, 1858-04-09
About the MOrmonS

Gates that the MormonS are unite as ~,
ions as ever, and determined to ~ om
lengths rather than submit to the co5s,;aN au
tional requirements of the Government
The suffering and privation they mu,t bor.
endured seems to have had no other ofr.o.
than to make them more dogged and nv.
verse than ever. The policy of their RI M
ders. in making them believe that tba ~;
ted States have entered into A crrsoJ.
against them solely on the score of relir;on
has been carefully followed out and iS ~
phase alone has the subject been sphm;,,aS
to the masses. The extracts from the d..
eret Nelos breathe spirit Of war tbronrS
out. There is no minciug of matters No
Idodgng, no temporiSing, no overtnres 10
more pacific understanding. The loncro,.
Of Brigham Young and his twelve safsItsS
is direct and to the point, however mprL i
may lack in other essentials. We ara il
favor Of taking them at their word 0nS
impressing upon them the stern neceSctv
of absolute and unconditional submssios
by means Of the sulphurous agency of rnn.
powder and the striking arguments of 6nr,
ling iron. Their centralized rebellion and
the despotc power they WELD in violation
Of the laws and Constitution must he do.
stroyed, even though it involve their do.
struction Their ingenious sophistrirs
through which they attempt to shield them,
selves from the impending storm, by refer.
ring in their memorials to the Presiden,
and to Congress, to Vigilance Committees
in California, barn-burner depredatioDs in
New York, and Black Republican outrages
in Ohio and other States, are clearly ipSn.
plicable and inadmissable. The occurrence
of one evil can never be held as excuse for
the preparation of another, and least of
all, when no analogy exists between them.
The fact is patentS that Brigham Young
and his myrmidons have sought 10 establish
an imperiWm in immperiO, that they have
dared TO assume functions which, constitu
tionally belong to the highest legislative,
judicial, and executive authorities of the
United States, have tratorouSly taken up
arms against these authorities, and wanton-
y defed the Government whose powers
they have usurped. They therefore stand
in the attitude of rank rebellion, which
must be suppressed at all costs and at all
hazards. AS long as they continue to oc
cupy such a position, no proposition, no
overture, but that Of unconditional surren-
der, can be entertained from them with
honor to the Government. The memorials
aud resolutions of their Legislative Assem-
bly,, and those Of the mass meetings held in
the towns OF Utah, indorsing the Assem-
bly,, ere but so many preteXts to gain time,
until their crops shall have been harvested
and another winter set his icy barriers TO
oppoEe the progress Of our troops. Those
very memorials are, however, but so many
evidences Of their treason and rank enmily
to our Government, when their tenor aud
tone are considered Our revered Execu.
tive is consigned to future generations,
with lasting infamy," should be persevere
in his course, which is justified by every
principal Of right, and has been indorSsd
by the people Of the thirty-one States com
posing the Union Our duly constituted
authorities are denounced as abandoned
characters" and "black, k,hearted scoundrelSr
They declare positively that they will mo
longer wear the accursed yoke Of Constitu-
tional requirements" They announce their
unanimous intention to sustain, at all haz-
ards, in the highest position in the Terrific
ry-a man who stands attanted Of criml-
nal offenses Of the blackest character, and
whose successor has been dolly appointed
by the proper authorities. They have taun-
tingly invited commander OF an Amerl'
can army to "visit Salt Lake, unaccompa-
MED by troops" and promised him protec
tion, should he accept the offer. They
have composed war songs against the Gov
ernment, and sing them in their convent
cles in place of psalms and hymns. It's
therefore evident that their professions oil
honest intentions and pacific inclinations
are exquistely mendacious. The Mormon
war, if once seriously opened, will be no
trivial affair. The rebels, excited BY fS'
uatical zeal, and studiouSy kept ignorance
of the true features of The case, will tight
with desperation. They will contest the
ground inch by inch, aud suffer much ere
they can be forced to surrender. Spring
time is now near at hand, Col Johnston
has already received supplies, and bis facill
ties are every day increasing. A CORES
pondent to the Philadelphia Press states
that, with troops, servants, teamsters, and
camp-followers, he has four thousand men
concentrated at Fort Bridger. Large rein.
forcements have been ordered, and VIII
take up their line of march at the earliest
possible moment. 1t is moreover not I'M
probable that an expedition will be dis
patched from this State-from which Utah
is more easily accessible than from the At
lantic side. All the facts considered, We
are compelled to regard Mormon war as
inevituble.-San Francisco Herald, MaTeA
20M.
WnAr THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON kANsH
WILL "A despatch TO the n. \. HeTdI0