Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1854-12-28
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THURSDAY, DEC. 2s, 1854.
Utah..

Utah.
Utah begins to force itself, persstently and
prominently, upon the notice of the country.
1t presents a social and political problem, to
the United States governm ent, which demands
a prompt and practical solution The ques-
ton is how will the government solve it
Utah is a territory of the United States,
subject to the government and laws Of the
same, until it shall have been admitted into
the Union as a sovereign State, with a consti-
tuition approved of as republican, by Con-
gress In the meantime, according to the U.
S. Constitution, the affairs oftbe territory shall
be administered by such officers and under
such regulations as Congress shall direct.
But under the theory Of "Squatter Sover-
eighty, propounded by Douglas Co., the
residents of Utah have the right to institute
such form of society as pleases themselves;
and, the United States violates the principle
of Squatter Sovereignty if it attempts to
control them, in the regulation of their g do
mestic institutions" The government of this
nation will be called upon, IN short time, to
meet this Utah question and, it will be COM
PEELED also, to decide whether it will meet it
on the basis of the Constitution or on the
basis of Douglass "squatter sovereignty"
Utah is almost wholly occupied by the Nor
mons, that singular sect of religionists. who,
in the name of Christian chastity, practice the
hcentous libidinism of the Mussemans; and
who, also, in the name of American repuhli-
canism, sustain with their semi. alteration and
implicit obedience, an absolute Autocrat and
infallible Pope. Brigham Young is now more
powerful; and, his authority ismore respect
ed in Utah, than than that of Pho Mono is in
Rome. Brigham Young is as much vener-
ated, by Mormons, as Mahomet was by the
earlier Moslems. He is their triune chief
chief in the Church, in the State, and in the
Camp He is the Interpreter, to them, of the
divine will-that is, he is their prophet; he is
the minister to them of the divine mercy
that is, their priest; and he is their law giyer
and executor-that is, their King 1t is i'm
possible to conceive of more absolute auto
cracy, than that of this Mormon Omer; and,
there never was despotism more universally
and Internationally sustained than his is.
Besides the politico- theological forms of
Mormon society, there is the social or domes-
tic form, to arrest the attention and claim the
consideration of the American Christian and
statesman. Polygamy prevails in Utah, and
is boldly justified in the face of the Christian
world, by those who practice it. 1t is only
recently that Elder Orson Hyde, in a lecture
to these deluded sectaries, justified polygamy,
upon the ground that abraham was the ia
ther of Christians, and he was polygamist.'
But the Elder advanced considerably beyond
this doctrine, when he stated that our Saviour
was not only married, but had a plurality of
wives. Brigham Young followed Elder Hyde,
in speech approving of and supporting all he
had said. Such endorsements render such
doctrines canonical to the Mormons. They
invest the denominations of the harem with
the sanctity of religion. They engraft poly
gamy upon the Mormon fanaticism, and inter-
lace its consequences with the Mormon life
and system. No secondary laws or oblga-
lions, such as those of American citizenship,
will be able to separate the Mormon from this
abominable feature of Orientalism, if it is
permitted to strike its roots deep into the bo-
som of society in Utah. What, then, is to be
done? Are we to leave the Mormon squat
tiers of Utah IN undisputed possession of our
territory, and in the most lcentious exercise
of their own abandoned will Or, are we to
see that American territory is not desecrated
public decency,-of holy chastity,-and of
the Christian family: Polygamy is illegal in
every country in Christendom. 1t is an oil
garchy, i'll which the seraglio is the basis of
distinction. 1t is monopoly, in which wo-
man is the merchandise. Is it to exist in
| Utah i'll defiance of American law, and in
contempt of Christian usage? Or is 1t to be
permitted to run riot over our fair territories,
in accordance with "Squatter Sovereignty !"
The President has appointed Col. Steptoe to
succeed Brigham Young, as Governor of
| Utah but Brigham says he won't be succeed
| ed. He will govern the territory, in spite of
the President, in accordance with Mormon
usages and regulations. Will Governor Step
| toe, in the name of the United States, dis
place him Will he interfere with polygamy?
Will he govern after the manner prescribed by
the Constitution, Or after the manner prescrib-
ed by S. A. Douglas We shall see. The
Utah question cannot be whistled down much
longer.