Morris tribune., 1881-10-27
LATTER-DAY ZION.

Brigham's Brilliant Intidal Son-Murder,-
Lust, and Heavenly Hopes-Wine, Women
and Gold.
From the San Francisco Chronical
The first celestial marriage" occurred b,
stealth, on the banks of the Mississippi
river, near Nauyoo, H. Jos eph Smitl
sealed" to James Noble second wife
Mobiles first wife soon died of broker
heart, and the second went insane, and alst
died. When Smith married Nobles tht
latter also married Smith u second wife
The first Mrs. Smith clung to the prophet
until mob killed him, aud then married
GENTLE, and ut last accounts Was stll
living at Nauvoo. In defence Of polvgumN
the example of Abraham, Isaac, Jocob
Moses, Joshua, David, and Solomon, are
cited. In correlation of the book of Nor
mons we are pointed to the buried cities of
Palenque and Uxmal, in Central America
to the mounds in the Mississippi valley and,
to other we'll known yestiges ofa historic
age. When n good Mormon dies, who
has lived ur to his religion" and has had
dozen or two wives and fifty or sixty chill
dren, he does not become a mere angel, like
an ordinary Christian; he becomes god,
with world of hic own to reign over A
Mormon wife who proposes the polygam
GUS marriage of her husband, goes to hell
and is destroyed" 4 Norman who ebeys
the mandates of the church in most respects
but neglect to go into polygamy, becomes
mere angel, who must be kind of celes-
tlal servant to the gods and other angels
His wife must share the same humiliating
fate. The doctrine of blood atonement
is simply this: That if an apostate's throat
is cut, the spllling of the blood upon the
ground win save his soul. If he is left to
die natural death, his soul will 90 to hell.
A great many apostate souls have been
saved IN Utah. This, in substance. is the
Mormon religion. Its vagaries. howey er
are constantly branching out in every di-
recnon, and III the course of time an enor-
NOUS intellect will be required to compre-
hend and e1pound the entire system.
Milford is Gentle town in every re-
spect. the railroad being owned and con-
trolled by GENTLE company. One of the
prominent men of the place is Judge Ben
jamin Spear, who is one OF the most bit
terly outspoken men in southern Utah con-
cerning the Mormon church A Mormon
mob once chased him through the streets of
Beaver city, thirsting for his blood, and he
never loses an opportunity 10 return the
compliment so far as he can do so. He re-
marked to me: These Mormons take great
pains to produce a favorable impression on
strangers. They are not so confident and
defiant as they were fifteen years ago. They
would now be glad to have little
outside sympathy. They know the sword
of Damocles is swinging over them, and
they don't want it to drop until they are
prepared to receive the blow. They are
not to be trusted, however I know them
of old. A Gentile's life is now safe, if he
keeps on his own dunghill, or keeps reti-
cient on theirs. This is because the fiat of
the church has gone forth to that effect.
They would be just as ready to rob and
murder to-day as they ever were if it was
only safe policy for them to do so, In
the towns there is less danger; but no Gen
tile would dare to go into sparsely- settled
district and freely speak his mind. In
many OF the towns he would not dare to-
Murder is a pant of the Mormon
religion-murder, lust and heaven
comprise the whole of it. The mass of the
denomination are deluded; the motto of the
leaders Is Wine, women, power and
gold. Rebellion is slumbering in Utah,
awaiting its opportunity. l have no faith
In milk and water measures. The evil will
never cure itself. Every year the church
Is growing richer and more powerful; eyery
year It's followers are becoming more nu-
merous; polygamy is on the increase right
straight along; every foot of agricultural land
on the adjoining territories is being gobbled
up by Mormons. In ten years the United
States will have several Utahs to deal with.
The Mormon church will never make false
move. 1t will bide its time; but when the
Crisis ultimately comes it will amaze out
siders by the extent of its preparations.
Like justice, it travels with leaden heel.
but strikes with d hand of iron The tri-
fling of the government with the Mormon
question Is In the highest degree discourng-
ing to the civilized people of this territory.
Capital will never come in to deyelope our
mines while the present condition of affairs
exists. There is q vast amount of mineral
wealth in Utah. There is scarcely any kind
of mineral wealth which Is not found here.
Our hills and mountains are full of it. In
ten years the bullion product of Utah has
been nearly $50, ZOO, 900, in spite of all dis
advantages. But what good does buried
wealth do us when over it all hangs the
shadow of a remorseless ecclesiastical des-
potism? Before freely investing their
money here, capitalists want to know
whether Utah is in the United States or not
They know that the Mormon Church is
hostile to mining operations.
From Milford q branch railroad curves
around to Frisco, a distance of sixteen
miles. Frisco is one of the greatest mining
towns of the territory, and within the linn
its is the celebrated Horn Silver mine. in
which Jay Gould is said to be largely IN
terested. The only Mormons in or about
the town are ped Hers and wood choppers.
Judge Campbell, who was Cannon's oppo-
nent for the congressional delegateship. is
q resident of Frisco. All the mining towns
in the territory cast an almost solid Gentle
vote. At the hotel | met very intelligent
gentleman who had passed half lifetime
in Utah, and had travelled through almost
every portion of it. In the course of an
interesting conversation he said:
VI was intimately acquainted with the late
Joseph A. Young, Brigham's most talented
son. He was man of noble personal ap-
pearance, and of the most brilliant talents.
/ have heard him preach with an eloquence
that drew teaT5 from the eyes of his Nor
mon listeners. In the pulpit he was the en-
bodiment of dignity, grace, and intellectual
power. Then, after the audience had de-
parted, have known him to laugh and
make sport Of the deluded creatures who
had been listening to him. To me he
made no secret of the fact that he was al
1nf1del OF the most pronounced type. He
took me into his library once and pointed
out elegantly bound volumes of Hume, Vol
talre, Paine, Volney, and other distinguish
ed writer's of that school. He believed in
no existing religion. / reproached him for
continuing such deception, and urged him
togo forth into the world and win the no.
BILE name his abilities entitled him to.
sPshawp he replied withTa smile, the hu-
man race loved to be..humbugged. Some-
body will get their money, and might as
well have share of it as anybody else" !"
His mental splendors were clouded by an
unconquerable vice. At times he drank to