The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1870-02-25
The COmIng Mormon War.
From the Salt Lake Telegraph, Brigham Young
Organ.

From the Salt Lake Telegraph, Brigham Young's
| Organ.
Personally We entertain no dT ad thoughts
of either serious disturbance" or "open
war. Past experience has taught US the
lesson that there is providence in the
affairs OF men, ai,s1eSith that assurance,
we can listen Sssfeat deal of bombast
serenely, come from whom 1t may. To the
war expectation now so prevalent in the
East there can be no disappointment, and
General Shafer is as likely TO be as proper
u Governor, as far as that is concerned, as
any other man. There can be no war with
Utah on any pretext whatever. Some of us
may be silly enough to say ugly and pro-
voking things, and dreamy enough to anti
cipate al sorts of magnificent results; but
there is a heap of hard sense ont here in the
Rocky Mountains, among men aud women,
and the talk of war anywhere is to day re-
CARED as sheer balderd4sh. We have No
personal acquaintance with Gen, Shafer.
aud, therefore, can disinterestedly tender
him the advice to pay 40 attention to the
folks down East, on the war question, but
to come out here when he Is ready, mind
his own business, and he will get along
well enough. His wisdom and discretion,
'ignorauce or obstlnacy," should he have
either Of these commodities even in super
abundance, will make nota whit of differ
ence to affairs out here; still We should like
him with the former instead of the latter.
Still, be 1t either way, progress and devel-
Opment are written on the scroll OF Utah.
We have neither time nor inclination for
var, and We won't have il; IL don't Iay.
Should our citizens be attacked
be they poor or rich, high up or IN low
estate-wherever we can, we shall defend
them with the truth Ii is supposed hat
the government designs testing this ques-
ton of Polygamy at no distant day. In
this case the Telegraph will have something
to say, always assuming the position that
what is constitutional should be Obeyed;
what is not should be resisted. We will
not however anticipate In this or in any
thing else, but hold ourselves in readiness
TO defend whatever We believe to be right.
lin relation to the Cullom bill now pend
ing in Congress, the Telegraph says:l
The latest news from Washington Is very
encouraging to the friends of this anti
pOlygamic bill. 1t is said that the bill is
sure to pass the House, and though it may
be retarded in the Senate, still everything
is very hopeful. We have no idea that Mr..
CullOm has much to do with the bill, as 1t
had its birth and psrfectionment in this
city; he will, however, have q lasting notO-
riety in thai connection. We do not know
a single Gentle in this city who does not
say that he is not opposed to that bill as it
is. But while they may be opposed 10
polygamy ITSELF they cannot go the whole
length of disiranchising men tor the faith
they yet may have. There is enough Of
folly and outrage in the Cullom biii-to de
feat its purpose. When men fight the faith
or institutions of Utah fdirly, we may have
no objection to their course; but when
they resort to inquisitions, we are opposed
TO them, and shall do cur best TO expose
their felly and wickedness.