New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-11-12
The 1Eormons.

The ssEuiannual Mormon General Conference
convened in Salt Lake City on Saturday, the 6th,
and concluded Monday, the 8th ult.
There was very large gathering to this con
ference from all parts of the Territory, quite are
spectacle representation from the extreme south,
below t he 6 rim Of the basiD,e where they raise
cptton and semi-tropical fruit, and according to
4he talk Of many who assembled they had a
q good timen together. The various speakers were
Brigham Young, Heber O. Kimball, ID. "a. Wells,
Orson Hyde, John Taylor, Wiford Woodruff,
Erastus Snow, George A. Smith, Joseph Young
and Levi w. Hancock. Brigham gave out for
tsT The work of the Lord commenced in these
days. The subjects chiefly spoken on were that
the doctrines now taught IN the Mormon Church
we're the same as those taught by Joseph Smith,
the founder Of the movement; that Brigham
Young Was his appointed successor in the leader
ship of the Mormon people; that Mormonism
would 60 along yictoriouslg and triumph over all
opposition the necessity OF faithfuiness obedience
and humility the 1jndgments'i that would fail on
ali nations which rejected Mornionism.
The chief event Of the conference was Brig
hams two hours speech or sermon on Sunday
afternoon. He commenced by contrasting Nor
monisIn with other religions extant-of course
vastly to the advantage Of the former. He soon
passed on to The settlement 0f the Territory by
ritory, the peace and simplicity of those primitive
days. He then very rapidly came down to tine
present time, when some OF the !" Gentiles'' were
very anxious to introduce and sustain liquor stores
&d gam DllIEt aHQ pE1b IL W 1lt SohG fuelHNI QF
not such institutions should be tolerated in the
eity which, OF course, was carredinthe negative.
Brigham enlarged considerably on the evil Of
drunkenness, gambling and cognate vices, inti-
mating that but few persons IN the community
were guilty Of them, and the decent sort of peo-
Die Of all creeds would unite in suppressing the
institutions that favored them for the general
good The caim1jumpers, Of which few have
appeared ii Utah of late, came in for liberal
share Of attention, and the sentiments expressed
regarding those gentlemen, and fayorably received
BY the congregation, were decidedly ancompli-
1aentary to them. Brigham then went into some
details respecting the (Nauyo01 Smith family, to
show that they had gone astray.o g Emma
4he original prophets wife, was ever of jealous
and aspiring and willfu disposition, and even dur
ing the life of her first husband, did many things
which could by no means be enthusiastically ap-
nr0bated.
During the conference Brigham and Heber @.
kinball and George A. Smith said considerable on
the topics of the succession to the leadership OF
the Mormon Church, made vacant by the death Of
Smith in 1914 maintaining that he duly conferred
that diadnotion and responsibility upon Brigham
leuDg and tie Twelve ApostlesN who stuck to
hun. Y was also maintained that the original
prephesiN Smith, introduced the system OF
puiygaIng in3the Mormon Church, and practieed
thatsgstsm himself, and that his brother Hyrum
who was killed With him. did likewise though only
after q severe mental struggle, he being much OPP
posed t0 t at tiSst. though he came finally con
yinced that i was aIl right. exactly. The con
ference closed on Monday quite unexpectedly as
lt Was generally presumed II would last another
day, Oh half day at least.