New Orleans Republican., 1873-02-23

lam cften asked, in view Of these facts
in what consists the power of Mormonlsm
to neruetuate tho system OF pn'y gatny
That uoWer resides i'll the organization ol
the Mormon Church. That Chnrch IL
despo:;srn. and Brigham Young Is the dfs-
nor, Neither the Car Of all the KusSlas
nor the Sultan of Turkey nor the rope oi
Rome are more absolute IN their authorltS
over their subjects. He Is as supreme as he
il despoiic. and as despoi1c az n" Is suprelie'
His immediate Kingdom III Utah, his SUP
cts are 100, 900 deluded people: his remote
kingdom is the worl3. and all men his SUP
jecIe.
HEAD OP TRB CHURCH.
~ head of the church be is prophet
seer and reve,ator. He j. ranked with me
old hea'hen prophets. and claims the abliity
TO toretell coming events. rs seer ne pro-
tesses TO hav" power ~ ~" God. angel ana
Morlnon saints Ill the other world. As
revelatOr. hc Assumes that he !A the only
medium 1hrr,yl, whom Jehovah reveals
His viii to man I!u: facts. which are stub.
bern things. give the lie To these pre!en-
tions. 1t IL true he has rnai. tW" pi.tiir.
tion---at th. fall OF 8jchm"nd he predicted
tha, the wax in the Cn.ted States wa- n0t
at an end. but would continue four years
longer. Bu. Gran. concluded 10 end the
war there and then. 10 1871 he pre,iicted
that in twelve years he would be President
OF the United States. The time has expired
and he is no: President.
The Mormon Church accoris to him i'll
failibiiity, and i'll so much he was IN al.
vance of the Pope twenty years. whom he
now denounces as a pretender and u rival.
He is the director OF everythlng-irOm the
slighte.t matter 20 the most important; the
saints all consult Brother Brigham. He
SAYS TO hia people: 'lf you 40 not know
what TO do ia order to do right. come 10 me
at aug time and viii give you the word =!
tie Lord on the suhj,ct." BY this means
he .,cuuaints himself with th.iy most secret
thong hts, associates himself with all their
plans: makes them feel tl,at he is indisprn-
sable to their pcospt rty. believing in his
intaiihlli'y the Mormon iuries consult him
first and then render their impartial verdict.
BY the authority Of the church he claims
the right to send his ministers on foreign
missions anywhere and at any time. With.
Hu. I. moments warning merchants. Law.
yei-, doctors. are required 20 leave homo
and abandon il lucrative business ana go 10
distant lands to make converts and raise
money. Sometimes ne rids himself Of bad,
troublesome characters hv sending them to
preach the word Of the lord 10 other ma
tion-. In the spring of 1886 he thus ad.
dressed Il number of slIch men: You have
been raising hell her, long enough, now go
and rais" hell in Australia" And 70 Aus.
tralia they went as missionaries. He de.
fends tn" wees of ;hesc men. Some OF these
men bad borrowed large Gums from con.
verts. and promised to refund the same on
their arriva! AT Salt Lake.
HIS AUTHORITY.
In Youn. is invested tho exclusive
rigl.: TO marry and TO divorce. The an.
tnorty 10 marry he transfers to the priest
hoo! but he himself is tho original source
Of the power. He carries this authority 70
extremes. He commands the saints t. en-
ter ;nto The state of pOiygamv. lno: Il
vOnng gentleman III Salt Lake. who had
been living with his Young and beautiful!
wife. he hau risen to influence, but his
example was bad. One day the word of
tha Lord came 20 HIN through Brigham:
g. Take anather wife" a struggle OF
anguish followed. He must obey or be
ruined. lie obeyod. Nay. more, he claims
the exclusive right u divorce.
The most trivial cause just,fies aud obtains
a divorce IN Salt LAX" But in lSj: 50 frc.
quent were the applications for divorce
tha: Brigham concluded that they would
he y source ofrevenu., and he at once. fixed
the price. so if the parties are married fer
time. So if the parties are married FOR eter.
;.Ity. And what ls more shocking. the per
sons divorced can :ni AIRY at liberty. There
i. one Mormon who has br,u married and
divorced six times. This IS IN advance OF
Uii,ois and Iudiapa.
"i' ''nN' w INV ''Aih'
- mead III the state. IounS 10 equally
supreme an,. absolute.
lh2 theory OF the church - That The Lord
has :i'"n III" doInih1"n o! tho eart!! TO the
-tint', ana lhev are - r"tc al! nations.
I"rrl'nIsm - !, kinGdoii within republic.
and S,,unr j. tlf-. irr
IN" power "i te7po'iSm Is often obtained
.hH tN' !"i.eu thr"ugh the control "i the
5:"r'F FtI "i thc aH'locts. his en-" - secured
oF t"HhS Ill '"o "dfS~-b" 'ithIUg ana th'
f"He''r 81 i",t e"ta'c. Eich ."'T!non is
required :" pa: on" tcntn "i ms 1"Ss"SsI m
"h"n i'' enters tAc chtrch, aGd ever there
!it.r :" Pay tenth 1t hi- hiEna! in":,a~e
4" E%iI' III" iah"ilig man Is aSS" '-t'. ;ltl,
~ I" ~" amount o, I: - ,i'r anrn"'. In
ie'G Il" tf'in| I;H"nrt' 10 Gear !!!tT %"
'sht. - IA" Mormon W".l'tn mast pay til.
enth part Of n'r fowls. 'ho t"n;i! par' Of
'g-'' ant. u" tenth part OF the chickens
"a ch''i
II" vast 'n'ctn' '"r t'""n'y T"i's. com
Fc ir"in - G0J I" !OJ.Ot' people. IL PAID
over to Young =, "tEu+'lc ~ trust" FOR the
aln'1 X r. estimated THAI Not Jess than
7'JJ,cV' IN !r!rsh @n.i has been pad into
l'' han'>' cnti"rJen tr'n IN" European ,m-
migrants. lhc os;"n~bI" object of this
una ~ 'hc tHr'ai o. the Lords kI'gd"m
Lnd cILrrh i'npf"N'u.nt'. Bat the !nt.!ti-
,, 'i'' tn,'.is .i ''sh ua' "H'S tht ,il"ihg
. riyn AN ,,rconnt ~ lis steward. .h;,, ba,,,
ai.H. and i. i. not rernarl,.bIt. Nh ;,f. -
ail r. h. ar. of ,he ,,rcas, d.rns;,nrs ~
he ntrt Of Enplan,
In l>5; an ;,1nroycnent q, ~. .i.,;.,,
ystem wa. mace. YouDy corn,n,rdfd .n..
,eop'. 70 cop-pcra-c :, RI. Lord hv Ia,,I
ra;i.f,r all rich, and tn. .,,bn;r nr''rarIy
law va pass.d Sy tie Territorial i.eci.
a:urc making sn.E transfers Wild. Gni,
la'm deeds We're drawn w. and from their
,N' , I" ,"'i: """r'hs "P1'''a! ihe mai"rItY
y u" i'',h'" 'fhh-"if"h every li:'ing t" |
pt'!' 'i lt''' -.'i' 'S>'. az !i: zee ~ FIIi-f