Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-12-20
The !MOrmons.

The Mormons.
These people are expected to give cur government
trouble. Brigham Young, it issupposed will. back.
ed by his minions and his thousand wives resist
removal from the office Of Governor Of Utah-ha.
wing repeatedly declared heretofore that, mo power
on earth" could put HIM out The papers udul-
gng in various specuations upon the subject, all Of
tlcm considering the solution of this Mormon prob
lie question Of great and unusual difficulty. We
slhjnin the views Of the New York Express:
"Auother problem that demands soluto1-imme lire
soluon nuw-is, whether such mOra-Or rather inn
a., social, political, aud religious pEenome Nil
monism is grow up taIs SOIL aud under Frdr-
RAJ Constitution nat covers There's provision
instrument which provides that Congress "sh4l make
law prohibiting the fee exercise Of religion" The Mo
sey, the principles they profess, and the tui
denominations which the fruits Of those principles,
religion and such, their ism has 81
TO protection and federation as ROuansn, EpScopal4u-
ism, Presbyteriansm, or Mehodism."
Aud now comes the issue. The President Of the
United States has Just nominated TO the Senate Cover
nor for this strange people, TO proceed early pcsS
BILE to the scene OF his duties. lie, Colonel Stcptoe
not Mormon,-but he goes 10 SUP ersede ot
gh Priests OF that pecuiir Institution. Brigham
Young, the present Governor, who 10 said be
s,eur King Solomon OF cli, in respect the number
his concuuines. This Brigham Young has all alo de-
clared that mo power caftu" could, should woui
diSp!dce him. and that he would be governor Utah JUS
as long TIE Supreme being would permit hn. lie
does not intend TO trouble himself about Tie prfissea
Of the Government at Westinghouse that un!r.s IA,
recede when the Aul Mormon reaches the Salt Lake
III all probability there will be tEouJ e-parI!cul.sly II
all the Aormons-or any considerable number tLru-
are thinking and acting with Brigham Young
iiow IL all to end We cannot ioresee-bui il seems to
us the path TO be pursued by the Government Is a
straightforward one, needing great rnnes and eiion
however II the practices O those people are "A religion
tna, Is inconsistent with the laws OF the Couuy- Is no
infringement oil the constitutional provision to which We
have adveFied 10 bring into subsection those laws
ut once,- the sooner the better Pcvyany IS an it,
stution Mt war with the LAYS O every the Uuio
1t ID an Institution which Is Pregnant with mscnie of
nature that, unchecked now would ZAP ere long the We
y basis not Only al Christianity, but morality itself Good
morals are the universally acknowledged basis which
The whole superS'tucufe oi republican system repO
scs Undermine that ani til. feIup.c Dcrt, toppr,
10 the Garth "Morm6nisi all other i-in- thn ma,
come fiom other Land, that undertake hereafter to y
experiments on this SOL must be judged from tuis stand
point, and 10 other, Tor ia other Is ther. salty.
ut Is Only requisite, first to find what the co-t w.
ton aud laws, applied III THIS case Ir5secoGJ dis
cover whether Moruunism is Inconsistent With or a. j.
limited, designs active opposition 10 the government al
washington Those two points sliciOri Iy 1sccftaI4pe
the rest Is sufficiently clear eI4Ulc wise aud pru Ieut
men to discover wha. is their duty the pr n scs The
whole counry,-nay, the whole Christian world W. NAV
say will "acn the Movements o. the governor Wi h
the veiest inercst,-ior lac goes u prir ciyc AZ d
In degree to solve problem in which all C.ris,.au,
Is Interested