, 1866-11-19

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~ ~ sasn s.ase uAu. sae Floas leueo,ea'
tne lhluslee removed, ana tae tfamp'ed
ue"n s.t1ens Wv 'a'sea " ."s'f aeet ana
p'aeea 10 secure possession 0. every iolitaeas
tieht ana pfl'nego ioona ~ .ae nanas oi Inc
o1nef eitlAcns. in1s Is INC sovereign talm,
ano no other wall cure LIE o1scaSe'
ETAU AND TIE mORmONs,
The recent assassination of DR.. j. X, Rob
inkon in Salt Lake City, uudcr circumstances
of peculiar strocity, will awaken fresh ntteu-
tton to the Mormous, mud the general condi- !
tion Of nffaszs In Utah. DR.. Robinson was a |
practlcinE phssaclan OF great ability, and
highly esteemed as an accomplished and up.
right gentleman. &c was a "Gentile," By |
which tue Mormons describe all who do not
belong to thcis church. About two years
since be took the necessary legal steps under
the Homestead Law, TO enter certain
land, known ns the Warm Springs,
property. The place was totally uuoccu-
pied, and be had an undouhted legal right to I
establish claim in the manner Indicated.
ret tic Nosmons claim 10 own the entlse
territory, without reference to the Home
stead Law, OF my other law, except their own,
established under the assumption Of Theo-
served the soil Of Utah for Ills chosen Nor
mons. and that Gcntilcs have no rights that
Brigham Young or bis saints arc bound to
RESPECT. The municipal government Of
salt Lake City, without legal process,
or The shadow OF lawful authority other than
IT'S own resolution, took possession Of DR..
hooinson:s property and demolished the
building he bad erected. lie brought suit
{rit itnA AZ
lot the recovery Of Ills 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, and not findlng him in, went to his
house. The Mayor received him cor.
daily until he announced his name,
ThcEcupou le asked him If he was
TINT Dr., Robinson who claimed the
Warm Springs, and being answered
in the affirmative, rudely ordered him from
the house, without giving him an opportu-
nifty 10 state his business. Two or three
nights after this occurrence, after Dr.. Robin.
sou had retired, man knocked loudly at his
door, aud urged him to come at once and at
tcud upon his brother. whose leg. be stated.
had been broken badly BIZ mule filling on
It. The doctor promptly responded, aud
following the mau who thus summonel him.
had nrqcecded hut a short distance from his
home. when he was sbot by hand of
six or e}pht assasstns who we're
lyfuc In wait for him, BE soon after died
fnom tha efycc+s of +he rorna lila ,orraaro,s
-escaued and m EFFORTS. worthy m thp name
wevc wade bv 4ha author{tfns ~ dote.t ~
arrest thcm rho rav,rda ,tf.,aa fnr the,r
eanturn ,re,a aouh.1eas n ,noro Nina Thn
victim Of this crue1 dccd yFas married on1v
few months nr1or Ia h;s untfmelv fate.
The fact that MT .fnp Was stolen from his
! person. although be Ind a valuable rold
watch and considerable money In his poctct.
nj tbc time hc was killed shows tnnt the
crime vas not committed for n1unaer and
the number enenped In n Drcc1udcs the
| theory that IL was Tho result ot ny1rate rex
| vcnce. This. with man, other case, scarcclv
less stuytlsr<, s,al.eo t. elea, that ~ CEN
| tiles life Is safe In Utah, II he attempts to
exercise The righta of citizen, to prc -cmpt
land, OF do any other act that conflicts with
1 the assumed rights of the Mormous. This
state Of things Is o reproach to the Govern
| ment, and 1t has become necessary to make
these people understand that they
must yield obedience TO the laws Of
the United States, and respect the rights Of
othets, or be dealt with like other Law
breakers. They have perfect right to be-
lieve In the Book Of Mormon, or In Joe
Smith, or Brigham Young, or Elder himbaii,
or snybody or nythtnE they please, and the
Government Will not object. But they atet
nevertheless, subject 10 the same Laws that
control other citizens. and 1t Is the duty Of
the Government to enforce those 3a*s b5 The
etfoog arm. II necessary 1t cannot be tole'
ated that Ia = territory not get erected INTO
state, aud directly subject to the will Of the
Aatioual Government. the laws OF Congress
shall be set At defiance, Or that any citixer
shall be excluded because Of his religions
belief. The Normons are, ~ We have said
entitled 10 their own taath, but they are nj
more entitled to 1t than Others whom they
call Gcntilcs are to theirs. The Homestead
Law was made us much for the benefit o
these Who do not believe that Joe Smith
was prophet Of God, as Of those who think
he WAS. If the Morrrons cannot afford th,
time and take the trouble to 70 through
with the fotrns prescribed By Law, fo
J obtaining fee to lands, they must make II.
their minds to yield II to the more enter
rslsipg and 1aw.abidine, who certainly vii
take the legal stepa. The Territory Of uta1
embraces an area Of nearly hundred an,
! ten thousand square miles, and Is larger thar
| a. -. -, =, -
LUG sta1es oi thlnois anu Ne" Aefk eoH
| hundred thousand souls. The Idea that thi
! .nsr ana fcr4,1e 4err,torr ia Ia he sr,ren
!. acrra 10 thc monst ron. nretcns,ons O
rrl,c,ous nnst,rs whose rnmhcrs ~
SO 1us1su'acaht ii comparison WIZ
, shsrrd n Avn wonid mind t1,s,r snir]+rs
prctcnslons. If thev took no other form tha,