The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1877-08-16
THE MORMON CANCER.

HOW THE OFFICIALS USE TIE LAWS INSTEAD
OF oBEYINo rHEM--wILL CONGRESS DO IT'S
DUTY ?-PoLYaAMx AS MEANS OF SUPPORT
FOR BASE MEN.
SALT LAKE CRY, August s. 1871
A boil 10 . boil and will not DO erased without
sharp surgery. The knives hitherto applied to
the Mormon excresccnce have been blunted, and the
now may meet tho fate OF its predecessors
unless II is wnetted by the grndssone Of = stanch
public onvction The Interest OF the people OF the
United States--moral, political commercal-in the
exorcism OF this hateful blot is much greater than
that oil the local population OF socalled Gentes and
apostatcs from the Mormon Church. This population,
excepting few dauntless spirits, is totally unworthy
be trusted with the great task Of Kidding itself OF
the incubus OF Mormonism. II Is divided by onmltss
and jcaIousics, most dcplorable at this sime,
so that concert OF action well nigh
impossible here. This population is therefore, to be
ignored, almost totally cast out OF view by statesmen
who are TO undertake tho task Of crushing out from
tho centre Of the United States the rankest root the
vest growth the worst parasitic except slavery which
has ever diseased Republic II Is we'll for the PresI-
dent his advisers aud Congress 10 know that the
tive officials OF the government-the United States
Attorney and the United States Marshal-are worthy
OF their trust despite all the detfacton and innuendoes
which henped on them In period Of necessary
arisen In Utah former officials stranded after
tho expiration OF their oces and tho appontees who
succeeded them repeated. These foolish COLI.
sons, resulting often from personal jcaiousles d.
tho counsels Of tho best citizens ronder
the opposition to Brigham Young and his followers
by their opponents inside tho Territory of no avail
AN EASY TASK FOR CONGRESS.
In three quarters Of an hour the Congress- which
meets in October, can solve the Mormon problem
without doing tho least injury to the great body Of
Mormons All that 1t has to do is TO deprive the Nor
Leaders, consisting Of less than dozen infamous
men, OF their existing powers than hundred
thousand ignorant ana misguided people. These
powers have before and again explained, used
In defiance and contempt OF United states laws In
simple truth tho Territory Of Utah, of the richest,
most fertile and hoalthful in North America, Is NO
part OF the United States than Patagonia. The
earnings OF its down-trodden 60 not TO Improve
their condition into the federal treasury: they
enrich the band OF pirates headed by the Prophet who
attaches them Gin the Of the Lord" All onter-
prisos, those in which these scoundres are in
tercstcd impeded and dwarfed by laws enacted by
the slavish polygamsts, who compose the Territorial
Legislature domestic system. grossly immoral.
and illegal besides Is established here 10 crafty the
lusts OF degraded brutes ana the avaricc OF senie
reprobates. Polygamy serves not only the in
who lord It hero concubnes whom they cali
wives Two Glasses of poygamists there arc-one
consisting OF rich men, like Brigham Young and his
immediate counselors whose means would enable
them to support IN magnincence whole serago.
These keep, In certain decent state, tow wives
who have not ceased be "iavorites." Tho rest Of
the women scaled 10 them treated with moro
less indifference neglect. They consigned to
separate houses In parts OF Salt Lake City
tho outer Territory and left 10 their mainten-
ance. Frequently the aged among them suffer Tor
lack Of common necessares. There instances
where Brigham Young's old women have had 10 60 to
the Doe Hive and beg him for q ton Of coal
DisGRAcEFuL PRACTICES.
Another class Of polygamists arc men Of secondary
fortunes-the bishops elders and minor officials Of
the Church. who depend their wives for their v.
ings There are numerous examples Of polygamous
males who do not earn dollar, but whose wives,
ing boarding house keepers wasnerwomen and pro-
prietors Of suburban gardens, support them In Idle
ness, and they visit these various wives homes or
novels and collect their earnings with tho regularity
OF q landlords steward. If this not living on tho
wages Of harlots, what Is 1t? for in many the
wages OF harIotry earned The absence Of these
socalied Mormon husbands and by their tact acques.
cence.
Poygamy thus becomes slavery and polygamy In one.
The vast majority OF socalied wives in Utah
state OF bondage, that may be said that neither Of
the twin relics of barbarsm exiting ushed here. The
undcveloped mineral and agricultural wealth Of the
Territory IL great that Congress has only to
laws which will put the civil rights OF any member Of
the community equal with the rights OF all tue rest to
insure fast and fruitful growth into prosperity Of az
beautiful . land as the eye OF man can approve.