Charles City Republican intelligencer. [volume] (Charles City, Iowa) 1861-1864, 1863-03-26
Correspondence of the Chicago Tribune.
From Salt Lake City.

From Salt Lake City,.
Unfortunately for the General Gov.
crnment, and hardly less unfortunate
for themselves, the Priesthood have
everything generally their own way
until the people really believe tina,
the LORDS anointed the Lion of the
House of Jacob, as they call Brigham
has all power, not only to command
States aud Governments, but even
the elements themselves As an in.
stance of their wonderful fanaticism
l heard it proclaimed last fall at Con
ference (their great semi-annual
meetirg) in the Tabernacle, that q
certain district of country south oil
here, was short time since pronounc
ed to be of no valuation in consequence
OF the impossibility Of irrigation, but
that Bro. Brigham went down there
with his brethren, and he blessed y
the arid desert, and informed thee,
that the next season they might pre-.
pare for work and 10, and behold,
when the spring passed, new foun-
tains OF water made their appearance,
where before the wolf could not find
water to wet his tongue, and the In
dian stunned it as the terri emamrisis,"
or the bad land.
As a matter of course, there is no
foundation in all this, only, perhaps,
in some instances, the great amount
of snow which had fallen in melting,
swelled the streams, as is the case
almost every year, and new channels
were cut by the mountain torrents.
But this usual phenomenon was seized
upon by the cunning leaders, and il
was not difficult to make the deluded
masses believe what they asserted to
be true.
In some instances it would seem
that the rery fates had played into the
hands of Brigham, and whether false
or true, he is enabled to make a state
ment where there is no color of truth
in it, unless accounted for on the
ground of mere coinadences. Instances
Of this kind are on everyMormon lip, in
speaking of the army that came here
under the auspices of President Buc.
hanon and Gen. Johnston, Of Pitts.
burg Landing memory. And even
now it is believed that Col Connors is
here in his command, by the suffer.
ance only of Brigham Young that he
had once determined that the army
should not cross the River Jordan, but
finally he had "a visitation /" that it
would be "good thing" for the Saints
to let them come in and stay long
enough to spend their greenbacks, .
and then the Lord had given him pow.
er to send them back either to Cahfor
MIA. or to hell, as he pleased. This is nc
fiction, but If not sober, is a fanatica
truth, and trifling as it may seem t.
others, yet in view of the same, the
Federal Administration ought not tc
make it possible for cunning and art
full men to seize upon the fact, as they
easily could, providing the troops
were withdrawn from this territory
in the coming spring, as rumor has
sometimes asserted would be the
case. For it would true at least that
the troops had remained here, first,
long enough to spend some hundreds
of thousands of dollars, and then, in
accordance with Bringham's assertions,
had been sent away.
Mormonism to-day is power Of no
ordinary character. There is not in
the civilized world q more absolute
despotism than that which the
I" Church !" yields over the rank and
file Of its members and the "mate
rial strength of the Saints" in the way
of revenue, held in the hands of a
single man, who gives no security fol
the performance of his trust, is no in
significant sum, but would enable its
custodian to purchase munitions o.
war to supply formidable army.
The report of Senator Wade in ref.
erence to a resolution in regard to the
message of the Governor Of this Ter.
ritory, has caused fluttering among
the wise men here f; and there has
been a great improvement i'm their
manners toward me and was in
formed yesterday that the public print
err would send me proof-shcets Of the
suppressed message. | will not prom
Use that / will take the trouble to read
them, for am sure from what l hear
from the States, that the document is
not suppressed there, and it is only
from the pressure that has beer
taken in the premises, together will
the understanding that no payment
would be made for publishing the
acts and journals of the last session
of the Legislature, unless the message
appeared with other proceedings.