The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1877-09-07

WIS prominently luentlneQ VIII
have no interruption.
The Inter- Ocean says:
What effect the death of Brigham
Young will have or. the church OF
which he is the head, end more still
on the peculiar hoResy Of poIygamy
Of which he Wss Abe particular
prophet, priest and King, can not
now be determined. It would not
be surprising, however, IL with his
downfall came also the downfall Of
ipolyganay, and that, rid of this
clog, Mormonism took its place
among tie permissible beliefs oil
the religious world.
brigham YonHg was born in Yer.
mont, June LIST, 1901. He was the
son OF farmer; received but little
education, and learned the trade ol
y painter and glazier. He was 8
member OF the Baptist church. and
is said to have preached occasional.
Iy. In 1872 he Joined the Mormonl
at Kirkland, Ohio; was ordained
elder beeAIn6 one Of the twelve
apostles, and was sent TO the East.
eFn States ins 1876 TO make prose-
lytes, in which be was very success.
full. After the death OF Joseph
Smith, in 1874, Young was one oil
the four aspirants for the Presiden-
cy, and vas unanimously chosen to
1haF pa OF His choice met general
fAPPfovel, Shd 4sCoH after HE rival,
Sidney Rigdon, was excOmmunica.
ted. After the tragedy at NaQYoo,
Yenngsetont With hb followers
i In 1919 8fcr Salt LAKE. hicL, he
persuaded them, was the promised
land. He founded Salt Lake City,
l0rganized tha State OF DeseFek and
APPLIED Tor admtasiou iETtoe the .Un=
ion. This was denied by Congress,
but the Territory of Utah was or
gsnized in 1850, and Young was ap-
pointed Govern6P.s In 1854; on the
appointment of q Governor who
was not q Mormon, he defied the
Authority OF The F6dAraI Govern
ment, ana IN 1857 President Buch-
anan sent Alfred Cumming. whom
he had appointed Govefnof, TO Salt
Lake, backed by q force $500 men.
This brought matters 10 q crisis, and
the Mormons submitted. In 1852
Young proclaimed the celestial law
OF marriage EaHctiOnlng< polygany,
which he declared had been reveal
ed to Joseph Smith in 1843. Smiths
widow and her four sons at once de-
nounced this as 9 forgery and head
ed q schism. But the personal pow
or Of Young was such that he had
little difficulty in establishing pol
ygamy as an institution of the
church.
In height Young measured about
5 feet 9 inches, would weigh about
200 pounds, had light curly hair,
slightly tinged with gray, forid
complexion, prominent but COM
pressed mouth, showing great de.
cissioB, and in outward appearance
q man of character.
He was reticent to strangers, and
in his manner assumed an air and
dignity becoming a very superior
person.
In dress he was always particular,
and looked IN homespun 90 q we'll
to- do man of business. In these
latter days he wore the fines broad
cloth.
He has figured in his time and
generation as q character in the
history of the United States and in
the development of the country
west of the Missouri, and the COM
pletion of the railroad across the
American continent has certainly
been advanced ten years by the
fact of his existence.
He has added many of, the rites
and ceremonies and institutions
now connected with the church that
were unknown in Smiths time, and
the missionary branch is not ex
ceeded, if eQualed, by any church
in Europe or America.
Without any spiritual organiza-
ton, and no strong religious senti-
ment, it seems incomprehensible to
the thinking world that he should
be q successful religious leader.
/ at the astBprfng conference the
Prophet claimed that he was good
for fifteen years to come, and his
appearance was as fresh and Vigor-
Gus as q man of so, and, so far as
could be Judged, he certainly prom
ised to fulfil his assertion. Wheth.
or this was revealed to him or not
he did not say.
II may be interesting to our read
ers to know these revelations came.
Gail Hamilton, when visiting Utah
with Speaker Blaine and family,
asked Brigham this question. He
said he laid bare his bosom, offered
up a'little prayer, and the revelation
came.
The time was when Brigham
Young was the idol OF his people.
His word was law, and his advice
was implicitly obeyed, but n the
last few years he has fallen off in
these particulars.
He has made many mistakes, I'M.
like himself, and has Numbered in
many ways. His order of EnOch
estranged many of his best friends,
and the persistent determination to
keep Cannon in Congress injured
his power in many respects.
The great dream of the Prophet
the last few years was to secure his
succession to his SON Brigham, Jr.,
q quiet, harmless man, without en-
ergy or capabillty, and in many re-
spects inferior to mis- son John W :.
and somewhat so to Joseph A.,
but 70 either one the Mormons will
never submit, and who will be the
man to wear the robes OF this high
officer remains to be seen. CoDjec-
ture does not even point to any
man.
His fortune is estimated to be az
high ~ six millions. In his answeE
to Ann Eliza, he claimed it was on.
ly $500, 600; perhaps twice this sum
would be nearer the truth. In
round numbers, his family consists
OF sixty-five persons. He has built
houses for many of his wives and
several of his children, but up to
the time of his sickness deeds had
never been given to any Of them,
though it lie probable that they
are ell executed.