, 1870-05-03
UTAH.
Criticisms Oh the Cullom Bill.
Discussion Of the Mormon Question

Discussion Of the Mormon Question.
Governor shader Mt Corinne.
The, Return. Of Brigh nm Young
r{FRoM QUE spIc1AL coRHEH5o. SpESE-l
SALT LAKE CE.v, April 20.
don't think fhe Senate ameudn 'ens. 10 inc
Cu11om bill. On the whole, better Il much II
ia well to give consubinea the right 70 sue 1ot
services on being put away, End to An1omp's
Mormon ece1eeiasEes from sofsnonzina my
riage.- The first places it within the pon er OF
the majority It polygamouH wives to PFC. V'de
against want and distress, and thus obvh sto
one great objection to the House bill; Il It
how can tho second be. proved If II.
Witnesses OF tha performance arc made equally
culpable? It seemed almost imperative, too-
to strike out that clause which excluded from
tho jury-box all-who simply believed in or ad-
vocated (without practiains) polysamy, oven
though it should defeat the whole intent Of
the bill, which is, to convict OF crime which
is openly acknowledged and g1oried in. For,
most anything conceivable would bo less evil
than the punishment OF people for their belief
t leaves the bill possessed Of moro moral
force, which is, perhaps, all the force it will
ever possess H. IT sesms 20 me thst .1S ths
the prescription Of certain OF its rites and no
tionB, is undualifedly bad. The House bill
sc1upulouely ignored the existence OF the
Mormon Church, or religion, so-called, struck:
directly and only at crime, and by no fair COM
struction could the charge Of prescribing 2,
Church or religion be made good against it. I
do not Say that it can agnlnat the Senate
amendments, but it looks suspicious that the
Mormons Like it better. Says tho Deseref
Nens:.
anyhow, the form In which the senate Territorial
COMMITTEES reported It quits us much better than
as 1t passed the Honse- Let there be no chance
plain that there be no possible acknowledgements
Ing Of, tt8 rurpurt Let God, angels, and men
kpHm on III sn sa ta n tas
open and'nndlsgutsed var aga|nst them and thelE
faith: II the line must be: drann, let 1t be 50
%sss !ho aotd n g pseg1 ss q this Territory and the
Which is as much as to admit that the House
bill, making no mention Of the Mormon
Church OF religion, Ignoring them completely,
was not aimed At their rnligion but at their
crimes, which is true I hopc Senators will
Iwould like, also, to notice an objection to
| this bll, raised by tho Rov. Mr. rockingham,
| OF Now York, and tho Rev- Mr.. BARTLETT, OF
| Chicago, forever in tho mouths of some nenB-
papers, and especially Of tho Omaha Herald,
| which as strenuouHly advocates the cause Of
the MormonB as 1t used to that Of the Conted-
crates until it WIS lost, md that Of the Indi-
| ans until its patrons choked it into silence.
| The Motmons keep hawks eye on the press
! for any crumbs OF comfort that may drop from
1$ III
I wish they might find something on their side,
| once in a great while, in some respectable
journal; should feel more as though fighting
on equal terms.
| Those people I vas speaking OF hold that
physical force should not be used to suppress
Of its different denominations, pronounce
against the monstrous barbarism p1achsed
| upon the shores OF the great Salt Lake." says
one. And suppose It shoula?' Suppose We
had depended On the pronunciamentos OF the
Cllristien Church to destroy slavery and re-
| pend on the eame to prevent demonstrating,
and countetfeiGng, or any other evil against
t which the State il obliged to protect society :
| The statement Of tho caso Bhows its absuI-
dity: 1t is isolation, say these people, that has
built up Molmonism. That is now done away,
and the fabric must crnmhle, brought in con
| tact with civilization. The fact is, that Nor
| monism never 1ourlahed aa in the
midst OF the great Christian States
Of New York, Ohio, Missouri,
Church was first organized, 10 the year 1914
although completely broken up md dHyan out
| for their lawlesanesa four times, in immediate
| contact with all Christian influences, the sect
Increased from 600 to 20, 600 souls, more than
5000 fold in fourteen years. Since that, a
| period of tWcnty-si1 years, as isolated As they
could be On Garth, and as far removed from
ali Christian Influences, they have not in
c1eased fve-fold, including at least 80, 600 con
| yorta brought from abroad So much for the
! crumblipg properties Of Christian Influences,
moral force, Enlightenment, &c, applied to
tainly not on the aide OF Mormonism, us the
past abundantlF proves Tho Mormons and
Indians are about equally favorable subjects
| for the manipulation OF Hentimeutalists, With
the odds, il any, in favor Of tho litter.
Somewhatnkin to this SUBJECTS the indigna-
Of the speech indulged in by tho FedeEal
officials OF Utah It deyotcs itself to the
frecst possible expression Of opinion on al
subjects aud pcraous, from day to day, but
other people have no no, @ such Ilght, a. fosaooth ,
| ment. And il not, Why not Tho text Of the
telegraph was sone speeches made by Gov
c1nor Shatfer, Messrs. Maxwell, Strickland
| and Hnwley, on recent visit to CoElnne- Inc
people there, American to the core, bonhred,
I
Of their limited ability, and, iusisting on speak
ing, the gentlemen acknowledged the courtesy
and complmented the citizetls for their whole
como American feeling. 7 heard Governor
ShatIer myself. lie said, in substance, that
lie IVES glad to meet tho people Of Corinne he
emergency; he VAS not able to speak in public
| didn't come there for that purpose
would be glad to receive the citizens in thcil
individual capacity tomorrow at his hotel
y l. H.
LEAN their views, ana DO largely governed Up p5
there anything n.dlapropos about that, tha
| the most thin skinned saint need take cIcep
! ions to? Tic remarks Of the other gentlemen
Ne.e auu E..al 3 un'. .t;t.tet1M -
| aesPatcn sent East Au9u1 ~ "ae sus1ny sens1
nqs even naa dhey H. as
To- ss '@ Ss'0'>'' ~~'' '@'>
By the Way ~ beadle = haa f9tunsa 1 ;aet isr ana
aeain c1iIng tne 1sxI,o9.er. he. ias1 "ante. .sa
PFepalea oook On Mol1n9n'am MaIn - ~
ton house. It is illustrated, contains NOR
than 500 pages, and should have large sale
for il il On one Of The TOPICS Of the daT, and !
Ssa;-s ah - na,re,"-,nr s}t1o 1at mo o1nt
sPeIaEn y. ~ ~" PTtSs.., s..1e, to' "o :1's
briefly IN reply 10 the Iete9raN:
xes sa hi ana 9Sn rves te
ssntatires Of patcInal govefnment" M lecture f.
yIttaes u baTr on The banks "a Of the Dearco1inna
which, the editor ventures to guess, "contain
o4 5Sn sy ag 1na2 annq a a
ciate this hurst Of Mormon virtue, they need oni
remember that the editor Is that same reacgad
lrtshmans S!onn, VINO 60. On aaea spree VIII :, .,
a,ns oiSsa apca. year aHo hsG hta o~ hCa ~
,3hS Shaved 6y tie soiIicrs. for whicl
b. was cx,ictl to tic states for some months,
full account OF which appeared In the Ciirper, n
LICE Gazette, and other sporting journals. OF conrs
lie is duly shocked at nc morals 81 CoEinne. Nos