The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-06-13

| A Mormon bishop comes down from the
mountains of Utah to set the people of the
Atlantic States right in their views concern
ing Brigham Young and his associates in
crime. He is particularly anxious that the
great outside world should regard the Nor
mon prophet and his hierarchy as the mild
est of gentlemen, who have all their lifetime
been engaged in nothing but works of mercy
and general goodness 1t is proper that
Bishop" Sharp should SO represent them;
the. Bishop" has ''waxed fat on the drip
pings of the sanctuary" He is a faithful
servant and somewhat of a diplomatist and
so glides along rs smoothly as possible over
the rugged path which the Mormons have
managed to make for themselves.
The plausible Bishop" in talking glibly
of the material wealth and great future Of
Utah. wishes to make the world forget the
dark and bloody post But he miscalcu-
lates the American people. They are for
giving in their natural instincts, but they
still preserve that rude sense Of right which
demands reparation for wrong from an
enemy in arms Were the Mormons pros
trate at the feet Of civilization and begging
for clemency for their past outrages they
might possibly be pardoned. But every one
who knows anything of Brigham Young and
his life of assumption and brutality knows
that he is as much to-day the despot over
the unfortunate people who are under his
teachings as he was thirty years ago, and
that the life Of an offensive GENTLE or apos-
tot in -, Ia To do ha-
cause the debased leader breads the swift
judgment that would follow q renewal of his
former bloody work.
Bishop" Sharp cannot be ignorant of the
fact that oil that is commendable and at
tractive in Utah now has been forced there
despite of Brigham Young and Mormonism.
The mining enterprises and the railroad
building in Utah, in which the s'Bishop"
glories, were all forced upon them. The
first Gentle miners were rudely treated and
every possible obstacle was thrown in their
paths. The Mormon pulpits denounced
them, and Mormon newspapers taught the
people to regard them rs the forerunners of
the grand army that would assuredly fol-
low and destroy the peace and quiet Of their
homes. Under these ANNOUNCEMENTS the
first "prospecters" in Utah toiled on the
mountain sides seeking for the hidden
treasure. How many of them were muir
dered will never be known here. They
psrsevered and they triumphed. The gold
and the silver which Brigham dreaded as
the incentive of Gentle immigration into
his domains did come to the light Of day,
and the first footstep of civilization
was then heard. much to his annoy
ance and dread The Mormon war against
railroads was just as fercely waged,
and yet Bishop" Sharp now pretends
to glory in the wealth of the mines and the
advantages Of railroad facilities for the de-
velopment of the Territory. To both mines
and railroads the Mormon priests were OPP
posed, and we'll they might be, for the sue
debasing imposition. They realize that
they are no longer isolated, and with the
low cunning of long years of bad training
they hasten to give themselves credit for
improvements that have been forced upon
them.
tits consistent for '.Bishop" Sharp to assail
the correspondent Of On independent paper
that exposes the iniquities of his masters;
but any such struggle against exposure and
punishment must be futile. The nation is
resolved that the iniquity shall now and
forever be swept away, and that, as a neces-
sary step, the dreadful crimes committed
by the infamous leaders shall be punished.
The shortest and surest way to open the
eyes of the deluded followers is to bring
the villains who have deceived them to
justice. The hangman's rope will be the
most effective instrument with which to
stranple the monster Of Mormonism.