| Show nebraska and the mormons cormons Mor mons lorin miller on his fathers ade s de is of scotch irish origin his great grandfather moses miller hav having 9 emigrated to america ili in tile the ca early I 1 part of the eighteenth century and an settled in isow inow hampshire his Is son moses miller jr emigrated to benning bennington ton vermont and soon after alter the close of tile the revolutionary war removed to otsego county new york where he died at the age of eighty one years ezekiel miller was the youngest of five sons in the family of moses miller jr john the oldest boy of thin this family served through the tile revolutionary war and claimed that ho he was in the french and indian war and also served in the tho war of 1812 ho was known through the colonies by the name of whispering john on account of his loud trombone voice he was several times taken prisoner and in command of a hundred picked men drove the indians from their ambush at the battle of lundys lundyy lane ezekiel was wag a farmer having settled in otsego county with his father rather ho he married ili in 1791 a miss babcock and in a short time moved to madison county where lie ho met with financial ali reverses and in 1799 removed lo 10 oneida where lorin miller millen the subject of this sketch was born january 1800 ezekiel die dle died la in oneida oueida county in 1836 at the rge of seventy four years lorin followed the occupation of his WE father during his early manhood and having received the tho advantages of our liberal educational institutions devoted a portion ot of his time to teaching civil engineering merchandising izing ac in 1824 he married miss IN Torilla morilla haskins the daughter ora ofa of a massachusetts farmer she died in 1854 mr miller lived in oneida county until 1848 when lie he started west but made no permanent settlement until october 19 1854 when he be located in omaha Ne nebraska brasta brasca where he ha has remained until the present time he is 18 no seeker but has been forced into the position of justice of the peace which lie has lias several times resigned 0 and for two years served tile tiie peo people peoples pleas as mayor of the city during his residence in omaha he has been engaged principally in real estate dealings in government surveying chiv civil it edginee engineering rin etc he is esnow isnow now president of the brady mining company owning shares in eight or ten min mining claims in utah territory in ehg the fall and early winter of 1871 he spent several weeks in salt lake attending to liis his mining interests and studying the institutions of mormonism now the absorbing theme all over the landon tandon land on account of the raid mid by the tiie united states courts on the institution ution of polygamy the following pungent 0 sentiments are from his own pen and will convey a better idea of his estimate of tho the peculiar institution 1 ast tullon than any version we could possibly give mr miller says billave 1 I have havo been acquainted with mormons cormons more than for forty ty years and have taken pains to learn their ways and character I 1 have lave read their writings and listened to many discourses delivered by mormon elders with great satisfaction I 1 have read and heard of bad deeds such as 03 thefts robberies and murders committed by the mormon people in missouri 1111 illinois flois and utah but no court of record in the two first f named states shows ab aws a conviction for crime yet purely for their religion were they mobbed robbed of their money household furniture cattle hogs horses fowls women stripped of clothing wedding rings earrings ear rings and other jewelry men merl robbed of their clothing an ana nna d even the boots and shoes they tiley wore oil on their feet and in this situation driven from missouri to illinois by an all infuriated set of reverend bigots and lazy scoundrels for no cause save the religion they believed and practiced they were reestablished and alid as by a miracle flourished in nauvoo when again in 1847 for the same reason these people herfa wera murdered robbed and again driven from their homes and u at last took refuge further from civilization thai any other people that then existed emt estabi estaba Est abl abi in utah again gods goals ble bie blessing restored them to prosperity anu und happiness liap but orthodox piety with a large sprinkling of political chicanery mingled with psalm singing and praying m y f igie have haxe b e again pounced upon this a afflicted fal ta people under the auspices of x anything but states men thoroughly corrupted and ready to seize upon any and every opp opportunity opportune ety ity that offers tu to hide bide the real object of these connectors of immoral practices of a people who ahu have shown the world a secret lift hitherto herto unknown to it of honest obedience to the requirements of their religious faith proved by the r works in buil bull building dink dind up a great community with less crime and evil practices than any other community known to civilization but say this tilis jumble of piety M and ana political trickery this people practice polygamy and must bu be put down and to do this laws are perverted averted the worst of the class of drunken rascals appoint appointed edw edl as s united states attorneys by a bigoted judge juries are packed and the farce of trial enacted to convict in my recent visit to utah I 1 have seen abandoned women convicted of prostitution released from imprisonment by a political tool called a judge by the operation of the writ of habeas corpus in derision of the tho fact that prostitution is not tolerated by the latter day saints mits fits nor ever has been in utah until approved and cherished by the united states administrators of the tho law jaw it is appalling to witness tile the doings of the law officers of this once glorious government stooping to the lowest pet dragging drog ging qui gui blesin in their persecuting ting zeal to destroy or drive ut a people who have lave built up a reat and puro community for no cause but that of being a religious people differing diU ening ering from their own A people who hail bail ad not known know n a pauper or a beggar 0 a house of 0 or r a gambling den or a drinking saloon these bigots and poll poli gamblers and wicked men cannot must not succeed these of mr miller are not without foundation the mormons cormons have been shamefully created by those who could take lessons of virture and morality from despised polygamists the truth of history will reveal the fact that mormons cormons are more sinned against than sinning and those vh who dare to give utterance to the truth in defiance of sectarian prejudices of the ag age ge wil will be looked upon as precious jewels in the historians crown A few words in reference to brigham young may not bo be out of p place lace in n 1846 the mormons cormons w were ere d driven rive b by y persecution from illinois late liate in the fall they tiley started on their tedious journey over tile the wild prairies of f tile the west without money and poorly clad t they y iye ive were re approaching the missouri river at saint marys opposite bellevue in a suffering feri ferl condition Brig Brigha hain tn young sent word to peter A sarpy asking advice and protection from the native tribes while ho he was contemplating what to do with a horde of outlaw outlaws fi as he considered them with no means of resistance or self protection he received a see second letter from brigham setting forth more minutely their poverty and the extreme sunn suffering bring of not only the men but the women and chil ren beseeching him to come to their aid the noble impulses of a generous heart were aroused ail ajl lormer former apprehensions fled and ordering a canoe he crossed the river and held heid held heid an interview with the great leader of the latter day saints he found about followers encamped a mile or more from tile the river and the motley crowd of poor sub suT suffering ering humanity disarmed all doubt the doors of his trading post w were ere thrown open fud fod and articles of wearing apparel necessary for their comfort were freely distributed and the great distress of the pilgrims rel rei relieved loved they remained through the winter tile the pi pl boners on nebraska soil and in early spring started on their long and wearisome journey to tait talt lake accompanied on their theli way by general sarpy for two hundred miles up the platte and bid god speed to the land of promise and a place of deliverance from the hands of their enemies thus the whole troop of mormon pioneers were indebted to this generous trader for life safety and comfort abhat what a contrast with the deplorable conduct of modern united states officials but we close this too lengthy sketch with the following brief blo biography of brigham young taken from a pamphlet pamp lilet by W it vaughn brigham young was born in whittingham windham county vermont juno 1 1801 in early life he assisted his bis father to elear clear new land and passed through the hardships incident to the settling a new country his pa parents rents wera were devoted to th the tiro e methodist religion and he was taugh taught t by their examples as is well as precepts to live a strictly moral life about about the age of twenty two he lie joined the methodists he heo spent some home time painting and glazing and also worked as a carpenter in 1832 lie he joined the latter day saints and soon after became an active preacher lle lie ile he perform performed ed many missions dulin during the summers returning in the winter in 1830 joseph oseph smith gave brigham a certificate from which the tile following is extracted from the tile satisfactory evidence which we have of his good moral character and his liis zeal for tile the came cause of righteousness and diligent desiro desire to per to forsake evil and ebbace amb aee ace the truth we confidently recommend him to all candid and up people asa as a worthy member 0 society hoei boci ety 1 he was one of the finst first t apostles chosen in the church in 1840 he be went on a mission to england at the death of joseph smith lie he was sustained as pre president ident of the church when the mormons cormons left illinois ho be led them to Utah where lie he selected the ito ite of salt lake C city 1 he was governor of the ti territory r atory and superintendent of indian ali all airs for about eight years he introduced carding card I 1 ng machines machi macri n es built floering flouring flou ring and grist mills raised orchards vineyards viney aids and made farms and latterly has built extensive woolen and cotton mills he constructed telegraph lines through and graded with the assist ance ince of the people several hundred miles uiles of the union pacific and central pacific railroads he built the utah central and is now aati actively vel vei engaged in constructing the otah utah X southern railroad pen sketches of with photo photographs raphe by A C edmonde edmonds lincoln 1871 |
