Daily State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis, Ind.) 1861-1865, 1865-02-24

style Not fsr from this building are two Others.
rith ends % q street. fanked with two story
porches enclosed With lattice work, with planes
At TIE sfreet ends. on which are stone statutes OF
lions ceackant Doors open out. on these piazxes.
snd here pedestrian, 90 the pronensde 90 the
opposite side Of the street, can. Of . pleasant
evening. catch passing glimpse Of some Of the
FAtimss OF this Mormon seraglio How maBy
tark eyed hours peeped there through the isi--
uced pOrches vas left to conjecture; but our Nor
uon guide. a tslkatire Englishman. who had two
sisters aud one niece cousecrated 20 one man as
wives, said these pOrches were thus constructed
as pisy grourds for the children: forgetting whst
nv eyes. could not fail 10 see. that stone walls
concealed from impairment gaze acres OF beau
tifci iawus groves and orchards, wherein Brig
ham progeny might ganbol ct pleasure
The truth as. Brgham's IDEAS are decidedly
oriental, and bis sixteen wives. tho not guarded
by black euDicks. look upon the outside world.
except from the piszzas,s through closed case
ments aud over massive stone walls But here
let me say, euce for adj, - that there Is less
prostitution. less drank enness, less OF deeauch
cry in any form, in Salt Lake City. than in any
city within my know edge. No matter what
you hear from siRdctiye ,scrbbers, who anti
cipaifng unbridled lust and easy victims. found
themselves net only spurned. but driven out for
fear of direct mutilauOn-this city Is the quiet
est the ireest OF thieves, bawds and drAunkards
of any this continent What little licen-
tioasness Nibctsscomes mainly from the troops
at Camp Douglass and adventures en- route for
the mines. This is attributed not co any innate
goodness o. their system, but 10 the religious
zeal blended with every svocation of life BY
Mormon devotees. The machine works weii
now, because Il is new but when il gets old, il
will become rusty and. like all theocrscies.
end in universal corruption OF its parts. Then
fuyfH "a "a ,s..~ -. not * oil
cution now strengthens it and, driven from
one place, it will spring up in another.
| am not 10 be understood as attributing fervid
piety, or even the semblance of it, TO the lead
ers They have an eve TO business" but in the
eyes Of the rank and fe there is that "specuia
ton" indicative of fanatieism, which cannot be
mistaken. and which no mere acting can imper
senate Talk TO them of visions aud prophesies,
! and they "rapt attention., while they look
into YOU with dreamy gaze, their souls mean
while travelling to the Spirit Land You cannot
doubt their sincerity, though you believe them
dupes What dark deeds concoeted in Sc
cres by the leaders, and performed by nnscrupu-
lous tools, one can only guess. Outside gossip
SAYS that Brigham has but TO will it, and the body
of whOmsOever falls under the ban OF his dis
I pleasures is food for the fishes OF Jordan. Ii
saws that the massacre at Mountain Meadows
where a whole train of emgrants, numbering
over one hundred souls, women and children,
were butchered in cold blood, save few child
rem of too tender ye4Ss To observe much, who
were adopted into Mormon families, was the work
of the saints disguised Indians; and that when
one of these children, some time Afterwards, at
/ Salt Lake CITY, was heard To claim q COW as one
! belonging TO his mother IA The train, be Was
spirited away.
It's tales of Mormon crimes are dark and
/ bloody. Bet nothing visible upon the surface
sustans these charges, though they, for all that,
may be true, such terrible enormties are not
/ opt 10 Ike noon day walks. Yet nowhere can
| yon be surer of a hospitsolc welcome than 70 a
| Mormon fire side. provided YOU lie, their religion
and its ministers alone Touch these coniraband
subjects in the spirit of antagoDism, and there
swels up within them. and their eyes fash with,
that frey zeal which, IN all ages has impelled to
deeds OF desperate vRlor. They will not tolerate
schsms among the mselves. Constantly advert
! ing 10 the persecution which drove them from
! Illinois and Missouri, they pursue with implacs
BILE hatred whoever. within their own "kth aud
kin" essays to SCI up religious theory different
from that receiving Brigham's sanction.
A few years ago person named Morris claim
ed to have visions wherein be Was nominated
president of MormeDdom and required to suppant
Brigham. He soon rallied around him a con
siderable number of followers, who established
themselves in q town called Morristown, near
Ogden.
Here Morris set up for himself, and refused to
pay tithes to the church. He carried his exirav-
sgence so far as to notify Brigham that be was
the true prophet. and TO demand REIMBURSEMENT
to him OF the temporal government; of the faith
full, TO which modest request Brigham ID SAID to
have returned common but very obscene reply
But Morris continued his opposi;ipn, until brig
ade of Mormon militia with eecIion of bat
tery, was sent agains. him. He was requested
to pay over his delinquent tithes and to disbsnd
lis 'seceders, 10 which he returned defsDt
aDsweF, whereupon the Mormon forces closely
invested the place, which bad been rudely forti-
fed with eartbworks. and finally took il By a.
sanlt, killing all the leading Morrisites. Morris
himself being pierced with number OF bslls, TO
the lsst refusing TO surrender. aud perishiDg
victim to dis folly, which cour,ed the fury
of Mormon intolerance.
more heterogeneous mass OF human beings
was never more sssim:lated You see Danes
Sweedes, WEIGH English, Scotch. Irish, French,
Spanish. Italian, German, Pole, Indian and At
rican. wOrshipping at the same church and inter
mingled in all the relations OF life Connected
BY the ties of common faith, though drawn
from sill quarters Of the globe, never were people
more thoroughly fraternal. They are power,
theretore-no longer the condemned victims of
newspaper squibs-but possessed of machinery
and appliances which. one day, will engulf this
continent in a war. the more fierce and deadly
because its motive power will be religious fanati
oism. Ii cannot be otherwise. With missiona-
ries in every land, daily lsborng TO spread the
true faith, with a siDgleness of purpose and
ndonitsble zeal worthy the hottest cause they
penetrate remotest countries, and draw thence
their converts, who are transported free of charge
90 Salt Lake VALLEY, where their wants are sup
piled Kill they take care of themselves To
effect these purposes, large deposits are kept in
Europe snd America a. nyenient points, where
their agents perfect the necessary arrangements
This is not the result of eiervescence of pious
zeal. but is part and parcel OF the church ma
chinery, provided for in detail, with abund ant
national resources TO insure success. No won
der. then that every summer vast trains of saints
upon the plains route for their Zion.
Each one Of these trains has an experienced
captain and their arrival in Salt Lake City is
welcomed with bands of music. and general re
joicing. For weeks proceeding these arrivals,
no other subject OF conversation IL 30 important,
or so Astounding in the pleasant anticipation.
The higher the time OF arrival. the more fever
ISL the anxiety and when inally it is announc-
ed that the train is approaching all is on the
qua uire; men, women and children crowd
the streets huzzas ring out from hundred throats
while delicious music from brass bands. sends
forth its swelling notes hill and plain
Every emigrant is st once taken 20 comfort
able home. already provided. either in the civ,
or IN some oil the country towns, or - settle
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