The Abbeville banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1847-1869, 1857-05-21
BY DAvIs.&, CREWS.

WHHtsHAxI BE DONE WITH THE MoRwoNs
The Telegraph informs us, that the Cabi.
net is now in session, celebrating upon the
best method of disposing of the Mormon
difficulty. -o
ssBrieham Young, the High Priest of the
gigantic superstition Which has reared its
qnsightH head in far distant Utah, calls the
Eaithfnl together from the Mecca-temple of
Mormonism in Salt Lake City, and bids de-
,fiance tathe power of the Gentiles." I'm
;pudent, criminal, mandaring, God-daring,
'this modern Mahomet invokcs the sword to
Tayenge the slightest Infringement of his gov
! eruniental authority, and challenges the
SRresident TO commence the work Of depo.
,sition. He claims to be sole Governor of
: UtahS as well as sole Prophet of Heaven,
andsstands uponsthe law and the testimony
as set downin the book of Mormon, said to
have been dug up by Joseph Smith, Jr., in
the neighborlood Of Palmyra, New York,
and which disposcs of the Christian revela-
ton in a manner at once ridiculous and
summary.
The question, What shall bc done will,
the Monnons, or, rather, what shall be done
with Utah is becoming one of the vexcd
questions of the day. Mormonsm, instead
of waning, is every month waxing fattcr,
and like Jeshurun, has begun I" kcI, in Il
manner which starts the tears to the eyes
of the Gentiles' Scotland. England,
Northern Germany, Sweden, Norway, and
the North, have all contributed to swell the
numbers of the followers of Brigham Young
and Orson Pratte. Prosclyting has gone
on famously, so famously, indeed, that the
disciples of Mormonism are to be found
preaching the doctrines of the "ncw rcvc-
iation" in the gay and enlightened capitol
OF France. Thousands make their way eve
ny year over the vast plains and towering
mountains of the West, to Salt Lake City,
to listen to the oraclcs Of the Temple and
witness their bogus miracles, as thousands
in years past flocked daily to a certain car
.penter's shop in Totteuham- court road, Lon
don, to see the cradle which stood ready to
receive the newborn Messiah, so soon as
Johanna Southcote should have brought him
forth.
Mr.. Fillmore commenced hupglng, and
the Pierce-Marcy Administration bungled
terribly in this Mo,mon business. Political
tyros could have done better. EaciIIs;inn
and impolicy were rvinccd AT the outset,
and continued to the expiration of their
terms of office. The Mormon chiefs saw
this, and with the shrcwd vision of willy and
men, for sagac"us and willy they
are beyond question, regarded this display
Of Federal weakness AS Il Happy umcn.-
They communicated their confluence to the
laity ), fortified their houses, and felt them.
selves secure in their capitol. The appoint
ment of Col. Step,oe to the GovernorsLp
Of Utah, and the hu,nliating backdown of
that gentleman. was properly appreciated
in that quarter. Francis, of Austria, is a
goose" said Napoleon. Z" What is that 2"
asked Maria Louisa. GA venerable sage,
your Majesty" said the adroit TaIeyrand.
The world is beginng to think old Marcy
goose, particularly i'll this Mormon imbros-
lilo, and the world is not goose for think
ing 80. A Governor, backed by sufficient
snuinber of troops in the lead of such man
as Gen: Harney, wonld have soon settled
the right of the Federal Government to
place its officers over the Territory. But
Marcy fiddled while Rome was burning
vacjllated as to whether Champion should
5sbe sent aarift or not, and spent the rest of
,the-time in interfering in the politics of N.
York; and shutting cffmaterial aid for Walk
err. Meanwhile Mormonsm grew stronger,
:and Brigham Young sat enthroned, like tine
Grand Lama Of. Thibet, in his politico-re-
ligious Temple. Hesaid to President Pierce,
stand out of.the way Of the Faithful, and the
President meekly obeyed:
VIII MEsB Buchanan dissipate the dclusion
under which the Mormon leaders are la
boring, that they are ablo to resist the pow
ger fof the General government Will he
vindicate lis right to replace Brigham Young
with ~ Governor of his own selection o.
Col. CalIougl', though admirably fitted
for the post, refused to accept the appoint
ment, doabless fearing that lie would not
G be sustained by the Administration as lie
should be in that remote Territory and
Rfhohg people hostile to Federal authority.
Tie chiefs Of the "Saints" may have been
saahdefed and smisrepresented in many re-
spects yet 1t is barely possible that this
shenla bsahe case. We are inclined to the
opinion that there is considerable discomfort
among the dupes of Brigham Young, and
that's man of nerve, tact and discretion,
Backed ~ an ample armed force, might Of.
81 of IL, L.