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

vi tho pAor'noos, Hao nhaoW paSGiaA
resignation of several offices whiek, -
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 refaaed
to give any security or pledges. He
has also resigned the Office of Presidsut
OF the Deaoret National Bank, Aisa Co.
operative Mercantile Institution, aud
Utah Central and Southern Railroad,
Before large meeting at the Tahee.
nacle, on the Sth inst, ne stated that lie
wished to retire from the cares Of buai-
ness, leaving it in the hands OF younger
mon, and TINT he intended going to
Arizona, beyond the reach of mails and
telegraPhs He says, in dispatch jgss
printed: "For over forty years I havs
served my people, luboring inceasantly,
and am now nearly seventy two years Of
age, and need relaxati IN. My resig-
nation as Trustee in trust fof she
Church, as President Of Ziop's Co cyer.
atiyo Mercantile Institution aud Of the
Descret National Bauk, are made solaly
from secular cares aud responsibilities,
and do not affect my position a. Presi-
dent of the Church. In that capacity I
shall still exercise supervisors aVeR
business, ecclesiastical aud secular, lsav.
ing the mm"ti;e to youascr men. H%~ =
We intend establishing settlements IN
Arizona, in the country of the Apaches,
Ispcr,uaded that if we become seas=;s.sd
with them we can inaucu:e thsR to
peace sin accordance with, Prcsidens
Grants Indian policy, and 6pea up thss
country to settlement by the Hhstoat
Our cities, towns and villages now exr
tend four hundred miles in that direc-
tion; audi in view of the railroad erouu-
ing tkas country sze hesse e h. ese:sa.ee..a s
70 assss ~ - E{onstracsis ana iyhs,s
completed briag a large porsioa of our
emigration that way 70 settle sho
Country"
lie denies the oit.repcated statsmsas
that he has large sums. deposited in che
Bauk of England, AMI states that all hia
money is Invested in Utah The value
of his e7rthly estate is no. known. He
has had full control of the tithing the
possession of the Church funds has
enabled him to obtain unlimited cFedir
he has never rendered an account Of the
funds iRtrLstod to his care, aa4 syeR il
he has been strictly honest, tie isgiti-
mate use of SO large q sum Of money in
the hands OF so clever business man
woull materially result 10 tho ascuss,s.
tion OF an immense fortune, amounting
probably to many millions of dollarn.
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 10 sho
present time always been reserved for
brother Brigham" Some idea Of the
amount of his gains may be inferred
from the fact that in 1852 he was
known to have taken from the Chpyck
unds, "for services rendered." 5000 600,
and in 1867, onsa similar pretexs, no
received S967,0a9 He holds six shares
only of the Utah CENTRAL Railroaa, the
presidency of which he resigned, but ha
owns about 100000 worth of its
bonds. The successor of Brigham az
Trustee of the Church is George A.
Smith, nephew of the prophet.
Joseph Smith. He was elested By tha
people, on the recommendation Of Brig:
ham, whose suggestion is Law With tha
faithful members of the Mormon Chnrch.
He is now in Europe.
1t is altogether probable that Brio.
ham Young finds the meshes Of tha
General Government drawing rather too
close around him, and the incressipa
influence Of outsiders at Sajs Lake
warns him to look up place Whsse HE
authority will be more uudisputed. He
is man of great shrewdness, NOT as
great. ability, and he has sagsejty
enough to see the shadow of sqEfnB
events, aad TO get out Of thsfr way.
When the time comes for revelatioa
of the real history Of the Mormoes,
should such a revelation ever be 9s3s,
brigham Young will wish t9 be further
away than even Arizona.