted; but,
perhaps, as mich frou. thAt Other t1ct-thc
urstowal Of the "Rrst title.page Of thu Book
OF Mormon which had long given the Gov
ernor prestige not enjoyed by any other
"nd whirh, after bis appointment, became
generally known, WAS visited by thousands Of
the true believers, and examined with super.
stitioue ave.
When, in addition to this, it was known
that Brigham Young, the "Lord's Anoint-
ed" with his Lieutenant General, (whose Sd
cred Office, rs one IF the "Triune Priesthood"
lily con.ports with his military title, that
snlacks 50 much Of the 'pride and yunity'' OF
1nortals, vi~ited the Governor at his rooms
at the Salt Lake House, the day after his arTi
val. the remarkable demonstration may readi-
~ he accounted for. Multitude5 Of eager
f'cee, male and female, crowded the streetsto
catch glimpse Of the 1nan that the t'Lord's
Anuitted'' had thus condescended to honor,
and wloee nuue on thc dedication in the
Historians Office, bud been almost canollz:d.
These demonstrations un the part OF the elead-
Its and the led, were, after alt, not without
justice to thu new Governor, for on ali occa-
cd the '' wandering shepherds II with uniform
kindness, and it was well known to them that
ofttntInlcs lie had given them bread when
others offered but stone,
On the occasion Of the first and last call Of
Brigham on the Governor, a very pleasant
and profitable hour was passed. Brigham, be-
ing u prophet, seer and 1cyelatoE, thought
thai he comprchended the Governor, whilst
the latter, claiming no such pr.ternaiurA
gl1ts, knew thar he compreheuded Brigham.
Several days after this grand and diplomat.
ic interview, The Governor returned tac call
ofSsate at the East Office Of the first Presi
dent, which is the grand reception room Of
the royal presence. &c entered the gate, and
passed file of rctaintrs very much as he
would Of sentincls when approaching the
headquarters uf some military chieftan i'll the
field Of active service. He WAS ushered into
the august presence, and received with that
stiff etiquette inst beto!1ens the man Ut boor-
ish manntrs, Who by souc stroke Of fortune
Ind been elevated to absolute power. LIZ
found tllc First President, who is most Hatter-
ed byhis title Of the Lords Anointed, in the
midst Of the Second and Third Presidents, lie
ber C. Kimtall and Daniel H. Wells, Iii
t1Twclvc Apostles" and several other Aist
| Church diEnitaries.
1t was quite evident that the visit Of Hi$
Excellcucy was well understood and preptra
tions bad bccn made accordingly. Clean lin
Ell had been brought into rcquisition, and il
iuHsL Ut cou1tsseu toaL GFc0 tl1c &el0 btanoI
| Lad on . clean shirt. The writer ofthi5 arti
Gle would he glad if it was in Ills power tt
give the sa}icut points of that Interview,
| Many questions were prnrounded to the Gov
erDor, and SO Important we're deemed hi
| answers, That one Of the Church reporters, q
| 1lat time unknown to the Governor, sat b.
with nimble pen to take each word down Is i
| fell from his lips This fact was iutendcd Il
| be keLt concealed from tie Governor, bu
with NIL lis "grcenness" 1c compreAendea BIZ
| situation ut q glance.
Amongst other questions put to him, wa
one asking his opinion in regard 10 the act o
Congress against poiygamy, which had beel
| recently enacted. lie answered by saying b
"suppo:ed they wanted his opinion rs L law
scr, and inasmuch rs lt he had not sceu til
law, !le ,hu-t withhold his opinion until IL
had examined the satne." As was to be pre-
| En1ned, the Governor was civil and courteou
On that occasion, and gave 10 offence TO an
one. II he was sufficiently non-committal o
The vital qncstiuns, hc Was CERTAINTY cxcu:
able, even if be had not been "a green West
efn fron'icr]a"yv with pragma'ic manners.
That interview would, ii ITSELF, form i sui
jcct fit an historical painting. On the on
hand was the ''grrci. lawyer" the 7,prescu
stiyc Of d mere earthly government, whic
at the time was looked upon as rather rIckety
whilst Oh tue other, Eat the Lords Anulu
ed,'' who claiMs that he is the yice-gcreut (
Gud on earth, in whose 1lnids are pl.ced tl
keys which alone cal, opca the kingdom {
Heaven; and before "Ziun in these latte
days. all other governments, principalitis
and powers are to be broken as Il potter
vessel, no matter whether nonarclies or r.
pnblics
This is not mere fancy sketch, cxtrav;
gant as il may ap!.car to the reader, Jet the1
need not abatc one jot or title Of tue bias
lhemous professions uf Brigham Young. Il
wae surrounded with tue integral parts Of Il
''Iloly Triuite Priesthood" iii the persons
Hcber c. Kinlball the second, and Daniel l.
Wells the third Presidents. The latter enjul
a,su the title Of Lieutenant General vi ii
':Nauvoo Legion and as such rejoie:s in !,
"thc pump and circumstance of glorios
Bnr''
The principal Characteristic Of the secor
President 1nay he expressed in the old do
gerel With slight ylriation:'