, 1870-07-11

help us still more, and, perhaps, serve then
selves better, by establishing smelling work
here. Wosks suitable for tho reduction Q
Galena ores, ike most Of those yot mined here
might 10 erected for from 81, 200 to $50, 900
but for tho treatment Of copper ores, the
/ would necessarily bo more expensive. In OH
case the latter may well be allowed t
wait. Walker Bros intend to ship 1000 ton
thls summer. It is understood to pay q larg
| profit on ores worth not less than $50 tho ton
Other parties are going into the same busi
neRs, which il destined to make Utah prosper
GUS and rich, and to enlighten and emnncipat,
| her people from priestly thraldom as degrad
ing and grinding ~ any that ever existed. I
| is graceful in leading merchants Of this cit,
to sake the lead in the new industry 1t vii
encourage others, attract capital and enter.
prize from abroad, and result in rich haryes
TO themselves in the end, directly aud in
directly. Tho theocratic dospotism Of th,
country braces itself as firmly AZ evcr, consid
ering, against this diyersihcation Of tho indus
Try OF tie Territory. It ia nothing to them
tIat t the railroad has cut of their market, aut
that their mountains arc yeined with GOLD AMI
silver. Which, it is feared, may be prodtapl,
wrought, thus furnishing market next dool
for all their valleys cau produce, Brigham
wants his people to lay up treasure III heaven
rather than on earth; hecautions them agains
seeking to become rich, for then, 10 says
"iou aro sure to begin to think foryourselTes
nlne Or starye, and herein is her salvation II
more ways than nne.
AS11-NoRMoS POLITICAL ORGANIZATION.
Tho citizens OF Corinne have arranged 70,
q msss gathering Of tho Gentilea Of Utah on
the 4th, one of the objects Of which is to arree
on candidate for delegate to Congress- fiji t
would seem TO he an auspicious day for the
Inauguration Of a political movement for the
redemption Of Utah. 1t would also seem to
be Just the time-that it is precisely the thing
to do next. need not reitetato the condition
Of things here. Suffice it to asy that it would
be difficult to find a moro auti-ropublicap,
ant1-Amerlcan community on earth. The
principles Of '76, which hayo become institu-
tiopR elsewhere in Tho Republic, hare vet to
10 tablshed here. Tho anniversary Of tia
arst formal enunciation should be fitting day
1or tue commencement Of an organized, per-
s's!:nt attempt to realize them in Utah. And
we are not without encouragement. Some
thing has been done, and We haYe something
to start from, and to work with.
PuoGREss OF ONE TEAR.
SINCE the completion Of thetail1oad, now -if-
teen months ago, there las been 4 great
loosenng OF the hile-bound old carcass OBJ
structlng the progress Of civilization in the
West, BY presenting at every point Of its ad-
vance the resistance Of ineftia, tsintins ths
salubrlous air Of the mountains with ita nox-
lous ettluria. The tailroad sent mon Of affairs
through their chief city, all last summer, in
stream, whose general reprobation made them
exceedingly uneasy. The Vlce President
came IN tie early fall, and gcourteorsly turned
bis l, back On them, telling them, as ho did 90,
that the lawe Of the country must bo obeycl:
By priest and larmnn, Jew and fMornon, and
Gentle, alike. in every corner Of the land.
Encouraged by tho thickening signs Of new
era, prominent mon of the hierarchy itself
seeded from it, organized a liberal church,
and through pulpit, rostrnm, and press. de-
voted themselves to exposing ita absurdities
and abuses. The sons Of Joseph. the founder
Of the sect, hsu already bearded tho usurper
in the midst Of bis fetainers, and before liza
ralroad had been running q yeay, no were
treated to the spectacle Of lhrce rival Mormon
conferences, mot in the Holy City on the sans
day, each claiming to represent the ttue
church. These schiems arc daily gaining
dcmoralizing the adlerents OF ecclesiastical
desPotism. Notices like the following grow
more frequent in the church paper:
"NoIIcE.-Thts IL to certify that Robert Ker-
'naw; Geu v: Crouch, Theotlo5e Tqrlcy, cnas {.
r.. [aicCnnc?j have been cut OIL from the Church
u fJesus Christ Of LatteIag Saints for apostacy.
.nr.vpn 1ono :, y; IL -dPoarnEn1SouAN, 2 CLERK.
The Salt Lake Tribune opened its second
owing:
!, Against head wind and tide, IN the teeth Of
aa 9pp9so ass steadily
,eriod when tho Tribune had rs many friends Ii
us Territory ss today. We are III constant re-
( eint o. assurances Of the steady growth Of our
i'shops, Dlshops' Counsellors, as well as the |
aasses 2 o. thG people, privately admit thes truth
= COZ confidential friends While many acknowledge
Ecly out IN their defence"
Following up Brigham-a abuses, the Tri-
uMe 7 Z, lately struck him on his trustseship. Al
iuing to tho subject again this week, it says:
Is own programme. He really believes TINT he !
nd the Lord arc running the machne' down |
t, sIe, and what belongs to the one belongs to the
= ue tells the public that he and bis family,
Neht|.thfee years ago, came here barefootetl aud
,gged, and that all he has since placed 3, r.
ord has dealt literally with him! He has certain
blessed him above hts brethren, anu that NIL
s1saa ,fuogaly to- for every thing that the man
le Or mechanical way has always failed him. |
There never was as wealthy prophet upon the
nth. Many Of the ancients had large 'prumfses,'
1t they al! died seeing them afar on Brother
rignan's philosophy IS more practtca, and com
on Eense. He c1ings to the promises as they |
,me IN ~ aio9g, , ana they arc branded, b X all
mly has every abundance, while many Of the
3or Of this city arc nctualy tho recipients Of the
1arty Of tie GentIlcs."
10 return Winter came, and the conren-
on Of Bishops, called, by courtesy, Lesis-
tive Assembly, g.Ve evidence that even
[ormonB can advance, By adopting code Of |
ws, admitting woman 10 tho ballot box, and
FoElding BY Law for gold and silver mining.
Tow years ago they solemnly declared tho
# labyrinth Of abominations.' No know
icy LOOK On woman IS merely life-giying /
acllne, and heretofore gold or silver mining
u oeon ground for accommodation.
Meanwhile, Brigham, eeeing chance for = ] !
'ecu!ation, made his people work out their ! !
debtedneas to the church on the Utah Rail i
ad grade, and, buying the iron and rolling I
oney he owed his own people, be built . rail- I
nd from Zion to the Onion Pacific, making | j
9 heart Of his kingdom more accessible. II
1hese thlngs, suppose, were all done to |
cure some temporary good, as it seemed,
e'r Ultimate effect being lost sight Of It is I
It the first case Of pride and madness going
fore destruction. Had Brigham adopted {
il policy one rear earlier, he might himself
!ye led tho inevitable revolution. he did not, {
ID now these concessions are Hke 6op8 thrown {
Whale. Soon after the adjournment Of /
Legislature, Governor Shaffer came on, in
r11cted, no doubt, to bring the Territory Of 6
ah into the Union, in the fullest sense Of i
the major Mormon uaurpationa were +
'ept sway. The execution Of the 4
Ta and the administration OF justice in the Z
'rritory will henceforth be in the hapds Of Y
en- appointed By the President rs Congress s
tended the! should be-e1cepting, perhaps, in +
e matter OF juties. and the drawing Of them i
. been modified in our favor. Heretofore, {
case OF vacancy in the panel for any cause, | c
o Marshal had to SO back to the county Off
rs to till it. Now, men can be summoned 8
an tho street as talesnen. II
Dur late Chief Justice did not see TT to pro- t
ilbe men who defy the laws in his court. {
'Fernor Shaffer represented it to Grant, and t
was superseded. Grant has systematically
oscrlbcd snch men-I Allude to polyganists {
and they begin to, feel it. Congress- h&s c
own tho same disposition, in the de- (
tes on the Cul1om bill, and its d
ssage BY one House. It is not ;
ely 10 pass the other this session, but it t
Il nevertheless hang over the head Of trait i
8 in Utah ike the sword Of Danocles, As it ,
8 done the LAST aix montha, restraining them {
oua yiolance, and encouraging dissatisfaction 1
declare ITSELF Had its scope been confined j
siu,nfv ntnarrihinst man uhn io,,oz.a md Ia l ,