Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1857-05-02

The Mormons.


ceedcd on their way to Utah. The fact is
singular one, 1t shows who it is that feed this
miserable population; that the converts are
mainly from abroad. The Mormons have their
"stakes" and missionaries all over Europe.
Their plan crowned with success, is TO select
natives of country they wish TO operate in,
send them out from among them, and feed them
with their central church funds, until their PROS
elytism is so successful as TO allow a support
from Offerings" of the converts they make
For this end their tracts are widely circulated.
A little while ago 25 900 copies of one OF their
weekly journals were distributed in London.
The Book of Mormon is their great AGENT and
it has been translated into many of the modern
languages, such as French, German, Italian,
Danish, Polyncsian, and Welsh.
This machinery has recruited their numbers
'astonishingly. This community has now lO0,-
900 fighting men 10000 spies and ii is in
league with Indian tribes less guilty, less bar
barous, but as full Of war. A large portion are
foreigners. OF foreign countries, Denmark is
conspicuous for its hospitality to Mormonsm.
In 1853 there were in this kingdom thousands
of baptised saints, and hundreds had been sent
to Utah. But Great Britain furnishes The lar
gest number. A British periodical comedies as
follows This fanatical superstition has made
more dupes in Engla than in all the world
Beside" In July, 1853, the British saints had
'222 "places of worship" numbered 10000
and if one 1.-THE Of the stuff in the Desert News
be true, about converts, the number has largely
increased, notwithstanding the colonies shipped
to Utah. Here is the great source Of supply.
do IS
and we believe there are no places Of worship
or preachers in these parts.
Ii will be one of the most difficult of duties
for the general government TO deal with this
miserable community-a burden on the land
disgrace to this nineteenth century, perfect
modern Sodom. Every American, of any NOR
al sense, must feel degree of loaihing that
such a nest of RIGHTEOUSNESS and iniamy makes
part of his country We do not wonder that
the people of Illinois would not allow such a
scethng cess pool to stand among them; that
they should have warned the peslilence from out
of their borders and when the MormOns re-
fused 10 go, that the indignant people pitched
them out neck and crop. 1t is worthy of re-
mark and note, that British Mawworms, ever
on the scent for make-weights against our coun-
revilings against the American name and de-
mocracy
There are insurmountable obstacles agains,
such course on the part of the general gov
ernment. But there are political relations be-
tween Utah and the United States that necessi-
tate duties on the part of both. The Utah peo.
pie petioned for a territorial government con-
.gress created such government and hence
they are under our jurisdiction and laws
These laws must be executed as well in Utah
as IN the other territories and the people OF
Ethis territory are as much bound to obey the
laws and respect the constituted authorities as
the people of any other territory.
But according to Chief Justice Drummond
the Mormons recognize in Brigham Young a
'lawgiver paramount TO congress. The revela-
ftions this officer makes are astounding. He
resigned his place because the Mornons look TO
Young, and 10 him alone. for the law by which
they are TO be governed; and no law of con-
gress is considered by them to be binding
This is no dead letter higher law theory; for
ut is practically applied. Judge Drummond's
predecessor, and an ex-secretary of the terrific
ry, were murdered while carrying out the laws
of congress; and it is Judge Drunmond's be-
lief that the Inflated Capt. Gnnnison and his
party were killed, not by the Indians, but by
the Mormons. These statements are corrobo-
rated by others. The last National Intelligent
Ger contains an elaborate article to this purpose
We cite the following -
every indignity has been offered to emf
grants, every species of properly stolen, and ev-
cry species of crime has been committed. The
federal laws have been trampled in the dust,
government officials set at defiance, menaced,
threatened, and insnlted jures have been in
fluenced, and the ends of justice thwarled the
prison doors have been opened and the crm-
mails set free. All this did not satisfy them, but
they must enter the hall of records. and public
iy burn the archives of the territory"
Now here is line of conduct that cannot be
tolerated. The position of resistance to law,
assumed by Brigham Young in Utah, is no more
to be submitted to than that assumed BY Jim
Lane in Kansas. One rule of law will apply
10 the whole Of this rebellion business and this
rule is laid down by that great personifcaion
of patriotism, President Jackson
N'ln order to maintain the Union unimpaired,
ii is absolutely necessary that the laws passed
by the constituted authorities should be faith
fully executed in every part of the country. and
that every good citizen should, at all times,
stand ready to put down, with the combined
force of the nation, every attempt at unlawful
resistance, under whatever preiext il may be
made, or whatever shape it may assume
Again the noble patriot said
"until the law shall be declared void by the
courts, or repealed by congress, no individual
or combination of individuals can be justified il
forclbly resisting lis execution Ii is impossi
BILE Tor any government to exist upon any othe
principles. 1t would cease to be government
and unworthy of the name, if it had not til,
power to enforce the execution of lis own law
within its own sphere of action"
Here are golden words, and every citize
should ponder on them. They will apply Il
the foreible resistance proposed in the Topek
movement in Kansas, and to the con,emptibl
bravado Of Young in Utah and 10 all CORES
ponding action by internal faction and rebelio
in all future Time Jefferson, too, had the sam