, 1870-04-14
The Gtntiles Of Utah and the CUI-
lom Bill.
The Position Of the Godbeites.
Polygamy and an E1-Post Facto Law.
Tht Story Of Jo.ph Smith and Sr1. 0rsou
Pratt the First.
Practical Results Of Pofygamy.
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,yepine Of the 18th ult and protested against
he passage BY tho Senate Of tho House bill to I
.ufotre the lava in Utah. Tho news Of the |
,assage Of the bill did create I good deal OF |
su1 prise here, not to ssy condensation. When |
was drawn up, Last fali, the Mo1nous all I
,noke In one tone-a touo Of deflance. It waa
be opinion Of the Genties OF this city, and is
ret, that the United States ought to enforce its
Avs against Mormon polygamy, or else repeal
them, And acknowledge polygsmy - one OF its
sociel institutions, as it formerly did slavery,
By admitting Utah into the sisterhood Of
States, They supposed the latter course to be
out OF the question, for the reason thst mono
a saasar.bis, y and = ian.oSsb}y "a It tRs feaad.. T.
Is i1a st ths. It Of Mormon society. They Supposed
that tho policy OF letting treason alone had
been sufficiently tried in the case OF the South
from about 1850 70 1870, and, on a smaller
sc.le, with the Alofmopa themselves. In
passing, may say that Joseph Smith organ
lied the Mormon Church forty yesrs ago to-
day, with elx persons, and in epits Of every-
thing ltt serious attempt on The part Of
competent authority to arrest its progress, 1t
hundred aad fifty Thousand soals 80 that the
Gentiles Of this city concluded that further
letting normonisu1 alone was not good policy:
Hence sheJ gencrslls approved what is called
the Lulom BILL.
Subsequently the schis,as Of 3odbe, and
Harrison, and Kelsey hroko out, and the Nor
mon Tribune Vas established aa the organ OF
q Party among the No1nons, however small at
fist, which conceded the right Of the United
States to 1egislate with regard to marriage, or
anything else it should see tt to legis1ate upon,
consequence. opposed Brigham Young, md
while they did not abandon polygamy did not
iDcn}cate It AZ religious duty. It was tho
ho1N-not TO say the telief-that theBe schis-
matics aided BY favoring circumstances,
would AceompAah, gradually, and by pessua-
sion, what hitherto thay had seen no chance Of
force, which prompted Some Of tho Gcnti1es,
~ will explain presently, to take part in said
meeting. The schismatics themselves, though
they deaired and expected some legislation, or
use OF existing legia1atiou. 70 break up or re-
Thing as sweeping a. tho Culiom bill And
when it came it threw son1e of them Oh their
balance. Apostle Kelsey said that he stood
ready to obey the Law, and all Laws in the
future, but as tor the pass,
.bs spsuss sae ssA .hs a'' uo.noas as
were, aud he would die before ho would put
away his plural wiTes and baatazaize thcis
children. He said he thought the Tribune
better quit religion and take to politics, and
that al good men should Join in resisting the
AU1Att3A NAA- A4L9 AAA4A NJ tA4A NA1 NV fA4AEk-
pated in BY Harrison or 6hoat1nau or Tulldge,
and soon hclsey adopted milder tone, and
the Godbeito leaders unitedly assumed tho fol-
lowing position, to-wit That the law would
not be enforced TO the letter against those who
should acknowledge ita authority and bow to
It in tho future, OF that il it should be, its own
harshncss would dcfeatit.
But kelsey'a talk has had its effect. Some
Of the Gentilea we're minded to Join in pro-
test against the disturbance OF polygamous
relations entered into prior to the passage Of
the bill, on the ground that it wonld SO distress
innocent women And children some, no doubt,
for fear that 20 harsh measure would drive
the MoEmons to massacre snd the destruction
of property, which they arc never done threat
ening in private md public; come because
they thought it unconstitutional, OF, II not
that, unstAteEm4n1ike; still others, because
back to Brigham, and make him tenfold more
tho maetcr than ever.
But Ill told, there wero not dozen Gen.
tiles, aud no moro than two or three federal
officers present At said meeting The 2ctiTe
men In It we're Godbeites Like KaIsey, Harrison,
ness men like Jennings, Stenhouse, Gordon,
Walker, Chiatett, Marshall, Robertson, Waters,
DC. Most Of these spoke, and the feeling WIS
strong in fayos Of asking the Senate to leave
Polygamy alone as it is-to condne the bill to
preventing it's increase, allowing it to continue
during their lives. 4 resolution to this eject
WIS prepared and put. when colonel Maxwell.
Register Of the Land Office. stopped the
whole thing b6ya short speech on dc other
aide Of the question. At last they ad
i9a'a .s1 appoa9ns aesus sasTs Walker, S.rs
kahn, Robertson, Hussey, Masnhall, and Hol-
lister, \ committee to prepare something for
tho consideration of tho adjourned meating.
Nj. uollster Was not at the meeting, and au-
therized no such use Of bis name, and Oh the
proceedings being puhlizhed in the Deseset
Is much. He bad no objections to the Godbe-
ties, Or the BHghAuaites, OF anybody badly A.
fected by the Bill, memorializing Congress in
any way they chose; Int be didn't regard it al
his business. Subsequently, he was accused,
br 7Anoua newspapers, Of sending despatch
East. stating that i the bill should pass the
Senate Is it had the House, Utah would become
sccue of desolation. Neither this despatch,
nor any other, did he send. His views 1aay be
kpcWn from these letters Well the next day,
part Of the committee called On the Church hu-
thoritics, and asked them il they would agree
to obey the law in future II it should leave the
past undisturbed. They said ther would not.
So tho committee concluded to donothing. md
the adjourned meeting nerer met
This Is the occurrence that = paper known
"a the Corlnne Reporter chasactenzea as
worse beyond al compare than the Mountain
made to do duty all oTe1 the country as q
change Of front On the part Of the Gentiles OF
salt Lake City-&s protest On their p8tt
against the suppression. Of polEgam{y,-which
Is my reason for reporting il in detail at this
rortance to mention by the side Of the definite,
solemn action OF the Brigh1uaitcs aud God
beItes, related in my LIST letter, As for the
Gentiles of Utah, who have been clatnosing for
twenty years for such measure AZ the Cul-
lom bill, the country will doubtless hear from
them IN thelr own names when they change
their minds.
No less than three Mormon Conf erences
met II the city to-day-thAt Of the Brigham
ties, in tho old Tabernacle, an informal meet
ing, adjourned to the 9th MAY, nrpx.: that OF
the Godbeaes, in the Thirteenth Ward Assem-
bly, Rooms, about 200 present, and that Of tho
5oscphitcs, in Independence Hall, thirtr-six
present: The latter count 2a4 noees in Utah
The Godt'eises maac no report Of their num-
bers. 1he speakers said they had had too
much to do in sowing good seed through their
PAPER TO matc very particular count.
Ihot,sands of tho people we're with them at
heart, WIN dared not yet openly arow 1t. Tho
conference seems 70 promise nothing nav NOT
startling; It is their policy 70 work and wait
NJ. dodbe bad Just returned from Washing
ton, and seemed to feel no great trepidation
for the future, although the R1ghsnaitea Say
that Il they are pashed to tho saA they vii
A4tAoH0-V EsE4Y A1AANI4kG &@1A AEuAA4 Ii l04
country. II they do bnt Attempt it, let no say
that there wiIl IN the outcome be few Nor
mons LETT to tell the tAle Of the golden plates.
dropped IN At tho Rdghamite necting
fey minutes and heard some stxtauenta very
falling the story Of their prosecutions, said
that when they ar.ived It Council Bluffs, on
their exodus from the States, tha govsxnueut
sent IN agent who demanded 100 volunteers
for the Aencan Wal, which was 200 times tho
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This WIS done, said P1att, That our teAms, md
our women and children might b. left Defiance
less III the Indian country, and 80 be Killed or
perish. They said that il We would fr1niah
them the men we might 60 our way in peskc:
II not, they would cut us on on our journey.
rescucd III theee regions from Mexican rule.
This delayed us in camp whole year, and then
ro started for this country, bringing Cur pc
hq1my seiA " as part Of our religion
this We puhlished and preached to the world,
Jet the government Organized ~. polygamists,
afterw1rd, for being polygamists, they recall,
br this Cu1lon hill, sll the rights granted us
~ themselves in the Organic ac*, ETC. So far
Pratt
The fact is, the Mo1mons weze very poor in
Corncl Blu6s in 1916. They wanted to go to
Colonel J. C. Little that II the government
wpuh employ II volunteers Ill tho u1sn th&t
could be spared, agreeing to discharge thera
With their arms In California, in yesr OF 60,
their psy could be used to transport their FAM
lies and the entire Church OF camp
thither meanwhile, and thus the mis!1-
ton Be eaaiiy accomplished. Accordingly.
Of his own motion, Colonel Little procured
IN iuscr.kv with President Polk and told his
stosf. Secretary Man! issued the necessary
inetEnetins to General Eearney, Eho directed
Colonel Allen to proceed to the Mormon csup
Ind enlist such Of the Noemous as might
choose to volunteer. Colonel Alien arrived 1t
the camp the dsy befora Colonel Little did,
and that is all the foundation theee Is for ths
twenty -year-old story tt&t the government