The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1865-11-29
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RAFEs OF sUBsoRRFIoN.A 9
AFFAIRs I'M UTAH. EjE,

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AFFAIRS IN Utah., !,
An inside SRISwF ~ Or aa..ers...1n,sEes,. Ssas sat.
dtngIlEaeaasAbOutI IUniteCl iStateS or
heials--lThe MOrmOns Preparing 20
Resist the National AuthoFIties-I-
How Brigham Young Controls. Ie-
IItIcaI Affairs. .t,iI .,si,7
Corresponding Of DE Neib 'York zFDiss5 !
SALT LAKE CfTYI UTAH TERRI '
I.r.Y, TORY, Wednesday, Oct. 4, '65. jga
So many travellers have recently giv-
en- their Impressions of this region and
Its 1tslinhabitants to the reading public,
that may we'll be excused from giving
mine. AAt the same time must saSI
tAe tourist visits few places Where more
underlined impressiOns and emotions
rush upon him than here, rs he feels
that his feet stand in modern Zion IN
the valley of Great Salt. .Lake-the land
of the Later Day .Sttiits-the land of
many wives and many childrenE-the
land OF the vine and varied fruit-the
land where. lthe heehixel is truly the
symbol of industry, that in no other
landris surpassed nor land
of frugaltty and -pfenty4the land of
obedience, temperance and ,order4the
land where Democracy and Republic
anisn are not krown-the LCt5id of one
man pOiOeT.
lido not propose to descant upon the
various subjects named above, in. your
columIss except perhaps, the last two
items, incidentally. l have been in
this Territory ABOUT -four weeks, and
propose to speak of matters have
learned in Utah that appertain to the
general welfare: d,1 must, of course,
that feature peculiar to this
Territory, whiehSe4ists nowhere else in
the Christian Horld-polygamy. 2d I2l
.-1zy T4aEE GOVERNMENTS IN UTAH.
There are three governments in Utah,
each 6flwhich extends over the whole
territory, in form, if not in factAthe
Territorial Government, organized by
virtue of the organic act of Congress;
the government of the so-called State of
Deseret, of which Brigham YOnng is
Governor; and the government, of the
church, of which Brigham, Young is
and the supreme head. The church
confines its control, not to things feter-
nal and celestial, but extends to all the
relations of life and business; to family
affairs, and. to the fixing of=the price of
commodities. for sale, Nothing Is be-
meath its care, and nothing is above its
power. This church has larger and
more positive powers than were ever
claimed by the church of Rome in the
dark ages.
So far as relates to power, it has, by
irrevocable revelation, been placed in
the hand of one man, the Lords anoint-
ed. The Territorial Government is a
fiction; IL is without vitality and power,
None but Mormons are sent, to the Leg
islature. If the Governor vetoes laws
passed, the Legislature of the State of
Deseret can pass, them, and Governor
Young gives them his sanction, and
they are laws .forotheI State, when they
failed to be SO for tho Territory. The
laws of the State of Deseret are not pub
lished, but KEPT among the secret ar
The Territorial Supreme Court was an
inconvenient thing, until the ingenuity
or inspiration of the anointed, aided by
the flexible morality of Democratic
Governor, surmounted the inconveni-
ence, when the shackles flaw fell from
every man in the Territory. A court Of
paramount jurisdiction, called the Pro-
bate Court, was established by perri=
toria1 legislation, and Congress has
never interfered withit. This court and
its iuries can be trusted, and the su!
preme court is without business. T,
PoLYGAMIsTs APPoINTED TO FEDERAL
OFFICES.
n The kindness OF the government to
this Territory and it's people is pro-
verbal. a long time ago ib hDpointed
a Mormon by the name of Stont. Dis
trict Attorney. He has never present.
ed himself before the court or before
any Judge thereof. If the man had a
good FexcuseJ for not coming, when he
had married a wife, this Mr.. Stout has
sir good excuses, as he has six wives. He
may have Thought Judge Titus might
take 1t into his headto charge the Grand
Jury on the act of Congress of 1862, re-
tating to poEyganly. He showed his
shrewdness by staying away and not
appointing q substitute, as tho court has
no power to appoint a prosecutor in his
steadt and, therefore, no criminals can
be prosecuted in the Supreme or Dis
trice Courts Of the Territory. - -al9alH
!. n The government has here a Collector
of Internal Revenue for the Territory.
in the person of a Mr.. Burton, n bellige9
rent Mormon and confidant of Brig
ham Young. Under him, (B., Y,,,1F he
holds the following offices: Sheriff of
Salt Lake County, assessor and Collec-
tor of the County and Territory, Mem
ber of the City Eouncfi and Adintaiit
General of all the forces of the Church
and the Stategof Deseret. All of these
offices are of great importance, and
eoTnprisp more powers thanryour room
win allow for explanation. He has six
offices; he has six wives.
" Mr. Little, another of Brigham's con-
Adants,is Assessor of United States In
the Board Of Bishops, Colonel in BriR1
hams army and member Of the CITY
Conncil.is He has four Offices; he has
four wives. .ir7aI1E5s q -gj.lJa
Mr.. McKate is Assistant Collector
under Burton, holds an office in Brig
hams military system, and has three
Mr.. Simmons Is Assistant Assessor
under Little is an actor in the theater
belonging to the Churchfor Brigham
-Yonugy and has.three- wives.
AL these government, officials, in
Guiding Mr. Stout, the District Attorney,
bold military offices under Brigham
Young, and for a long time have been,
az Guivsly engaged inithe business of arln-
inIs and driIli1Rthe forces Of the Church
OF i after Day Saints for the great battle
of ztrmageddQn.s This force Is headed
by am Enghshman, an enemy of the
Unite Vi States, Gen. Ross His duty is
design ated by the title Of his office
Drill-A taster-G General OF all the militia
Of the G. .dhrch and the State Of Deseret.
THE s. ALT LAKE CRY PosrMAsrER, e
I now. viii speak of the most impor-
tant Unite d States official incumbent in
the Territory ry-the Postmaster of Salt
Lake City. Mr.. Stenhonse, an Eng
the forms Of 4 1laturalization amer his an
pOintment as. Postmaster before a court
that has nc, ,iur tsdietion. to naturalize.L
Like the other United States officials /
have named, he has Prosecuted the first.
duty Of man in Deseret, raising fami-
lies. He has hut two wives. r BY the
first he has eight children, by the secl
ond, one. BE took, htA second wife af-
ter he had tttkenthe oath to support the
and laWs of the United
States and long amer he passage of the