, 1870-04-19
UTAH.
Mormontsm Described by a
Mormon.
Taxation and Tyranny.
The GodbeItcs Threatened.


S1.J
SALT LAKE CIT, Utah, April ..
Professor Tullidgn, one Of the New Move
ment leaders, thus turns one Cannon Of the
Mormon "RemonAtzance" against the Nor
mons:
prevailed In Ctah for the past tEentJ-two Jears.
not only subrfr4 religious liberty. hut riuIa1.s
every principle Of civil liberty ant tzpe Rcpub!-
cAnlsln, IN that Il be9soR9 upon the Governor
tbHgham foung} the sole authority to govern
la!ls aud prts1na, and 70 remove their wArdens and
keepers, to appoint and remove pzoeas: Judges,
1ustlces Of the peace, Judges Ut ali elections no.
taEes public, and ell 6hcrl1K-clothInC one man
with des1ot&c, and, N this republic, unhtarl.of
powers Il thus depfves the people Of all voice
TO ah1ect vassa1age, creates dangerous IErespon-
sible, and centralized despotis1n, from which there
y no aiiea, an1 lea'es their lives, liberties, md
every human right subject TO the c2priCe Of one
man -.-.-.- -.---.
"These passages cannot be too often repea,ea.
lof hfother Cannon {who Presume wrote the Re
exact case Of Utah Ii IS past Ana present, To
atd1ess Shose clauses to Congress as an expo3. nj
lts .hsenions aha Gta.Is Of eossrnmeat would be
fous mood; !; whereas, addressed to the Prtsl-
dcnL Apostles and Bishops concerning the hirr-
aschy o. Ctal', tnnse clauses Tonli be pertinent
to The very Wnsd and spirit 1t il this which the
entire American nation realizes, and ia govern.
Ment proposes to frnet1y, aud low tu establish a
rule similar u Ia genius and altna Indeed, the
very circumstance OF a few leaders OF a LITTLE re-
Hpluus body sending to the foremost nas1on IN
all the world euch a fcnoustfaure aud
reouke ior Its antt-Repahllcantsm anu Injustice Il
q Itself gloHoua compliment though not de-
slgned "a such} to the mi; ;;nauimtry auJ thoroush
Republican character of the Cnlted States. II Is
very much Ike man daring to tri1e with God. OF
daring to puf1fc his own excellence In bis Makers
presence. What, my brethren, are your past ac-
Ions and intenttons concerning the men who
Asscrt their manhood and right uf thought snd
conscience: l wish yo1 would act as nobly
and magnsntmonaly u the American na;ioa
emily, What the Unisett States nave f cfa6ted Ssd
you- No government bcaIdca eFer extdted In
I'D Is us she aed GSs
ern1nent hAs for you know Ia Whas Light they have
viewed US u: while there i not ssstrnmens il
mp1efn tines, Protestant or Catholic which
would grant 80 ustie and deny 50 much ~ does
Jour government especially to those who dissent
day even Spain daIes 70 revolnsonizc herself IN
AIMS, whereas In Ctah all We ask Is to be allowed
to he men, as we were In OUT nattye land. with the
commonest privileges granted 10 dtsscuters every
claim Of the master over Us to cur very Hvea'
Let mo give you an example, or two OF how
tho irresponsible, theocratic Brigham gets the
Lifts into the mouths Of the entira Mormon
people Kelsey, The New Movement Apostle,
has been commonly welI-to-lo farmer and
orcha1dist, and has paid in tithing, during tho
last seventeen ycars, Il, ,000, IS shown by his
books. Years ago, in Strengthened circum-
stances, ho gave his nots to his Bishop for
57s5, labor tithing, in settlement Of tho labor
tithing accounts OF other persons whom he was
owing. Subsequently S255 ofit WAS paid, $500
was left standing, Meanwhile in dealing with
the dthinG. Office. ho overpaid his tithing ac-
count, as shown BY tho Bishops books, BY 800.
That also occurred number of yea1a ago
When he vas expelled from the Church laat
tai, he PROPOSED to jump accounts with the
Bishop. But the hitter said he conld not do it,
had ordered him to collect the note at ali
hazards, With interest at 10 per cent
per annnul. compounded yesrlv, Il
would amount to about $1,000. Kelsey
asked how about interest On his overpaid &C.
count THAT il book account" replied the
Btshap, 'and draws no interest" Then"
ssid kelsey. ''it Scenic 10 be diamond cut
diamond. You sue that note, and I'll sue
brigham Young for the $1,000 We paid in tith-
ing. He il Tfustee-iu-ttust for fund into
which We paid that amount. and III compel
Inn to como into conrt and give Al account Of
his Trustcehhip." The Bishop and, after him,
brigham, appeared to think kelsoy's tho sharp
est diamond, and they concluded not to push
him for that note. It shows how mems indebt-
ealess to the titllinG fnnd is used to restrain
them OF their freedom.
air. Harrison, also one Of tho New Movement
,
business as an architect to take ! la6orious
mission in England. Preaching. and publish
ing, and presiding over the conference, he
spent ten years, when he WAS relieved, and
called homo to Zion" On arriving here, his
note for sl5o Was demanded by The Perpetual
it,on various grounds, but the agent said itwas
. mcrc matter Of form, and the First Presi-
dency would doubtless cancel It on ap-
rlicasion- SO he gave it. Again and
again be soueht to hare it cancelled,
PEELED from the church for questioning Drig-
han'e infal1ibility, and then the note was pre-
eented to him for payment, the annual In
tcrest OF IL per cent yearly, compounded,
making it amount to S4jU. Collection has NOT
been insisted on, but it is evident it would have
bteu Ind the holders thought it prudeut-
Tlcsc ate example. Of Low Dtigham holds
nearly esers Mormon By the throat, through
their indebtedness to tie tithing fund, OF tie
emigration fund, or both They illustrate in
part, the meaning OF Isdlidge, when he says:
r. Gentlemen and brethren, Gay, let LII then
be honest with ourselves, and IN thus remon-
strati.,t with Congress upon these important
points, thus aleo reinonsttate one with another,
in otlf case that touches us 60 nearly home,
We have deeper, far deeper casc thsn that
Upon which We are now petitioning Congress.
II ls hunarcilfOl1 more thorough aud rami-
tied than that set forth touching this absolute
and supreme one-mau power. for wc have
made it to extend to every individual soul Of
nF, ranging, IN the scale Of our own afIaire
from the lowest he'll to tls highest heaven"
II shows Why the apparent il no criterion OF
the real strength Of the GoJbc schian,- It
shows some power, competent in every Hense
TO the task, should top1le this man who in
the name Of God, t1arnr1es on ali below him
and insolenty lcfies ali aboee,-t put the bit
o. the 1s'E between Lis teeth aud break him to
the reins.
The New Movement Conference adjourned
last evening having publicly promulgated,
durlng the afternoon session, Cnitarianism-
lha leAdel1 are well pleased with their confer
ence considering how the people arc tied up
noise outside aud some weak hisees
occasionally inside. One Of the men.
formerly on the city police, went outside, md
Satisfied himself there was mischief in the
wind. So the word was *hispered round for
twenty or thirty Of the brethren, with their
wivee, to wait few minutes aftcy the meeting
should adjourn. to protect the leaders en- ruWte
home. The rrecaution was well taken. for a.
they passed out Of the building q 'bystander
WAS heard TO exc1aiIn to u comEaIc, "a They are
too many for ns." All the Gotibc fesders were
armed aa If for frav. They have definite in
formation OF ! secret conspiracy to stake
them Oh" On the first good opportunity
They arc n terrible thorn to the CnshAuites,
and, do not doubt, would 10 "dealt" with,
to a man. if the DAY had not gone ty for thus
*'easiDg" tho wicked. Dora1-As-
An Independent PEess-
Ftp4~ the Janess1it tE@A> Gttsssse.
There hn been considerable criticism passed
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