Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1865-11-28
70 Nj Ut All.
AN INSIDE VIEW OF M0RM0ND0M.
Facts About United States Officials,
BRIGHAM YoUNG's DEspoTIc POWER.


The special correspondent of the New York Times,
| writing from Salt Lake City, Utah Territory under
date of October 4th, gives very interesting inside
! view of matters among the Mormon. He remarks
that so many travellers have recently given their i'm
pressions OF that region and its inhabitants to the
| reading public that he may well be excused from
| giving his.
| At the same time he begged to be allowed to say
that the tourist visits few places where more unde
| fined 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 Latter Dan Sdins-the land OF many wives and
land where the beehive is truly the symbol of indus
try, that in other land is surpassed equaled-
| the land Of frugaity and pen y-the land of obed-
ence, temperance and ordor-the land where Democ-
| racy and Republicanism are not knOwn-the land OF
| one man po,cer,
| THREE GOVERNMENTS IN UTAH.
There three governments in Utah, each Of which
extends over the whole Territory, in form, if not in
fact-the Territorial Governments organized by vir
tue of the organic act of Congress- the government of
| the so-caed State of Deseret, of which Brigham
Young is Governor and the government ofthe Church
/ of which Brigham Young is First President, the
anointed Of the lord and the Supreme Head The
Church co"fnes its control; not to things eternal and
business to family affairs and to the fixing of the
price Of commodities for sale Nothing is beneath its
care, and nothing is above its power This Church
has larger and more positive powers than ever
| claimed by the Church of Rome in the dark ages.
So far as relates to power, it has, BY irrevocable
Lords an inted. The territorial Governments is
| fiction; it is without vitality, and power. None but
Mormons are sent to the Legislature; If the Coy
| ernor yetOes laws passed. the Legislature of the
| State of Deseret can pass them, and Gov. Young
gives them his saaGi9n, and they are laws for the
The laws of the State of neseret published
but kept among the secret archives.
4 Territorial Supreme Court was an nconvenient
thing, until the ingenuity or inspiration Of the
anointed, aided by the flexible morality of Demo-
when the shackles of the law fell from every man in
the Territory court of paramount jurisdiction,
toral legislation, and Congress has never interfered
with it. This court andits ures can be trusted and
| the Supreme Court is without business.
PoLYC AMIsTs APPOINTED TO FEDERAL OFFICES.
The kindness of the government to this Territory
and its people is pr0verbal. long time ago it ap
pointed Mormon by the name of Stout District At
court or before any Judge thereof If the man had
good excuse foT aas coming when he had married a
wife, this Mr.. Stout has good excuses he has
six wives. He may have thought Judge Titus might
take it into his head to charge the Grand jury on the
act of Congress of 1862 relating tc polygamy. He
showed his ahrewdness by staying away and not ap-
pointing substitute. as the court has no power to
criminals can be prosecuted in the supreme or Dis
tret Courts of the Territory.
The government has here Collector of internal
Revenue for the Territory, in tho person Of Mr..
Rurton. belligerent Mormon and confd INT of
Brigham 1oun- Under him him O. B " he holds the
following Offices Sheriff o.. lake county, assessor
and Collector of the county Territory, memoer =. tho
City CouDci! ard Adjutant General of all the forces
ofthe Church and the State Of Deseret. All ofhese
offices are of great Importance, and comprise Go-e
powers than your room will allow for explanation.
He has six Offices; he has six wives,
Mr.. Little, another of Brigham's contdants, is
Assessor Of nitcd States Internal Revenue. He is
also Counsel Of the Board of Bishops, Colonel in
brigham army, and Hlemher of the City Council
He has four Offices he has four wives
Mr.. McKane is Assistant Collector under Burton,
holds an office IN Brigham military system, and has
three wives.
Mr.. Simmons is Assistant Assessor under Little; is
an actor in the theatre belonging to the Church or
Brigham Young, and has three wives.
All these government OtlcalS including Mr.. stout,
the District Attorney. hold military offices under
Brigham ioapg. and for long time have been ae
ing the forces of the Church of Latter Day Saints for
the tn great 5at of NJ This M Gf is fa
Gen. Ross. Ills duty des gnated by the title of his
office-Dri Master General of all the militia of the
Church and the State of DeSeret.
THE SALT LAKE. CITY POSTMASTER.
| now will speak of the most important United
States official incumbent in the Territory-the Post
master of Salt Lake City Mr Stenhouse, an Eng
lishman, is the man. he went through the forms of
naturalization after his appointment as postmaster
before court that has no jurisdiction to naturalize
Like the other United States officials have named
be has prosecuted the first duty Of in Deseret
raising families. He has but two wives. By the first
his hi s second wife alter he had taken ks oath to sup
port the Constitution and laws OF the nted States
and long after the passage OF the act of Congress
prohibiting polygamy.
HOW THE internal REVENUE Is COLLECTED.
I wish to say something about the collection OF IN
ternal reyenue-that little matter IN which most peo-
pie in the United States take interest about these
days Are the revenues fairly assessed and collected
in this Territory? cannot answer but l can draw
an inference and make guess. The population Of
Utah estimated by Brigham Young at over 100000
souls Prosperity has prevailed during 1864 and
1865, thus far, an unusual degree. few Sundays
since, Of the preachers i'll the great Tabernacle
hs he5f 5 hie H re- pn
tour through the Territory and spoke from personal
observation.
over 100000, and al the merchants correspond
ngly PROSPEROUS. All Of this people are compelled
to pay into the hand of Brigham oung 1.-THE of all
they earn, grow, make or have. Th tthe, III the
gross. must be immense From all the settled parts
time. passing through the big gateway in his high
and massive wall. wagons loaded with various pro-
for the barns and G ana Of the
too various to he enumerated here; item this
year will be over 100000 pounds ofeotton.
come; Is it assessed properly and the assessment col
leeted? guess not. The amount assessed for the
whole Territory 70 be collected, is about $4,000.
Treasury Of the United States over 100000, and this
of dser sy he e
from Mr.. Brown. the Collector of that Territory.
Colorado is not half as old Territory Utah, and
man claims for 1t a population of over 20U0 ]
now leave the question to be answered by others as
to whether not the revenue is properly collected
in Utah.
BRIGHAM YOUNG rs. a LIQUOR SELLER.
In one of Brigham sermons he said The man
that sells Iqqgori i and thinks to escape dqmnation,
ments On this subject and has determined to save
the whole class of hquorvenders from hard fate
by taking the damnaton upon himself alone. He
self the only bar in Salt Lake City. He claims and
exercises the sole right to sell liquor by wholesale or
retail.
PREPARING FOR RESISTANCE TO THE GOVERNMENT
This people. under the advice of their leaders,
reference with what they call their religious faith
They anticipate no interference excert from the
United States. The burden of their speeches and |
sermons everywhere is to arm for the coming contest
They are armng. Brigham oung has just returned |
as SaE four eaTe8 T h b @
written from this expedition and published in their
papers here giving ACCOUNTS OF speeches and military
heard myself from Brigham Young. Heber C. Kim
ball and others. War, open concealed their voices
Their faith. as appears from all they say and all
they act, is reduced to but one item-polygamy-
it is the only item the leaders care a rush for.
- 1t is my firm belief that in the Spring of 1861
Ush is to-day The character Of the leaders and and
the followers in both have striking resemblance
In both the first created and commanded the latter
the United States, This was done as long ago
Tabernacle of Latter Day Saints. in Salt
Lake City, rising in the midst of his worshippers
declared in the name of the Lord of Hosts that the
umbilical cord that united this Territory with the
amen and all the congregation said amen After
dependent State of Deseret with Brigham Young as
its perpetual Governor. This government has never
been surrendered The so-called State of Deseret |
as community is in open rebellion against the Uni
ted States: and the people. under the command of
their leaders are in open rebellion against the laws
of the United States.
AN EXAMPLE OF BRIGHAM'S DEsPoTIc POWER
During the short stay of Mr. Speaker Colfax in this
city, he received formal visit from Brigham Young
at the Salt Lake House, While they were sitting to-
gether upon the sofa, Brigham asked the following
question Mr.. Colfax, what kind of delegate did
Capt. Hooper make for US in Congress ?" Mr. Col
fax replied, any must have answered. that he
knew Capt. H. while in Washington; that he was a |
gentleman, business man. of courteous manners
attentive to business, and he thought he had been
good delegate for the Territory Let be understood
that Capt. Hooper had been appointed by Brigham |
Missionary to Europe and was making his ar |
rangements to leave.
/ Immediately after Mr.. Colfax's reply Brigham put
his arm over Mr.. Hoopers shoulder, and asked him.
Captain. how would you like to go to Congress
again?" Very much ~, said Captain Hooper ifyou
Brigham. This was in the presence of Messrs. Col
fax, Richardson. Bross and Bowes. From that mo-
ment Captain Hooper was looked upon as the sue
cessor of Judge Kinney although his name had never
been mentioned in that connection before. His cleo
ton after followed, but merely as matter of
form, the voice of Brigham being the voice of God
with the people. Judge Bnney the former delegate
government surveys this was the weight that pulled
him down. Brigham wanted no government SURVEYS
of lands the Lord had given to his saints This him
arr-s1I v,nth ha ataI