The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1857-06-25

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The MOrmons or Utah-flr. Dougias and hii
Rsmedy-Mrs Dachanan and his Policy.
Mr. Senator Douglas, in his late Springfield
programme for the Presidency, proposes, if upon
full investigation the various crimes charged
against the Utah Mormons shall be established,
and they shall thus be proved a community OF
outlaws and alien enemies, unfit for self govern
ment, that their Territorial government, granted
them by Congress, shall be taken away. This
proceeding Mr.. Douglas thinks wonid afford an
efficient remedy for all the evils of Mormeadom,
because the Saints of Utah would fall under
the provisions Of the act Of 1890, &c, ard be
| subject to punishment through the United States
Courts in any State Or Territory 'where FIRST
apprehended or brought for trial"
This ia the remedy of Mr.. Ooug,hs aud he
thinks that in proving the Mormcns "alien
enemies and outlaws, denying their allegiance to
anddefying the authorities of the United States, ;"
Congress may plead the forfeiture of the Terrific
rial charter granted by the general government
and thus rightfully take that charter away
The necessity given for this proceeding
is this-that before Mormon Juries and Mormon
Witnesses in Utah, all attempts to enforce law,
order, justice. or aecency, viii be utterly useless
! But, break up the Territorial government, end
thus bring these Salt Lake rebels aad imposto7s
subject to tae general law Of 1870, for the pun
thment Of cItnes in The unorgauized Territories,
and these Utah offenders may be arraigned before
satisfactory Jury in any State or organized Ter
rito,y Of the Union.
Now, in the iest phase, we aprrehend that a
Territorial government IN vested right which
Congress cannot take away Nothing of the kind,
at all events has ever been done or thought of
heretofore. But sap,'osng that Congress shall
assume and exercise Il lie power and that these
Mormon offenders are thus rendered subject to
the law CT l790, how IS the remedy to- be applied?
Utah, itselfa desert wi, a few widely scattered
patches OF arabic sol. is surrounded by vast de-
serts and desert mountain Is on every side The
nearest white settlements of any State are those
Of California, some sii hundred niles off,
end how would NJ; Douglas proceed
to remove for triXg this distance, over
desert plais and mou ntains, a communi-
~ Of criminals, men, women and children,
o; perhaps fi5fy thousand souls? We say COM
mainly, for he whole Mormon comranity ere
devoted to therelgious gov eminent Of Brigham
Young, as cls inning thei7 irt aud highest ALE
glance. But IS we assume that the majority of
the. Mormons- are only the religious slaves Of
Young, and ere otherwise inrlocrnt Of ary crime
against the Untcd States, they, in beiag left
unpublished, to be left without a local govcra-
ment: No. Take that away which ths7 have |
and they will form one OF their own, AMI the at |
Tempt to interfere with that will be the signal fer
instruction.
But, again. We suspect that the repor.s whish |
We have received of the horrid enormi,ea- OF uni
versal polygamy, incest, perjury, and organized
ruurtlerers EXISTING al the Salt Lake are vastly
exaggerated. We suspect that certain soured
and disappointed federal officials, in abandoning
their Offices in Utah, are guilty Of contributing
to these Congregations. The Prophet Eay have
harcm of forty or fifty women, or more, and
some OF the leading apostles and elders. may
have each family including first wife and five
or six to fifteen or twenty concublnes, but the
ffiehtful natural poverty Of their country, and
the general poverty Of the Mormons Themselves,
preclude the possibility Of general indulgence
in this oriental luxury of plurality Of wives or
concubines.
The evil consists however, in the organized
existence OF this institution Of polygams, and in
lite being only limited to the resources Of tire CON-
munity But the remedy has not been reached
by Mr.. Douglas. We incline to think, indced,
A.. /. l. f,r ca
as part of bold bid for the Presidency, than any
thing else. But Mormoni-In as a thing for politi-
cal capital has never paid expenses The Sew
ard anti.slayery faction. in hitching on 10 the
name and popularity Of Col Fremont lac. sum-
mer, made the extirpaton Of Mormonisrn a
plank in their platform. But il was never heard
of among the Issues Of the Presidential campaign.
The reason was that neither Mormonism nor the
remedies for Mormonism can be made a party
question. The people Of the United States Nor
mons excepted) are unanimously opposed TO
Mormondom. and unanimously in favor OF the
best means for the speediest extinction Of this re-
voting excresceoce-moral, political and reli-
demonstrating in Utah. Removed from amongst
us. thousand miles from our Mississippi from
tiers into the deserts beyond the Rocky Mountains,
the people Of these States regard this evil as
but distant secondary and temporary affair;
and they are content 10 look TO the government
and 10 time Cor the remedies which are needed.
In this view Mr.. Buchanan feels bis RESPONSE
bility. and We have great faith in his wisdom and
discretion His present plan is 10 send out c.
new corps Of federal of6cers-GoveTnor, Secretary,
Judges Sc-and detachment Of the army com
petent to eaforcea properdegee Ofrespect to aese
officers Through thsse means the despetic usa7pa-
ions and excesses charged upon Brigham Young
will be arrested The single act Of supsrsedilg him
as Governor will break the prestige Of his power