Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1857-05-30
POLL 5rg0Al,

What Shall be Done with the Mormons?
The Telegraph Informs us, that the Cabi.
net is now in session, celebrating upon the
best method of disposing of the Mormon
difficulty. ..,
brigham Young, the High Priest of the
gigantic superstition which has reared its
unsightly head iu far distant Utah, calls the
Faithful together from tho Mecca temple Of
Mormonism in Salt Lake City, and bids
defiance to the power Of the "Gentiles.N I'm
pndent, criminal, .mandaring, God.daring,
this modern Mahomet imvokes the sword to
avcngo the slightest infringement of his gov
ernmenal authority, aud challenges the
President to commence the work of depo.
si,ion. He claims to be sole Governor of
Utah, as well as sole Prophet of Heaven,
and stands upon the law and the testimony
rs set down in the book of Mormon, said to
have been dug up by Joseph Smith, DR.,
IN the neighborlrood Of Palmyra, N. York,
and which disposes Of the Christian revela-
tion in a manner at once ridiculous and
summary.
The question, what. shall be done with
the Mormons, or, rather, what shall be done
with Utah is becoming one of the veXed
questions of the day. hIormonism, instead
of waning, is every month waxing fatter,
and like Jeshurun, has begun to kick in a
manner Which starts the tears to The eyes
of the "Gentiles." Scotland, England
Northern Germany, Sweden, Norway, and
the North, have all confriDntedto swell the
numbers of the followers ofBFgham Young
and Qrson Pratte. Proselyting has gone
on famously, SO famously, indeed, that the
disciples OF Mormonism arc to he found
preaching tie doctrines of The "ney reva-
lalion" in the gay and enlightened capitol
of France. Thousands make theiFway eve.
~ year over The vast plains and towering
mountains Of the West, to Salt Lake City,
to listen to the oracles of the Temple and
witness their bogus miracles, as thousands
in years past AoclSed daily 10 certain car
penter's shop in Tottenham. court road Lou.
don, 10 see tho cradle which stood ready 10
receive the newborn Messiah, so soon MS
johanna, Southcote should have brought
lin forth.
Mr.. Fillmore commenced buDging. ana
the Pierce Marcy Administration bungled
terribly in this Mormon business. Politi-
Cal tyros could have done better. yacjla.
tion and impolicy were. eyinoed at the out
set, and continued to the expiration oftheir
terms Of office, The Mormon chiefs saw
this, and with the shrewd vision Of wilyand
sagacous men, for sagacious and Willy they
are beyond question, regarded this display
of Federal weakness as o happy omen.--r-
They communicated their confidence to the
loity fortified their houses, and felt them,
selves secure in their capitol The appoint
ment of COL Steptoe to the Governorship of
Utah. and tlie humiliating backd6wn of
that gentleman, was properly appreciated
10 that quarter Francis, Of Austria, is a
goose" said Napoleon. "tyhat IS tLatG"
asked Maria Louisa. venerable sage,
your Majesty r. said the adroiC TalIeyrand,
The world is beginning to think old Marcy,a
goose, particularly in this Mormon imbrog-
lio, and the world Is not goose for think.
ina so. a Governor. backed by sufficient
number Of troops in tho lead of such man
as Gen. IIatncy, would have soon settled
the rightof the Federal Government to
place its officers over the Territory. But
Marcy fiddled while. Rome was burnipg--
yacillN rd'as to whether Champion should
be Sc =. adrift or not, and spent the rest Of
hetimo in interfering ia the politics Of n,
AVk, a"'S sHH'tsHb WI H|ptolWl pu loI w tblh
or. hoanwhiIo Mosmonisw gssw stronger.
aud Brigham Young sat entlroped, like tie
Grand Bamg Of Thibet, in his nolitico-feli.
giopsTempIp lie said to Presidept Pierce,
stand ont OF the weY, of the Paithfpl, ana
the President meekly ohayed Is -. !.
VIII Mr.. Buchpnen dlSsipale tlla delg-
sion under which The Motrn2n. leaders arc
taboring, that they. are RbIe 10 resist the,
power OF the Geqeral GoYefnmept7 VIII
: be yintlicate Ina figid 10 renIaoa lIyioI,a,a