f r 50 0 new York Herald mirela Mirel 9 DEFENCE OF TUB THE MORMONS I 1 LETTER FROM THE thi M 4 OF GREAT LAKE CITY toy by a mormon my hurder jackson in heaven 1 taylor in limbo stiff and Superstition Astounding developments etc JAMES GORDON 0 T ESQ SIR 1 I will thank you to print as soon as you can I 1 ahe substance of this letter considered only as aej i news it ought to be worth your while there is as great reat curiosity everywhere to hear about the mor mons and eagerness to know all the evil that can be spoken of them announce you that I 1 am a mormon elder aust arrived from utah mayor in in fact of salt take lake city where my wife and f family are still living a preacher brigada brigadier bior of horse home and president of the quorum of seventies and the like and not one subscriber that went over shoe tops through the slime of details you ga gave re of the play actors divorce 1 trial lately that will not be greedy i to I 1 read ead all I 1 have to say upon the filthier accusations accusation ns that have been brought against me and my friends and brethren this is what I 1 count upon thank falsehood and if you will publish my letter entire I 1 will ask for no editorial help from you I 1 am tie no writer but with the help of the power Powe of light I 1 am not afraid of what you can say against as so long iong as I 1 walk by the rule of my master aster yo you it walk bi by the rule working ing of your fancies I 1 I 1 must say I 1 have had my doubts about w writing out upon these matters my doing so not being approved by our delegate in in contress Conj congress ress dr BerB bisel the doctor is one of our gentlemen t emen at home a real gentleman and world natt not say a rough word or do doa a rou rough h tiling thing to hurt the feelings or knock off the speet spectacles acles of any man for the world but I 1 am no gentleman ent eman in in his is sense a at least P an and have ave had a slights enox enough it put upon me personally since I 1 came ea eastward st war to entitle me to any an air aunt of stand up self defence dr official course in this m matter d I 1 suppose I 1 am bound to accept for I 1 have understood that he be had bad the advice of experienced men who said to him take up I 1 ahe he report of the three officers criminating I 1 your constituents when it comes from the state department into the houses ask for a special committee with power to send for persons and papers and put the false witnesses on daib but dont st stoop ohp to wrangle it upon on your religion morals and political opinions witt with mr afi webster or the congressmen at large whom the country considers to have enough to do to take care of acir own this thiis is all very well and very high and ajo mighty and dignified certainly but while the grass grows the cow starves while congress is taking its months to do the work word of a day tile the verdict of the public goes against us a as the law word is by depaull and we stand 0 substantially convicted of anything and everything ery thing that any and ever every Y k kind ind of blackguard can mike make up alie a lie about and now I 1 hear that the charges are not to be pushed two of the officers want to come back to us as friends they are to be virtually abandoned after doing us its all the harm barm they can what mr webster thinks we care little what is the opinion of most members of congress you can hardly believe in your part of the worl dhow very verv little but bill pu public lie opinion that power we respect as well as rec ang ize and flier flie etore I 1 am now determined on my mv own responsibility to write myself and blurt out all the truth I 1 can I 1 may not be discreet di but I 1 will be honest ho aest I 1 have written to begin with an examination into the causes that induced the three officers to leave utah but find it grown on my hands too long for publication As I 1 must murit confine avs elf therefore to plain and narrative alive I 1 will best begrin begin with the original and beginning of our troll bles found to my mind in the notion that tat unlike other populous communities we are not fit or have not the right to farnish our own rulers I 1 doubt if the contrary even once occurred to mr fillmore wile whoa am persuaded had quite a wish to deal J justly with us its what was the consequence at the very outset of our national career we had to have strangers sent to govern A us who of worth and standing at home would venture out to our distant and unde ascribed scribed country country accor the offices went begging among all the small fry politicians who could be suspected of being fit to fill them and as I 1 have heard af after ter sundry nominations were ref used the following were picked up tip no go 1 A mr brandebury who brought his recommendation saying he had studied law in the office of a pennsylvania county court lawyer renowned for successful high and lof lofty t y tumbling in the support of the united states bank through a bloodless cruel war but who in every other respect exaggerated the recommendation of a presidential caridi candidate date I 1 beinar perfectly and anth entirely A y unknown no JB 2 Zerub babel snow of a lawyer practicing in the interior of that state r qualifications rather ahead of 0 the others willing to come out probably I 1 laving ha vine kinsfolk among us no 3 mr P E brocchus of alabama of whom I 1 have deain aaen to speak chaT character acter unknown I 1 hope hoo to the president in the lower purlieus purlie us of the district Di of by no means entitled to that recommendation no 4 B D harris a smart youngster from a vermont printing office I 1 think for secretary and for fo indian agent no 5 a lazy little e fellow named day dav with half the head of a yankee for he was all thi the time thinking of a trade trad ey 9 try fry stones with butter says the proverb the broth will be good I 1 dont know what manner of appearance these nese mien men present now that akey i have taken cheit titles at our expense an and d drawn s some ome of uncle saws sams money for it but as trev came among Us s the bevy was just duct such as you vou will find keeping tavern together at a railway water station zerub the active partner lemuel rather slow but bat his uncle superintendent of the toad road to secure the trains always stopping there breakfast and dinner time with harris the barkeeper bar keeper to fly bount round I 1 spry and dav to black boots I 1 pump un tank and rift lift trunks tr u aks to our misfortune they they w were ere not kept in their proper spheres the first aist we knew of our becoming a territory was the account of the passage passa e september 1850 of f the law organizing utah which aich reached us ins beffi e the year out nothing nothing could exceed the clam orous joy of our citizens tit at Te teaming arning that they were thus invited into the family party by their brethren of the union our national flags went wp up hailed by budias all alf over ever the settlement 1 and when we hoisted our large I 1 one on the liberty pole I jat at te temple aple block blick in great Salt Lake city the artillery I 1 sal saluted it with ont one hundred rounds rammed home the first actual appearance among us by personal representative 1 rita tive of the government majesty of the mr united t states state was the arrival of no 1 as above which came as much as half a year vear after the ath of june I 1 think with a limited limbed amount of personal luggage and put up at a boa ding house on the outskirts of the town resorted to by traders and carr carriers passing I 1 through the s settlement elt lement we welcomed this from our hearts we did not firo the cannon at it having saved this honor for our count rys standard or its enemies nor did we attend to appearances as well as the french who made ready for eor their king kin g by putting white k d gloves on the guide posts lingers fingers and a clean trean car cambric abric ruffled shirt and silk S stockings 1 on the body of a criminal hanging in iu irons irons 21 our means 1 sl aft after er all were limited but we cordially did our bet best As it was the chief justice numbers of us paid him our respects and though our calls were not re returned birned proceeded ded to get up af after ter our custom a hall ball in his roe honor X A paragraph or two descriptive of this entertainment 3 wai w 11 ll not be out of place I 1 ace b hei ew if it gives you an idea of our humble but hearty early E fashions about two and a half miles from the site of our f future 1 iture temple out of the base of what we call ensign mountain a big toe of the wahsatch Wah satch range gush up a rumber number of hot springs various various in in quality and temperature pera grature era ture of which one in particular has a constant head tead strong enough to work a fulling mill this we have conducted in in pine logs to a large rge house in the city suburbs and provided provided there the tubs and other requirements for tae the most luxurious artificial bathing though at the charge of 1 a month per family it has become a place of frequent resort for our whole population and as with mormons cormons Mor mons society and festivity go hand iri in hand this concourse has led to the erection of additional buildings including besides a ballroom ball room two parlors for eb cob aud and party uppers suppers ac adda famous big double kitchen to cook up the good things in to this rath bath house we invited judge brandebury our libus hours bein beine jearly ariy at salt lake we sent the governors eludes ca niage for him at three ali m the afternoon af teril ool but dressings dres singo r something else detained him till civo div shortly after anich tie he arrived thi the guests were ahen sometime semb ted tickets had bad only been waw rasa to our oar nicest people and I 1 will say it a prettier com coni pany no honest bonest iia mannot inot a fo fop p would have asked to meet orchestral symphony brother spen I 1 I 1 L I 1 I 1 1 eer cei ll 11 by his bis office ace jai ade nt of bf the st stake lik e 1 ope opened with an ail appropriate prayer and quadrilles commenced judge brandebury took the corner at filst but some of our ladies making true womans comans account of the miss kiss Nancyi Nancy ism sur of a draped up old bachelor that t showed he be had sat a good deal deaf in the shade took i pains with him and thomb though a little piqued at first we soon got ot him up and nude ma e him excited he danced 1 with W mrs and mrs again with mrs and mrs and finally left lef t them all real leal old bachelor fashion alopay 0 o pay it his 15 exclusive attentions to that sweet young lady with the wreath of roses rose I 1 round her hei head thus describing ng little miss sarah badi badlam baalam I 1 am aped aged perhaps thirteen be the same more or less supper was announced at seven the ladies I 1 and gentlemen sat down r governor young 1 at the head of brie one of the tabes tab cs with judge brandebury opposite him our leau leati i g confectionery consisted aisted of roast beef roast MUIL aunon chickens roast and boiled boded veal roast pig wild fowl bear meat and gabne pie pie helped through 11 with garden gaiden truck and abuce b pies pie puddings preserves presen es pumpkin butter b itter and other home ome dainties daintie not so well known in in these parts and ov and sardines in in cans from the east for drink we had bad our own brew of porter and ale which I 1 could not recommend as it tastes like one part of the larger article to three of water and for brande burys special use champagne wine wine from the grocery from supper we went into the dancing again aam and kept it up with spirit until near two in in the morning the hai handing aling round at twelve e of ref esh ments consisting of ice ice creams cake pie nuts and beverages being the only interruption till the benediction and final dismissal cism asal to home A similar re reception was given div en to judge snow an and d his lady no 2 anti and mr and mrs harris hams no 4 who arrived out together I 1 think the of july and they were equally pleased with our rath bath house balls mrs harris w who a danced with the governor go emor 0 once ince I 1 recollect and with a will too loo always being acx anxious ous t to 0 be heard saying stange people eist know so little of the mormons cormons to think of being so refined and so peaceful and enjoying eno ying themselves so well fairand fair and softly aly goes f ass az in in a day perhaps though if called upon af after ter tins this we might have said that we had not unmixed cause to be pleased with aur oui new officials official their speech and conduct somehow on lebow from fi oin the first created and spread spi ead the ims impression that they wanted to get extra advantage out of us they complained not without reason of the lown lowness essof of their salaries and it was intimated to some that a vote by bursel ourselves of a certain increase inci ease would be agreeable they would not organize court or go to work but an ill example tv to our youth livid lived indolent together in in their boarden bo ardin houses day after day the only utterly idle persons in in our whole community yet at the same time they 1 assumed airs a rs and graces and various various manners of if com condescension I and superiority in in which rest assured they nude made a very great mistake it is is an error the prevalent opinion that we adiv al cleanse the nasal orifice with the big b g toe and make te tea arith with holy water we have ha e am among ong us worn women ell who play i on the piano and mix mix french with then their talk and men who like tight boots and who think morr of ohp the grammar than the meaning of what they are saying and who would ask nothing better than to be fed by other peo people ve fr for squaring circles and writing wilting dead lansi ages aj all I 1 t then air lives albeit we vie would not give one good gunsmith app apprentice rentice for the whole efthem of them and though we are als all out and out democrats democrat in spirit and in in substance I 1 stan ce we have plenty of the lia had d to comb curly pates gates of people of the baying raying sabina is is true that that we ha aye e seen pen better days so that if there is is anything that thai we cando can do it is is to take the measure of sham half cut p pretensions re tensions and write wi ite diwi then their true fizur figures es e was one personal of judge brandebury I 1 am sure was as much remarked upon with us as it could be anywhere even the boardinghouse boarding beai ding house folks were not content with it affect in things about thee cleanliness clein liness that all may gladly board thee as a friend may I 1 hope yo your I 1 ir readers understand 9 you see with our score of spring I 1 streams rushing M thi through o 11 u the city plat our nr fresh water lakes our hot springs baths balits and joi jet dan river more cleansing than abana and rivers rivers of damascus we think so much ot of washing P and soap is is not very dear with us ua either and we read the scriptures including zechariah in iii 3 and 4 where we are tair taught gitt that the ae angel would riot not speak with joshua before e he changed his linen and whistle that shirt shi rt the judge judg e had on at our of july celebration we did out oui best to mate make a dignity figure of him was the greatest it came about as near to being the great unwashed now asbed considering in I 1 there were ladies present it was on the whole I 1 may y say the most disrespectful III ever seen at a celebration the judge never stirred out without h s big umbrella not so much to keep the sun off but to hide bide out 1 people ople on account of his being ahn sh but after this 1 whenever 1 ar never he was seed seen dragging about un ler it it used to 10 be the joke that he be was afraid of rain lain water eel tin in on to that s shirt hirt but of cour course se tin n notice was taken of such tri trifle fies and