The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1852-01-18

inherited from David and his no less uxoruus son,
and this peculiarly in the constitution Of their
faith is the great source Of its vast increase The
sensual paradise which it offers to vouptuares is
the chief attraction to conversust as it also ope-
rated with like effects, the rise of Nah emetanism
And this is beyond the reach Of our laws. The Ter
rtory Of Utah. under the dispensation Of its Moses
Brigham Young, may frame and establish laws in
concordance with their own religion and propensi-
ties, and thus legimze the institution Of polygamy,
free from any controlling power and there is no
doubt but when this oriental luxury is established
and fostered by law, the Territory Of Utah. flourish
ing under this benign and liberal rule, will receive
from all the States of the Union-and from the
fashionable and literary circles ofthis city, in parti
cular-a vast influx Of immigrants, who are now
FESTIVE and Ilrnging under the stringency of the
conventional harness which they compelled to
wear, and who will see in the adoption of Mormon
ism the most efiectual remedy to get rid of these
trapmels and gain full scope for the indulgence Of
their Eastern tastes, without subectipg themselves
to be publicly pilIoried in courts Of law In this
principle Of sautary liberalism, Mormonism is far
ahead Of Christian institutions, which, compared
with it, seem decidedly Anticipated The history
of Mormonism is yet in its infancy, and it is impos
sible to chalk out any limits to the spread of its
empire. II the nfide and sociaistic party succeed
in demolishing Christianity, they might fall back
upon Norm onsm, and apotheosize Joe Smith. Who
knows -!
NEGRO CoLoNIzAroN-WHY TIE CoLoREp
RACE GO TO CANApA.-We are informed by the
newspapers, that Mr. Pollard, who had been in the
United States for several months, for the purpose
of inducing the free colored people to emigrate to
Trinidad, has returned to that island, and reported
his mission as unsuccessful
With all the exertions made by the Colonization
Society, and all the agitation in this country
against the slavery Of the colored race, it is
torious fact that they cannot be induced to ge to
Liberia, where they could enjoy perfect Freedom in
republic like own, nor to the West India
islands, under the sway of the British government;
bat they ready to che line to Canads,
an atmosphere in which they enjoy themselves
above all others under the sun, except that of the
United States What is the cause Of this difference
in favor of Canada 1t is not because the coored
so ardent in their desire for liberty as some
Of their patriots and the white abolition philsn.
thropists would have the world believe; for there
is as much freedom in the West India islands as
in Canada, while, in Liberia, the blacks have il
all their own way. What then is the cause
The free negroes in the United States have
learned to become politicians. In the State Of
New York, in Ohio, and the other free STATES,
they have been taught party politics by the leaders
Of the factions, and they have begun to feel thor
own weight in turning the scale Of victory to one
side the other. They have thus acquired 8,
taste for electioneerng, aud for al atmosphere or
Political excitement. But in the West India
islands, and in Liberia, there is no agitation to
crafty that taste, and they would have no theatre
on which to play THEN parts, either for dollars or
applause. In Canada, On the contrary, there is
political agitation in abundance; and there the
negroes feel themselves at home, We learn that in
of the counties of Western Canada the colo7ed
settlers form quite an element in eleconeering
movements; and, as facilities given for the &C
QUESTION of small freeholds, they speedily take their
places in the list Of electors, and more or less in
fuence the result of the contests. Here, then, is
the secret Of the negro emigration TO Canada
But ID is a very curious fact, and one which Illus
traes the Fitness of the negro race for free ns.isu
tions, that when they get to Canada they gene
rally join the party most opposed to liberty The
Canadian reform papers complain Of the ingrati
ude Of the refugees who, at the late general elec
Won, voted in favor of the tory candidates, and
thus ensured their success, while the liberal party
have ever been foremost to cooperate with the
coored people in assisting the escape of runaways
and in defeating the ends Of the Fugitive Slave law
the United States. 1t is evident, then, that tits no
for the love of liberty the slaves flee from service to
Canada, or that the free negroes voluntarily emf.
crate to that country in su,h numbers; but purely
for the purpose Of ndugipg their passion for excite
ment; and in furthering their ambitious ideas of
their own importance as an ingredient in the boil
ing cauldron of political agitation. 1t is in this
troubled Element that abolitionists, of every shade
Of color and opinion. live, move, and have their
being. Out oft they are like fish out of water.
Double, double, toll and trouble.
Fire burn, and caudron bubble.
Black spirits and white
Red spirits and gray,
MiDgle, miDgle mingle
You that ningle may.