The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-11-29

United States take mn interest, about
these days. Are the revenues fairly as
sessed and collected in this territory !?
cannot answer; butT can draw an In
ference and make q guess. The popu-
k1Rtion of Utah is estimated byi Brigham
Young at over 100, 600 souls, ProSperi-
ty has prevailed during 1864 and 1885,
thus FAR, to an nunusual degree. A few
Sundays since, one of tine preachers in
the great Tabernacle here said "The
taot, brethren is; all OF, our people are
fast becoming rich.p he had just, re-
turned from a tour through the Terri
tory, and spoke from personal ObSerYa-
tioH. lone man, "a merchant in, this
city, last year cleared oyer 500, 900, and
all the merchRntSwere cOrreSpOndinRly
| prosperous. All of this people are COM
Pelled to pay into the hand of Brigham
| make or have This titIie,s IN the gross,
mnst he Immense! Frem all the set
tied parts of the Territory may be seen
continually in the. d6Y time, passing
'tbh1r9riE III b the big gateway, in his high
gnp massive Wall WI gQns loaded With
t-Se4lous productSt for the cRpaoious barns
aHdgranaries of the 81 sOrd1s Amounted y
The products of this Territory are too
| various TO be, ehpmsFated here; one
1 item this < year wi ~ ibs1ioNer 100000
] pounds ofiootton. stThis Etithe received
by Brigham Young must be income.
is T. iassssssd ProreFly and the assess7
ne4t leoiIectedE ,i4lLgueSS not. The
ny, to be cOllectedI ris about S3S, 600. The
| Territory OF; Colorado last year paid
into the Treasury of the United States
oyer, $40, 900, and this year 1t Will pay
t7oyer 800 ,o0os and these have been years
/ Of Of I 81 Etdisaste 70 Col lorado,f i obtained
these 'facts from Mr.. Brown, the Col
] lecter of that TERRITORY. Colorado is
| not half as old n DerFitory5as Utah. and
no man, claims for 1t a population of
over q, 600: I! :, 7 now; leave the Question
to -be answered by others as to whether
S5 Tg9t,t not the revenue j. properly collected
;RRlie ion & vs. A 4IIat toR-sEL1ER.
t.1In one-of Brigham 3 SERMONS he said;
- The he, man that sells liquor and thinks
/ 70 escape dam ton, FOOLS himself" He
has, however, changed his sentiments
on this subject and has determined to
\ save tho whole class of liquor-venders
from so hard &. fate by taking the dam
nation upon himself alone. He has
forbidden alto sell, and has opened n
bar himself, the only bar in Salt Lake
City. = he claims and exercises the sole
tall .,.',S5 e, 5tI'a ~ ~
rNotwithstahding the risk of being
too long, Twill say a few things plainly.
know their truths siisa0S[
PREPARING FOR Resistance TO THE
10 hflspd l.tI GOVERNMENT or
20 This people, nder the advice of.their
| LEADERS, aFei preparing for resistance,
even to war, against any interference
with what .the3ERAl II their religious faith.
They anticjpate no, interfefence, except
| from the United States. Tie burden Of
4 their speeches and sermons eyeryWhere
is to arm for the coming contest They
are arrm1ing: brigham Yopng has just
| returned after a tour Of four weeks
with his military staff and speech-
makers. have carefully perused the
iletters written from this expedit ion and
\ published In their ,paper here, giving
hceourits Of speeches and military drills
and reviews. These only confirm what
J. have heard myself from Brigham
Young, Heber G. Kimbau and others.
War, open or concealed, their voices
alike do not dissuade, in -sBe
Their faith, as appears from all they
/ say, and all theyiact, Is reduced to but
one iteInApolygamy. This is the only
thing they talk of fighting for, and it is
the only item the leaders care rush
It is my firm belief that n,the Spring
of 1861 South Carolina was more loyal
to the Union than Utah is to-day. The
character of the leaders and the follow
ers in both, have a striking resem blance.
In both the first created and comman-
ded the latter. Utah was the. first to go
through with the solemn farce ofdecl6r-
ing its little self Independent of the
United States. This was done as long
\ ago as August, 1852 when Brigham
Young, in the Tabernacle 1ofIatteT Day
Saints, in Salt Lake City, rising in the
midst ofhis worshfppers, declared, in
the name of the Lord ofrHosts, that the
umbilica1 cord that united this TERRITORY
with the United States was then and
| there cut, and said ameh4 and all the
refrigeration said amen After this
was formed the government of the So
called independent State of Deseret,
With Brigham 9op9g .RsIits perpetual
been surrendered. The so-called State
of Deseret,i as community,J lis in open
rebellion against the Unitetl States: and
the people, under the command of their
leaders, are In open rebellion against
the laws of the United States. 4
An, EXAMPLE OF BRIGHAA's DEsPoTbc
POWER.
In the hrSt paragraph of this letter, I
have said that this was the land where
Democracy and Republicanism were
not known, and that It was the land of
the oneman power. i propose to prove
the last statement, and by SO doing. 1
4 prove the former. ,i,lgt15 slI p o. o
y During the short stay. Of Mr.. Speaker
l fColta8. In this city, he received a formal
! visit from Brigham, Young 2 at the salt
Lake House. While they were sitting
toget ether upon the, sofa, Brigham asked
the ouoWtng 6 ii Gesfi on: TffEhfr., Colfnx.
what kind OF delegate did Capt. Hoop.
er make for us In Congress?" Mr.. Coz
taxirepned,!a any man must have anS
Washing gtopS that he wasia gentleman,
a business man, Of courteous manners.
attentive to business, and he Thought
ne pad peen good delegate for the
| Iefrltory, Let 1T be understood that
Capt. Hooper had been appointed by
brigham as a Missionary to Europe,
and was mRktngi his arrangements to
leaver Immedi lately after. Mr.. Colfa1's
replyrBrigham put his arm ioverNIr.
Hooperis shoulder andn asked him.
ynCaptatn, how would you like to 90 to
[ congress again? - : Very much" :" said
/ Capt. HOOPER, .ifi you think metwoE7i
thy.liI sWell, that Is all right. n said
Brigham. This was in the tresence6f
! Messrs! go1faSi Richardson, BrosS and
| Bow les. y From that moment Captain
Hooper was looked upon as the success
sor of Judge Kinney, although his name
had never been mentioned in that cont
nection before. His election soon after
| fo1lowed; but merely as a matter of
tormi the voice of Brigham being the,
voice ftqod with the people! Judge
Kinney the former delegate, had en-
deavoredt to get an appropriation of SIO-
600 for government Surveys; this was
the weight that pulled him down. Brig
nam wanted no government surveys Of
lands the Lord had given to his saints,
This blunder will not be repeated. Mn
There are many other matters very
Important; and that should be known
in the States, but space VIII not allow a
detail of them. A future OCCASION will
be sought, if what has been already
written IS given to the public.
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