The daily republic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1853-1853, 1853-07-19

vey of the proposed, route 10 be made in time to
lay the results before Congress at its next session.
| The meeting appointed Colonel Magrader agsnt
to urge the Importance Of the enterprise upon
Congress and the Executive, and to communicate
with capitalists in the United States and in Eu-
rope on the subject. At our latest advices he
was about to leave San Diego for Washington.
The MorinOns.
In the success of this people we can see nothing
but woe to our country. If they are to become
great State, and to bring their political power as
a new element into our Union, evil must result
from it. The principles and express injunctions
of Divine revelation cannot be disregarded with
impunity The institution of marriage-the mar
rage of one man with one woman-with the OBJ
seryance of the purity demanded by the power
that ordained it, is essential to the well-being of
society; it alone is compatible with the Divine
WILL illustrated in the creation of an equal pro-
portion of the sexes, as well as in thousand
other evidences of that WILL revealed to us in the
necessities and desires Of the creatures of His
hand.
The Mormons are called religious society;
and it is assumed that we have no right to inter
fere in affairs of conscience. We admit the posi-
ton, but not the fact here assumed. We Judge
of the Mormons with minds unbiased by preiu-
dice; for whatever convictions are, we have
never found them to conflict with tolerant re-
gard for the rights Of others. But that religion
forms an element in the Mormon organization we
have never for moment believed. All the evil
dences against it. That there may be a few
very ignorant and credulous persons among them
hal c;p 4, h.
But that sentiment Of religion pervades that
people, we hold it impossible for any one to be-
lieve who has read the accounts that constantly
reach us from authentic sources. Profanity
adultery and many other immoralities pervade
their whole communion, and must lead to their
own ruin or to the ruin of those who may unfor-
tunately be connected with them. Either poly
gamy must bring its deserved punishment upon
them, or the impunity with which it is practised
by them will lead to its propagation among the
communities allied to them.
The rumors usually sent abroad would indicate
the unparalleled prosperity of the Mormons; but,
although their utmost energies are devoted to
proseytism, we believe they are less successful
than they are represented to be. A correspond
emit OF the New York Times, writing from the
Great Salt Lake ON the 18th of April, says:
= Before had the high honor of residence
among the Latter Day Saints, | supposed them
the most harmonious brother and-sisterhood the
world ever saw. A more discordant set of har-
monies, however, were never combined. A very
short acquaintance with them, with some know
ledge of their history exhibits very curious &C
| cumulation and loss of members constantly going
on in the Mormon community. 1t seems to re-
quire about much work to keep the converts
otter they are made as to make them. Many of
these newborn saints very soon lose the soda
water enthusiasm which is first experienced, and
fall away; and many who have zeal enough to
start on the great journey towards the modern
Zion, cool off and lodge, like drift-wood, by the
way. Each emgrating body tapers off something
like the army of Peter the Hermit in the first great
crusade. The Mormons have in reality more
backslders and apostates, and, for the length of
time since their commencement, are divided into
more sects than any religious denomination known.
| 'slnternal dissentions and schisms have existed
amongst them all the way through; the immortal
Joseph himself was often driven to his very wit s
end to keep fragments from flying off in a tangent,
and setting up shop for themselves After the
death OF Smith, there was much strife for the sue
] cession; and the election of Brigham Young oc-
casioned great deal of heart-burning among the
disappointed candidates. At the breaking up at
Nauvoo, considerable body split off under the
leadership of one Strang, and are now Strangites,
on Beaver Island, in one of our northern lakes;
IL
Wight. Brewster led off another squad some
where else. do not know how many divisions
there may be, but they said to number six or
seven. Brigham managed to slide more easily
into the superstition and idiosyncrases of the
Saints, and led the great mass to Salt Lake; but
he, too, has his troubles from this source and is
now more particularly plagued with GEaddsnism,
SO named from GLADDEN. Bishop, who profanely
claims to be much superior to Joseph Smith as
our Lord was to John the Baptist.
have met with and become acquainted with some
of these fanatics, and have no reason to doubt
their honesty in believing that GLADDEN. Bishop is
the Lord in his second coming.
''The Constitution of the United States guaran-
tees to all tho liberty of speech, and the Saints
claim to be much attached to that Instrument al
eging. even, that it given by inspiration; but
somehow the Mormon spectacles are of quality
which prevents them from seeing this particular
provision, Every man at Salt Lake is in the full
enjoyment of that liberty only so far as hs breaches
Mornlonisn. It is high time these impostors were
made to understand that they are on United States
Boil, and that other men have right to occupy it
with equal privileges"
MISS GRIswoLD's RESTORATION TO LIRE
Fhe interesting incident of the recovery of Miss
Emily Griswold, a daughter of the Rev. DR.. Ru-
fus w. Griswold, after the railroad accident at
Norwalk, is again related by the New York Her.
aid as follows. The repetition of the circum-
stances may serve to stimulate others in similar
cases that may hereafter occur:
CDR. Warren, of Boston, gave the ordinary d.
rections for relieving the body from water recev-
ed during submersion of from ten to fifteen min
utes; and subsequently he and several other ply
sicians pronounced Miss Grswold dead, Her
body was placed for considerable time with
others Enthusiastically dead. Mr.. Linus Bene-
dict, stage driver, residing at New Canaan,
had already fulfilled the directions of the ply
sicians in regard to her, and abandoned his
efforts, because assured they must he fruitlcss
half-hour elapsed, and passing again through
the room he said to some ladies who were in charge