The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1869-12-10

manifestoes among whom Is W. n. Sherman. .
member of the press and an apostle Of spirtuaities
Let me now give TO the puOlic points but little
known, even IN Utah. Tine first Is that THIS move.
with the publication OF
THE PEEP o. DAY.
In 1864 Messrs Tullldge Harrison published
magazine bearing tnat slgnihcant name. inc paper
was not only the first magazine published east OF
California and west OF the Missouri river but 1t gave
te nrst uterance to unversalaq principles neard 10
Utah anu thar too, RISING from the heart OF Mormon
people. but now marx the lesson 0f this fact.
pointing to solution OF great subject.
the liberties OF people, the freedom Of
TO lay their families, their all their very lives upon
which to-day they have entered as leaders resolving
Lawrence were hot prepared for the movement into
the press. AT that time even Godbe and
the altar. Neither were the people prepared, nor
was the cooperative system III force designed To
drive out the Gentles but equally killing Mormon =
enterprise Perhaps Providence itself was not pre-.
Tor even Providence can only work this world
through human agencies. But day the people
prepared much more than even they themselves
know Hence to-day we have the Utah Magazine.
which Is shortly TO DO turned INTO q weekly news
paper, bearing the significant tile OF the Mormon
TftOuHe. Hence also recent events and the ''greas
scnisn in Utah."
Inc authorizes OF the Church IN turn, while affect
Inc quietudc anu maintaining an ominOus silence n
tneir newspaper organ set every teacher to work In
every house TO enable them 10 grapple with the
times In spite OF this the Alormons throughout the
Territory are by thousands following the 0harac-
teria~ic quietule Of their lead er5, but dividing
on tue liberal side They IRE watching the further
deveopnent ol events. That development Will
come, ana ga nation shall he born IN dayn which
sna form state acceptable to the Union and the
whole civilized world.
Now ,eG me reveal matters to my readers abroad
Us YET ony Ioleshaaowed a. home out winch, stimuli
aneously with HE publication Vi this III the States.
VIA be published in Utan upon the very h0usetops.
IL III that there Is at hand
A GREAT MOVEMENT OF SPIRITUAL POWER.
1t Will perhaps be remembered by many Lnat the
Mormons were originally body OF lnspiratiOnal
people. Theirs was a dispensatlon OF spiritual
power and not ol u mere temporal organization.
Joseph Smith was Their prophet ana seer, aud
whether credited or not more Than the WONDERS OF
the modern spirituasls were of daily occurrence IN
the Mormon Church 10 bound at once to the
point, the saints IN Utah for nearly twenty years
nave been eatlre strangers to their former spiritual
power. The other sIdo OF the subject Is that
Messrs Harrison and Godbe lay claims TO have been
divneiy inspired and called 10 Their work OF tree
States Will nave tner problem solved as certainly as
that to- niorrOw's sun sna dawn. Herein Ia .hu
luton OF I'LL the cniei problems OF the MOrmOns.
Let me elaborate THIS view, tor IL IS the most I'M
pOrtant OF the wn0e. We're this merely secular,
political or commercial revolution II would fall. Be
assured OF tnat. But u great spiritual WORK, rising
in tue midst vi an lnspratl0nai people, whose very
Church was built up through Its potency, Will bring
about, not revolution but very contamination.
All Tie spiritual past, which Is III harmony there.
with, ana all the temporal present, which u IN dis
cord viii both resolve finale OF spiritual Ia.
nuences ana crow ming prophetic era. Indeed. the
entire Church for quarter OF century, since the
death OF Joseph Smith, have looked Tor the revival
ut some period oil the dspensatiOn OF prophets and
revelation. In the meantime the President and the
Twelve nave led US into u dlspensauOn Of
MOrmOnlsm has lost Its own peculiar genius and the
people their mission. We who were once spiritual
aud prophetic Cnurch have lost all our spiritual gifts
lnueed, were an angel to come to-day We should
'cuE him orr with all VINO were unfortunate enough
TO see hil Ink Is very Practical ANA there Is Ger
tulnly fanatlcsm In SUCH state OF society," yet Il
the most Olninous sign vi the times The present
state Is Iase anu treacerOus Tor the masses are as
fanatical III you SO please word it as they
the past. A reaction Will therefore come and dis
peDsat OF spmtuallties. or course as mere Items
OF the mar, eous this will not make uch In the &C
r. mt t.tl nLir .t IN
social aud religious events, when this new de-
veiopment VIII produce among an inspl-
miraculous are OF Tremendous Importance.
They VIII Change the Mormons and thelr
institutions into acceptable forns and endow them
with progressive and uniyersalian genius. More:
over TINS very schism," OF which you have heard
so mucn, originated In The opening OF tas spiritual
era. but for tns, Elias Harrison and w. s. GOdbe,
with their brethren, would not have made their bod
stand against the authorities OF Utah. 1t has been
matter of much speculation whether or not the men
would give up the struggle but those who knew
that they were the assurance or beng personally
directed by the spirit OF revelation also knew
signed. This bears a volume OF import OF future
events. The CONNECT Will be an 'irrepressDie' one.
There Is q very pecA lar circumstance connected
with THIS case-nameiy. that TINS spiritual work
has commenced with the apostles OF Tree Thought,
or commerce; anu, a5 before observed, there
Is no ianaticsln In commercial men. How,
then VIII llls movement strike the mass, when
II ~ July proclaimed, with power and .demonstra-
ton OF the splriJ,n and wnen hundred or the moss
eloquent ELDERS OF Ian are upon the platform aRlta-
ting the public mlnIy 1his will be the case before
long. There are some things concerning the tenden
Giles OF these alleged revelations that you Will be-
pleased to learn. They are loyal and MAINTAIN the
genus OF the United States they uphold the gospel
and not Of cOerciye Will; they In favor OF
universal benevolelce and Christianity; they are
opposed TO q temporal theOcracy ana the union OF
Church and StaLe they decided against the per.
nlcious distinction OF Mormon ana Gentle, and are
against all the hatredS oil seCtariansm; they nave
nothing to DO with nels and devils and damnatlons;
they defend the cause OF the Workingman and en-
courage tine development OF the mineral resources VI
the Rocky Mountains. 1t Val be SEEN therefore,
That tney are very humanitarian spirits even
II there Is nothing specially divine about
them. For this reason / shall follow tnem
anu testify OF them, far | can solve them
matter they fall below human conceptions or
goodness and greatness their divinity shall go tor
naught and thus you will perceive That the "gOds
ana Angels" are about 10 pass under very severe
scrutiny up In Utah.
In conclusion .et me say tlat the people OF the
United states may expect very warm intellectual
warfare IN Mormondom. THINK however, that the
without personal violence. The eyes of the nation
are upon US and 1t would be unwlse for tho au-
taOritles oil Utan To provoke the government to ny
70 the rescue Ia the cause of humanity. As 1t 49,
believe that thus movement VIII save the govern
ment from the necessity OF meddling with the affairs
OF Utah. Perhaps there Is Providence In this,
which will preserve the people and their present.
leader. who, frankly confess is . great man, and
deserves the admiration OF the age. we war against
his policies and fOrceiui authority, not against him.
cell. Inc MormOns still represent one Church
CARDS dlspensatOn and lounder; but, hencef0rth
II Is Popedom and the Reformation.
EDWARD W. TULLIDGE.