The western Democrat. [volume] (Charlotte, N.C.) 1852-1870, 1854-11-03
From the Richmond Enquirer
NFnrC,OnISm Defiant.

From the RcnInoHu 1uduiiSA'
MOrniOmIsm Defiant.
1t IS represented that President Pierce is resolved
10 reduce the territory of Utah. from its anomalous
attitude Of independence, TO sutection 10 the laws
and sovereignty of the Fede raj Government, and
that to this end he proposes to replace Brigham
Young by Governor Of christian faith and decent
demeanor. This is step in the right direction ;
bur why not at once adopt thorough policy A
mere show Of authority must only exaspeTate,
whe a sudden and vigorous blow might reduce
the people Of Utah to a salutary sense OF dePen-
dence. Perhaps, therefore, it would be wiser II
tire Cabinet would summarly eject every Mormon
from Office and bestow the judicial as well as the
executive authority in the territory upon men who
revere the principles and usages Of christian CIV
IliZation.
But, what if Brigham Young and his thirty
thousand Poly gamsts assume an attitude OF deh.
auce, and refuse to submit 10 the authority Of the
Federal Government? This is likely enough, for
when tncy were less powerful and insolent, they
drove away Judge with a Federal commission
in his pocket, because he did not choose to speak
respectfully Of their polygamous usages! Indeed
Brigham Young has avowcd a purpose of resist
ance. 10 an address in the DeScret NeacS o!
March 10Th, 1854, he said: -..
&c We have got a territorial government, and
and will be the Governor, and no power can
hinder ii. until the Lord Almighty says, Brigham,
you need not be Governor any longer and then
am willing to yield to another"
{" No persons need trouble themselves about
whether or not he would be removed, for the Lord
would control that matter just as he pleased and
neiihcr President Pierce nor any other President
would remove him until the Lord permitted" D." *
!" Every man that comes to impose on this peo-
pie, no matter by whom they are sent, or who
they that sent, they lay the at the
root of the tree to kill themselVes-they had
better be careful how they come here, lest should
bend my little finger"
Here is public defance-a declaration Of war
against the Federal Government, in the event that
il chooses to assert its authority in the territory of
Utah. Will the Cabinet be intimidated by this
threat Of violence? Or the contrary, it supplies
them with an additional argument in favor Of an
energetic and thorough policy. The Mormons
betray spirit OF YindIcve and undying hatred
of this government. They refuse to recognise its
authority. They will not comply with It's requ-
sitions far TO transmit copy of their
laws, a statement Of their public expenditures.
They openly declare that the Federal Government
must either tolerate fheir barbarous institutions,
else prepare to vindicate its authority by force.
Utah cannot come into this coRfederacy with
polygamy as legal institution. SQucetter SO0er-
eienty may affirm the right of people Of a ter
ritory to 's determine their institutions ;" but
there is a sovereignty above The sovereignty of
squaters. The sovereignty of reason, of reI-
giOn, of civiIizaton-the sovereignty of The COL
lective will Of the American people, forbids fra
tcrnaI association between a people who profess
the pure morality Of the religion of Jesus, and
people who live under the dominion OF lust, and
practice the icentious excesses of oriental barbar.
ism. Utah cannot approach the bridal altar of
this Union covered with the scars and polluted by
the poison OF foul disease. She must purge her.
self Of the presence of polygamy; she must come
with The bloom of virgin innocence and strength.
There can be no fellowship between Mormon
and Christian. They cannot exist under the same
social system-they cannot be- partners in poIiti-
Cal power. Freedom of conscience is one thing,
exemption from the restraints OF decency and mo-
raly quite another. The constitution guarantees
religious liberty, but gives no license to the
ccsses of concuplscence.
Mormonism is theocracy and involves not only
a social gradaton and inequality, but an antl-re.
publican alliance between church and State. No
country can be free in which pofygamy prevails.
Utah can demand admission into the Union by no
claim Of reason or of right. 'Fhe people will re-
pei lis embrace with universal and unconquerabe
aversion.
II, then, there is this antagonism between Chris.
'lanty and Mormonism, between the essential vir-
tues OF society and the pOIluting vice of polygamy,
between the Liberty of Repubicanism and the
theocratic institutions of Utah, why should the
Federal Government Parley and emporise, and
seek, by expedients of Cancellation, to postpone
the inevitable conflict? Nothing can be gained
by delay or concession. To talk of compromi-
sing with Mormonism, or OF toerating it in the
least repulsve Of its aspects, is to Insult the rea-
son and the conscience of the country. ReIent.
less repression is the only cure for the evil, and
the only policy which the good sense of the public
will approve. The work should be done quickly
Already has Brigham Young thirty thousand peo-
pie under his sway, and their ranks are daily re-
cruited by continuous stream of immigration
from every quarter Of the globe. Intrenched in
their mountaia fastness, inaccessible on one flank
and with wide waste Of desert country lying in
their front,-surrounded by tribes of savage In.
dans, who would reudhy respond to any invoca-
ton of blood, the Mormons at this moment are no
contemplate foe. A few years hence they will
be infinitely more formidable, for their numbers
and their strength increase in a geomerica ratio.
And then their subjugaton will involve many
more obstacles, and certain intricate problems of
Constitutional power, which may be now avoided.
1t sound policy in the President to grapple with
the difficulty at once, and with resolution to con.
cede nothing to hepretensons OF Mormonism
MELANCHOLY DEATH.-We regret to learn that
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