The Orangeburg news. [volume] (Orangeburg, S.C.) 1867-1875, 1873-05-10
Brigham YOung's Resignation.

of the Mormous, has made partial
resignation of several Offices which ks
has held, althou h he still retains the
presidency Of the community. He has
resigned the Office of Trustee Of the
Mormon Church, for the performance Of
the duties of which he always rsfused
to give any security or pledges. de
has also resigned the Office Of Presidaut
of the Descret National Bank, aion Co.
operative Mercantile Institution, aud
Utah Central and Southern Railrosd,
Before large meeting at the Tahef-
naclc, on the Sth inst, he stated that be
wished to retire from the cares or bqsi.
ness, leaving it in the hands o! younger
men, and that he intended going to
Arizona, beyond the reach of mails and
teicgraPhs He says, in dispatch juas
printed: "For over forty years havs
served my people, luborins necessarily,
and am now nearly seventy two years OF
age, and l need rclaxati IA. My resig.
nation as Tru,tee in trust fos the
Church, as President Of ziop's Co oper4
ativo Mercantile Institution and Of the
Dcscrct National Bank, are made solsiy
from secular cares and responsibilities,
and do not affect my position rs Presi-
dent of the Church. In that capacity I
shall still exercise supervision oTeP
business, ecclesiastical aud secular, leav.
ing the m0'"tiie to younscr men. *"~
We intend establishing settlements IN
Arizona in the county CT tie Araehes,
persuaded that if we become acqqsiptsd
twth them we can influence thsue te
peace ein accordance with. Prcsideus
Grants Indian policy, aud open up thaA
country to settlement by the whites,
Our cities, towns and viiiages nov en-.
tend four hundred miles in that direc-
tion; and, in view cfthe railroad ese===s=
ing that country, Fe hops to hsprepareS
I'tc- asels IN as onstroc, spss ahd eksa.
completed bring q largo pov.iop of csr
emigration that way to sSS......s the
c untry"
lie denies the oft.repcated ssatsment
that he has large sums, deposited ia the
Bauk Of England, AMI statcs that an his
money is Invested ip Utah The value
of his earthly estate il, not known. He
has had full control of the tithing the
session of the Church funds has
enabled him to obtain unlimited credit
he has never rendered an account Of the
fnnds iptrLstod to bis care, and cyan il
he has been strictly honest, the isgi.i-
mate use of SO large sum of money in
the hands OF so clever business man
would naturally result ia the aeeuRuis,
'lon OF an Immense fortune, amounting
probably to many millions of dollars.
In addition to this, whenever new
country was surveyed or new township
laid out, the choicest aud by no means
small piece of ground has qp 70 shO
present time always been reserved for
brother Brigham" Some idea Of the
amount of his gains may be infarred
from the fact that in 1852 he vas
known to have taken from the Church
unds, "lor services rendered." $500, 600,
and in 1867, onssa similar pretext, ha
received S9G7 ,Qa0. He holds six shares
only of the Utah GentEal Rqilroad, the
presidency of which he resigned, but he
owns about 100000 worth of its
bonds. The successor of Brigham as
Trustee of the Church is George A.
Smith, nephew of the prophet,
Joseph Smith. He was elected by tla
people, on the ecommendation of Brig.
ham, whose suggestion is lav With the
faithful members of the Mormon Chnrch.
lie is now in Europe.
1t is altogether probable that Brig
ham Young finds the meshes of tha
General Government drawing rather too
close around him, and the incressias
influence of outsiders at S9ls Lake
warns him to look up place whore HE
authority will be more undisputed. He
is man of great shrewdness, not Of
great ability, and he has sagscjty
enough to see the shadow of semirn
events, and TO gat out Of their way.
When the time comes for reyslatioa
of the real history of tho MormeRs,
should such a revelation ever be ps%s,
brigham Young will wish to be further
away than even Arizona.