The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1877-09-05
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The Carfain Rung DsaH an tho last
Scene of His f.fe.
SALT LAKE, Aug. a9-Brigbsm
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Brigham Yong was born at
Nottingham, Vermont, June |, 1891,
and was the son of a farmer, who bad
been a soldier in The Revolution
When about tbirsy-oue years old he
became @ coavert to Mormon;sm,
then under the control Of Smith,
Rigdon, aud Williams. lie arrived
in Kirkland, Ohio, toward The close oi
1892. and soon took q promiaeDt part
in the government of the Mormons.
He was ordained.as elder shortly af-
ter Joining the church, and his talent
and shrewdness pushed him forward
so rapidly that, when IN 1850, a new
step was taken 10 the organization OF
the Mormon hierarchy by the insti-
tuition of the twelve apostles, he was
made one of the number and semi out
to prcach the new doctrines. His
field Of labor was in the Eastern
States. and he was signally success
fnl in making converts. In 1871, not.
w~ithstanding the rivalry OF Rigdon,
Brigham Young was chosen First
President of the Mormon Church.
then located at Nauvoo, Illinois, and
Rigdon, proved contumacious, was
excommunicateG, cursed and solemn
ly delivered over to the devil to be
bulfeted 10 the flesh for a thousand
years" In September, lsf5. the
Mormons were driven ous of Nauvoo
and gathered at Council Bluffs, Iowa,
whence they were conducted by
Young in 1S4T and lS4S to Utah,
where be founded Salt Lake City and
established the present Mormon set
Element. Ia 1850 Brigham Yoang
was appointed Governor of Titan Ter
ritory by President Fillmore, but
subsequently, on account of collisions
with the federal judges aud the def
ance of the laws ftbe United States
be was removed. From this point
the long conflict began between the
United States authorities and Young,
who claimed government by divine
SANCTION. In this conflict he was
able TO hold the Enited States Gov
ernment at bay for a long period, and
il is only within the past few years
that the federal courts have been
able to enforce their authority with
Ia the Mormon territory. Brigham
| young's connection with the Noun
tain Meadow massacre and bis ad-
min;stratiop OF the Mormon govern
ment for the past twenty years bard
ly cali for sqy particular descrip'
ton.
He was a man of strong qualities
marked by extraordinary energy,
great executive talents and remarka-
bic knowledge Of the weak side cf
human nature. With a greedy love
/ of property and power be had bust
ness and administrative faculties
which woqld haye made the first man
in biz community egap Ky legitimste
methods, aud bis sbiil 10 inspiring L.
naticism and cunning 10 turning It to
se,fshness gave him a power more
absolute than has often been welded
eyss Il 9 small hierarchy By the COM
bined inegenes c, p~Tiesicraft and ty-
ranny. BY making igsl 3 ieg3ing
part Of religion, be ruled Ills tupes by
their strongest passions, and his do
miDion egss taeiF .pinds was com
pleted sy The ,srFog INSPIRED By bis
interruptions readiness to shec hE
man blood.
Whoever IoGng's successor may
be, it Is not iitely that he viii pos
sess the strong qualities ;ast marked
the late apostles rule, and his death
win probably be a turning point in
the history Of Mora,orism. The FIRST
consequence of bis death win b. a
release Of he other Mormon leaders
from siavish sUaa,;ssion to Q single
will. Their jealousiss an& riYalries
will tend to disintegrate their aahat
urel community. Heresies Will
spring M. l2y beliefs will creep 10,
there viii he reyol,s sgsinst a power
which gas always felt 70 he 2 tyr
rany, ana Vhicb cannot be paiptaiB-
ed by feebler hands. ead the Tree
play of transforming forces viii make
Mormonism a different thing winbin
the neat ten or twenty Years