New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1871-03-19
THE DECLINE OF MoRMONIsM IN UTAH

SecuS VI lSiuptloA aIlu ulo'oi".'oH
have been sOwn among the - faithful
and their deluded followers. so that the
influence of the High Priest Brigham. is
not as potent as formerly. The rcvolu-
tionists have trusted in the might of the
pen. A Hoe press has done what no
army, with Congress to back it, could
achieve Brigham laughed at ''Rnchan-
ans troops and detied congressional
interference. The people were then
united. Their isolation was their protec-
ton. and their prayers were for the pre-
seryation Of the arch knave Brigham
Young. from his enemies, and that heaven S
choicest blessings might descend upon
him.
These prayers nodded the thoughts,
feelings and affections of the people to
the point desired. He was heavens rep
resentative, his prosecutors We're his and
the enemies of this people. Reformers
came among them, and with the advent
of that great civilizer of the world, the
railroad, their numbers increased. The
pen with its proverbial power has shaken
everything. and the traditional stories of
early Mormoni,nl are openly questioned
evidence.
When the retormers came. thr son al
one of the apostles comm uced the pub
lication of comic and satirical paper
with the suggestive title OF h.ep-o- Picb-
iRJ- In. This was qualification to Brig
ham. who is himself a great mimic and
satrist. In opposition to this. another
comic paper was established called
Diogenes, and with the old philosophers
lantern, the light is penetrating every
hole and corner OF the Mormon sink of
iniquity. The retormers disown any in
terest in it. but it seems to work etfectu-
ally in their behalf, and they enjoy the
benefit of the fight. Dioge0es appears to
have performed good work in showing up
the rottenness and dead mems bones of
the Mormon sepulchre. Those who have
visited Salt Lake City since the advent of
the Union Pacific railroad, say that with
the press and the secret ballot in the
hands Of the people there. the influence
for good will be felt among the saints
Even should Congress legislate on the
subject of polygamy, Brigham Young,
with his wonderful talents and acuteness,
would claim that the State was sovereign
and had the power to regulate its own
affairs. and thu, attempt to legalize the
foul institution. There is little love
in Brigham's polygamy. 1t is duty that he
teaches. The sentiment OF affection in
matrimony is folly to him. In his
language the women have all got to be
married, and the men have got to marry
them Acting upon this principle, be
has carried out the system upon which his
beastly church is founded.
But the best and most notable influence
which is being brought to bear for the
and overthrow Of Mornoni
is the action and decision Of Chief Justice
James B. Mckean of the Third District
Court of Utah. This learned and able
jurist has rendered two very important
decisions upon the question of the APP
plication Of certain Mormons to become
as citizens of the nited
States Ia September last this Judge de-
creed in the cases of Sandbug and Horsley,
polygamists in principle and perspective,
that they could not become citizens of
the United States, because their expressed
readiness to become polygamists est.b
lished that they were not men Of good
moral character, fit to become citizens
He has recently decided, on the applica-
ton of Richard Douglas, Ralph Douglas,
and William Kay, each a practicing poly
gamist. that they are not men of moral
character, and not entitled to naturaliza-
ton. These men committed pOlygamy
prior to the time that Utah became a
Territory, and they set up in defense that
they had violated no law of Congress.
Judge Mexican ruled that in violating the
marital laws of any other country under
which they have lived before coming to
this, they had committed crime which
debarred them from becoming citizens of
the United States. This decision is in
with the previous one, and no
sane man questions its Justice, or that it
cannot be sustained in law. The con-
Guiding paragraph of the decision shows
the clear head, the sound mind of wise
and lust man. and deserves to be read
and remembered in every household in
our country. 1t reads thus:
1t is quite time that certain men in this
who mislcad the people. who
pratc about their loyalty to the constitution
while they dcnounce that which opposes
their lusts. had learned that the jurisdiction
of nation within its own territory is ex-
elusive and absolute. 1t is susceptible of
no limitation not imposed by itself. Tho
Exchange VS.. McFadden, : Crauch II6)
Let them make up their minds that this
nation will enforce in Utah the same laws
that are enforced everywhere else in the
civilized world. Let those men who have
been ignorantly or willingly misled into
higarny make provision for the support of
their illcgitimate children and the mothers
of those children. and then let them cease
to cohabit with their concubines. After
they shall have done and persisted in such
works meet for repentance then will be
time enough for them to apply for American
citizenship. on the ground that they are
linen of good mora! character. attached to