Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1869-08-24
Brigham Young Another Version of
his Conversation with Sena-
tor Trumbull.

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The correspondent of tho Sal
Francisco Alta California gives the
following account Of the interview
on the 10th inst, between Brigham
Young and. the Chicago commercial
party, which differs, in some respects
from the version sent to the Chicago
Tribune:
At the interview Of the Chicago
commercial party with Brigham
Young, which took place last Satur-
day, at Salt Lake City, heretofore
briefly noticed by the telegraph, the
Mormon President informed United
States Senator Trumbull that "great
lies" had been printed of the Latter
Day Saints, by two vile men, sent
out from Washington as government
officers. "Now," said he, 1--WE intend
to send out some Of the same sort,
and when we do, don't belief more'n
half you hear. We have been lied
about enough, and will not stand it
any longer. If the Government
send bad men here we shall just po-
litely conduct them on little trip to
the boundary line of the L, rritory,
and bid them 90 never to return"
Senator Trumbull-"Well, now,
Mr.. Young, allow me to suggest to
you, that before you do this, before
you take such decided stops, that
you communicate with President
Grant and advise him of your inten-
tions. | am satisfied that the Presi-
dent, who is a good man, will do you
justice, and it would be better first
TO lay any grievances you may have
before him"
Brigham Young-"Yes, and per-
haps get the same treatment that we
have always received. Why, what
did Mr.. Douglas do, when King
James { Mr.. Buchanan) sent him to
US at Nauvoo? lie made, as it were,
treaty with US, as the gov ernment
does with England or any foreign
country promised, that if we would
go saway beyond civilization, we
would not be molested. The result
was, we were set upon coming here,
and 5000 of our men forced into a
legion offsoldiers to fight the Mexi-
cans and leave our women and chill
dren to starve, and Buchanan said,
Let them die r"
Senator Trumbull-"You can de-
pend upon fair hearing in Con-
gress."
Brigham Young-"What take
our papers and throw them under the
table. Send more-under tho table
they CO." TThis was said with oner-
getic gesticulation. CAS- to o.. in
stitutions, we know we are right,
and polygamy, which you object to,
was not originally g part of our sys-
TEN, but was adopted by US as a me-
cessity after we came here"
Senator rrumbull-sI have no
doubt that Congress has a right to
legislate upon the marriage relation
and to regulate it,"
Brigham Young-"Then why not
legislate about the intercourse Of the
(unmarried) sexes?" Here he went
off into the question of slavery, say
ing: Congress ought to have made
law compelling the master to treat
his slaves well, and then | believe
it would have been better than to
abolish it,"
Brigham then again spoke of the
men sent out to them-and it was
interpreted that he alluded to present
officials-but said: otis all right
we can take care Of ourselves Cum
mings was good enough in his way,
for, you know, he was simply Cover
nor Of the Territory, while | was,
and am, Governor of the people"
Senator Trumbull-"Mr. Young,
may | say to the President that you
intend to observe the laws, under the
Constitution ?"
Brigham Young "Well-yes-we
intend to-"
Senator Trumbull-"But may !
say to him that you will do so?"
Brigham Young-"Yes, yes so fal
as the laws are just, certainly"
Rev. E. b. Tuttle, Post Champlain
United States army, then said =
"Mr. Young, may | ask you a ques-
ton
Brigham Young-Yes, SIR
Rev. Mr.. Tuttle-'I would like to
know how you came to settle just
here and not at some other place 2"
Brigham Young-"Well, we knew
just where we were coming to before
we came. We had heard of il
through Fremont's account, where,
you know, he speaks oflosing a piece
of glass out of his telescope, it was
just back of here, on MI; and
miners told us lit. 1t was supposed
we were going to Vancouver's ISL
and; we had no such intention. We
sent colony in o vessel round to
California, with view to locate
there also. But we came here to
Mexican territory, planted the
American flag, and conqured us a
home, and here we mean to stay
Sirs," said he, 81 expect to live to
see tho time we can go back to Mis-
souri, as freely as anybody and be
| undisturbed.