, 1866-08-06

named, ts the same man who sat behind the
blanket with Smith, and translated the t'gol-
den Tables" while the pedagogua amanuen-
sis WIS not permitted to sec the holy things.
The Mormons were persccutcd In Missouri
and Illinois. Hyrum and Joseph Smith
were shot By the mob. Brighan Yonn8 aa-
sumed tho holy sccptre aud. " handed R1gdon
over to the bndetlng Of Satan for thousand
gears," hl1ed the t'saints" with burning bate
OF the Identifies" pretended to be u Moses
and the founder ofa new dlspensatIon, held
the pay Of Mormon United 5tatea soldiers at
Council B'ufEs, and reduced their families to
want, putting ten Thousand dollars Into his
pocket. Arrived In Salt Lake City, he at
once put on all.ths despotic omuipotenco ofa
Pessfnn kinE. When Judge Brochus spoke
againt polygamy on Mormon platform,
Brigham Immediately answered him thus:
al viii kick you or any other Gentle Judge
from this stand, If you or they again attempt
to interfere with the affairs OF our Zion"
This Is the "Head God" on free speech.
How much 1t aounds like tho defence made
By the cavaliers of the South In the case of
forced eolored polygamy! Hear the Elohim
Of the Desert On Government: II 1lse above
law, and 30 do this people. have no fear
of Franklin Piercc removing nc from
Office, and saying that another. man
shall be Governor OF this Territory. We
have got Territorial Government, and an
aud will be Governor, aud no power eau him
der 1t, until the Lord Almighty says, Brig
ham, you need not be Governor any longer;'
and then am willing TO yie1d to another"
And again: ~ will hare free and indepcn-
dent Government for myself, where I may
live and enjoy my cirE and religious 1iber-
ties" Judge Shaver held some difference
with the prophet, and Wa44 soon after found
dead !; and Brigham boasts that "Almon ".
Babb'tt undertook to quarrel with him. but
soon afterwards was killed by thu Ipdians,"
tDanltes. }Bsigham presumed that "the boys
knew their business" Thus saith tho Pro-
phet In 1857, when Colonel Johnston's little
army ~as approaching "They say that their
army Is legal, aud say that such state
rncnt Is as alsoss hell, and that they arc as
rotten ns an old pumpkin that has been
frozen seven times, and then melted In har.
vest sun-- Como on with your thousands Of
Illegally ordered troops, and will promise
yon, In the rame Of Lsrael's God, that you
shall melt away as the SNOW before July
sun. You might as we'll tell nc
that you can make he'll Into powder
house, a to tell mo that you could let an
army IN here and have peace mud intend
to tell them and show them this, II
they do not stay away. And /
say our enemies shall not slip the bow on old
BHght's neck again. God bless you.
Amen" This passage IL taken fnom ser-
mon, and 1t aptly figures the mind of thIs
renegade Prophet. Alter his brarc "God-
Almighty being-my- per--they-shal1--not-.
come@hera," /" Brigham prepard to remain with
his wires, finally confessed that be was per-
sonally coward, and left men Of fewer mem
aces to guard the sacred city. The "Liou
Of the Lord" shook himsel1 roared hid
aous}y, then lay down.
Mormon cupidity, aided BY unscrupulous-
ness, has record darker than Defoe's buc-
caucers and only surpassed In 'deprav1ty by
Plzarro and his comrades In Peru. Moore &;
Bradley started distillery in Utah and
made money Brigham went md rehuked
them sharply, declaring that they would
weller In he'll" for thus Increasing the
mcaus Of into1icatiou. Alter the p1ope1ctors
| were put away, the Prophet carried on the
whiskey business with great energy, aud put
much money into the safe of the "lIcad
God" 4 Mr.. Williams loaned fifteen thou.
sand dollars to Mormon agent before arris.
ing at Salt Lake City. He finally sought to
be refunded, upon which Young returns him
this impndent answer: at an Elder Il
willing to preach the Gospel without purse
Or scrip, IT. is 'none Of your bus
incss what he dots with the money
he has borrowed from you. If yor
murmur against the Elder II viii prove YOU,
damnation." Rich men are sent on .tm1s
slops, and their estates taken under the %
tctnal cars Of the Church. .{B, Young &
! Co.,1 and the Church makes no report aut
| Acknowledges no 1espopsibflitv, The ordi
pary functions Of the Dauites is to watch To-
rich trains Of emsrrants. kill al, who can tel
tales, and bring booty into the Office Of the,
chief. 4 half million In gold Is sa,d to lay
found It's Eay from England to fhe vau1ts o
! Brigham. II Is believed that the Prophet
ward Is perforated by subterranean passacce
and that the min trraanry IL under ground
This much is certain. that The masous an;
earnenters uho did fbe basement work a
thc ..sion Hon.cu .uaacn,r a,sonnc.rcd
Rrirham,. relioinn. nrcten sion, ar char
.cter;stIc nj Hcdf,m Hc.r him MSo ma,
,o.a t,arc ~. yor kno,r nn+hi,r short !,
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rej' Wy kooa iatnef ol oudge Sules depose
tnat bf1gnam afrogated TO himself the a.
tributes Of f'Deity. The old man had denic
70 some ploqs Ao1mons taas INC sfsas as.
, ter of the Haretn" was divine; Whareupo
he was taken before the Bishops, and sternl
, asked, IF Brigham Young be not God, wh
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