True American. [volume] (Steubenville [Ohio]) 1855-1861, 1855-07-04
Nova Ahnut. .MOrmonism.

serious cOnStdefllttohO Ot Int cltllells OA-tiio
States forming the Union, " Dropping for,
one instant the greats evil and its lcense-
quencesa Of which We have spoken preYi+
ouslyy We now come to'a noiless disastrous
point in in Their Organization Il has ever
been an uudisputed fact that inithis Coun-.
try union Of Church and State IS an at
tainmentswe should, under all circumstan4
eesu most tta sttrtsandIdaasAly oppose. In any.
phase in which we may view the govern
nnent Of Utah9 The High Priest pf the
Churet IS to alfmfentsI and purposes the
great. High g. Priest of the SQsernniahts
and upon this follows that prescription
that is q, general c3nseda9nce 70 9Hli Pre-
tensions founded ON such-a basisa I, Their,
laws are is issued as thesdiets 81. the Church,
and in the name and for heiIglorifcation
I'of the Church they are executed. '''
t. In such en government lpmrSe w those 9sgeI WHO arg
within the,pules ofathe,G ,Ghprhdares saints,
and those without. arc ahcrctics; and the
latter can take no part ,Ori parcel in flat
goyer9pmrean!tt,,,s a!t,, because Of nonadhcrcncs 70
the Church. 1.-THE existance of this state
of affairs 5fS1na. 4in9no other portion Of
our country, meets can uncongenial irecep-
/ Ation the h6iif fOit leChies iii i9c6htact with
Ythosc free principles that guarantee to each
| the right tS S6FshiP PAS hts c6nssifhce. may
dictate y,s,d yr.rE ,osla fl'ns,r4.t r..
This has beon proven on every page of
the history Of Mormoni,m from the first
dawn of its existence down to thepresent
time. 1t has created jealopsies,7 discord,
not and bloodshed; by the dissemination
of false doctrines originating in supersti-
ton, priestcrsf and PigotrSq5thps sought
to run from faith I'M such principles Of
1 government as are taught by those whom
4 N...f
fortune and trickery have placed at thc
I head Of the church, and consequently at
tho head of all TEMPORAL organizations
where power can be exercised, and with
an iron rule it. has excluded all voices from
such government, unless they arc willing
to bow down to their peculiar spiritual or
ganizatiops!! This il most absolutely ne
cessary to the pcrpetuation Of their style
! f. government, but at the same time great
(. ly at variance with the republican institu
tions of our country. "a It needs no long
. argument to convince, the people of ithi'
enlightened nation that such system ceult
not exist as part and parcel of our gov
crnment. The veryaObedieuce which the
many yield to the dictioni Of the few, the
tamcncss with which they bow to whatev
er may be placed before them for theeiifr, aac
ceptance only, without granting thelntheil
privilege Of choice, all these things pro
claim that the course now pursued by thu
, government Of Utah is of such a natur,
, aslrenders its people untitled for, if not un
worthy such privileges as are, guarantees
to those with whom they are ih'part join
ed, and whose, protection in time of ncc'
. they would not fail to claim m'.qm' ''s''9''
rt gG4. A passage occurs in lLieut. Mau
,rcy's. physical Geography of the Sea-
c in which he computes the effect of asingl
; drop, Of rain falling upon the Atlanti
: Ocean. The Atlantic includes an area O
: twenty-five million Of square miles. SUI
pose an inch Of rain to fall upon only ono
D fifth Of this vast expansc. .Itwould, weigl
says our author, three hundred and sixt
o millions Of 'tuns and tho salt which a
n ,watery it held'in, solution in the sea, an
VI which, when that water was taken up as
|. 1.vapor, was luft behind to disturb equilibr
r um, weighed sixteen millions of tins, .
!. nearly twice. as much as all the lships,i
). the world would carry at a cargo each :
s might fall in an hour, or it might ia
lin a day. but, occaoy what time TING it migf
in falling, this rain is calculated to exer
50 much force-which is inconceiyabl
e-cat-ins disturbing tho equilibrium {
the ocean. If all the water discharge
by the mississippi river during the pa
!. year was taken up in ,opc mighty mqasul
4. andrcest hte,the aeeaa 9t5ppf mighty c
ort,it would not tmakesa greater disturb
ancc III the ealiliBriphi Of the sea- tha
the fall of rain. supposed AID yet, 5
r gentle are the operations Of hatuft th'
4 movements SO vast are unpcrceivcds o,,7q
, r. is1Ih -1EL---l-A-A4 4ss,.ldll ----a--gp bdu
= TIM "P PLATFORM TN NEW JERSEY /
= The Americans organs in, NewJeFsey ar
1lrepudiatiag, the platform Of the iinsjorit
/, tof the National Council, as no. doubt tn
sfeatbdlk Of the party IN that @ state a'. will
J.. The Newark Mercury declares thatthe Sc
ba,s ;;i, ~ I}of4la fro,5 thu Chnncil Inf