The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-12-10
THE MORMON SCHISM
Letter from One of the Apostles Of Re
f0rm-A Contemplating View Of the
Situation - Spiritual Influences ut
WOrk-A Struggle Between Pope
dom and the RefOrmatiOn-The.
ocraey Versus Republicanism.

ocraey Versus Republicanism.
SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 20. 1859.
Your correspondents proposes submit to the
people OF the United States full statement Of the
new Mormon movement and TO lay before the cOun-
try tue programme OF It's leaders.
TILE SOLUTION OF THE MORMON PROBLEM
For the last quarter OF q century the civilized
world has been anxiousy looking for the solution of
the Mormon problem IN an acceptable form. At
length a report OF q great schism III MOrmOndOm
sped through tae States east and wesC: but the
exact force OF the movement Is not clearly seen.
nor IS It known whether the solution is practical
or not. And ii practical, the question comes, Will
the solution be acceptable 10 the nati0nP What Is
the programme of the leaders OF this so-caled
scnisms In the first place, let me assure the coun-
try tina: the solution IS practicable. The government
In hostile intentions could not grapple with the
Mormons and their faith this mas been abun-
dainty seen. You cannot send $50 900 devoted rel-
gionists to the slaughter houses the more ranar
Cal they are, II known 10 be conscientious and ad-
mirable on the whole, tho more they are preserved
by the very generositcs OF the And thus has
the stood between the civilized world and the
MOrmOns
In the meantime our leaders have reduced the
people to an absolute temporal bondage, and the
genius OF q prophetic and spiritual work mas died
out o, their administration. Here then. in this very
fact you find the opportunity for a solution; tor
II may be readily appreciated that the people
who have been deemed nation Of fanatics
can never be reduced to mere ssciallstic state
and the priesthood retain their power. To that
state they have been brought and the Church which
once boosted OF Its prophets and seers, its visions
and les angels, IS now gwen over to temperatures
IN hn arcin al ri
OF It's leaders. Now those policies oid not tend to
absoutlsm, but rather to indivldualism and per-
sonal enterprise. Did not the Mormon priesthood
persist In forcing upon the people temporal theO-
cracy IN the very heart OF republican nation we
could, perhaps, In time transform ourselves Inso
mere body u socialists with practical infdety as
our genus. But as we all believe In the prophetic
mission OF Joseph Smith ar the same time that the
Church has almost departed from Its proper mis-
sion ana the desperation spirlualites 1t Is certain
that We shalt lini coming ISSUES III Protestant
ism anu reform. Tue present phase Of MormOnlsm
IS easily to be understood. 1t is simply
rope 10 ana Inc sre,1 Reformation soc Whe'er
religious prODie.n-a dlvlne or human epc-the re-
SUITS viii DO the same III eject We nave to decide
on TINS Continent what ha, before beea decided IN
tue Old " ord and II Is very singular fact that the
Mormon refcrmers now nod thus epic theme. is 1t
not wonderful that Utan to-day Is sitting IN judg
ment upon the great questions OF Church and
State,n aDsoutism or repuOicausm. POpeuom or
PfOteStan.SlIl temporal tAtJCracy or Sp ritual
tneocraoys Why, they are the great questions III
humanity and not mere Of Utal anu the very TACT
tlat they are uppermosC with us to-day Is burden
OF prophecy OF u vast and glorious change. Having
reached this phase Of the Mormon experience any
sagacions statesman or ANALYTICAL social philosopher
may uounu TO the CONCLUSION That tue So lou vi tue
Mormon problem Is 1ounu vi last, ald one winch
VIII be acceptable to the whole civilized world. 1t
WAL De TURNER concluded, that though IKE the
drama or The past, Wnicn emunclpaleu forever
coiored on THIS Continent, all may NOS
be defined in the programme yet all that 10 deslr-
abe VIII certainly come by the very force Ot Circum-
stances. For years something Of inns Aas been lore
seen 6y the thinAiDg men OF America, and rev0ll-
tiOn preaIcteu ON the arrival oil the American nation
upon the borders 0i Morin0nuOn via the PACING Rail-
road.
But 1t has been too much expected that the coming
up Of civilization would explode us. ana That tue
Mormons Their religion would pass away forever
III tner SPECIAL Character. This Is ~ radical mistake
when wuulo leave ali unsOlvlu as before, fof the
Morm0ns viii not be exploded nor taeir reiIgiol
resigned Tue experience VI the worio bears on,
TACT tnaL religious communities are not changed into
better forms Nv pressure irniu without though
egn force might annihate them. But that consuRl-
nation Is uoIn undesirable and lmprac.lc IN
InIa HUMANITARIAN age Moreover wa nave
the nation and the ralirOad around Ind through
the very heart OF our LOCALITIES and sllu-
atoms; yet our people have been reduced
to greater temporal bondage than before and
grand cooperative scheme inaugurated. to eApei
the 'Uenllle'i element IRON Utan through conuer-
cal necessities. TINS brings us BACK 20 the TACT
again tnaI tue Mormons must solve their own pro-
b.ems and gives greater value TO the present move
mept, WHOA VIII change our customs INTO more ac-
ceplaDe 1orl5 And tnis Will De tnrousn the leglti-
mate issues Oh their own circumstances, anu by
very potency OF the religious genus winch butt
them UP as community.
Tue phase OF Morllondom TO come. then, is not o
revolution or an explosion but u return 10 Lueir
former spirtuar and prophetic character, the mass
vi the people making IA rapid passage up to the pro
gressve tendencies vi the tlmes. me next point is
where are the men mighty enough 10 eject TINS
changer VINO among The Mormon elders mel-
arms with Brigham Young NO ole tue
Kind Of strength that claracterzeS this pOtelt
man; yet tue least among mlghty enongh to
break through theocratic absout1oin and assert
manhood. But does America forget tue source OF
her own might-her peopet Does size douDl
the potency or her own genus, or fear that she Will
fail IN her own destiny on any par OF her continents
God snail speak 10 the souls vi the people Will,
and his might shall be IN their hearts. You shall
nave the solution which America herself once gave
To the wOrld-a republican one, with volumes vi de-
caratons OF independence, through free press anu
hundred platforms tnroughout the entire FERN.
tory OF Utah. WIN that meet the cases WIN Inc
pen and with the tongue Thousand Mormon elders
shall give the answer.
THE UTAH MAGAZINE.
Have you not learned tine lesson In tho United
States that the press Is the power or the age the
pen migotler than the swords The press, thcu leads
this new era among the Mormons, ana Inat press
snail De made independent ana republican In It's
genus. u shall be just " al MANKIND, ana snail
break down THESE hateful distinctions VI Mormon
and Gentle. IL shall teach the people loyalty
nation, US well as loyalty to their religion;
1t shall inculcae the spirit OF love for brother
hood, but be an evungel VI the peoples rights and
lloertIes snail respect the great man VINO mas leu
us for quarter OF century, nut be conuciast to
his absolute and anti American policies; It shall lead
the people into freedom OF thought and help them
to manly expression vi their viii. such mas been
the mission OF the Utah Magazine.
And here we come to another fact OF this new
movement. II Is that the leading merchants OF Utah
who have been the most loyal to the Mornon COM
monwea tn and most representative OF enterprise
and indvlduasn, arc heart and hand with an In
dependent press IN the great struggle before us for
freedom. There Is no fanalIcisn la commerce and
wherever you and its apostles hand IN hand with the
men OF social and religious reform YOU may predict
with certainty that you have INT upon soluble pro.
blems.
Although the foremost OF these merchants are W.
>. Godbe ann Henry Lawrence Mr. Godbe entered
into the great cause with his fortune, his family and
his life upon the altar. But perhaps II was almost
too much to expect OF the ruling prlpstbood mar