The Rutland daily globe. [volume] (Rutland, Vt.) 1873-1877, 1875-04-06
THE "TWIN RELIC"

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of the United States to Utah, to march
up the hill and then march down again.
have the prospects of Mormonism appeared
so bright and promising as now. What
does all the advance which has been made
If any advance has been made-snce,
nineteen years ago, the republican national
convention declared the right and duty OF
congress to prohibit in the territories
those twin relics of barbarlsm-polygam
and slavery'-amount to, so far as polyga-
my Is concerned? 1t Is true that congress
has passed law against polgamy, but so
did Buchanan send an army to Utah. The
army was commanded by an officer who
would not, Tor was ordered not to, do
anything. so the federal officers sent to
Utah will do nothing. Like the Maine
politician with reference to the prohibitory
liquor law, these federal judges aud other
officers believe in the law against polyg-
amy, but they are opposed to its enforce
ment. Their one qualification, for their
respective offices, seems to be practical
knowledge of how not to do it. How not
to do it is illustrated in the latest kilograms
from ISalt Lake city. Thursday of last
week, one George Reynolds, indicted for
polygimy, was convicted by the jury after
some half an hours deliberatioD. The
court, however, set aside the verdict for
the alleged reasons that he had never been
arraigned, asked to Plead or had the lndict-
ment read to him. This may be good law,we
have nothing to say as to that; but it APP
pears rather ridiculous to those of us not
learned in the law. a man tried and con-
victed Of crime and present during the
whole trial, must have known for what he
was being tried, and so long as he made no
objection until after he was found guilty,
1t would appear rather late in the day to
say that he had never been asked to
plead. But that is one of the ways of
showing how not to do it. Then there was
George Q. Cannon, the delegate to con-
gress from Utah, who was tried, or was to
have been tried, for the same crime, Fri
day. He was discharged because his Sec
ond or polygamous marriage occurred more
than two years prior to the finding of the
indictment, the court holding that ''it was
the act of concentrating the second brother
marriage subsequent to the first" which
constituted the crime.
Most excellent law Under it, person
can live in polygamy all his life and go
scot free, provided he can keep the fact OF
his marriages secret for two years. This
is prohibiting pelygamy with a vengeance.
How now will congress rid itself of Can
non if it so desires (which desire is by no
means probable. The argument that dele
gate or member must be convicted of
crime before he can be unseated for crime
will doubtless prevail, whether it Is founded
on reason and common sense or not. Here is
George Q. Cannon openly Boosting of his
polygamy, living openly and VIGOROUSLY in
polygamy, and publicly living life
of infamy and crime, yet he is q
fit man for seat in congress,
: because, forsooth, he has been much
married over two years. "The act Of con-
summating" the marriage constitutes the
crime, and because man has committed
one CRIME, he continue his course of crime
forever. We venture to say, even if we
know but little law, that the decision is
very poor law, and would never have been
made but for the desire to curry favor with
Brigham Young and his Mormon followers.
A gentleman, vouched for as gentlemen
of integrity and thoroughly acquainted
with Utah affairs" gained from residence
at Salt Lake city for several years, writes I:
sit seems as though God had really gone
''back on us. Last night March 23) the
'Ricks jury, after being out two hours
"long enough to look DECENT, returned a
"verdict of not guilty, and the loyal cit-
''zens of Utah to-day believe they are help
''less in the clutches of vampires in Wash
''ington as well as in Utah. The evidence
Sin the Kicks case was as clear as the
'noon-day sun that he committed most
"diabolical murder. The jury was COM
'posed of 'blood-atoners,' two apostates
sand one Jack. The influence of our new
"governor, the removal of Judge Mexican.
occupied with the governors boast that
shes going to clean out the whole ring
Undoubtedly led those of the jury who
"mght have otherwise insisted on award
''ing him his just deserts to think that il
'the administration had gone back on the
"loyal people of Utah, they had best make
"friends with Brigham and his minions,
sand they did. can only say that things
''look bilious now. Brigham has not paid
"thc 50, 500 (alimony to Ann Eliza yet
'but l understand the attorneys are tc
''move in the matter to-day. With EN-
Emerson on the bench, / doubt it will be
paid Which looks bad for sour Phil
as Wallngford delights to call Judge
Emerson. Notwithstanding the dreary
outlook, Notwithstanding the faithessnesl
of officials and their evident desire to dc
nothing that, thereby, they may curry favor
with Brigham Young and his satellites, W.
have faith to believe that Mormonism Il
doomed to an early death. No administra
ton, no congress, no territorial governor
no federal judge can withstand the force
of an enlightened public opinion. 1t needs
but the acquttal of the Mountain Meadow
assassins to fill the cup to overlooking, ant
then the real work of publication will
commence in earnest.
THE MITCHELL SUNDAY PROCEs
SION.