Year: 1871

h3r2en OU per CT. N aQdltlOn 10 the aDove


quiet, conservative, agricultural class


which has hitherto made up the popu-
lation of this territory, but the active
enterprisiug far-seeing, broad minded
and shrewd money seekers-miner5.


merchants, speculators and men CT
the world people who are not given
to religious or philosophical dreaming,
nor who are much inclined to submit
to sham, hypocrisy, cant and stock in
trade OF religious sects who claim the
possession OF all the virtues and piety
of the world. 1t is this new class of
people, SO liable to indulge in the ex-
ercise Of the rights and prorogatives
of free born American citizens, that
is likely to be found unpleasantly OPP
posed to the representative of the
Kingdom of God in this land. and Its
narrow, illiberal, restrictive and Often
sive laws. The advent of twenty-five
to fifty thousand people of this class
is. naturally enough, a subjectof vital
interest to Brigham Young and all
the Latter Day Saints. -


w IL was huON LlhtAb 44Is
Young was to speak before the Con.
ference, expectation was on tip toe, to
know how be would lay out his plans
for his followers to pursue, in view of
the prospective change in the situation
here. People who went to the Tenn
pie to listen TO the Prophet were not
disappointed in their anticipations.--
Brigham gave some good advice to
the Church and to people not belong
ing to it. He advised III, miners not
to go to law, for it would do them no
good, and would waste their substance;
and he advised the lawyers to go to
farming, to business, or anything at
which they would not he. taking the
property Of other people and the re-
suits of the laborer's toll He ae-
knowledged that he had some exper-
ience in litigation, end from the tpne
OF his remarks the congregation infer
red that the result was not emlnently
satisfactory. He ef
HE STRUCK BLOW AT THE GAMBLERS,
who are likely, as in all mining re-
gions, to become rather prominent
element in the population, and sug-
gested to them that they had better
put their money to uses that would
subserve wise and good purposes to
aid in buitdfng cities and towns, open
farms, educate the children of the
poor, and do good. He told them that
their lives were poor, miserable ones.
a disgrace to the human family, and
advised them to go to honest labor.--
IF they would not take the advice os
Brigham Young, let them get sense
enough to do right without being ad.
vised. This certainly was good sound
advice, and it is to be hoped, though
1 fear it will not be, adopted oy tho
proprietors OF the five faro banks juss
started within the sanity city. Brig
ham recommended miners to settle
their differences by arbitration, and
not enter upon the uncertainties and
expenses of courts, and thought that
judges might be better employed in
farming than ss they often are. This
advice, the congregation thought, was
the birth of recent decision of the


United States District Court hero.
which multctod TIE city for more than
$6O, coo for illegally breaking upon
and destroying a large stock of liquors
belonging to Gentle, who declined
to pay on exorbitant license to the
city, which assesses, Discriminatory be-
tween the churchmcn and the heath.
en- who have recently come into their
midst. He held that permanent and
stable mining interest had commenced
in the Territory; he was acquainted
with number of capitalists here to
invest in the mines, and he was salts
fed that they were honest men, who
desired to make money on honest prin-
ciples, and recommended the Latter
Day Saints to work, and work honest
ly for those men, who would pay them
honestly. He was glad to welcome
the new csmers. Referring to the rich
ness of the country, he held that with
out the railroad across the continent
the mines coull not be proftably
worked and while the branch line
from Salt Lake Cily was also import
ant, in view of the transportation of
ore, it was his intention to extend that
line as speedily as possible To the Cot
lie Tic
negligence of the Saints to pay their
tithing, and complained that while the
poor gave ne-tenth to the church.
The rich did not come to time.


And that, l may remark, will be
the trouble in the future. When men
get comfortably off and make liveli-.
hood Independent of and IN spite Of
the church, they don't give so freely
as the poor people, who cannot afford
to be excommunicated and consigned
to the "bufeting of the devil" as the
churchmer have it. The discovery
of the mines and the influx of capital
will afford work for the poor, and. in
turn, they will become independent,
and of course, will be cut off from the
church. So in many ways these mines
will play the very Old Scratch with
the church and finally be the cause oi