Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1876-09-22
The Mormon State.
TRuLY PArERSAL G0vgsyv,,-

ATRuLY PArERsAL GOVERNMENT.
Under the theocratic-paternaI sv.,..
securing unanimity among the NJ
enforced, as IL was. BY murder. No,-h
society became perfectly homogenors' 10a
traces OF mental Independence va1;' ~
and all regard for it By the people 1,usi,
paternalism was established, whose sT!
are thus powerfully portrayed bv I- y
Besdle in the Popular Science No,,.,h
The priesthood gave counsel IN III
counsel to buy, to 90 abroad or rer.; sal
home. to build house. open farm I--N
COW or take another wife. The ren,.!a
Of indlvidualism which the ne,DIs -
brought with them from their na,ivs "a. -i4
seem to have completely died out q. - -
es 1855. Natural selection, Of -
operated powerfully in aid Of this tend
coupled with the Isolated Condition NJ !.
country. From one to three thousand 90. .1-
converts arrived every year. th,.e ~
could not submit at once, and cln,l,.'.
slipped out of the territory as soon
bic, ard the residuary mass settled
condition of unchangIag homoss1s,.-A
| That class of thinkers who MAINTAIN ~
government should take care OF the ps,,'|.'
business, finances and morals. iyn-,.I
tory enactments as TO foreign s,58. a.
native whiskey. would have been ANA
see how thoroughly Utah had carried -.
this policy. All the business % ,ts NJ
was regulated by the rulers paper M, r.
was issued by the city under the iir,s.,-l
of the church nobody could &c.. 0.,'-
without the consent Of Brigham J ,upy 49,,
the distance from markets created ,-a,.'
tive tariff 200 per cent heavier tasa 49,
gress of Greeleys and Clrey- wIu.l ,'.
dared to impose.
A whole community Voluntarily atile.tt
each man his personal sovereignty a.
the desire for independence died lut III
successive and abortlye attempt d. ,r.
thing better resulted in making the Bonn.
ton still more submissive. Mherevis'--
preaching had been necessary 10 "a
move of the hand was sufficient 10 l-.Y
where argument was still employed 10 IT,.
a hint was enough in 1865. I1W.ri .s
close Of this period, and before tue i,,.-
ing Gentle invasion, business took mo-
lengthy tour through the reml,e 81.
ments. where the results of Over-..v..-
ment showed themselves most cJmo.sls.
the pervsrsion or stupeiaction Of he M
tai faculties. | heard men MAINTAIN ~
yehemence that Jesus Christ Wa q pa
cal poly gamist that the Gentle w.r.lu..
To be utterly desOlated before 1850 apir.
remnant So bmit to the Mormon prl5s;h la
that a republican government Wa q rs5.
lion against God, IN that mea -lu... 4.
govern themselves without cIuu-e. 1 a.
inspired priesthood and pr0pde, .s.7
amounted. | heard women prots.. M.
they would not live as the one s..e b.,
man if possible to go into pc.ygamy a..
there was no exaltatiOn in heaven g. d. -
married woman; that It was adea1.v ~.
. refuse to enter polygamy and that Ihs ',
man or man who voluntarily rem4llrl O..
married would be servant 10 tie ,a.n.,.
! all eternity.
At the autumn conference Of ISIS Biz.
ham pronounced the hat. - NJ tr-lssi.
outsiders - and at wave Of bis a4nt,
the commercial relations Of 1900 pscs
were changed in day dozen me-c4,. /.
firms had their business destroyed, an ".
driven from the country sJus % Ils-
could not even dispose OF their ~,lcs 2
hand. and were forced into eslsrls..7
That autumn. | visited one settlement 1s.-
Salt Lake City, where a cane-mi. wash
night and day on custom wOrE. 4 gs.-
atterward, ! passed that way a-z1 (,
cane-mill was resting IN ldlene~~, g. o.
people hauling their cane mile, Away 9. o.
= other settlement. The owner % i.- o.
mad apostatized ; the word from tie l4rt
nacle had gone forth, Drop him
Whether the moral condiugn " t..-
tolerabiy good or very bad cannot De --.,
mined satisfactorily. There W, e..
q calm upon the surface Of society y q.
e count was ever given IN the Mormon para.
b of any crimes committed IN the remote 81
!. Elements. Some idea of the mora. zone ulI
+ be gained by noting the prominent c1--4,
i tiers chosen for the off les, and prs-gm4-
& representing tie priesthood All psIg-
d John ID. Lee. as well known then g. u
= the Wholesale murderer OF MJunl4ll MAJ
ows, only a few months after that 3a,-
crime came to represent Iron county "a {.
Legislature. received the encOnlun, l-sl
faithful public servant. and wen. home e.,
a young wife, " sealed to him By B'i,-l
Young. His colleague in murder, l-sa;-
Haight, was also his colleague IL tie Legs
\ lature. and was in like manner rssaris
with a Young wife. Both these ma c-
tinued high in Office in the Mormon cl-r-
urRil the United States marsha-- '-4s
them into the mountains. Robert BIZ
d ton. " ho murdered four of the " v .
A. | ties hILeE va
Is with the office of collector, sheriff an b.,
, op, and two extra wives given hin. d
$ Hickman, who confesses to twenty mlri=-
II was a member Of the Legislature, ami =
n during his career, ten wives. san
!. Smith. bishop Of Box Elder, rejoic.-. 2
=, sumably, IN the ownership of SIX wife
whom two are his brothers daughIer..
:, is not inclusive that these men represa-a
the average moral tone. a. they we B
: pointed by Brigham before being elec;a-
) tine voters nevertheless. do not reuen1
70 having heard the appointment ,pJk--
J. with disapprobation by the people r.
+ gamy. like slavery. Is necessarily the n
tee ola mlnOrlty-a select arIstOerscy g
in both cases 1t Is to be noted thstt1e s-a
majority who could not enjoy It, BENEFITS
any, were its most ardent defenders. Ca
this social and political condition nave 70
y tlnued three generations, then w0l4 E
q future scientists have found IN IA 81 e
in tirely new variety Of our SpecIe>-SL.
i without a constitutional government. b.
4 ons with no Consciousness OF q pal---
/. sovereignty. Americans lacking c'cl g
: wish Tor a republic, wives wiling E; 81
a husbands heart, naidens looking fri
" exaltstion" IN p0lygsmy ami clli'-
with blood relationship 80 mixed tha;-
- heraldry Harvey" could ever have :
lie ceeded in tracing the circulation. Fan
y scientific standpoint it is almost 3 V.y g
Z, Gentle could not have left Uiah uuil---.
: tor a century-it would have been -lol s
interesting experiment. VITA the U-ai
invasion and establishment Of Jnilei ~
authority, the experiment practically cl1'
to an end but. let it Be dealt WIKI a. *
ly and mercifully as it may. the hFsai--
must be attended with fearful suf-ri1s
~ An Cid Well IN Rus>i.
From the London News.