The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-04-05
THE MORMON QUESTION.
BRIGHAM YOUNG.

from an editorial in tho Salt Lake Herald having
ence 10 the recent confession Of John D. Lee, In which
find the following language
The sought mos. to BE injured . President Brigham
be s 20" a deed 20 OF % s or ssm.
sy his very nature - exhibited In every act o. his
That the public may better judge OF the mature OF
Brigham Young and Of the possibility OF his 'conceiv
ing or contemplating the execution OF the dabolical
deed" &c, beg leave TO present few specimens OF
his public utterances. The works from which quote
arc common Utah. aud may be found In the Con-
gressonai library Washington ana elsewhere in the
States
Early In tho history OF the Mormons In Utah sect
arose among them called the Gladdenites. In tho Tab
ernacie Brigham thus delivered himself concerning
them:-
win get more than you went and t. VII come quicker
your tongues STILL sudden destruction upon
say rather bert. .hnn apossses should flourish here here
commoon in the compensation and simultaneous burst
Spos,ate. clear Judgment viii the line
~ to TIE pqmme' voices s. ao
up Lei Us call upon 'ae lord 70 assist US Il this
will present only three examples Of his pub
lie teaching ing tho Mormon doctrine OF "blood
a,onemeni," or killing men to save their souls
In pessas q nsss IS words Of eg, Loys thy
selves and lie. those principles he known by nm
he would be glad 70 have his eloed shed This would
1--we bs.hers sisters likewise when they have
blood WI you love that man Or woman enough to shed
TINS is WHAT JKsus CHRIST MEANT
have known great many men who left this Church for
their blood had been i would have been osiser for
here are ns s, that can be aoned for By an Offer
ins upon an altar IS ~ aacien, days ana there are sin.
remit but they must be aoned for by The blood OF the
When the time comes that we have need to she'd blood
then y VIII be necessary that We should Do and y viii 30
sorin time q famine: dsid. vi. & ?, ssJ go
could refer yoa to plenty Of instances whore have
been righteously % slain In order to atone for their sins
correspondent Of the New York Fronting Post had in
tersiew Vim Brigham soon after tie Robinson murder who
eo better ss Or hsy have = 20 ~. out
as pass e. @ them
Al an October session OF the Mormon Conference, I.
| living witnesses can now testify NVfei
Lawyers getting thick here They getting
In Ire ss lis
finally hs rAf , send On me
they quit And now they are at The
no through the hns here
will submit myself to the courts buff they Try thai thing
soealled officers Of The law try 70 arrest me and bring me
men has sent out here to lord II over u.s. Iii send them to
hell cross lots, SO help me God.
/
hierarchy will use all reasonable means to over
come the damaging elect OF Lees confession. Money
Will be poured out like water letters kilograms,
confessions &c. will from every part oil the
land; the extensive appliances Of the Mormon PRIEST
hood Tor controlling public opinion will all be brought
into rcquisition now; newspaper writers and public
men may not be found wanting; but when, in the light
OF Brigham Youngs sermons even the Salt Lake
| Herald gravely says that crime is impossible "that
81 nature and IN support OF its declaration
appeals to his public and private record, u Is alto
| gether too much However, the above arc presented
/ IA
The writer OF this letter recently spent four years in
/ Utah. and the discharge OF his duties there was
compelled to investigate pretty thoroughly Mormon
history and the condition Of Affairs under Mormon
rule ana he hesitate TO say that the NEW
/ York HERALD never champoned n better cause than
that OF justice liberty and human nights in that priest
/ ridden Territory The nation Will owe you lasting
debt OF gratitude Tor this noble work.
ROME, N. Y, April 2. 1871. Q. p. LYFORD.
YOUNG JOE SMITHS DISCIPLES SATISFIED WITH
| LEES CONFESSION.
From the San Francisco Post, March 2ar
From the fact that the Mormons arrived IN this city
IN large numbers carly in 1S47-came here by tho
ship load-and made California an important MISSION
airy field ever since the Pacific coast acquired by
the United States, 1t surprising that the
| ton of John d. Leo and his confession should have
awakened moro than ordinary interest among our
| citizens The truth Is there are quite number Of
i Mornons in California, Nevada and Oregon, and some
few disciples Washington Territory, and two or
| three times as many thousands of persons who have
a. one time another been Mormons lived in Utah
aud apostatizcd from tho faith, abandoning
| il altogether and assocating themselves with
/ Christian societies where they reside. These
ssapostatcs," they arc called, US soon as
ever they lost faith in Brigham invariably
sought to ice from his rule Joined Gcnte trains pass
ing through Utah. and coming West have scattered all
over the coast. The only organized body OF these,
however is known here as the "Rcorganzed Church"
of the Latter Day saints and It's members profess ale-
glance 10 oseph smith, the eldest OF heir .'mar-
iyred prophet" and the founder OF their system. In
San francisco they not numerous but they are re.
spectacle, good citizens, eschewins all the vagarcs OF
atonlng," milking the Gcntiies," blind obcdience
TO the priesthood" and the other kindred teachings
that nave made Utah vcrablc inquisition and pan.
dcmonIum. Their numbers are quite large IN San
Bernardiuo county OF THIS State aDd in 0fmsby
Of disciples IN nearly every county OF
the states and Territories OF the Pacinc. The
present headquarters OF the new organization Is AT
Plano, Ill.,, where ineir young prophet restless but
they adhere to Their or.giLai iaith and are moving
bud up their New Jerusalem. To this new Church
the confessions OF Lee are particularly interesting,
and better than any reveIat ons their own prophet
could give Them, anu ncy mean 10 make use oil u ~
their propagandlsm. Yesterday there was to have
been great outpuuring on the subject in the hall Of
the Grand Army Of the Republic, ON New Monteom
cry street. where The branch OF disciples meet; but,
through the neglect OF he deacon TO adyer.
Andrews had 10 deter his discourse TN he
had a larger audience. and so he and brothers
Anderson and Belts 'sDorc their testimony as do
dying Lee, Their tain in the original Joseph as ,
prophet. An erratic brother, Nc something was
boistcrous and said many confused things ina
they had 10 IDEAL with him" aud ''suspend him Ill
he got AS journalists invariably leave
pulpit those better adapted Tor The work expected
from 1t, Of 1--WE take no stock III any shade
the Mormon faith; but IN looking al the rivals, Brig
ham Young ana young Joseph smith, there Is some
thing 10 nope IRON the nbors OF the latter IN breaking
on the shackics That bind the people OF Utah 10 ina
miserable ianallcsm which found rs truest inicrprea
ton IN HE massacre on tho Mountain Meadows. On
oil the elders spoke very chccrully 10 ID@ repre-
last evening al the hal oil the TACT That ther
we're large numbers OF the hormons IN utan coniin