The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-10-13
Mormon Dcsputisnl,

composed of only few hundred people :;
now the Church claims that it rules some
one hundred thousand followers in the
Territory. The first comers had a large
percentage of Americans, who were
drawn into the tolls before the full cnOr-
mites of the institution were divulgcu.
but OF those who have connected them
selves with the Mormon Church during
the past thirty years quite nine-tenths
have been from Europe, and from the
very lowest classes of European society.
The immigration has increased from a
few hundreds annually to few thou
sands. Last year more than three tnou-
SAND came, and this year Il heavy in
crease over that number is expected.
lhe children of school aye returned
by the Mormon authorities, number
forty thousand. Those too young to at
tend school, together with those above
shool age and still under the age of TWEEN
ty-hve years, must number quite thirty
thousand more. 1t is clear that the
Mormon kingdom in Utah is composed of
foreigners and the children of foreigners
l. rs necessarily SO. 1t is an Institution
SO absolutely un-Amcrican in all its
requirements that it would die Of its own
iniamics within twenty years, except for
the yearly infusion of fresh serf blood
from abroad. Few Americans could
ever be made to bear tho unouestioncd
and unquestioning obedience which is
eXactcd from this people. The govern
ment Is an absolute despotism. Every
ward i'll the city, every small precinct in
the country, is under the control of II
bishop. To him the people have to sub
init al their affairs, temporal rs wei. as
spiritual His advice amounts to n com
mand, and command which must he
obeycd. The bishops report 10 the
elders, The elders to the seventies, the
seventies to the high priest, the high
priest to the president Of stakes, they to
the patriarchs, they t. the twelve npos
ties, and they to the president and his
high counscllors. Down the same scale
the ordr.s arc sent. These leaders are
the same rs God to the blinded thousands
OF Utah. At the last October conference
the burden of the harrangucs to the pco-
pie was to impress upon them that the
chiefs, being daily and regularly inspired
by God. could make no mistake, could
do no wrong. The discourse of Elder
Orson Pratt is full OF this business. and
he did not fail to warn all who doubted
that they would be damned. At the
same conference another elder explained
that the people must obey their leaders
In financial as we'll as spiritual affairs,
even rs the people did in the days of
Moses.
Through such system it is easy to
gee how an ignorant and fanatical people
are held under absolute control by the
heads OF the organization. In Brig
ham 4onng's time he was more abso.
n nr pur ~ ~. r. n
sla. Since his death the president, j Ohm
Taylor, and his first counsellor. George
Z. Cannon make the controlling power.
and give direction to the whole system.
Both are Englishmcn. A favoritc ex
preston of Bringham Youngs used to
be, 1--WE follow the forms of r. republic.
but this is kingdom" 1t is a kingdom,
or rather Il despotism, so ailcmbrncin,,
that intelligent Americans ut n distance
do not believe the truth about it when IL
is told
The superb organization Of the Church
IS held complete in all its details; moth.
ing is permitted TO be neglected. N
general ever held an army under more
perfect control than Taylor and Cannon
hold the whole body of the Mormon pco.
pie. Through tithes :ronivD,,ou, fund
IS secured annually, with which the
priests strengthen any weak spot in their
position. Their liens are solid from
within, and toward the world the organ
lzation bristles every where with the de-
fiance Of disciplined strength More and
more missionaries arc sent out annually
and the annual increase of bigoted, priest
cnslavcd foreign creatures to ioin the
Kingdom" in Utah is very great. From
Utah colonies are selected, and sent
wherever place presents itself. In
this way the valleys of Colorado, and
Arizona, Idaho, Wyoming, Montana,
and Washington Territories arc being
swiftly appropriated, and wherever these
coionists go they carry with them Joy
fully their badge of slavery to few men
IN Salt Lake City who, as they believe,
are the Vieegercnts on earth Of the ly.
ing dod.[C. Z. GOODWIN, in Ha,pc's
Aiagaeinc for October.