The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-10-09
The M0rmOns.
1nMR POLITICAL INFLUENCES UPON THE AMERICAN

has always been admitted that the constitu
ton Of the United States Is admirably ada pied for
what has often been declared 70 be one Of its great
puyposes-the comprvhensio OF all tnat might seek
q refuge in It's bosom. Without here dwelling on the
procsss Of dsanection, sympathlzaton, rebellion, In
dependence, and annexation, through which every
State and colooy ia the New World is expe sted ut
nately to contribute to the republican flag,
we will confipe ourselves to the less artificial
methods by which new State may be "grow'd," no
body knows how in the wids OF that vast continent.
A chance crowd Of settlers occupy plain, lake, or
q river and, when they have attained sufficient
population, ask TO have the settlement
derlayed " territory The government OF
the United States will be nothlng iot9
tory are acceptable, but also because u IL involved
In The term that the President of the Unite States
shall appoint the governors, JUDGES, marsnals, post
MASTER, and other pm sipa on1cers OF the newly
constituted body. Its CONDITION, however, Is merely
trrnsit,opal on the one hand, its internal system
may be most emphatically aud outrageously At va
rance with The general spirit OF the Union and, on
the ot,er II only sebds delegate, not representa-
tve-that is, q spokesman, aud not q voter-tO the
Congress. In this state Of affairs there may be no
assimilation, no sympathy, and not even friendship.
But . time may come when the prosper ~ and IN
crease Of the territory" may compel further step,
and that Ia IFS creation a State. In t0is pro-
GERS there Is both loss and gain. The State becomes
Il en- more independent of the American executive,
but mutt be entirely assmilated to the American
constitution As this constitution was 81 up AZ 4
perpetual bulwark and refuge against all tyranDies,
DsurpAtiOf vult noes, 6nO public immOralites OF all
kinds OF course it Call recognise none OF these things
within lts own sacred pale. Now, although this Is
difficulty which NAV arise. ana which, lnceed, has
aTisen, with respect tn the slave holding conmunl
ties embraced the Union, readers viii by his
eSe be aware that Sc are speaking with especial re-
ference 10 the Mormon community IN The Valley OF the
GEea Salt Lase. They sre now only 'tsrrtory, pro-
eelytts # the gate, novciates. with corresponding
amount OF oispeusation rom pure republican rules As
such THEY have b. persecuted driven about huntet
coxn, aha caluu biaied. ct after all, there !, no
tch difficulty VI getting on one way or another,
simply be, aust, il the present state o the temeut
til. KIDD WITH the Union Is al IN favor OF tae
ltter, coDSs log chiefly IN the appoint nent of tue
pin ipa officers auG the comnaud OF the military
power. SO, ~bile The whip aud the rein are III the
fr~siCent hand, he viii take u Zee these bad
subjects in toleJabie order; but a time Is fast ap
pro,cbitg VIXEN The connection must be more init.
mate aud che hoimoDites uecone much Amerl-
can cisiZrns Ms the merchants aud storekeepers OF
Boston or New York. Then viii arise The conflict
between Mormon add republican Institutions.
But 1t Is question OF time ana tue further the
posi- poo ot the greater the dicu ty. The Uaited
EtsIes certainly will not tolerat the disgusting IA
nxtic,sIn, tie new ana extrlvagant Orm OF priest
At invoked III the absolute tyranny OF she elders
the exclusion of all baI Hiormopites fro,a ohce ana
the practice OF polygamy IN ts most odlons shape,
that DOT only p, eva but are nse lar,ole from Nor
mon SIN. The Constitution OF the United States
Dlvts At no tyranny, impos,ule, Or nm rahty; and
before the AormOhs Can possibly become American
GlIlZeuS IluSt TeiUuDCe Lueif tUtiF
duDoxnt wives, and all the nonsense Of Joe Smith,
except matters Of private opinion practice. In
the first Instance, the new State must give
perfect equality ID all Its citizens, without regard
the ballut put the enemies, and perhaps the very
murderers Of Joe Smith, on perfect equality WITH
HE There is no help toI it, anu sholld
think there is not q man OF New York or Philsdel-
phia who dreams OF compound ng matters with these
wretched imposters, and communicating the whole
Union with their folly ano fltn. But, suppose the
question put of ten or twenty years, wnat chance is
there of the people of Utah relaxing from their ia.
nasicim and conseBting TO the Necessary amJlnt OF
s0clal sacrifice? From all accounts the thug is i'm
p0estbs. These fanatics have been driven from
Ose place 10 anotaer, a. only settled 10 pure
desperation in the valley Of the Salt Lake
in The very heart Of the continent, thinking
that there they would be tolerably secure, and
perhaps, we should ado, safe from too close
Inspection. All of a sudden gold vas discovered ID
California, an immense stream Ct travellers set that
way, and = intuerable Light as our American Cor
expresses it, was thrown on tber pro-
ceeolpgs. They have suffered az much persecution
any sect since the days OF Alya, aud tneir
Of it has been quicken.d by the consciousness of
having inflicted Oh others even ore than they have
saiert d themselves. The tyranny Ut The elders has
been Stern, capricious. il, xorabe and brutal. no.
even stopping short vf ass 4ssiuation wuen there
WAS need; and che tyrAns The nselves have
felt the knife. Polysamy IL 30 recognized an
affair that vast numbers of women from England
shruDk from the least contact with vice, are now
herded together in the sites OF brutal impostors,
generally worse In their element than the
wort men in that halt civilized society. From the
nu tbers that Rad OF IN the harems Of these
savages, there must be many hundreds ofthem CON-
mtted that inf state OF things, ana Interest
ed Ot course to the last extreme, To deietd It; and
there must, too by this time be generation rising
mp out of this detss'able p4reutage All is doue by
revelation" and We may be sure that nothing but
some such extravsgant preence woul overcome the
viItue of modest English women who had received
rels ious educaron in this country. But this system
II heavenly communications which has already
done so much, will not be wanting when the
fate Of the whole conspiracy is at stake, and
when people who are nov kings, prophets, aud
and grt at deal more, must either
MAINTAIN their gr tubd, sink into tue ghosts OF
dead hunbug, hated, but no longer feared Will
the Normonites submit to this Or, FATHER will tue
fanatcsi elements IN the community be 80 far dinn-
iehtd. that plumbers msy prevail IN favor OF accept
ing the only conditions on which Utah can become
State Travellers affirm that the fanaticsm VI toe
il Dot Oh the decrease. Ii Is led from
this country. Thousands are every year vending
their way from the conventcles OF Wales, Of the Mid
land aud Southern COUNTIES, aod even OF this metro
pohs. 10 the valley of the Salt Lake sect, consi
oerable IN energy, in numbers, but lately thought
ex pirlT e. under the name If the Latte Day SAINTS,
has started out anew ~ feeder OF Mprmousm. Its
gross its secular catious, its earthly
its ne Canaan, to be a:hsd over ne
seas and new JorGans, AL chime III too faithfully
with the wonders OF the Book Of Mormon. itself a
farrsgo of the pfopbotcs scr Jtures The delusioa,
therefore is becoming only more rank, more obsti
nate, more numerous, and more strong.
For ME honor of religion and civilization and,
We must add. of tns country, we should be rej0iced
70 hear that extricaton from THIS approaching
embarrassment bad presented itsef 10 American
for. ght ,r ssgscity. We are lot among those who
would hail with secres satisfaction any sign OF
weakness or presaRe Ut calamity in The rising empire
of the west No sacrifice OF blood or Of treasure no
war If religion or races, disru odon of political
ties ON the other side Of the Atlants can do US
any thing but harm on ours. But as Yet we have
heard no probable solution Of the impending and
increasing difficulty. IL is possible. indeed, that
tho extreme truculence OF the Mormons, and the
numerous personal quarreis in which they are
involved with Their Deighbors and With strangers
pas, mg through their territory, may bring asolt
something very like a holy war, which will settle
the question ut the Salt Lake. as it did once before
n Nauvoo. 1t is possible too, that some great ex
posure, or some hdeous confession, may burst the
bubble before it becomes dangerous. Otherwise, SO
Ear, they wise in their own generation, and we
see the astonishing spectacle of new religion, con