, 1866-11-18

In such State until the wrong Is remcdIed,
the injustice removed, and the trampled
down citizens arc raised to their feet aud
placed In secure possession Of every political .
right aud privilege found in the hands Of the
other citizers. This Is the sovereign balm,
nnd no other will cure tie disease.
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UTAH AND TI1l moRmoNs.
The recent assassination OF DR.. j. X. Rob-
inson in Salt Lake City, under circumstances
Of peculiar atrocity, will awaken fresh atten-
tlon to the Mormous, and tho general condi-
tion Of af1airs In Utah. DR.. Robinson was q
practicinE physician of great ability. and
highly esteemed us an accomplished aud up.
Right gentleman. He was a"Gentile," BY |
which the Mosmops describe all who do not
belong to their church. About tho years
since lie took the necessary legal steps under
The Homestead Law, to enter certain |
land, known US the Warm Springs, |
property. The place WIS totally unoccu-
pitd, aud hc had IN uudoubied legal right to
estnblssh claim In the manner indicated. |
Eel the Mormons claim to own the entire |
territory, without reference to the Home |
stead Inv, or any other law, except theirown,
established under the assumption Of Theo-
cratic power-the pretence that God has re-
served the soil Of Utah for his chosen Nor
mons, and that Gcntilcs hare no rights that
Brigham Young or his saints arc bound to
respect. The municipal government of
Salt Lake City, without legal process,
or the shadow of law ful authority other than
hs own resolution, took possession of Dr..
Robinson's property and demolished the
building lc had erected. He brought suit
against the city in the United States Court
for the recovery Of bis property, and thus
awakened the hostility Of the Mormons. In
the latter part of October last, Dr.. Rob-
inson called twice ut the Office of Mayor
Wells. aud not fndlng him in, went to his
house. The Mayor received him cor
dially until he announced his name,
whereupon he asked him II he was
that Dr.. Robinson who claimed the
Warm Springs, and being answered
In the affirmative, rudcly ordered him from
the house, without giving him an opportu-
| nifty to state his business. Two or three
| nights after this occurrence, after DR.. Robin
son had retired, a man knocked loudly at his
door, and urged him to come at once and at
tend upon his brother. whose leg, he stated,
had been broken badly By mulo falling on
It. The doctor promptly responded, and
following the man who thus summoned him.
had proceeded but short distance from his
home, when he was shot by band Of
six or eight assass1ns, who were
lying in whit for him. he soon after died
from the effects Of the wound, his murderers
escaped, aud no efforts, worthy Of the name,
were made by the authorities to detect or
arrest them. The rewards offered for their
capture were doubtless mere blind. The
victim Of this cruel deed was married only
few months prior 10 his untimely fate.
The fact that ot.ing was stolen from his
person, although he had a vnluablc gold
watch and considerable money In his pockets
Mt the time he was killed, shows that the
crime vas not committed for plunSer, and
the number engaged In 1t precludcs the
theory that 1t was The result of private re
yenEs Gb.s ~ q ~ esss ses1eci!
= less startling, makes It clear that no Gen
tiles life Is safe In Utah, II he attempts t.
exercise the rights Of u citizen, to pre-emp
| laud, or do any other act that conflicts Will
the assumed rights OF tho Mormons. TIL
I slate Of things Is reproach TO the Govern
: ment, and it has become necessary to max
9 these people understand that the
( must yield obedience to the laws {
s the United States, and respect the rights {
others, or be dealt with like other lau
3 breakers. They have d perfect right to b.
l. lieye In the Book of Mormon, or In Jo
Smith, or Brigham Young, or Elder Kitnbal
n or ybody or anything they please, and Il
70 Government will not object. But they ar
t nevertheless, subject to the same laws thl
control other citizens. and 1t Is the duty
d The Government to enforce those laws BY Il
y strong arm, If necessary. It cannot be tol
l. rated that in territory not get erected IN
state, and directly subject to the will Of Il
- National Government, the Laws Of Congre
n. shall be Get at defiance, or that any cltiz
al shall be excluded because Of his reltsto
ac belief, The Mormons are, as VIC hare ea'
OF i entitled to their own faith, but they are
" more entitled to it thnn Others whom tn
70 call Gentiles arc to theirs. The Homestc
a. Law was made as much for the benefit
H. those who do not believe that Joe sml
st WIS prophet Of God, rs Of those who TIL
n. he was. II the Mormons cannot afford
i'd time and take the trouble to 70 throu
Ic- with tho forms prescribed BY law,
ii. obtaining fee to lands, they must make
ed their minds to yield It to the more ent
pris1pg and Law. abiding, who certainly '
an take the legal steps. The Territory Of VI
d. embraces an area Of nearly d hundred q
,as ten thousand square miles, aud is larger u
ion the States OF Illinois and New York &C
,cs bincd. It has population Of less thai
tlv hundred thousand souls. The idea that
nd vast and fertile territory Is to be surr
ige dercd TO the nonssfous pfeteuslons
religious fanatics, whose numbers
ia. 90 Insignificant In comparison "
the Immense territory they claim, Is sim
tho absurd. No one would mind their splr.s
.tst .as prciensions, IL they took no other form
.dt.: mere profession; but when It comes to
az forcing them agninst "unbelicvees '
y violence and assassination; when the
sAt. are trampied under foot, and the Gov
mcut openly and vauntingly deacd, 1t Is
lfea to assert the majesty of the law aud pro
Lote the citizens who are made the victims
Eate senselees and cruel persecution. Theirs
rms serenity million acres Of land In Utah, Al
the every Mormon man, woman
tne child, were to pre-empt all the land th1
o@s allowed by the Homestead Law, 1t "
adle not make them the owne1a Of one-ffth o
tnat soil they pretend has been donated to
my by the Almighty.
y to The Pacific Railroad will pass dl1s
sev- through Utah, from It's eastern 70 Its '
AZ etn boundary, and will place Great salt
City In constant and easy commnnics
with the rest Of the country, from the 81
Il. Of tho Atlantic to the Pacific. That 6
:iaed | Tic enterprise Ia the doom Of Mormon
state and The leaders OF that singular and gro!
sui. peTstitlon. which bas been maintained
u ne BIZ profound ignorance, the graHncAti
} as- every bad passion, and seclusion ffau
orted rest Of the world, caunot fall to sec
eau completion the handwriting On the wal
= az. ,ouncJnp destruction to their immoral