The national era. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1847-1860, 1851-07-31

Valley, with their 80 600 Of population, their
order, their discipline, their OBJ diencs to the laws
aud their love Of country, 90 far to dsprove many
Of the assertions of their foes and indicate Flu
ture in the highest degree suspicious and crafty
ingn And the Republic lie alec hearty In the de-
fence Of the Latter Day Saints, so far as the ex-
culpation Of the President requires. That Is, on
all the points In which the appointment would
have involved the President, the Mormons and
Governor Young are clearly and 6uly justified.
On the points which the Republic thinks are no
business Of the Executive, it leaves them to their
luck.
The publication Of the document furnished by
Col Kane to the President, Nth caution which
was some how not respected, affords perhaps, the
most interesting feature of the affair. Ii is an
Address Of the Lstter-Dsy Saints to President
Polk dated on the west bank Of the Missouri
river, near Council Bluffs, Omaha nation, August
9th, 1916, signed by Brigham Yourg, President
Of the Church. Ii meets two of the charges made
In the Buffalo Comrier, to wit: Wholesale abuse
Of the United States and Of our institutionsn and
" Lesguing with the Indians to hsrass our people
on the road to California The address informs
President Polk that the Camp of Israel p in an
swer to his requistion for troops, has furnished
battalion Of FIVE hundred men for the Mexican
service, though it has left five hundred of our
loaded teams standing on the prairies of the Pot
tawattamie and Omaha nation, and nearly as
many families destitute Of their head and guar
dams" Besides this practical proof Of patriotism,
given at the moment Of their gressest snResssx
on the route from Illinois to Deseret the address
contains the strongest expressions Of devotion to
best Government on EARTH and "the Constitu-
ton of the United States as the most precious
amongst the nations
The charge Of " Repeated insults to California
emigrsnts in ls49J50n is oontradicted by the
"Csrds from emgrants, thanking the Camp of
Israel for its hospitality and succor in distress"
Another is, Laying high and unjust taxes
upon men selling property on Salt Lake, Col.
Kane explains this msfter thus The little mu-
nicipsl council Of the Salt Lake City did, at its
first organization, and before the United States
or any other Government had noticed it's exist
Of spirituous liquors within the city bounds.
This tax must have been heavy, too; for e.I 4s-
it was intended to be almost prohibitory-the
Mormons as sect favoring and enforcing temper
dnce measures and doing their best to prevent the
sale Of whiskey to the savages around them. |
have only to say, that if our emigrant citizens
everywhere could be placed under such restraints,
the War Department would hear less of their
suffering from Indian outrages"
The charge of polygamy, or the spiritual-wife
doctrine, made against Gov. Young, is q .tly con-
tradicted by Col Kane as brutal SANDER az
fscting no one 80 much as Mrs. Young and her
family, who are residing now in New England,
and are among its most respectable people.
The list Of offences, nine In number, opened
With murder in Missouri and Illinois, and grew
9adually worse and worse till it climaxed with
this creature Young is an open abuser Of De-
Socracyn For the refutstion of the first charge,
nudge Douglas NOW United States Senator from
hlinois is referred to he presided in the judicial
district which embraced Nauvoo and the Mormon
precinct, and, it is said, will testify that the
criminal charges preferred against the Mormons
lin his district were ignored by the grand juries,
and were foundatonless in fact. The browning
vilany Of abusing Democracy, e the Democratic
party, the Buffalo Courier is particularly happy to
retract for Governor Young seems to turn right
side up in that respect, notwithstanding his ap-
pointment by the Wing Administration.
nero IIes the secret, open enough. Political
power, political consideration, loosens the band.
age from the eyes Of public justice, and the blum
dering hussy begins to see the right and reason
of things, even in reference to the Mormons 1t
is we'll and perhaps it is some sort of right, too
that the world will pay attention to those only
who are Of some account in its affairs Utah will
come Of age soon, and ask her share of the in
heritance with her older sisters; prosperity will
establish her reputation and, in the main, vindi-
cate it. too; for the offences charged against her
people are Of that kind which do not consist with
the public welfare.
Simply as an experiment it is worth to the
world more than the world can possibly suffer by
it, 1t is some sort Of an attempt to inaugurate
some sort of religion in the civil and economical
institutions Of society it is an endeavor to bring
the "higher law" if 1t even be not the highest
notion Of it, into everyday use, and to give it
authority In politics and business, as the way
opens. We are glad the mountains shut them in,
and are contented that they shut them out, too,
till the experiment is tried. New revelations
may do mischief, but they cannot be worse than
denying the old ones. There is some life, and
there may be some use, in q fresh imposture.
Mahometls did we'll when it was new-better
than Judaism when 1t was old-better than the
corpse Of Christianity when its spirit is fed.
Mormon fansticism has proved its pluck-it has
done something Providence has stood BY II, for
1t is brave and strong. 1t has something to do in
the world and If it escapes the blight Of political
snobbery, it may accomplish it, against even
greater faults than 1t is charged with.
P.S. The Republic of the 22i instant copies
Col Kane's publication in the Pennsylpan'an, en-.
tire, and explains the small faults Of its first
article, and puts the President all right in the
matter. But we beg leave to say to the editor
that, IL 1t is all the to him. 1t wouh be re-
lief to the people il he would distinguish little
more clearly between himself and the President
When he talked In his first article, Of Col Kane's
letter Ito us" we imagined the Presidents copy
was followed by the types; but now again we
have "John Jonesn in the Executive boots, for
he says In his last article, the Mormon message
Was placed at our DISPOSAL The "ourn In that
sentence can only represent Mr. Fillmore, If
the fact Is to govern aud il Mr.. Sargent is de-
liberate and positive in his position, he is in
danger Of losing his identity, and his readers are
exposed to the danger Of installing him for the
President, or, what is the same thing, holding the
President responsible for him.
CAPTAIN HENRY A. NAcLE An officer in ths