Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1865-07-21


Repubiicauism i a guaranty against tie
danger he fears. and that hc>iies by the act
ofJuIy /, 1852, every person is forbidden to
take an Office under the government without
swearing that he has not aided or abetted
the rebellion o. yielded Voluntary support
10 the rebel Observation-Disclosures even
If members should he admitted from all the
southern States, the uncompromisiug loyal
LIT would have still handsome majority Mr.
Puillip'. fear Is. therefore. not well found
I'd.
MoRr5NIs4 AID PlIYGANr.-Mr Bowlcs Of
the Springfield republican. writes a very iu-
ter,s'ing letter from Salt Lake Ci'y, Jan.
18Th. The most important part of which We
copy:
/ dud that Mormon 'sn Is not necess,r iy po'yg-
any; that the one began and ,xlst.d iur ma,
years without the other, that not all the Nor
mus accept the doctr ne, and IN u, 1 fourth
(p,rhlf not one. ighti) rtcticr u; aud that
inr utt on and i'- Z .,-fnm. Mt may oppose II and
pr s.cute 30, with al NJ ali iu'e friirg with the
y s-,u1r o. the Norm ci urch or ju-tly eng
heed rs interfering with the pl sious Liberty that
Is N basis O., ~ our ms ution>. This dist net
i'm ha- not h,cn sufficiently d-rstool hereto
{ ~ ami % has not teen consistently Actel upon
hy either ihe Government OF the public If the
T -. Here, by the people, who a'e coming in
10 ,niy the opportunities of the country flr
tr,ie ami mining. and there ly cur ia ers At
Al d D - a. =.
/ sL' e ?. lyc .my should be rIess,d home upon
thu VI rrou c1urch. dis .re,.ily aud with fact
with law ard with argument aud appeal. but
with hrmu. s. and "a power. Ultimately, Of
course, BE- fore the influences ofcmigrItion, evil
z,iiuu AMI our -mocrauc habits, an organic
tlun 50 sri>to-ratic aud aut0cratlc as the Mormon
church now IS, mus molly It's rule; 1t must
compete with ,ther s,cts and take It's chance
with jh,m. And IT. most aiisiocraiic aud IN
CIVILIZED incident OF feature OF plurality If ~ives
must fl'l hrst and completely b,f,re the contsct
with the lest OF the world, msrshalel with
mails, daily ptIers, railroads and t,ltgraphs
and ciph,utc out the f.ct that the men aud
women IT the world are alout equally divided.
aul nlpyii 20 the Mormon patriarchs the
democratic principle ,fcqud and exact justice.
Nothing eau ave this feature If M0rmcnism but
new f ght and a more complete is5lstion A
p,rp,tuate D.; and thiih,r even, commerce and
d,mocracy would ult mttely ollowIt The click
ct the te.cuapl aLl Oh. roll of the overland
stages are us death-rsttie oW; the d I whistle
Of the locomotive will sound iis requiem; sni N
pick axe Il the miner will dig u, grave Squat
ter sovereignty viii speedily tile the question.
even Il the Government Continues 70 c0quette
with 1t and humoI it. a il has done
Bat the Government shOull no louCar hold q
doubtful or divided POSITION ioWari this great
crime Of the Mormon church. Declaring clearly
both is Discrimination aud want Of power 10 H.
ieriere al al with the church organization
such, or with is influence over il followers,
suring and guuaniying 10 it all the liberty and
freedom that other religious secis hold and enjoy,
il should still. as clearly and distinctly declare,
by all lis action and all us represent, tives here.
that this feature OF polygsmy is not prop,r,y or
necessarily part OF the religion Of the Mormon.
IS a crime ~ the common law Of all civilization
and by the statute Law Of the nation. and that
any cases OF its extension will be prosecuted and
punished as such. Now halt or tWO-thirds the
federal ttic,rs in the territory are polygamists;
and others near no testimony sgainst it. These
,houd give way TO men who, otherwise equally
MoimoIs Il may lie, still are neither polygami-'s
nor believers IN the practice Of poly gamy. No
employees or contractors of the Government
should lie polyg tmists in theory or practice. Here
the Government should take its stand, calmly,
gu city, but Thanksgiving its moral support
an cuuutenance, and its physical support, if
necessary for far play 10 the large class of Nor
nous who aTe MT polygamists, 10 missionaries
and preachers of all other sects. who choose to
come here, AMI erect their standards and invite
followers; and TO that growing public opinion,
here and elsewhere. which is accumulating its
inex0rabe force sgaIust an institution which has
not inaptly been termed twin haIbsrism with
slavery. There is no need and no danger Of phys
icIl conflict growing up; only n hot and unwise
zeal aud mp ltience on the pat Of the govern
ment rrpr, srniauyes, and in the command Of
the uo"ps here, could precipitaie that. The
probability Is, that, upon such demonstration
by the Government as have suggested, the
lead, rs II the church wo Id receive new light on
the subject ihemselyes,-perhaps have = fresh
re-, citation, anI abandon the Objectionable f.a-
ture in their polity.
The conversation have alluded to with Brig
ham Young ami some Ofh:s elders on this sub-
jet OF poiygamy Was introduced By he inquiring
# Mr. CollAx VIVA, the government and people 4
proposed 10 10 with them now The speaker re- 4
plrJ that he hal no authority to speak. but tor
himself. if he ght be permitted 10 make the 4
suggestion, he hAd hoped the prophets of the I
church would have new revelation ON the sub- I
jet, which should put stop 20 the practice. lie
aided further that, as the people OF Missouri and I
Maryland, without waiting for the action Of .
the general government against slavery. them
selves believing it to De wrong and all impede /
ment to their prosperity. had taken measures
TO abolish it, 80 he hoped the people Of the Nor I
mon church would see that polygamy was
hibdrauce and not help, and move for it,
abandonment. Mr.. Young responded quickly
and frankly that ne SHOULD readily welcome such \
a revelation that polygamy was not in the
original LOOk vi the Mornons that 1t was not
an essential practice 10 the church, but only -
Iriv iege aud duty, under special command OF
Gvd that he knew it had bten abused that
people mad ei tered into polygsmy who ought not
to have done so and against his protcstation and
advice At the same time, ne defended the