The Tipton advertiser. [volume] (Tipton, Cedar Co., Iowa) 1856-1962, 1871-12-07

Utah e,atu,es provide that the jurors br
drawn from Lists Of names furnished
ny the County Judges, ard a thoes
Counsy Judees are always high church
officials n Ia'iilsd.by the cnuncil, an.I
not e'rcfed by the pecple. The; sent up
so nsmrs hat true esnd faithful Nor.
moI.es Shtse The U. 3. Marshal selected
! Sriy G~sfllrs L. Jew 10 . Geptile in
Utah, s"d The saints are III sinners }
~ when this grand jury of Gen,,ler
,..emt,sed, sl~y went after the esimi
,als ~ III Kinds without regard to .heir
t.ndinY IN church Or e,se> here. The
consequences waa, that the criminal
docket ts large IN cnurt. the grand jury
having pre~entrsis indic'ments against
/ Brigham Young. Doul H. Wells. his
COUNCILLOR and Mayor of this city. and
many other leading Mormons for mur
der. ard host If them fn adultery, or.
rather. " iacivious cohshitstion. {"
Brigham Young was arrested on this
chsrpe, hut not on the murder case, ~
he left the night before tie warrant was
issued aud flew t" Kanah. THIS famuu.
Arizonia line. in what IL called Dixie, or
Southern Utah. 1t II said to I've valley
in the mountains, hemmed in on every
side except = narrow opening at the
mouth Of the canon. which II beinx
fortified with entertainments, battle
'nents. high walls and deep ditches, ~
to keep the devil snd the Gentiles out.
Hence. when Brigham found he was
about to be arrested for murder, no left
IT midnigh, and Travelled night and day
until he WAS "safe In Kanah." from
which he will be pursua,ied to come
forth when the court wanta him.
These indictments Tor adultery were
not found under the laws Of the United
States. hut under the .tstntss cf the ter
ritory made by the Mormons them-
se.vee. and now that these things are
coming home to r'n'st on their shout
,irrs. they say that the law was not in.
tended to include the poIygamic chaps,
but only such ~ did not patronizs the
endowment house and bc sealed actnr.i-
ing to the customs "f the church Of J.
c. "f late days. or, in other words. not
for M"rmons. but 0entiles only should
he punished by that law" buxzard k,r
Injun, turkey for white man." Judge
McKrsn could not ere the game in that
light, and hence they raise . hue aud
cry Of persecution, IN ouslsugh
sgsinst religious liberty"
The first case unier these indictments
WAS the famous Hawkins caae. In which
Mrs. Hawkins was the principal wit
ne.s. This care revealed the horrors Of
polyxsny. Hnwkina married his wife
IN England. TIL. y come to this coun-
try and become in comfortable circum.
stances when Hawkins " throw. Off"
on No. and gets sealed to No. 2,-iiked
her n,uchly-made No. an unwilling
witness to al their loving. and every
thing -lse that they did. Not content
with this he he9an . series Of cruel
treatment to No. !, kicking, heating,
and brui-ing her. and making her do
all the drudvery Of the house and out
doors tn. And now that Hawkins is
sent up for three years, the Mormons
cry persecution. aud crusade AGAINST
religious liberty. and some outside
newspapers speak Of the "partizan
spirit Of Judge McKean."
The evidence On all these adultery
cases IL abundant. and no doubts exist
m to their conviction. The day Of po
lygamy Ia past-it !. in ito decadencs-
It and the democratic party z" up about
the tame time. The women stick to
II yet-they rather like it. Well they
ought to, for such homeIy lot OF angels
~ al "p'lyg-" are that I have yet seen
can not be duplicated anywhere outside
of thi. Zion. A man must be gloriously
full of religion to be induced to abide
them. and I. 10 this faith IN revelation
that provides them with IN occasional
man that no charm of theirs would 9th
srwise ensnare. aud hence tn. v deteet
the law that takes their man away, hut
they will become reconciled to this by
and by. a.s*
The charges of murder against their
leaders n more serious, aud 1t is the fear
Of the effect the evidence in these cases
will have upon the people that cause.
Brigham Young to fee to Kanab. In
Brigham Young's case he 10 charged ri.
al accessory to the murder of one Yates,
who was q trader in Echo Canyon.
Brigham Young directed that Yates
should be pu, out Of the way. It was
dore. and the men who murdered him
came to Brigham and made their report,
bringing with them the money they
took from Yates. some 81 .8OO-Brigham
slips the money into his packet and says
he will put II int" the church fund !" for
christ's sake" The murderers ak
500 for doing the work, which Brig
ham refused-Christ wanted II oil.
Thess things may shock tho pious sen
timents Of some Of your sealous church
men In old Cedar. but lot them come
out hers and see adultery and even mur.
der advocated and practiced openly, In
the name Of the Lord, and they will
soon begin to think - some OF the rest
Of us do. LIE: them consider the Noun.
tai" meadow massacre, 153 men. women
and chi, ,ren murdered In cold blond.
Why was this? Farley p. Pratt, ono ol
the apstles of this church Of saints, -
duced and ran away with . mans wife.
The husband followed and Pratt took
refuge with train Of emigranta fr0m
Arkansas on their way to California
,, The husband caught him with the train
and shot him. The train Of emigrant,
came to Salt Lake City, and passed from
here to Maintain Meadow Ia S0uthsru