The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-05-11

1 Brigham Young's sermon.
| The Mormon Prophet has, our Salt Lake
correspondent telegraphs, sent out report
of his last Sundays discourse in which
some of the threatening sentences are elimi-
mated. But even Young's own authorized
version is sufficiently full of words of blood
and hints of slaughter and our correspond
ent telegraphs that the threatening Ian
guage originally imputed to him was heard
I by many persons ready to testify of it. 1t
certain that Youngs language last Sunday
was such as to alarm many of the "Gentile"
residents of Salt Lake City and induce
them to make preparations for sending their
families out Of the Territory.
In the authorized report Of the sermon,
however, there is sufficient to awaken the
curiosity, at least, of Gentle" readers.
What has happened in Utah or elsewhere
affecting Mormonism that should put the
Prophet upon thoughts of blood? There
are no threats uttered anywhere against
the Mormons rs citizens or as religionaries.
Even the question of polygamy rests for the
present; nobody is discussing it. The
people of the United States just now be-
lieve that this social tester will presently
disappear of itself Why, then, should
Brigham Young preach a sermon full OF
dark hints of coming slaughter?
There is but one cause for it oil that any
one can see. The United States Grand
Jury meets at Salt Lake City on the 21st Of
this month, and before it are to appear
number Of witnesses whose testimony, there
is reason to hope, will reveal the authors of
and the actors in the cruel massacre Of
Mountain Meadows. There is no doubt
that the emigrants were murdered there is
no doubt that they were hated with great
bitterness by tho Mormons, for the Prophet
Daniel Wells himself told our correspondent
this only few days ago; there is no doubt
that prominent Mormons took part in the
murder, fof Bishop Lee was shot for his
share in it, and his confession showed that
he was acting under orders, while other
papers he left behind him, and of
which we shall publish part tomorrow,
show that Young was not without knqwl-
edge of this and many other murders.
Finally, there is no doubt that the Mountain
Meadows massacre was not investigated by
Brigham Young, then Governor of Utah; he
never made any attempt to bring it's authors
to punishment Now comes federal justice.
slow, very slow, but apparently sure, at last;
Lee, after two trials, has been executed the
Grand Jury is to meet for further investi-
CATION; and suddenly Brigham Young gets
visions Of blood and slaughter. Is it be-
cause he sees justice on his own track?
We should like to see the President TAX
ing q public and decided interest in this
matter We should like the people, Nor
mon and Gentle, in Utah, to have some pub
lie and conspicuous assurance that this
hideous crime is to be probed to the bot
tom, and that it's authors, no matter who
We should like to know that the Attorney
General is awake to his responsibility in
this important matter, and that he is taking
upon his own shoulders some part of the
heavy burden Of this investigation and is
not leaving it all. in a perfunctory sort of
way, to his subordinates at Salt Lake.
Young and the other Mormon leaders COM
prehend very we'll the meaning and the
probable consequences of this investigation !;
they know that unless it is stopped in some
way dark and terrible story of long con-
tinued murder and lawlessness will be
exposed, in which many of them will figure
Us the responsible actors. They do not in
tend to let the investigation proceed, and
they have still very great power over their
deluded subjects and great wealth and inhu-
ence with which to corrupt and coerce their
opponents. Is the Attorney General, in
whose department this matter falls, awake
to this?