New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-08-21
THE MORMON PROBLEM STILL UN-
Snl.N Ed.

those furnished by the Mormon leaders and their vie
and wretched followers. The miserable credulity,
folly, tanaticsm and degradation OF the latter, and
the monstrons mpositions, lies and Ellainy Of the
former have hitherto held equal pace the parties as
summing as if by taet consent, the permanent rela-
tons Of the imposter and his victim, the swiudler
and the swindled.
Although the movement upon Utah was executed
in very clumsy manner, there seemed good reason
to believe that the wishes of the country would be
respected in the mode Of employing the force sent
out at such enormous expense and that the open
defiance which had been cast in the teeth of the
Federal authorities would be answered by measures
SO rigorous and decisive as not only to put an imme
date stop to Mormon incidence and DANTE out
RACES, but to crush and annihiae the theocracy Of
Latter Day Saints at once and forever Not that the
Administration, or its agents, should have directly
intertered with the strange medley Of nonsense and
hiasphemy which those miserable rebels call their
religion Everything bearing that name Is per
haps wisely, left to the corrective force Of public
opinion, and as it has up to the present time been
only the cohesive power of tanaticism which has
held the Mormon community together and IN su9jec'
ton, it is evident that this immunity Of their
polygamic institution and absurd doctrines from all
| interference mas been the ehef strength and Sc,
curty o. the Mormon hierarchy NeVertheless II was
no part OF Gov Cumming MISSION 70 inquire what
sort Oh reiigon 'ne Moflnons haa, or whether they
haa any Dlt II was nus aaty 10 inmediatey assume
tne actual 0oVefhoisnlP OF me territory, 10 strip
brigham houhg ehuteiy Of MS temporal power IN
tnat capacly ana 10 aord ample protection to every
ihuFiaual H 'he 1eril'oiy' paFueuary 70 thoze per
sons WIZ haNe peen accustomed % oLeg lmphctly
Tue GENESIS Oh the ehuron uhuer 1he system OF
terrorism olsau1eu ny tne eaaefs, ana at last ae
counts sell Y lull operation. hau ne pursued hrm
au iuleA'oe eoulAe ilol the moment Ne set 1901 ~
ot"n' au convinced e.e prophet ana ms people tnat
ue "ou4u not teLhpotlse WIN theIh, WINK al thelf
oleHses nof y llnposea upon IN any manner, the
successor OF Joseph 9nlIn would nave loand himself
po"eress ioF e9hef gooa on evil MS helplessness
YOU'D nave Eseu apparent 70 the most stupid and
efeduloos OF MS followers, ms prestige would have
departed forever ana ne would nave become by
Wofa OIL contempt among nus own people.
. Now "haC course uiu governor cumming pursue,
ana what IS the present condition Of things in the
Ierfltofy Gov Cumming 1t Is well known, pro
ceeaea iast spring 10 san Lake IN advance OF the
army attehasa oy Mormon guard, composed OF the
very pleu VINO are accused as the authors Of many
li'le CRIMES WHICH nave Deeh committed IN the
territory at different times up to very recent Pc
Rod de mad been there but short time before he
seemed to be on very confidential footing with the
leading Mormons, and was SO completely surrounded
BY Mormon Influences that lit WIS almost impossible
1or any complaint Or appeal for protection to find ac
cess TO ms ear That he made sundry pledges to the
Mormops "a proceeding highly inconsistent with his
otlcal posihon) i asselfed BY the Mormons them
selves and rendered probable BY his subsequent acts
and general conduct Whether he did 50 through an
over any ely to effect peaceabe settlement Of the
dlilcnlhes or rom some more reprehensibe motive,
mas not transplred nor does it gteaty matter. The
fact lfSe proves MN to be entirely unfit for posi-
non involving sueh important responsibilities
the accountl received from there, through pub
70 and private correspondence agree IN representing
that tne CIV administration OF the Territory is now
divided into Mormon party and an anti.Mo1mon
parry and that Coy. Cumming is the head and front
OF the former. And 1t Is a7"ered that he took pro-
mneat parS IN the GROWING act OF Mormon impn
dence' w the getting up, circulating, signing and
forwarding pettoh 70 the President for the removal
OF Judge EcAeis ana others OF the antMormon party
ln rs letter. Of the 18th Of July, the Utah correa
pendent OF the New York Herald gives the following
explanation OF the overwhelmingly to the judge
u j. alleged and proved to general Gentle rats
deon Eas raaS etisl4 4 au ~ o5gn n tne mead
It whether be signed the petition or not is mn NJ
knowa, but trat he mailed it is an established fact
The Governor OF the Territory mailed the petition Of
~ Nv, 5eoy "a! " us GolnpeeIs' lue