Lamoille newsdealer. [volume] (Hyde Park, Vt.) 1860-1877, 1865-12-06
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AFFAIRS IN UTAH.
AN INSIDE VIEW OF MATTERS.

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the interesting lettes of Samuel Bowls
during the past season, but the following
from the N. Y Times will doubtless
prove quite as interesting being written
by person before whom the Mormons
would not be as likely to disguise their
affairs.
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH TERRITORY, |
Wednesday, Oct. 4. 1865.
So many travellers have recently given
their impressions of this region and its
inhabitants to the reading public, that |
may we'll be excused from giving mine
At the same time must say, that the
tourist visits few places where more un-
defined impressions and emotions rush
upon him than here as he feels that his
feet stand in modern Zion, in the valley
of Great Salt Lake-the land of the Lat-
ter Dan .Sdi,tS-the land of many wives
and many children--the land of the vine
and varied fruit--the land where the bee
hive is truly the symbol of industry, that
in no other land is surpassed or equaled-
the land of frug4lity and plenty-the
land of obedience temperance and order
the land where Democracy and Repub-
llicanism are not known-the tand ct tie
0ae-man poDer
| do not propose to descant upon the
various uJjccts named above, in your col
umns, except, perhaps, the last two items,
incidentally. | have been in this Terri
tory about four weeks, and propose to
= speak Of matters have learned in Utah
that apportain to the general welfare. |
must, of course. mention that feature pc
culiar to this Territory, which exists no.
where else in the Christian Gorld d'-poly-
gamy,
There arc three governments i'll Utah
! each Of which extends over the whole Ter.
ritory in FORMS If not in fact--the Ter
. ritory Government oil the so-called State
, of Dcscrct. Of which Brigham Young is
Governor; and the government OF the
), Church, of which Brigham Young is First
President, the dRn05nted Of tie Lord, and
the supreme head The Church confines
, its control, not to things etorn and c.
d lestial, but extends to all the relations Of
II life an business; to family affairs and
:, IS to the fixing Of the price of commodities
4 for sale. Nothing is beneath its care, anC
and nothing is above its power. This
II Church has larger and more positive pow
y ers than were ever claimed by the Churcl
i of Rome in the dark ages.
? So far as relates to power 1T has. by
ircvocablc revelation, been placed III th'
hand of one man, the Lords anointed
+ The Territorial Government is fiction
Of it is without vitality and power. Nom
n but Mormons are sent to the Legislature
y If the Governor vetoes laws passed, tn
- Legislature of the State Of Deseret Cal
3, pass them, and Gov Young gives then
his sanction, and they are laws for tn
O. State, when they failed to be so for tn
,e Territory. The laws of the State of Des
v eret are not published, but kept anon
tho secret archives
n A Territorial Supreme Court was a,
5. inconvenient thing, until the ingenuity o
n inspiration Of the annonted, aided by th
lie flexible morality Of Democratic Govern
or. surmountcd the inconvenience, whe
at the shackles Of the law tell from ever
ID man in the Territory a court of par
!" amount jurisdiction, called the Probat
Court, was established by Territorial leg
islation. and Congress has never inter
ie fcred with it. This court is without busi
.t ness.
4, The kindness of the government t
IN this Territory and its people is proveI
- bial A long time ago it appointed
IN Mormon by the name of Stout District
Attorney. He has never presented hiu
<, self before the court or before any Jndg
II thereof If the man had good cxcus
as ~ for not coming. whtn he had married
in wife, this Mr. Stout has SIR good crcuSe'
as he has six wives lie may have tho
n Judge Titus might take 1t INTO his hea
~ to charge the Grand Jury Oh the act
r.. Congress of 1862 relating to polygamJ
e. He showed his shrewedness by stayin
50 away and not appointing substitute, 0
the court has no power to appoint prot
IN ecutor in his stead, and, therefore,
lis criminals can be prosecuted in the 81
do preme or District Courts of the Ierrlt'
10. ry. an
The government has here Collector
n Iuterna, Revenue for the Territory, in tf
he person of a Mr., Burton, belligerent Mo
ne non and confident of Brigham founl
Il Under him, (B. Y.) he holds the follow
ps, inc Offices Sheriff of Salt Lake Count.
ses yes ASSESSOR and Collector of the County an
ia la Territory. Member Of the City Counc
Of Of and Adjutant. General of all the forces
CIV the Church and the State OF DeSeret a
= Of these Offices arc Of great importanc
ls, ,r,, and comprise more powers than your roc
ia will allow for explanation, lie has 81
'd' Offices he has six wives.