The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1857-12-05
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The proclamation Of DaionAn Youse,
70 be found in another colsnn, clearly ex-
pesss = lsaat ono fsos, that il, that the en-
tifs Mefn6a Scot are h open rebellion
agit - GsvsFnzaest Of tho United Staseg
and i.tssaaaa mean, - ist a their saorts
20, to resist Ill lawful Federal authority.
The Great Mugul and High Priest Of Mor-
,aosisn, acting IN tho spirit and assuming
The tone of an independent monarch, ad-
dresses . letter to the commander Of body
Of American troops, marching under orders
from the President Of the United States,
forbidding their entrance into Utah Terrific
~, and prescribing the conditions under
which alone he will permit them to occupy
: particular post within the dominions Of
tho United States, then held by them a .
temporary encanpment. These conditions
ore such, says the N. Y. Times, as might
have been Dictated to an invading army by
tho Executive Of the Territory invaded, in
volvins safrc0der Of American arms to IN
oSeer appointed by himself, and an explicit
humiliation of the General Government be-
fore power which neither the lawstnor the
customs Of the United States can recog-
nize. ~. -. 80 .ssf;s
What measures the Government will take
70 protest the troops now on the march to
Etah, and to bring the Mormon nation to
equitable terms, is at this time impossible to
conjecture. 1t is plain to rs, that only strong
measures can control the influence of the
Mormon sect. They start BY defying all
law, and undertake a law for themselves
have assumed to dare the Federal Govern
ment, and at the same time to dare public
opinion in nll forms. The sword, the bull
let and the cannon ball, are the only means
of law which they ever have, or ever will
recognise and obey. To these they will
give heed, but short of them, unless power
fully and efficiently enforced, they will not
succumb. The N. Y. Times says, in refer
creucc to this topic, that Mormonism in Utah
is no longer contemplate delusion. 1t has
swellcd from the proportions Of pitiful
sect into those of an organized people, iso-
lated from the rest of mankind by their in
stitutions as well as by their pretensions,
and formidable from their position as we'll
rs from their character. 1t becomes the Ad-
ministration Of this country to take serious
thought for the future as we'll MS for the
present, Of its relations with this people, land
to prepare itself for something moro than
m eccentric assertion of its prerogatives,
impugned in the most circumstantial manner
by the Prophet Priest and King Of Deseret.
What will be the fruits of this proclamn-
ton of rebellion, and open declaration of
war against the constituted forces Of the
National authority, by BslcHAx YorSG and
his followers? a.z arr ts
cat the first blush, one would say, 'utter
annihilationv Nor do we doubt that such
must be the final consummation Of o positive
Mormon war. But there are many things to
DO done and borne before this consumma-
ton can be reached. The Mormons are very
strongly entrcnched in their continental Pal
estine. Their rihemen won reputation in
the Mexican war which deserves considcra-
ton when we reflect on their numbers. And
when we consider, in addition to these things,
the fact that from the beginning Mormon
ism has profcsscd itself to the Indian to be
of Indian origin, and has glorifed the ab-
original races Of the Continent, We may
be sure tho letter of BRIGHAM YocSG to
Colonel ALEXANDER, is but the beginning of
the endr ....t