The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-08-29

ant News from BuenOs Ayres; Victims OF the Cho-
lera in Cumberland, Nd; Movements Of the Forgers
in Ohio Washington Gossip, &c.
The Pnst~ Present ana Future or Msrnasn-
bsm- what d % be Oones
The thorough establishment OF this body OF
religionists, as they must be termed. in the
very centre Of the American continent, afford
ing, as they do, remarkable evidences ct their
success as political, social, and industrial ex-
pertinent, presents problem to statesmen and
philanthropists worthy ef the most profound
reflection. The past of this sect, ard even the
present as il is presented to US, fully organ
lied and identified with the general administers
ton Of the country, excites little practical IN
terest. They present the records of distinct
adventure wholly disconnected with the gene
raj social, political, industrial and even reli-
gious elements ofshe United States.
They have accordingly been viewed as an
error, doing its fatal work at distances a
disease spreading among a benightcd people
Ignorant of medical remedies but who, fortu-
Dately, are SO far separated from the haunts of
civilization as to secure Us from the dangers OF
ccntagion. Che errors of Mormonisn have not
even excited public attention. Precisely so
has it ever been. That which is near us only
is ofus and a part of rs. The slavery Of Africa
which prevails in Almost shocking form, and
which is stimulated there by the rival feuds Of
her petty local powers, is forgotten by the
arms length philanthropy of our day; while
slavery IN the United States modified by the
infusion into it Of all the elements of civiliza-
ton and Christianity, presenting fewer practi-
cal expressions, and entailing less misery, than
the rels.ion Of landlord and tenant in Eagland
and on the continent Of Europe, is a never
ceasing object Of sympathy and OF denuDciation
by tire same class of men. Hence Nor
monism. embracing within its theologic
range the most fatal moral disease. and
gradually and certainly working into our
political family and constituting part Of
eur political machine. has been suffered to APP
proach US. and to gain its present attitude and
strength, without comment, without warning,
without protest. The past. and even tie present
lie nothing. SO long as it remains an isolated
religious power embowelled in the centre of
this great continent, cut off by impossible
.-eada and bY more impassahlc distanccs-so long
as it's religion. its morals it's industry and its
politics are suffered to develope on its own SOIL
in their own way, SO long they are dangerous
only to the deluded people who are Immediately
responsible. But the question reca-s-
What is to be the future Of this people? what
their relations to us, socially, politically
morally?
This is an interesting and important enquiry
and much more so that the whole popular mind
of the country seems just now determined to
connect the Atlantic and the Pacific in iron
bonds. When that great work shall have been
accomplished we shall have no undeveloped
interior. no exemption will then be offered US
from contac. and association with ell. 1t will re-
two great oceans, whose social elements are at
war with all preconeeived ideas Of morality and
what is due to civilized society. 1t will pre-
seSt US with Mormonism fully organized and
perhaps, admitted into the family OF States with
all it's errors, enormties, and eceentricities, en-
and defended by the unassailabie power of
State sovereignty. This is the near future of
that association of religious fanatics who are
now organizing in the Valley Of the Salt Lake,
and whose very isolation have enabled them
already to dictate terms to the general govern
ment and to command federal appointments
It's strength lies in its unity, and its unity is
the first principle Of its theology.
The government of the United States have
lad to contend with difficult questions of do
Eestic policy. That of slavery which holds
ito position solely on the basis of State sove-
reignty that Of annexation, which divided
public opinion on the subject of our constitu-
sionsl capacity to add to or take from the origi-
, al serrit orial limits that Of internal i'm
,r ovs nents, which would consolidate the
ed era and weaken the State power and Of
nsi,y :. lestiCns which involve only discussions
# D. ,lsi al economy; but now comes another
till uofs formidable, az it embraces an ele-
sent Which up to this time has not been put
q the ,est 81 political analysis in the United
states. Ii Is Mormonisru. or the peculiar
,oli .ico-i alieious sect which assumes the title
+ Latter Day Saints, under Gov Brigham
OuDr. aDG ~ 3'n 'hi N"'e"7 w "inG ineo tne
MON in Ie,,al form, the heretofore criminal
ractice Of ,so,s gany. Not this alone. as it
ccurs - Ms. ia the only fatal and irrecon-
iiesble error ~ t-is people The power OF the
iormon church y, n its very theory and prac-
ice wholly inconsistent with the popular exer-
Use o. tho elective fr.ncIase-t is the higher
aw ulsmated Ia w.,ee, within wheel. The
ecclesiastical authority is paramount to the
ivil authority the former in an emergency
vii - o1eyed even at ~ expense. of the latter
AZ present the religious government Of Utah
] ssoistc, bat IL does no general harm. The
cuitorisl organization IL In Mormos hands.
l. oflcers are simply vested with federal au-
hority; bat the positive exercise Of such an
buity is both unnecessary and impossible, be-
anee SO RELIGIOUS mower OF the Nsteyfbood Il