Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-10-17
The MoRMoNs.
How They Lock 10 EsmphIsn Tourist
Salt Lake City.
- Il nonssional Correspondent.

-NeG nave ueuDtloeo hcaku VIC otOA-
-orthe boy who said he never dislikeS
the 5oiiy-acts, and when asked th'
reason why, replies Hit alWayi
makes me feel so good after it is ovel
with.y--Upon about the same princi
pie. Messrs. Editors, We are Just a
this time feeling good having
only a lew days since, returned fcI
the great far West upon whose vSsl
prairies and clOud-eapped mountain.
vge have roamed the past year. Des
mite the grand and novel scenery o.
that region, and the many accompany
ing objects OF interest, like many who
have gone before, we were seized with
a griping OF discomfort, and lOnged
for the home OF our sweetheart once
more. And here we are, verify, en-.
tirely cured Of the malady in question;
and. obi like the boy, how good
we feel after it. Wouldn't wonder i
we skipped of on our ear" again
one of these days, Just TO come back
IN cure that peculiar belly-ache. A
little more than a week ago, we left
Little Cottonwood Canon" Utah, il
the Wasatch range Of mountains. We
xZe.e connected with mining "Out
6t-D We didn't like the III. hence the
change chat has come over the spirit
Of Cur dreams. Little Cottonwood i:
the roughest, widest, ruRgedest, lone
liest canon in Utah, but very rich IL
mineral wealth-bOasting some OF the
finast argentiferous mines in the
United States. Save the great 'greed
xor gold" nothing else there could
possibly lure a weary wight to re-
main. The great banker for wealth,
however. overcOnnes every other de
sire in most cases, consequently, the
roines. rough as they are, will always
DE the resort Of all conditions OF men,
for the rich as well as the poor, the
saint as well as the slnner-are
found there. We said we were
connected with mine. 50 we We're
and the superintendent thereof with
whom we lived was g "some pump
srinsiI Mormon. He had only five
1EQuen! We were going to say wives
Fessfnll These M0rmOns are great
ne9Ole. and we presume your reader;
Sro,i!d not object to what We propose
ssVinv about them. So here goes
oar observation teaches US that there
era hut two classes of MormOns-the
rich and intelligent, the poor and ig'
noTant. The latter prePOnderate nu
nericsIly only; the former predom'
mate in every sense OF the word
They GET all the lOaves and fishes
1-satin9 the "pOOr DEVILS" who can
IssTdIv feed and clOthe themselves
t'Vfpk il a divine privilege to pay tith'
inc (. e.: give them One-tenth OF theli
80 ..sruings. You would naturally
inonira ,-here these earnings goY we
u-iii tell Won. They go into the pock'
et1 M Rrighani aud his twelve spos'
fies GtvelSe huudb1gs) and a host more
~ MS mluions. Tb4s are these rlch
Worfhies made richer, while the be
sotted poor are made poorer. At =
thus that the leaders OF lie MoInon "a
church grow fat and rich anC rsseI IN
the iuxuriant Gebauchery OF Hafelni
while there are but few OF their oe-
luded follow ers who can support one
wife hallway decenuy. They are
compelled by penury to be monog-
amists. though their religion teaches
that the exaltatien of the pOlygamist
ia the world TO come will be greater.
1T requires but little speculation on
1bis point to discern the worse than
folly OF such an idea. This Mormon
ism lust shows what few corrupt ana
intelligent men may do with multi
tude of ignorant, supersiitiOus and
beniphted beings. Such, indeed, is
the deplorable state of affairs in Utah.
Iguorsuce, superstition, bigOtry and
intolerance prevail. Nine-tenths OF
fhs people are IOols-ay, worse
.slayesI and slaves to that one
Jhaan, Brigham Young. They are
almost entirely subservient to
~iasteraft and one-man power
bo : the handwriting is on the wall
- 'Sns sre OminOus. Discomfort Is
sIrasdv ~ fn their midst. There are
-a1,araf .-a,,f n Visions inttheir church, and
=, e. NE blink some Of the people
sss,-,oi1' 60 ,' q roics :" 81 least, we judge so
fro,,o tbe diIafion u theiS nasal organs.
The majority, nay, GsataS ~ tns, ene w
men, are naturally opE UP sOlPoiy y
9smy, though many prels7hu NO. - y
Be. In many respects polygals'y 9oee
very well for the mei', Dnt Is oeStn 70
the women. Jealousy Stalks eoroad
6i0 in the institution. Nhen the man
ia at home there is scarcely rufne on
the domestic surfsce-each woman en-
deayOring, of course, TO suppIant the
the other in the affections Of hel loru'
But when the bucks back is tulnelt-
when he Is abrOad-wheW Just look
ont for SQUALLS. Such another scratch
inc and nair-pulling was never seen
or heard of "since trembling Tam
.0'Shanter saw the devil and the
witches at their orgies that stormy
ni0ht in AllOWay's auld haunted
kiTk.D They are the "hewers Of wood
and drawers Of water" too, poor
things. and the first woman does the
sSbossing," al least this is my optical
.ex0erience. However, the picture is
not ali dark, and with all the black
and demning characteristics OF Brig
nam and his foll0we. 8, there is much
.of prsctical value TO be learned from
them: and in the debtor and credit
account hereafter, though the balance
'shaot on the Great Day may have q
sa-rfI1Ie array OF entries on the debtor
mage there viii, indeed, be found
some On the credit side. They are,
FOR fhe means at their disposal, a work
ING people. Though their wants have
F,een MANY. sad their supplies sadly
limited sthey have made the desert OF
Utsh ilblossom as the rosen One Oi
the chief features OF attraeuon
in Mormondom is the Tabernacle
with its magnificent organ In sail
Lake city. The Tabernacle, house
for worship, with but one roomt zoO
NV $50 feet, SO feet high in the eleSr,
SEATING, by actual measurement IL, ,O0o
neoDIe, was erected by their mechan-
5cs: ana so ingeniously constructed l.
this building that its great roof needs
not one supporting column. That
magnificent musical instrument, the
organ, 40 by so feet, containing. SUDO
tubes, ranging in size from three.
eighths of an inch TO two teal square,
and costing $l50, 600, was al made IN
Utah. And this was all done by poor
mechanics gratis, by way Of paying
tfthing. They were told that they
were doing the Lords work, while
their bellies were growing with hun
Ger. And, poor fools! they did it
the result Of religious fanaticism and
fguorauce. They are now engaged
uuon the construction OF temple, to
Sa an immense institution (much
LARGER than the Tabernacle), and built
entirely of native granite. 10 give
YOU some idea Of what they intend to
make this building, we VIII STATE, Tor
a very truth, that aitsf seventeen
vears' labor, the foundation Is just
completed. Millions OF money have al.
ready been expended uponi It. And what
en additional amount Of labor time
and money viii be required ere they
anish this other senseless monument
~ religious fanaticism and notoriety'
And. for very shamei all this ls ooine
when thousands OF the people ere llv-
inc from s. hand to mouth" !" and then
children growing up In the Ignorance
that surrounds them. How Litter
would II be, with the money thus
foolIshly invested, to rear institu.
tions OF learning, establish pinlsl
schools, and thereby raise up fron
the foundation OF present Ignorance
intellectual colunns-menfsl m0nc-
mente ia the minds OF their children
and The people. No 6tate-no people
--ean thrive in Ignorance. Intelli'
rance leads 20 wealth, and wealth
7eads to power. But, alas! It is not .
~.srf of brigham 4 Co.'s Dr0RKaWnf