The New York herald., 1870-01-03
SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH TERRITORY,
nAr "a IQaO


SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH TEnRIroRYl
Dec. "a, 1850.
AT nrst the ruling priesthood" a. the Mormon
authorities called. arected to ignore the exist
oncc OF any new schism In the Church II In con-
versing with the elders you happened accidentally
to touch upon the subject you were sure TO tread
upon their spiritual c0rns. But now sOme OF them
are not quite 30 sensitive. The interest manifested
At the public inauguration OF the new movement
was so great that these new revelations have now
become the subject OF general remark. Some people
have come In from the country to fpd out what the
matter is, ana arrangements ara being made for
meetings In other towns next week. The friends OF
the new movement say that 'insprational people'
like the Mormons are liable to be attracted by q
system which, claiming the sanction OF Joseph
Smith. promises to give great lberality Of thought
and action, to purity the Church and to reveal
all the wonders Of the heavens and the EARTH
Prompt accommodation was the policy pur
sued toward the few "apostates'' who In
these present 'Iatter daysr mad dared to ques-
tion Brigham Young's lnfalllbility and 10 openly
oppose his assumption OF supreme authority over
the spiritual and temporal affairs Of the Saints OF
God" "DouDt Brigham Young's infallibility,n the
apostles said; 'as well doubt the infalibty Of the
Almighty" Complete accordance with the wishes
OF the authorities and perfect unanimity among the
members Of "councils' and Of "Quorums" has been
held to be almost essential to salvation "a the
practice Of poygamy the receiving OF the sacrament
or compliance with any other part OF the Mormon
creed. "Cut him or" said Brigham Young when
Kelsey voted against Godbe and Harrlson's expu-
si0n Some OF the most substantial men OF Utah
have been already made the victims OF this
ecclesiastical execution. When their heads are
spiritually severed their souls are solemnly
assigned to the "bufetngs OF Satan, and the body
OF the cause they have espoused is handed over to
the elders OF Israel for dissection. The "dead
march, Is the imaginary melancholy dirge that one
now hears this city OF the saints and 1t Is prfu
to see In those walking In the way Of the new-fan
gIed faith SO many cuprits blindly marching on to
their spiritual death. II all are to be cast or and
bueted there viii be plenty Of work this winter for
both the executioner and Satan.
According to the old saying about the Ill wind this
breeze In Mormondom may blow the rest OF US some
good by keeping him so busy buneting those apos-
tate saints that Lucfer viii have but little leisure to
devote to ordinary sinners. II this cutting or con-
tnues he will soon have sec ured gr eat many Of the
saints; and II he should get tired OF buf-
feting or turn magnanimous ana merciful
and come to o malicious understanding with
them (which would be just like him. unless
Brigham Young Is smar ter than the Devil
who knows what might beco me Of Brgnams
Even with the small minority tnss he rhe Devil
has 80 far 1t would ap pear that he may
have already come to such an n derstanding. That
ls to say, the strain put forth BY he who plays ON
the temporal organ Of the Norm on system (the
Deseret Eoentn0 Ne,os) should ba followed by the
march OF events, 1t is possible that the present
prophet OF the Church may soon share martyrdOm
similar to that Of Joseph Smith and his brother
Hyrum The keynote Of long leading article il
the movement" which took place quarter Of q
century ago at Nauvoo. when the Prophet Joseph
was, like Brigham now the spiritual and temporal
leader Of his people, and few men who had made
great professions Of friendship "entered into q
secret combination to destroy him.
parallel Is drawn between the movement OF
twenty-five years ago ana the movement of to-day,
to illustrate the way Satan operates ami to show that
he Is still the same ''old devil" The Nauvoo EE-
pOs,t0r finds Its counterpart In the Utah Magazine:
and the 'preamDle and resolutions' OF that period
exposing the "crimes practised by the eadersr and
calling for reformation In the Church. form
striking resemblance 70 the recent "Manifesto.n
Twenty days after the issue Of the former epream-
ble or "maniiesto" the article on to say, 1.-THE
Prophet Joseph and his brother Hyrum lay weltering
In their blood In Carthage JAIL The Vaccinations or
these apostates had brought them into the tolls OF
their enemies; through their agency their deaths
had been compassed. Within three short weeks
after the publication OF their manifesto their
garments were dripping with the blood OF inne-
cence, and this, too alter all their pretensions OF
meekness and humility, and the love or Goa ana
friendship for the ana their desire to reform
the Church and to establish the pure principles of
the Gospel and to escnew the use of carnal
weapons" Then comes the appication:-"In con-
siderng our circumstances to-day the article CON
cludes there Is one especial cause for thanksglv-
ing-it is more than twenty miles TO Carthage, and
mObs cannot collect and ravish and destroy at q
nav nn Tunn -fiun unnro hnxt ,,,Al
any change in the hatred and murderous spirit OF
satan bus they have produced many favorable
Elder Cannon Is the .'bg gun" or the Deseres
Ne1cs and II this bOmbsheI which he has fired ex-
plodes with effect socitude for the safety Of the
Prophet might tend TO the retention of his hold
upon the people. For 1.-The shedding OF the inno-
cent blood Of the saints Of God" has been the san
mon sermon preached since the saints were "per-
secuted from Nauv0o to these valleys OF the noun
talns." have not heard single sermon that was
tion."
The popular prejudice against modern Spiritual
Ism Is USED with effect as an argument to prove that
the ''Son OF the Morning." as the Mormons are SO
much inclined 10 call the Devil, made the recent
Elder Wilford Woodruff lately, limiting at the
present trouble showed how the spirit OF evil had
rebellion in heaven down to the present period.
And this was the burden OF Elder Orson Pratts
sunday afternoon's discourse in the Tabernacle.
ORSoN PRATT's DISCOURSE.
About the time OF the creation OF this world, said
Elder Pratt, there was general council held In
heaven, and on the question as 70 who should 60
forth 60 redeem mankind there was difference OF
opinion between the Son OF the Morning and the
Bon OF God. The Son OF God prevailed; Satan and
one-third OF the heavenly hosts were cast down on
shis creation, while the other tw0-Ihirds were given
the privilege Of coming to this earth 10 prepare for
higher state OF being. There were now, he said,
probably about ], 200, 0O0 600 human beings in the
world and the fallen angels who were cast down to
bother us numbered probably 100 or 15o to every
Individual now on earth.
According to TINS the odds against us are GER
tatnly tremendous. Taking OrSOn's lowest estimate
we would have hoverlng about US at this moment
i20 0O0 devils and taking his highest estimate
the number, Is augmented to l80 600, 100000 What
army Of dusky servants his Satanic Majesty has
under mis- command when all these are marsnalled /
No wonder there Ii so much wickedness In the
world, when every man, woman and child ls enti-
tied to 100 or $50 devils, and the whole human race
TO 12 600 or 1S0 00O 900. What hope coud
there ever be for that poor unfortunate sinner
against whom Satan might chance to concentrate
his iOrcesY
But said Orson, some OF these devils can be per-
feet gentlemen and appear ike angels. In the Gays
OF Moses they worked through the principal men Of