Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1877-08-29
uRIau.M y0rNG DYING

this country is passing away. Brigham
Young. the head Of the Mormon Church
is. According to our tslsgraphis dis
matches, ou his dssthbsd. Yesterday
hs called his many wives around him.
summoned his scores Of IONS and daugh.
tors to his bedside. and bads them .
long farewell. Il must have been q
touching scene. this Of the so-oallsi
Prophet Of the Lord. the Seer and Rev.
elaior Of the Church Of Latter Day
Saints. passing away to the presence OF
that Creator whom he has dishonerel
all through his lie. and whose name no
has protaned. What must b the feel
iags Of this man now that he 10 sp-
preaching the verge Of tho awful stsrpi.
ty before him Does he not regret his
actions In the past, Would he not be
willing. yes glad. to undo all that he has
done in the last twenty years Who
can say . lie uttsrs no word oil ~
p~en,ancs. lilo expresses No fears Of
meeting the victims of tho Mountain
Meadows massacre. lie is evidently de-
teminei to 10 brigham Young to the
last. stern aud inieIibls. No man can
real his thoughts. and 10 will not tell
his thoughts to any man.
Thi. man. brigham Young. has done
much Of evil during his life but he has
also done much OF good. The good
does not balance the evil. but after his
death IL will 10 remembered in his IA
vor. To his energy and enterprise Utah
owes her existence ~ = Territory to
.ay. But for him and his followers. Il
would now be n wast--a barren desert.
Out Of this desert he has brought forth
loneliness. Under his directions this
apparently unprojuetivs soil has been
made to blossom with roses. Salt Lake
to-day is one Of the prettiest cities In
the Union. The Mormons. as q people.
are one OF ths most prosperous eommu-
mites in the land. Their religious be-
lief is. OF course. all wrong: II is q dis
grace to civilization. Hut NIL the sams
they are prudent and frugal. and pro-
duce. in proportion to their numbers,
o than any other class that makes
this country its home. All Of this Ii
due to the administrative powers Of
brigham Young. He isa great man,
although a great criminal. IL he lives
We shall hang him. II he dies, as now
seems probable. We shall remember
only the good that was In him. ani for.
get his crimes.
brigham Young. more than amy other
man now living in America. has shown
during a long and eventual life that will
power. supplemented by perseverance,.
~ bound 10 succeed. even in n bad cause.
For him there was NO opposition. sim.
ply pcthuso w tetuscu w fteokh'Ao w
position. Like the Nautilus" which
Jules Verne has immortalizcd. he saw
his enemy. went straight for il. and
crushed II. But there Ia one foe which
he cannot resist Death ! The "Naut.
illus" was conquered at Last by a whirl.
pool. and brigham Young. with all his
sins. must yield to this dread visitation.
The s~pectre-hand has touched his brow;
the ghos,ly finger beckons him on to the
far unknown land. lie could brave men.
he could defy eovsrnmsnts. but he a n
not refuse to answer that call from ster-
nifty. The genius which made Utah
what IL IL. is about to disappear /; the
Rallows Is to be cheated Of its legitimate
prey. But We can afford to lose the Sc
MUS. II. with its departure. the Infamous
Mormon Church goes too. II Is very
probable that the death OF Brigham
Young will resnlt in the wiping ont Of
this modera herrsy. lit does. no man
will lament his sudden taking Cd.