Can  any  one  doubt  that  these  men,  the  rulers,  are  keeping
up  this  delusion  for  the  sake  of  perpetuating  their  own
power  ?

Again,  we  find  a  large,  industrious,  frugal  community
toiling  on  their  farms,  paying  into  the  public  treasury  one
tenth  of  all  their  productions,  often  called  upon  to  con-
tribute to  public  improvements,  and,  besides  this,  heavily
mortgaged  in  person  and  property  to  pay  off  all  the  ex-
penses of  emigration  and  settlement.  I  have  heard  a  great
deal  said  about  the  benevolence  of  the  Mormon  authorities
in  bringing  these  poor  people  from  distant  parts  of  the
world  and  settling  them  upon  comfortable  farms,  but  lib-
erality is  one  of  the  last  ideas  that  have  been  entertained
in  connection  with  the  matter.  Every  cent  is  charged  to
the  emigrant,  and  must  be  paid  with  enormous  interest,  so
that  it  is,  in  reality,  a  grand  money-making  system.  This
is  proved  from  the  fact  tliat  the  rulers  of  tliis  people  are
rolling  up  large  fortunes,  A  great  portion  of  the  people's
money  goes  into  the  public  treasurj^,  but  not  one  of  the
people  knows  what  becomes  of  it  after  that.  There  are
pretended  financial  reports,  but  no  auditors.  Brigham
Young  snaps  his  fingers  in  the  face  of  his  inferior  ofiicers,
and  asks  them  if  they  have  confidence  in  him  ;  and  when
they  reply,  as  they  must,  that  they  have  confidence,  he  tells
them  that  is  enough.  Faith  is  all  that  is  necessary.  Brig-
ham  Young  is  immensely  %vealthy,  and  lives  like  a  prince.
