The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1877-06-12
TINE MORMON QUESTION.

For some months there has been an
uneasy feeling throughout the entire
west regarding tho situation IN Utah
The gentle settlers in The territory arc,
aud have boon,lying In continual dread
Lost the bloody instincts which com
passed the murder Of the immigranlsat
Mountain Meadows. nearly quarleroi
century since, should hurl the besom
Of death at their helples. hmllies and
themselves Tho very existence OF
Mormon toloation within our borders
IL disgrace to the nation, and q legal
soloclsm, but when they are called upon
towilness thoshedding innocent blood
by the saints, aud for months endure
threats Of still worse, II becomes mat
ter for earnest consideration and when
once that Is entered upon, the lounda-
lions of the Mormon community are to
be oyerhaulcd and scrutniled, and
they will not bear the light of calm
reason or impartial observation The
tolorailon Of the Mormon system Is a
subyosion Of all the laws and theories,
both sacred and proiane, upon which
our system of government rests IL il
q Wholesale licensing Of prostitution,
bigamy, ignorance brutality murder
and thicyery. Everyday the territory
IL permitted TO stand, fixes an addi'
tional blot upon the osoutcheon of the
nation But the evil stops not there
simply It's existence entails upon the
government the expense OF maintain
inga military establishment at great
cost, in IA remote aud unacceptable re-
gion, The settlement of tho territory,
the development Of its mineral and
agricultural wealth is retarded, and not
only this, but our entire Rocky noun.
tain region is tinctured with the
bloody and brutal influence of the
brothel government Of Utah,
The effect of the recognized immoral.
ity of the state bigamy of Brigham's
domain of debauchery is evil to the last
degree Morality religion, purity, all
suffer at the hands of this arch-hend OF
lechcry and our government is derolict
to every obligation while it permits this
frightiul innovation upon therecognized
rules of civilized domestic polty to eX-
list, The question of us entire and
speedy suppression should not bother
the government for moment The
Momons should be required to give up
polygamy at once, or be forced to leave
the United States. Longer liberation
is an injury alike to them and us,
The wonderful patience Of our gov
ernment and people can be understood
only when we reflect that the Mormon
system has not only been borne with,
but countless acts of blood, clearly
traceable to its councils, have been
committed and now we have stand.
ing menace that, unless they leave, the
gentle citizens of the territory are to
be put to the sword, without mercy or
exception, 1t is bad enough that the
United States Judges and the law oili-
GERS, the ministers of that commonly
accepted principle which declares that
q man shall have only one wife, and
shall not live in open adultery, are CONS
PEELED to witness the daily violation OF
the principle, but are forced to endure
the insolent threats of violence and
blood made daily by the saints. The
manhood of the government ought not
to endure it longer, and every instinct
of purity, honor and good morals, de.
mand imperatively that Mormonism be
driven out, or wiped out" without
delay.