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Show J I ON. J O II X TA Y LO ltS ' MXTIl LiriTEIt. "BLOOD ATONEMENT." MOUNTAIN MEADOW MASSACRE. POTTER AND ROBINSON MURDERS. Salt F.k? City, April 10, 1874. Fditor Jim 14: : e.tpsed a good many of' t? e acts and cloin- - of individual and courts, it may uot be improper, now, lo examine ooinc of the allegations mad against us, tis Latter-da'aints, or Mormons. For if our sytem will not hi and li e most An I have y I earchirg and ecathing investigation, it t nut worth having or itdbering to has a tendency lo brighten metals, and I he most intense application of (ire only tecds t purify gold. At-fnii- on I hive Vm akcd byp.irtiea, "Do you believe in ihe doctrine of 'Blood Atonement' as quoted from sotne discourse delivered by Presidents Young and Grant in the Tabernacle, and as represented by a clique of memorialists here! I do mot assuredly believe in the doctrine an preached by our Presidency; lit not as af plied by these taid memorialists. Tli e doctrinu enunciated there is a part of our fiiili, and it made no secret of. Theee discourses were proclaimed t puMic, to assembled thousands, and were afterwards published to the world We believe with other peoples an ' nations lli:il there are crimes for which kick ought to die. We believe, moreover, thut when Saints commit certain crimes, and are convicted thereof before a proper tribunal, the right way o do jt is by the died ling &f their blood; and that, it is much belter for them thus to atvu, or expiate their guilt for their sins in this world, than to rush into the eternal wotli without. But we do not propose Jo be their executioners; and hence our Legislature, prelictel upon this i'den, paused a l.w giving a convicted criminal adjudged worthy of ilea) h, the cuoice of being beheaded, shot or huug fcej 121, p CI., Lain of Utah. Men have different ideas about in this Country and in L'ng-lu- n l, men adjudged worily of death are strangled by hanging. In France they use the guillotine. In China they chop off their heals as Ihey formerly did lo political offenders in England; the latter class of men in Japan have the privilege ui uuimiiHiing nan-naAs citiiens of the United States, we submit to the laws of the land. In the Hook of Doairina and Covenants, page 120. we 'have the following: "And it ball come lo pass, that it any person among you shall kill, they shall be delivered up, and dealt with according to the laws ef the land; and if a man or woman shall rob he or she shall be up unlo the laws ef ihe land; and if be or she shall steal, he or she ahall be delivered up to the laws of the pun-ianme- Lnd." It would I penny-a-liner- di-cd-s to-da- cool-blood- be better for some convicted criminals thus to die; to others it would be of uo benefit. Jesus speaks of some 'that bave no forgiveness, neither in this, world nr in the world which is to owe" TLey have conspired to shed innocent blood, er consented thereto.'' These .mm know what it means; ihey carry it about with them, and feel it in their bone. They cannot repent. 1'Aul says it it "impossible to renew them la , repentance.", They would like again to glee H over with the dental' "of the utonetneti', infidelity, spiritualism, or but the spirit won't stay anything laid; it haunts them, as the ghost did Hamlet; like the Buddhists the Chinese worshipers of the God Fo. iheir greatest hope would be annihilation, nouentity, or eternal oblivion; but they can't get it. The worm has commenced to gnaw; it is making its ravages; it ''never dies." They cannot shake off the eternity. It is written in living words as of fire, "neilh-- r iu this world, neither in the world to el-- secrets; are the abve mentioned all rascals? Why does not everybody tell everybody else all they know I God and his church have heir secrets, and Me says "The secret of the Lord is with them that fear Him." Psalms XXW 14. Daniel say, "And the vision of the morning and of the evening is true, therefore shnl thou up tht virion ; for it shall be for many days.' Daniel VIII, 20; again, "But thou, O Daniel, hiU up the wordt, and teal the book, even to the time of the end." Daniel XI., 4. Again, "Seal vp Utoxe thiinjn which the eeven thunders bave uttered, arid write them not."' Revelations X, 4. Paul tells us that "he saw things which toerettot law ful fur men to utter." Well, why don't you tell them? Ask the same of the Freemasons, the Oddfellows, the Druids, the Grangers and others. I should ay, go to the Lord und ask him for the reasons, you have the same chance thut 1 have. Why did you not answer distinctly and categorically some1 questions put by gome priests in Bologne, France, and tell all.vou knew ? Simply becautse I did not think proper. I now come to the Investigation of a subject hat has been harped upon for thy last seventeen years, vi. : The Mountain Meadow massacre.. That bloody tragedy has been the chief etuck iniraJe for the above named time, fur the press and pulpit.who have gloated in turns, and by chorus, over Ihe sickening details. Do you deuy it 7 No. Do you excuse it ? No. T litre is no excuse for tucli a relentless, diabolical; SHUguiuary deed. Thut outrageous infamy is looked upon with as much abhorrence by our people as by uny oiher parties, in this nation or in the world; and at its first announcement its loathing recital chilled the marrow and sent a thrill of horroi through the breasts of the listeners. It was most certainly a horrible deed; and like tnany other defenceless tragedies, it is one of ttiose things that cannot be undone. The world is full of of crime and darkness; and a question of. en arises, who is responsible therefor? It is usual to blame the perpetrators. It does not seem fair lo accuse n.nions, States and communities for deeds perpetrated by some of its citizens, unless they uphold it. The British nation, abhor and revolt at the idea of their commander, in India, tying Sepoys to the mouths of their cannon and tiring them off. The trench nation shudder at Ihe refined cruelty and barbarity of their military commander in Algiers, in smoking to death, in caves, large numbers of their enemies, including men, wonen and children. All honorable Americans repudiate with disdain tlie horrible butchery of .Mormon men, women and children at Haua's Mill in Missouri, as the ' present governor does the desperate outlawry, the murder and anarchy that exist, and which be confesses himself unable to control. Tbe Bender case is horrible affair; who, is to blame T," The n murder of Joseph aud Smith in Carthage 'jail, Illinois, under the pledge of protection from Governor rord forllieir safety, was an I know myoutrage upon fliviUratioa self what it is to be riddled with balls, in tbe last uamed case. Who among these were, brought to justice? Mr. Seward, in speaking of the Japsness warfare, says, "Do not the records of l war on our contain a melancholy catalogue of similar crimes ? Are uot lli pages whick. record Napoleon's great campaigns, sullied by deeds alike unworthy of our race!". Page UO,' W. 11. '.' v !, i, ., . ... Seward t Trawls. : . Ills said that the viotims of the Mountain Meadow massacre committed every kind of outrages, in their travels through ihe seltlemeuit;that they robbed hen rousts, stole cattle and sheep, walls, aud that they threaten to e; lly-rui- . , , : own-soi- . . poi-souc- d takj their women and children soma dutance, and then return and spoil and destroy the Mormons. This I only bave from statements made by men living on come." It wauld'haWbeen better that their IfBrofnraTeL'lttrsalilTnatUn a "millstone had been hanged about or twelve Indians werev killed by eating their necks, and that they w ere drowned beef poisonid bylihejiit.ituuLthis and Jfhe'ificeriiV other acts enraged Ihe Indians, who iuV.tS ; depths if be sea tiou of the law by killing would do them followed them for near 100 miles no good; that can't atone; they are not th,ir, force as.t,bey wJut, asd ineant. Jude speaks if such as being eventually it culminated in their attack clou s wiihout water, carried about of upon them; aadnluiir massacre. That winds; trees whose fruit withered) with-o- any white man could be found to embark l is f. dJ'gv'co l& humanity. I dd fruit, twice dead, plucked up" by the roots; raging waves of Ihe sea, foaming not knW4t; ill art afraid ' that some m ttjeir own shame; wsuderlngsiArs.te did; but being done, what then? who is wuoinlsVescrved the blackness of Jarkl responsible? Why some say ihe Morness for ever." (.hide I, li, 13.) Peter mon (jssBtnunity. ' Not quite so ftet by calls them "wells without water; clouds the tame reason! England, France,1 Misthat are carried w tu a tempest;to whom souri, .Illinois and tbe United States the mist of darkness a reserved for must be held amenable for the acts above ever." ' (2 IVt. 11. 17.) stated..,, Let uj. calmly and deliberately Let me here say to my brethren, as examine tbe - facts-i- n the case.' This did Peter and Jitda to thisc characters horrid butchery took place on tbe, then, in tbeifday:' Beware of Ihem.'" for extreme, limits of,, pur Territory .Ja fact wbila tbey speak "great pwrlliag wrds outside of all our then 'settlements; upof vanity, and promise liberty, they wards of three hundred miles from Salt thcinselves are the sctvauts fcf ' eorrup-lion.- " Lake City., It was commenced and almo-- t exclusively 'carried out by Indians, acI am teked, "IIve yon not secrets cording to the best information we can Ves. get It must also b remembered that smorig'you that you de not tell !' There are many principles that I be litis horrid butchery took place at the JiAve iu that 1 cauaot tell; not because time of what is known as the Mormon war.' Governor Young, it is tm, was tbey are wrong, unjust, wicked or but simply because it is for- then in office, but before that difficulty bidden. Tberw is- nothing hew in this. was adjusted, Pmideut Buchanan seut States Lave .heir secret.) Our- own out two peace commissioners, vix. Senate and Cabinet have their secret Powell of Kentucky, and Msessions. As a believer in Freemasonry ajor' Ben. McCullough of Tuxas, accomI could not divulge some things; as a panied by Governor Curamiug, who Mormon I eould not divulge some others, saperseded Governor Young, aud was diplomats, police, corporations, mer- installed ia bis office "before the difficulchants, manufactories, companies, fami- ties which then agitated t,h. Territory , all have their were' settled.' 8ituate4' at GcSerno lies, doctors, lawjers, ut in-i- , . - - Young was then, with a tbreatensng army en ur, frostier, it was an iaipoHsir bility for him to attend to an affair distant three hundred miles in another direction. It is very evident, tbere'ore, that Gov. Cumming was the proper administrative officer to at'end to this matter. I bave frequently asked, as others have, why was it not done t Wh) was such an infamy permiued to go un-- ,, punished?, In a conversation wjih Hon.. Ueorue Peacock, of rj.m Pe e County, he, iu presence of kevcrul oltit-rsinformed me that the prosecuting attorney hud told him, in answer lo a similar that he "hud written to the Attorney-- ' General of the United States for on this point, and had. been told not to nipve in the matter.", prowere instituted t. Piovo, anil ceedings ' were progressing favorably When that mad cap Judge Cradlvlmngh broke them calling for n ini.itary.. poese; aud uby wbos-ill advised proceedings and extrajudicial acts entirely frustrated the ends of justice. The following iett'eT from President Young, to a prominent Cabinet officer, under date of May-211872, will throw light on this subject ; "In 1858, when Alf'ed Cumming was Governor of Utah Terrjtory, I pledged myself lo lend him and the court every in my pqwer in..nien and assistance ' means, to thoioughly investigate the Mountain Meadow massacre aud bring, it poiiile, the guilty parties to justice. That offer 1 have .made again and agaju und although it has n t yei beeti accepted, 1 have neither doubt nor fear that the perpeti atom of thut tragedy will But fending an meet their just reward. armed force is not the best means of the ends of justice, although it may serve an excellent purpose in exciting ' popular clamor against the 'Mormons "In 18o9 Judge Crodlebangh employed a military force lo attempt the arrest He engaged of those alleged criminals. in all about four hundred men, some one hundred of whom were civilians, reand oththieves, puted gamblers, er camp followers who were doubtless intended for jurors; (as bis Associate Judge Eccles had just dnae in auother district;) but these accomplished absolutely uo'hing, further than plundering hen roosts, and rendering themselves obnoxious lo the citizens on thoir line of march. Bad Judge Cradlebaugh, iustead of peremptorily dismissing his grand jury and c tiling for thai military posse, al lowed the investigation in the Mountain Meadow massacre to proceed. ! have the authority of Mr Wilsou, U. S- Prosecu-linAttorney, for sajing the investigation was proceeding satisfactorily, and I firmly, believe if the county sheriffs, whose legal duty it was to make arrests, had been lawfully directed to serve the processes, that they would have per formed theii duty and the accused would bave been brought, to trial. Instead of honoring the law, Judge Cradlebaugh took a course to screen offender', who could easily hide from such a posse, under the justification of .avoiding a trial hv a court martial. "It ia now fourfeen years Mnce ihe tragedy was euaeted, and toe courts have never tried to prosecute the accused, although some of the judges, like Judge Hawley, have uied every opportunity to charge the crime upon prominent raen iu Utah and influence public opinion against our community.''1 "'.; As slated above, this thing has passed on from year to your,-- until, in view of this and other things, it baa become Ihe settled opiniou of iiine-- f enMis of "th s community, lhat some of the officers care not bow much .crime is perpetrated and that they will .nof. prosecute it provided they cannot fasten it upon Brigbani Young1 and other innocent mn. Again I askw-bis re.po'nible? ' Gov.' Doty, a verylamiable gentleman, followed Gov. Gov.'s Harding, Cuiupiing; then cm Durkee, Shaffer and Woods. These men hiive all bad their Attorneys. Ma'rshals, and all the paraphernalia 'of Judge-,-' justice'- hy, I ask again., have :they done, nothing in this matter ? President Young, as shown, was not in a position to'd6 any thing as Govefiiof;' he cd'utd do nothing, only in the capacity of President of the church' and' by moral suasion; this he has offered ( de as above stated without effect.. It is wjth por grace, that'our very moral reformers, accuse Prr'sideril Yotitig 6f dereliction of duty. What of all those-- other Governors,; who., possess the power and Ihe right?. What of all the Attorneys. and Judges from that time to (he present? Is there no responsbility resting upon them? Are they not sent here to see the laws executed?,. If not, what did Ihey come for? Ihe general idea Is held out that Territories are not supposed to have among'' them persons Capable to administer law and justice, aud thetore wiser, better and, more capable men are sent. Wby don't these !" men do their duty ? ' '' , - i e , ' i tur-theri- g - ; little beyei.4 the proper Jjoand, ."" ir with this? Tbey were killed by a posse summoned by the then acting Governor vf Utah,. Fr.uk Fuller, while serving a writ of halea corpun, issued by thief Justice Kinney. These men had resisted the officers for three dsys, firing upon them from a fort during that time and one named killing two of the posse,the is object of What Smith. Jaivl What about statements? such milking the horrid trageJy and violence perpe, whose death was trated on Mrs. caused by, the revolting ads of. a gag,9f miserable hounds? There were, as rewho par ported, from fifteen to twenty and inhuman in this infamy, ticipated is Tiiere nothing rested. only two ai done with the o'bys. while 11 kins could be placed in a military prison Tor Sheriff sleeping with his own wife, and anothhonorable an gentleman, Burton, er Mormon, could be indicted by a p icked a jury of Gentiles for the killing of an man offwhile 'performing in above as icial duty, under the direction, slated, of the Governor and Chief Justice of the Territory. Such is life in and a sbsrrt confinement in jtil er sufficient lo make them understand ' ot of breaking the law,, . them that respect for statutes and crd" ances which they d not, at IU:CotKUi.G. Messrs, Rors nil Dodge, the brakesmen who were ini, . by accidents on the C. P., were takeu , Sacramento Hospital, last w learn from Mr. Harry Beanett, thHl ' are finely. Rogers expects to ke!! and Dodge's injuries are f,j, disappearing. They both anticipate men again, befu mg sound, loug. Mueh praise was accorded tobr T. E. Broun, of this city,' w ho attended on these men by the faculty at Sacra, mento, lor his skill and judicious traU 1 ls : We frequently hear of Isaac-- Potter - and Dr. Robinson. The first was a notorious criminal, who bad seven or eight times been convicted or crime, and at last met Lis death, as. alleged, at the hands of outraged citizens, not because be was a dissenting Mormon, as alleged by certain memorialists, but a pestilent horse thief. And the case of the latter has been most rigidly examined by Fed eral Judges, and the ruost disreputable means resorted 'to.' as before stated, to implicate innocent Mormons in the our i , der; but without effect. W are again told of th Morrisite af fair, .What hate, tbe .Mormons to do - Coing his arm. 1 able-bodie- self-defenc- e, d m'ent. UtiVli. here to thank Permit; for furnishing me so much additional evlence, confirmatory of th,e authenticated s'utein.'nts made, and for their propositions to furnish more. But let die say that l care nothing for the personalities of the parties concerned, most of whom And I don't know, nor cure to know. that while I have been obliged., to open public records that 1 would rather have remained closed, and to give unimpeuch able testimony, iu regard to the ucts aud doings of men, that it has simply been in defence of an insulted and outraged public, against the plotiiuas and calumnies of an unscrupulous jing; and, further more, while I am aware that it is not pleasant for parties implicated to bave their records unfolded, 1 do not propose to argue with recorded felons, nor to handy words with men who, while they make the most mendacious and unsupported assertions, are afraid or ashamed to give their names. Ilespeetfully, etc., ,, me -i Kill Them Ofv. Salt LakisluiT on the dog question, and has made pro. vision to dispose of unlicensed und Un. collared canines Something 0f same kiud should bo done in Ogden. The ordinance ij a dead let. ter. It should, be made alive, aud i!jia many useless dog would be dead. The with them. At oi city is over-rubouse on the bench there are five vc!p. ing, snarling, ugly curs that will bliui up and bite. Where are the sausag dog-liceu- Good vor Uncle Jambs. Mr. Jamtt Browning, on old resident of tbi city, who is f.ist approaching the threescore nud ten, supposed to, bo the orthodox general limit of hum an life, and who has been in feeble health for lime, was revive! in spirit and gladden ed in countenance by the birth of a bouncing boy last Saturday moroinj. Mother and son fseling fine, and the old man as lively as a lark. Contiuued to the old gentleman aud tin old John Tatlok. ii LOCAL ITEMS. t Monday Weather. 13i Daily of April threat Cool, cloudy and se G. iuc-ce- ss ening to rain. Occasional short sbowers lady, too. with a little hail. Business weather just ds cool, but too The Bkxdkrs. Old man Bender has quiet for storms or a rush of anything when a aolitaryj become desjcodeotr- - It is expected that except be will make a confession, when visited customer comes to tne counter. store-keepe- rs T1IK AMERICAN SARD1NK CO'i fardinen, mre much iotter,' and loo half th eont ot' imported twiuf. BONK-LK.S.- 1 than U-l- j TJy letter to Elder the Joseph F. Smith announces his arrivaf In Liverpool, after a pleasant and prosperous voyage, on the 21st of March. Elder Theurer missed going on the "Idaho," but was lo follow' on the "Manhattan." Arrived is Esglasb -- Deseret Xews, by Prof. Maeser, so says the Xewi, and and advised fo give some clue, if he were innocent, by which his innocence could be made plain, 'he shed tears Fear and despondency' are the prevailing sentiments on his mind. The young" man arrested as John Ben der, protests his innocence,' says bis name is- Charles Miller, his served it Camp Douglas, and in Major Wheeler's expedition deserted from thelatter,mr. ried and settled in Sanpete county. He in Capt, has been rccognited as a command." IltraU the Gor(iOD. says He will be detained until ihe facts are ' - BorsD'OvtR. llanks,' who shot Mes- cal, at Sandy, was examined before Jus- lice Harrison, last b.iturdny, aud teund over to appear for trial, .before the Pro- established. bate Court of Salt Lake. The bonds were fixed at $1,000, and not.being able in o obtain tbetn, he was detained 'in Obiluarj. '. cus-tod- .. y. ' . o Mar-Marsbv- pregetlL teitain. 'BrACiirtL. MrV Harry Bennkf.'jiist in from California, informs ns that tne country west of the Sierra Nevada looks perfectly 'lovely", 'dreen grass a'foit high, grain" cbmiDg up, flowers bloom-irii- r. teeelables ready for the table,' and ' the w hole1, 'country ' smiling with "the Ll beauty of matured tprlng. -- , f. Ml Ili-i- ' I"1.' . With deep regret, we" announce ti death' of' an old friend, a respected a Useful man: Uobert L. Campbell breathe'd h'ts,; Mat iu this world, Sa'l Lake City,' on Saturday morning, the 1 1th 'instl. at four "o'clock Robert' Lahg Campbell was born t Kilbarchan; Renfrewshire, Scotland, on the'' 21st of Jnne, 1S25."1 He jct'ned the Church of Jesus ChHst, of Latter-da' Saints, in 1811, 'and became a sincere and able advocate of 'its doctrines."' I fo' 1811, he" emigrated Ib'ttauvoo,1 and to tbt llowed tbe Church in the " ; y " ' i 'I IS .ti'l, Quorum. The )4;h Quorum of Seventies will meet .next Sunday, April lUth, in the. Second Ward school house, at p.m.; and regular meetings of the Quorum will be held thereafter on the third Sunday in every month, at the : same time and place. , , , oItu t , , ' ' " ' Jus ThomsqV. Prest. t SptExnin Wobk. Mr. Van Kensellaer is now prepared tp deliver the Fifth Volume of the new "American Cyclopae' We have seen a specimen' copy, dia, an4 pronounce it' fully up to the standard of the prospectus. This is a magnificent work;' it 'is a' whole V'bVary in itself, is thoroughly reliable, and those who contribute to th revised" edition are writers in the front rank of current ' ; literature: j "' journey mountains. In the ymr 1850. he went ft on a tftisjion lo.hianativ land,-anwith four years, labored assiduously and good effect in. the ministry. For many years he wfote in the. Historians Office, and. acted as Superintendttof Scho' for tbe Territory, and a a, Director of d i , the Dessret Agricultural aud Society. In al of these, jositioul he worked with hearty ical, and ade1? exfor . the .. public good, and .his, efforts tended t,o every part of the Territory, - Manufne-turin- g . . u. -- : : l ti v...it iu .11. nnr- pub11M9 voiun imi uciu not t li halls, and his eountoaaDojB.is faniili' n hone,l to the entire. people. H was upright, ., faithful man,' and fw sally respected. Lie leaves a large ily, who have the sympathy of.'"11? thousands of loving friends of the oe" , uivf ' a ' Lksso.v. There are some ceased..., '.,-wlio in & this need the lty, rowdy boys The funeral took place yesterday, special attention of the officers of the . p.m. tU law. Taking gates off their hinges and "Blessed are the dead,;that die a with private property! a interfering XVast . . . , 1 , . . |