Middletown transcript., 1875-08-28

BY Brigham's friends that he receive
notice Of the intended massacre befor
| il occurred. Further. the militia cam
together under a regular call from Col
Dame and inferior officers, Dame beinl
accountable to Brigham as Commander
Ein-Chief. If Dame lied in claiming
that he had orders from Brigham, the'
the latter had every reason to brinl
him to account az an offender at ono
against civil and military law, and tn
policy Of the Mormon Church. But h
has fsllowshipped and supported Dame
from that day to this |! This one fac
| is conclusive With those who have livet
| in Utah long enough to know the thor
ough organization Of the Church. Blu
the most damning evidence comes aftel
the massacre. The confession Of Lee
the testimony Of Klings6amith end
dozen others, and the admissions o
Brigham's friends I'll show that Les
and others went to Salt Lake City and
gave full report to Brigham; that hs
told the others TO turn over ell the
property to Lee; that he allowed 4(
head Of the cattle to 60 to Wm.sH.
Hooper. late Delegate in Congress. and
that he charged them particularly to
never talk about the massacre nor mem
ton it, not even to each other! This
was during the, October Conference,
1857 According to custom ''Ths
Seventies, 2 male members and heads
of the high priests quorum-met for
secular business in the Seventies Hall''
after the conference. There Brigham
gave the particulars Of the massacre,
concluding with these words; I'm
sorry, brethren. that they had to kill
the women and children; but they did,
and there was no help for il. This
was heard BY several Witnesses now
living. The next point in the order Of
time is the arrival Of Lee and Haight
as Representatives from Iron county in
the Legislature Of January, 1858.
Both Of them we're most Hospitality re-
csived BY the Mormon officials. and
each took home . young wife, then
sealed to him BY Brigham Young. In
all the years between that and 1871
Brigham has never intimated his dis
pleasure with any Of the perpetrators.
Tine aud agpin, ins public and private,
has he bitterly denied that any Nor
mons had aught to do with the massa-
Gre; and once, in 1868, when visited
BY members Of Congress from the In
dian Committee. he solemnly swore to
the innocence Of all Mormons. Every
device be could employ has been used
to prevent Judicial inquiry. And now
comes Eleaser Miller, the aged Mormon
who baptized Brigham into the Church.
and testifes that before the massacre
Brigham said Of the emigrants, "They
are part Of our enemies; they mean no
good to us, and they must die. " Such
is small part Of the evidence I do
not see how any unprecedented man can
review it all without being convinced Of
guilt. To one familiar with
the ofganisatios sof this Church and
people, the inexorable sway the Prophet
then and long after exercised, it is sim
ply impossible to believe that any one
in the South district would have dared
10 enter on such an importrnt under
taking without his consent. Then add,
iftheJ had, that il would have cansed'
Them to fee as fugitives. from Mormon
wrath. Note this passage from Lees
g4aH 90 asai3|
4 Most Of those engaged in this unfot-
tunate affair were led on by religious
commonly called fanaticism,
md nothing but their devotion to God.
md. their duty to Him, as taught by
heir religion and their church leaders,
would have induced them to commit
he outrageous and unnatural acts, be-
lieviug that all who participated in the
transaction, or most Of them,
we're acting under osders that they con-
,idered it their ddty-their religious
obey. = - | went to
Salt Lake and reported to Brigham
Young the exact facts connected with
the transactions.
But Of all the Mormons in Utah, the
,ase Of none has excited such horror
md regret among the Gentiles as that
If the Hon. W. q. Hooper. It is
proved that be received 40 head of the
murdered emigrant's cattle; and it is
possible that he. a Mormon
high in the confidence Of the Church,
,ould have been ignorant Of the matter.
And yet be has, through all his Con-
yressional career. again and again, and
hat most bitterly. laid the whole affair
IN the Indians. and more than once, in
with Senators. he has solemn
y sworn that no Mormon had anything
o do with IL. He has even employed
journalists to write up the Mormon
REV of the case. And can it be possi-
,le that all that time he knew it was a
a - = - d.