Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1856-08-12
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THE BLAcK oLoUD ooAfTNe

Weare going to have trouble with Q tah- The
assduestiOnthas crowded out otSslghtsthe
disturbances with which We ate meuaeed IN the
application of Brigham Young and his holdin-
Gus coaJfssss to admit their Abode Of Love-
the American Aeapemone-to the rights OF a
sovereign state But the evil Is not diminished
by its procrastination. twill surely come; and
in order to be prepared for it, we might as well
look it steadily in the face until feel that we
tlaye ft1lly comprehended allits odious features.
At the present time our adyfces from Deseret
are not as cOpious as We could wish. The United
States mail between Great Salt Lake city ana |.
the east Is one of those semi-oCcaSi0nal sort of
spasnodic institutions in the regularity of which
it is impossibc TO place much faith. It is easier
TO conSey a letter to the Russian Car. at st
Petersburgth, than to the high priest Of Mormon
dom in one ofour own territories; and it requires
Just thirty-one days more TO get newspaper
thence than TO make certain of one from San
Francisco. Still the intelligence we 10 receive
Is significant It Is not 10 be mistaken. 1t pic.
lures to us the ''little cloud no bigger than q
hand" which threatens TO visit us yet with all
the fearful characteristics of the whirlwind.
1t is certainly strange that our government
does not take some effectual steps towards es-
tablishiug q better mail arrangement with Utah.
We cannot expect much from the imbecillity OF
the post-of1ce department under the present adj
ministrntion but it seems to us that, IN view oil
and the federal authorities, common sense would
have secured, ere, this, a ready means of giving
and impartins intelligence at each point for the
emergency There may be reasons at w shing-
! ton for the pursuit Of this awkward policy; but
we the people cannot see them; and we are
quite as much inclined 10 fancy that We are kept
in this state of ignorance on the subject through
the apprehensions of the enaculate powers
that be- as through their incidence or their in
capacity.
In the first place, let US look Mt the facts. In
spirit of Cancellation Brigham Young was ap-
pointed governor of Utah. His conduct rem
! dered him unfit 10 hold such responsible po-
sition before the civilized world; but he demand
cd to be contineud, and threatened rebellion in
case OF his dismissal. Another governor was
deemed Indispensable, An individual was Sc
| lected, but declined. Another and another were
offered the post and refused it, upon the pre-
sumption that Young and his fanatic band would
praceed to extremities, and that the President
| had not the nerve to meet the contingency in an
energetic manner.
Brigham Young remains tie executive, there
fore, by sufferance, and in defiance of the tetle-
i raj authority. He boasts Of it; and naturally
enough, feeling himself the victor of This initial
movement, conceives that he has right to ac-
cuse the whole nation of pusillanimity. He
| believes that he may easily set up the standard
| of successful revolt He laughs Mt the idea Of
being coerced into subsection by United States
troops He sueers at the popular sentiment of
hostility to his scheme of universal prostitution.
| He proclnims his intention to make Utah the
bawdy-housc of the world; and he openly as
sureS his band of disgusting satyrs that when
he knocks at the door Of the Union for admit
lance, it shall either be opened to him with all
his blasphcmous and obscene institutions, or
| DeSeret shall assert her independence!
4 This modern Mahomet it will be seen, is con-
| Rdent of his position He speaks without fear
and without much reason. But what shall we
do when he does present himself, and audacious-
liz asks a Christian people to lcgalise the most
infamous system of debauchery ever yet de-
vised for the degradation Of man and woman
We cannot, we dare not, yield our consent
We have not the effrontery to stand up before n
world gazing at our every movement as one Vi
tally barring upon the future progress or down
fall of the spirit of liberty, and presenting our
circle of thirty yestal sisters, deliberately addto
the number the painted and filthy hnrlot that
sits on the throne of Desert! 5ss-g
Then what must follow? An insuFrection--a
civil war; war too, that will not lack denun-
lciators in our midst, as pretended defenders of
the integrity Of the constitutions war that
4 will bring to pen and speech many q procreant
agiator full of plausible cant about the rights
Of man" and the privilege Of every citizen in
this republic to carry out, however eccentric his
| own scheme Oh religion WIN AL It's dtleUudnL
social forlIs and ceremonies. IN such war MIR
| Brigham Young must necessarily meet the fate
of his predecessor, Joseph Smith. Salt Lake
| CITY must 20 down like another NauYoo. The
| Mormons must be scattered far and wide, with
| their noiSome customs and if they tcHt per-
Sist in tlefying the laws of God and man, they
will have to do it in view Of the penteutiary and
the whipping-post.
There will be no alternative for us. We can
u fbo hnr pf Tfnh
We cannot endorse in any shape, but especially
| in such one, the forbidden principle of we'd
ded church und state. Nor would the passage
Of Law of Congress in advance, prohibiting
the practice of Polygamy in the territories OF
the United States, much improve our position
in the premises. 1t would only be shutting the
door at once in the prophets face, and precipi-
/ tating the consequences. It would place us on
higher ground, however, in the contest, and
thence is point in the game that not a moment
Eshould be lost in appropriating; but, unless Mr..
\ Brigham is us great Gascon as he is sensual
ist-unlcss he determines to play the role of Bob
Acres as well as that Of tho hero OF the Hegira
lit could notayert the conflict between Chris.
Itianity and the principle Of dcificd lasciyious-
ness known as Mormonisn1.
I The DeSeret News takes the prospect very
cooliY. 1t gives us Brigham Young's defence Of
.lpolygamy, in which that nrch.impostnr pro-
nounccs it, with his usual nonchalancc, prac.
ticc ''introduced by God" for the express pur-
pose of raising up to his name royal preist
hood, peculiar people, Brother Graht'' too
tell that.
.sYou cannot revoke the eternal law. If a mar
has fifty wives and tho tiftieth is the hest does
the most good she will get the greatest reward
in spite qf all the Grunting on the part of the
first one
4 The News itself puts faith into rhyme, and
sings
weve been long enough leading can't viii
~ patience wait;
But VEN make our bow Uncle Sam.
And them Brigham the head, and Jed and Hebe
Wen all unite. with consent and pop her quickly
through"
| 1t only remains now for us to say ,oben this
disgrace to our country and to Christianity shall
be determined The soonerit is done the better
for ourselves and ourchildrcn-thc better for the
Ia. r., e.