The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-02
l MO RMONISM.I
The Inner Workings Of the Great
Modern Thsocracy.
IT'S CHARACTER AND PURPOSES.
Combination Of Civil and
Ecclesiastical Rule.
COURSE or Tho. PROPHET DICTATOR
Robbery Of Emigrants and SWmdIing
Of the Government.
. POLYGAMYS HIDEOUS BLOT.
Blood Atonement-The Saints New
Name for Murder.
Justice Thwarted Through the Ballot Boxes
and Venial L. gslatOrs.
Robbery Of Emigrants and SWmdIing
of the Government.
POLYGAMYS HlDEOUS BLOT.
Blood Atonement-The Saints New
Name for Murder.
Justice Ihwarted Through the Ballot Boxes
and Venial Legislators.
GOOD CITIZENS DEMAND ON THE NATION.

uuUD UlIlLLnN DEMAND YIN IuL NAHUM.
SALT LAKE Cry, May rs, 1877.
Travellers ON Tho Union Pacific Railroad who 80 to
Salt Lake boys go 10 circus, to see Brigham
Young almost invariably form erroneous ideas OF that
or the Prophet adapted deceive all who
are practscd judges Of character. His stature
commanding, his head large his features not unp!eas
Ing bis address courteous and his and gestures
are uncommonly suave. Though totering, at the ago
OF seventy-nve upon cane, hc extends TO his visitors
hand as white, small and soft young dandy
" 1t be proud o. When he engages them in con.
versIson everything he says is nice, and he looks at
them with such air Of bcniSnily and candor that
even shrewa men do not always mlstrust him AS tor
to get away from him they would from sleek scr
penk Ignorant women, however, are often charmed
~ this scrpen and there some instances Of Gen.
lilo girls who have distracted their parents by wanting
70 marry bin! s8 4st4
He is tho mastor hypocrte OF the century, even
he religion" over which he presldes Is supremcst
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AoRMoSIsM AND IT'S DEvoTESs.
Mormonsm may be defined as patchwork OF all the
isms since Babel put together for tho degradation
creduious people in the interest OF few designing
knavss. Never was q more cunning. tyrannicul the
Ocracy established springing from the most vulgar
little mpostures of modern times, it has grown into
mposture great to threaten the material In.
terests Of whole nation, while subvertng both tho
matepal and moral interests Of its dcvotoes Tho
'Iatter-who are theys For 1t is important that the
errors in regard to them should be dispersed They
are
l. set OF shrewd Americans, like their chief, who
devoted to him the their worldly pros
perity. This class includes or two sons Of the
Prophet, who have grown manhood since the pill
grimage from Nauvoo. Some from the FIRST believed
In Joseph Smith, his peculiar religion and his
sor others pretended to believe them, and all are
sufficiently Jealous to suit tho Prophet
Men from foreign countries, wholly committed to
the Mormon isth and who have been elevated to high
positions IN the Church by OF their devotion,
their Intelligence and their Willingness to serve their
superiors a6F
population of some City thousand males,
formed from tho murderers, Jail birds, horse thieves
and counterleiters who made Nauvoo their refuge
prior TO its destruction. and from tho most ignorant
but industrious classes In England Scotland. Wales,
Denmark aud other countries OF Northern Europe.
Some fifty thousand women AMI children, consist
ing OF aged first wives, polygamous women and Their
descendants, OF whom few, far as have seen do
not deserve intense pity. lmpeled into their present
positions by religious zcal led there by false prom
ieea Mi Nae
pride that refuses 10 admit thoir shame.
THE INAUGURATION SYSTEM
Here, then. IS seen people, collected by system
o. once mastery aud impudent, aud composed alto.
gother OF classes who from interest necessity or
fanatcism became members OF tho Mormon Church.
in the first place by their selection OF the most IN
geuious ropues America guide It's councils and to
do It's "dirty work." and by tho gathering OF us
masses from countries whore they had been accus.
toned TO servlity or to serfdonl. Arriving here as
converts OF foreign Mormon missionaries they became
aud have been clay IN the hands OF the
potter.
'.You have got to learn" said President Heller c.
Kimba, ITO lie subject to tho priesthood You have
got to learn to be tnrashcd by Brother Brigham Your
children must learn tho came lesson, and then you
will BIO moulded into vessels Of homer But you can
not be moulded into vessels OF honor unloss you DO
subject. You poters know It, II Jou have work ed at
the potters business as have"
Tun ouuRcH ORGANIZATION
In his three capiciiies--(L1 as prophet seer and
revelator; c. AZ president OF the Church. and fal
rs trustee OF tho Oh urnh-Brgham Dung is absolute
master OF 'this people" Ile rulcs them In all their
AFFAIRS, both spiritual ana temporal, oy his suglc Will
His recognized function ms the representative OF God
places HIM beyond personal responsibility, and gives
his command strength which is enforced through
nh artu system OF subordinalcs As the Presdent Of
the United states has his Cab has the President
oil the Mormon Church his counscors But there IA
no check upon the lattcrs executive power Twelve
apostles preside Churches administer tho ori,.
nanccs. &c High priests and elders preside tho
several stakes" that Is 10 say dioceses Below these
yradcs OF church officials an Aarone priesthood is es
iabIishcd, which includes tho olcos OF bishop priest
teacher and deacon. This priesthood reaches into
eyery settlement, every household, In Utah The
bishops, assisted by tho subpriests Tor counselorsj
conduct tho temporal business Of tho Church and il
In judgment on trapsgressora 10 ascertain who
arc transgressors tho teachers and deacous are IN
vested with power TO enter dwellings and question,
cross question and dictate 10 their inmatoa
Tho latter are expected 10 answer and when
tncy arc stmmoncu Dcioro lucT bishops they
are expected to "obcy connsoL' Tho bishops VINO
preside in the several cities settlements arc all
selected by Brigham Young and they are compelled
10 choose suDordinates VINO are suitable to Rrigham
Young All the bishops aud thcir subordinates do
the will OF the Prophet, or II they finch from dong
1t they ore promptly punished and removed. Con-
orally they are an INSCRIPTIONS lot and they In
any case prevented from mnncstIng sympathy with
oppressed people BY the certainty Of disgrace In