The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1858-03-17
The mormons ana the Four,er,t.s.

was the engineer Of the combination.
The Mormons ana the Four1erit<s.
We published yesterday the memorial of the
Mormon Legislature to the Congress of the
United States praying for the withdrawal of
the troops and the abandonment, by this govern
ment, of the endeavor in which Governor Cum
mings and Colonel Johnston are now engaged.
After the documents which have lately emanated
from Salt Lake City, no new outburst of inso-
lence and falsehood from thence will create
much surprise. This last memorial may be
briefly described as based on false statements of
fact, fallacious in its reasoning, and preposter-
GUS in its conclusions. 1t almost or indeed alto
gether admits that the Mormon community is
in open armed rebellion against the government
Of the United States, and yet it appeals to that
government to spare and sanction the rebellion.
1t coolly demands of President Buchanan that
he shall abandon to the lawless rebels who now
occupy the borders of Salt Lake the fine terri
tory which they have chosen as their home, and
shall abdicate in their favor one of the first and
gravest duties of his Office.
That 20 intolerably impudent an appeal as
this should meet with any approval at all out
of the Territory from which 1t emanstes must
seem singular to those who are ignorant of the
origin and afinities of Mormonism Those who
have studied that remarkable phenomenon of mo-
dern times, and who know the source from which
it took its rise, will not be surprised on percev.
ing that the Mormons have their friends among
the politicians of the Northern States, and that
there If o sect here which is quite ready, in a
covert way to sympathise with them. That
sect is the antislavery, inhdel and Fourierite
phalanx, which took its rise many years ago in
New England, and whose present organ and
mouthpiece is the Nec York Tribune.
Hitherto the sympathy of the infdel Foul
ricrites and their organ with the distressed po-
concealed that it was difficult to detect any out
ward signs of it. But latterly, it seems the
Fourierites have grown more courageous; they
are venturing to run counter to public preju-
dice against the Mormons, and to break ground
boldly in their favor. Thus, the last number of
reflections on the memorial which we have just
described
Their the Mormon) request to know precisely what
the government want and intend appears 10 be reasonable
Considering the past experience Of the Mormons
which has been popularity taken of the object of the
present expedition is not surprising that they should
regard in the light of crusade intended to compel
them 10 renoupce their religion. II might be difficult TO
dsabuse them Of this idea but the public and especially
the troops might by distinct programme the part OF
the government, be placed right upon these points.
II must be admitted that this is not in the
usual style Of the Tribune when it advocates
cause. The President is not here called q viii
lain or liar; nor are the Mormons iksned to
Jesus Christ But there is time for all things,
and degrees even in Tribune reasoning BY and
by We shall have matter of fact and vehement
pro-polygamy articles in the Tribune; mean
while, this modest apologize style will no
doubt answer the purpose required quite as eff
fectiveiy.
That it is the purpose Of the party of which
the Tribune is the mouthpiece to espouse alto
gether the cause of the Mormons, to aid them in
their rebellion against the United States gov
eminent, and if possible to put them in the way
of carrying their point in the teeth of the ad-
ministration, no one who carefully studies the
theories of infde Fourierism and free love can
doubt for moment. At bottom, there is no
radical difference between the free lovers and the
Mormons Both deny the efficacy Of the divine
institution of marriage a. an outlet for the sell
sual passions both believe in the lawfulness of
an intercourse which il requires very close in
spection to designate otherwise than as promis-
cuous. Both believe in the right Of the parties
to a marriage contract to dissolve it at will.
Both sprang from the same cradle, namely, that
New England intellectual frenzy which has
given birth to all the isms and most of the abb
surdties Of the present day. And both tend to
the same end-a general throwing off of all
moral and legal restraints, and complete in
dependence of divine and human authority
How could it be expected that with these af-
inities the free lovers OF TIC New England and
other Northern States could stand by calmly
while the Mormons were being suppressed? The
thing was absurd on the face Of IL At flrst,
there we're difficulties in the way. Public sem
timent was very decided against polygamy-
the indiscretions of the Mormons made every
one their enemies. The stories which were told
of their outrages upon defenceless girls and
helpless wayfarers across the plains aroused &C.
neral indignation. Policy therefore dictated
silence to their sympathizers. The Tribune
rather affected to condemn them Other free
lovers censured them still more strongly. But
this was only the blind. When the bill for the
increase Of the army came up in the Senate, the
first real blow m favor Of the Mormons was
struck; and now encouraged by this victory, the
free lovers take further step in advance in the
article above quoted A few months hence,
they will be In full blast in favor Of polygamy
and rebellion.
CHEvALrER FonyEr IN A STEw.-Tho Cheva-
lier Forney, since be abandoned Mr. Buchanan,
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