New Orleans daily crescent., 1866-11-01
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Special Correspondence Of tho Crescent
SALT LAKE Cry, UTAH TERRITORY,

Special Correspondence OF tho crescent
SALT LAKE CRY, UTAH TERRITORY,
October g 1866.
Editor Grescent-The recent development of
animosity on the part Of the Mormon authorities
against the "Gentile" inhabitants of Salt Lake
valley will culmnate in serious political difficult
ties Perhaps the first news which willy attract
your attention will be the account Of collision
between the United States military authorities and
the Mormon rulers. The origin Of the feud will
not be given you in detail by telegraph, and an
ignorance Of ii may cause misiudgment on the
part of many, some blaming the "Gentilesh for in
terfering with the delightful system Of poIygy'y
as praotioed by these later day saints.
purpose to give you detailed account of the
nresent status Of affairs that your community
hereafter, when the crisis shall have eliminated in
bloody contest, as it will do, can properly Judge
OF the merits of the same.
Salt Lake valley is large valley susceptible
of the highest state Of cultivation sit must be the
garden to supply the thiokly settling localities in
the surrounding mining regions of Idaho, Montana,
| Nevada, Colorado and Wyoming, in which are
not found such large and fertile valleys SO ca
\ pahle of irrigation.
The Mormon Law, as organized by Brigham
| Young and his disciples, permitted and recognized
| the occupation Of the public domain in Utah by a
l simple survey of lsnd and possession. No limit
4 was fixed to the extent thereof. An individual
i e0nlQ nave SurFeySu any AluuuHL VI dCrss III tue
most desirable lands and by simply placing a
stockade shanty thereon, hold the same as against
1 any other person, Many of the Mormon leaders
syailed themselves of this privilege. and their pos
| sessions are counted by thousands of acres.
| The federal government has been guilty OF grea1
neglect in not surveying the lands in this region
4 and opening them to preemption, or offering then
| for sale at the limit Of 100 acres.
4 Lately the demand in the neighboring mining
| regions has concentrated In Salt Lake city ant
valley large population who are not Mormons
| Catholic, Protestant or jew. These have com
bined together for their selfprotection, and have
desire to secure all rights to which, as American
| citizens, they may be entitled.
Some of these Gentles, thinking that thest
4 broad and valuable acres should not remain idl
as speculation in the hands of Mormon bishops
eventually to enrich the Mormon church, locatel
upon them and commenced to till the virgin SOL
to meet the great demand for produce.
The Mormon authorities have made raid upol
these citizens-in some instances tied the men an
threw them in the river Jordan, destroyed the i'm
proyements on the lands, and publicly announces
that they were leniently dealt with as the frs
transgressors, warning others not to dare to lmi
tate the example.
A Christian church was established in the hear
of Mormondom for the salvation of such souls a
did not believe the road to heaven was in tn
bosom of Mormon profgate or icentiou
renegade yet the minister of this church is al
sasinated in the streets and his murderers are M
to be punished.
The Gentiles here will not tolerate this state
affairs long. Patience has already ceased to be
virtue, and, horrid it is, the torch of civil VT
will soon be lighted here unless a change, radio
and extreme, is made in Mormon rule, to event
ate in its entire civil destruction. L.