The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1870-04-20
Brigham Young.
THE PROBABLE OBJECT OF HIS ExPEDI-
s TON SOUTH.
SALT LAKE, March 10.

| the one subject of conversation. He
was accompanied by his favorite Anne
liza, one of his counselors and dozen
or SO OF the olders ond apostles, outfit
ted for a two or three months trip
Orders had been previously sent to st.
5eorge for forty men to hold them
sc yes in readiness, with forty days
rations, to move at Il moments notice
st. George, three hundred miles south
f this city, is the southermost cOnsid-
cradle settlement of the NurmOns and
the fNrthest telegraph station in that
direction. Brigham aud his party ar
| rived there last night. According to
| the story, there is a rainy belt of coun-
| try ab0nt three hundred miles south of
st. George, large enough for State,
which the Mnrmons know of. Now, in
view of possible emergency, Brigham
has gone to take another aud more
critical look at it. An idea of the inn
portlnce attached to this movement
may he had from the fact that the
April conference, which convenes an
| nuallF on tie anniversary of the or
ganization of the church, WAS post
poned for it, the first time such a thing
( His ever DcClI GONE.
Many are the surmises as to the OBJ
ject in view. Tie one which seems to
me most likely to he true is that it is
to tind, if possible, another suitable
place 'to lay the foundations of Zion"
--one to which the polygamists, and
possibly such others as prefer tn cast
| their lot with them, may retire and. be
safe from molestatiou in case the Gov
ernmcnt does enforce the unti-rolyga-
my law of 1862. Brigham evidently
believes in himself aud the mission of
his people as faratically as ever. They
have been called, raised up and chosen
to fill and RUE the earth. Theirs is
the kingdom of God and His Christ is
to cover the earth as the waters cover
the sea. If the time has not yet come
when they may cease to fly before
| their enemies it is because of their un-
faithfulness. That the Lord is on their
side, and will finally prove too much
even for Congress and General Grant,
they are convinced. Meanwhile they
are not without good deal of what is
called worldly policy.
Brigham sees that the isolation of
his people in Utah is no longer posi-
bic. Isolation is necessary To their
growth, tn their existence even. at
is futile to think" says President
| Wells, "that we could live 0nr religion
where we were not in the majority" p
| Brigham sees that from the aitritian of
the world his people are growing and
bursting the shackles on their limbs.
AS far himself, he is not the man to
change. He may die. bnt he will die
| 3rI CHAM. Now he has sworn by all
the gods he wnrsl.ir> that he never will
submit to dictation from the outside in
the matter of polycamy or anything
else he deems religion. lie has psy-
chologizcd Il part of his people, SO that
they think his thoughts and do his
viii. What proportion of themG Abont
one-eightli of the men are poly gamists,
and 10000 would be Il large estimate
of the number of their able bodied
men. Some of these have been careful
not to violate the anti-rolygam law
of 1852, and, as it is not presunable
that any possible action of the Govern
ment can trouble those who violated
no existing law in entering on the prac-
tee nf polygamy, they viii not b..
forced to flee. So that 1000 would be
La liberal est. mate of those straightest
of their sect who would be likely, in
any event, to allow Brigham to the
new and mpre isolated "Zion." And
that about that number should do it,
does seem probable, in case the law
should be enforced 1t is understood
that the School of the Prophets, where
public policy is most secretly discuss
Ell among them, has concluded that, il
the Cullom bill passes aud is emf reed,
it will be best for such as cannot stand
the pressure to quietly withdraw south
ward, and "woe,n they say, Ito any
who shall dare to follow them.o Elder
Woodruff, one of the apostles, said, in
a sermon not long since, that he would
not have to flee to escape the law, even
If the Cnliom bill shonld pass, because
he had taken NO additional wives since
the passage of the anti-polygamy law
of 1862. 1t stands to reason, If reason
may be applied to people who would
seem to have taken leave of it, that
few who are not amenahle to the Law
will join in "vamasing the ranch y
The number who are amenable 10 the
law cannot exceed 1000. With them
would go the iron reign of terror Brig
ham has maintained iii the mountains
for twenty years, and the trehly. oath.
bound lr estloud, which embraces ev,
cry man and woman in the church
and accounts for their unity, would
soon crumble from the sturdy blows o
men who have for a score ct years fell
its iron in their SOULS [Correspon.
dence New York Tribune.