DAILY NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Dec. 16, 1857

* Mormons - Mormonism 
* Bleeding Kansas 

 Page 3 has a report "From  Utah" which notes in part: "...The attitude of the Mormons is peculiarly hostile and threatening...Brigham Young...had distinctly avowed his determination to destroy provisions & forage and lay the Territory waste rather than permit the entrance of the troops..." with more.
Page 3 also has: "From California" which includes some news from Utah: "...the saints are more violent than ever, and, to judge by their harangues in the pulpit, are determined to show fight..." with more.
Then also: "Kansas Affairs" which takes most of a column with details on "Bleeding Kansas".
Four pages, large folio size, nice condition. Folder size noted is for the issue folded in half.

Background: This December 16, 1857 issue of the Daily National Intelligencer serves as a profound historical lens, capturing the United States at a critical moment of domestic fracturing as it faced simultaneous crises of federal authority in both Utah and Kansas. The twin reports detailing Brigham Young’s scorched-earth defiance against advancing federal troops and the fiery pulpit rhetoric of the "Saints" highlight the peak of the Utah War, a direct armed confrontation over local versus federal sovereignty. Concurrently, the extensive "Kansas Affairs" column chronicles the bloody, fraudulent climax of the Lecompton Constitution controversy, a localized proxy war over the expansion of slavery. The ultimate significance of these events appearing side-by-side in a major capital newspaper is that they collectively demonstrate how the fabric of the American Union was unraveling on multiple fronts just three years before the Civil War. While the Utah War tested the limits of Washington's ability to enforce federal law in distant territories, "Bleeding Kansas" pushed sectional animosities past the point of political compromise, signaling to a panicked nation that the fragile mechanisms of popular sovereignty were rapidly giving way to open violence and systemic collapse.