New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1867-07-09


Lord appeared TO him, and he thenCetorth became
saint He was followed 10y one OF the shrSwdest OF
the Elders who argued with some PiausiDlilty ,a d
broken INTO descendant branches, ana that IL lnlu
been founded again by Smith and Young ana was
separate from the world and united IN ITS great WORK
In the afternoon we had an ncOlercnt and ScnselesS
haraugue from "a COckney, but Brigham Young Puliea
him down by the coat tai IN short TIME ana toGh
the pulpit himself His speech would read away III
the East like the foolish ebullition OF cohcetcd
black guard, hut never remarks more tleiy Oh
better adapted TO the people he adolesseu. ne az.
gued for twenty minutes that not one person III nv
knew how to take care of himself III either temporal
or spiritual matters; that all must have leadeis eA-
pereneed in Temporal ana lsPeG M To- those
who are competent TO lead them, or be cut on WIN
the wicked. lie complained OF the sel1islheSis oI
from serfdom. who couldn't own chicken before
they came, and who were glad to take space rom
TO get crust OF bread now have lanus, anu
houses aud cattle, and gIeenbacks, ana carriages,
and they want to dictate TO me; they want 70
sap the foundations of zion; but WIN noe
be dictated to. | am called OF o, one
say what please; put up ms puPio mI ,f 10
crimson covering and paid for 1t myself eTpressy 10
90 into il and say what please. Will take IL away
If like and stand on a table OF char, IoI 'ne
Lords will can be declared III one way as wen ~
another And thus he rambled but always VIII
fbe yonno ladies of the church that they had no ca
pacy for taking care OF themselves ana thel hOnol'
and that the church. with ITS Geremoniei anu
in t6ot oentiles and aposiates be Stunned in all
dealings. oven although it costs more TO purchase
from SAINT INV dmd may business. Perhaps it is
NOT inst now. but the time will soon come
when it will he my, business to TESTIFY
respecting this people, and pledge you that those
who disObey this command shall not enter INTO the
straight gate will nOt speak hard ofyon lfyou dOh
stop wasting your dollars with gentlles ana apOs-
tates nor viii think hard of yOn, but VIII say III
tIe name of the Lord Jesus Christ, let the righteous
De saved and the wicked go their way to everlasting
punishment saw poor lniatHateu MVn fs su
posed TO be an inspired oracle OF God, and the lear
his malediction is one of the strongest clements OF
cohesveneSs with the deluded masses oil ms loiioW-
eTs, I'm the foregoing quotations have given ms
language almost literally, and preserved the Seht-
ments faithfully, without the least embeliishincnt'
Brigham Young is the supreme temporal ms wen as
anritnal head of the church and he is DO more re-,
sponsbe to his fellows in temporal than IN sPilltuil
matters The church property is all III ms name III
fee the titles are received by him, and he accounts
to no one nor will he tolerate inquiry as to his eN-
pendItures A prominent Mormon merchant here,
whose titles amounted TO very largo sum OF money
demanded "a statement of the receipts ana uisbufse,
ments and he was cut of from the saints mere ana
from the saints in Heaven When 1t Is COnSiderc9
that all Mormons are required 70 give 10 tnt ~
One-tenth of oil they raise III KIND, ana onethth ol
all they make in any business, the magnitude OF tue
fund intrusted to Young without question or chcck
OF any sort is startling. luSt OF all nc supplies MS
harem and numerous progeny then he builds al the
tabernacle ard temple; then mills; theiteIst Nci9-
RES &c. all in his own name; receives the piOceeus
ton his Judgment or demand n balance sheet. Ills
annual income now cannot be less than nan inil-
lion dollars. The humble. deuded followers believe
that it is wisely and faithfully expended put 90 o'
the licentious leaders know bcttcrf ,
There are palpable signs of dissolution in the Nor
mon Church. The JoSeOhites the tollowets OF '1l'h
nrOnOunCe p0ygamy sin. and they clam 10 De me
true Mormon Church and entitled to the cluIch prop,
erfv When Brigham was South this Sprlng he iiau
TO cut oil several hundred members Tor heiesA NC
cause they adhered 10 Smith, and over lUo MuEos W
emiorant@ are now in the mountains on . hciI WY
east TO escape lis fearful vengeance me NJ - %
aTe another class Of diSsenters, and have no itOW-
slim with tho salt Lake Church. Ihcy de!ouhce
polvgamy and are constantly receiving acquisitions
10 their numbers. They have strong settlement IN
Utah at Soda Springs under the very shadow oil tho
Prophet Every sermon heard from the hioilhons
BETRAYED nervous fears as to dvsios some apptalou'
some unfoded the duty OF submission, ana bilghlli
fhundpred his fierce anathemas aGainst the faithless
Centilo dcaiings and associations are fOibodel he
cause MOrmonSIn cannot bear cOnuOl win virtue
and truth, nor can ITS GROWING crime Oh Poil gdns
bear contact even with wee. Nrtue ana vice are
alike its foes and equally fatal TO ITS peIp9tuily'
Thus is the MOnnOniSn of Young beset by schlsins;
periled by growing intercourse with gentues, ana
soon the Pacific Railroad will pour thousands oi pop
ulatiOn into all the fruitful valleys OF the est ana
i'm but few years the disinctvcness III TINS people
must fade away. While the Government has Ieel!
shamefuy rcmiss IN OcIatlng the haDltual lnsOeht
defiance OF one of its sOundest laws, IT seems thai
natural causes are fast coyeTging TO the oNcIhluW
of this fOulest blot upon the American name phe
gentle family IN community OF Poly gaiisis - Del
Ter than a thousand sermons against tins colossal
crime Ore happy, cheerful vile. c0ildeHt
of the undivided affection Of her husband Is IKE an
nm Gel OF light in the region OF despair, ana even the
deepest seated superstition gradually yields rs they
see the gentle wife worship with her husband ana
household gods read from their common bible plead
the at0nenent oil the same Savior, and supplcalc The
same God. Secret discomfort positive dissatlsiac-
ton or open rebellion, have Their place around every
frcside and each year develops in holder tones and
more defiant actions the restless cancer that rs prey
ing upon the yitals OF this monstrous vice III inusi
soon die Its own enOrnity must give it the grave OF
a suicide if other great causes were tending to ITS
Iaefr q foFs lint "A
i'm fins noon-tidc Of the nineteenth century
lust laws forbidding this wholesale prostitution
practced in appalling mockeTy and basphemy oil all
that il pure and holy stand dead letters upon our
national statute books With the strong ar1l OF the
Government firmly maintaining virtue. order and
law-ever careful to encrOach upon rights OF con-
science or freedom Of wOrship-this wrong would
soon hide itself from the scOrn of society INSTEAD OF
its present boosted social supremacy, and lngcr ou
IL. future existence in shame As an institution IT
would 80 once cease 80 haNea habitatOn or name.
and this twin sister OF human bondage, equally fruit
fu 81 treason and crime. would perish from the 1ur
I iand ~ freedom ald Justice.