, 1879-06-19

diau. They minister to hla Inst, and tioy
porform l,is menial lut|os, ena tho outcome
of this debaslng rraotoa In only ain, and
misery. mil madness. It intonaiaos Tho
moral hidcousuess of po1ysamy that those
who practice II ato not sincere In 1t. Tho
plea Of religious sincerity In blind. As
Mira YouNa says in her protest, "Thoy aro
inspired by motives, d: un,nixod wioked-
meas" Evon II they wero sincere, It would
oirer no excuse for so gigantic ori'ne against
public morality and deoonoy.
Tho protest Of this woman, who knows tho
OWLS OF polygamy from long and sorrible or
psrionco, mud who has fought tho OWL 30
brave1Y during Tho past six years, allould
lnvo convincing wotght with tho prosilont.
Ills first duty is to throw tho petition of
GzoRuE Q. CANNON mud bis 10000 deluded
nsaooiatos into tho. wasto.basket, and not
only refuse 10 interfere with tho operation Of
the sentence Of the Court, but to order 1t 10
procued without delay to tho trial and con-
vlo!lon OF every otllor Mormon who has cou-
tractsd po1ygamous alliances since tho notice
was served upon tllom to quit by tho pasaago
Of lilo law of 1869, which has toen pro-
nouncod constitutional by tho Supreme
Court. The caao Of REYNOLDS was toat
ono. He waa fairly tried undor the
1aw and convicted, iu the midst
Of hostile community. 10 accom-
plish this result required remarkable
moral courage upon t1o part Of tho 1aw off,
GERS. Tho sentiment Of the community In
which they performed their functions waa
against them, and It manifested itself In
aggravating social persecution IN a thousand
potty, bnt mona the lcas unpleasant, FORMS OF
ossrceialn, IN constant nets Of malice which
could not be reached by Inv, and in opsn
and .aln1isguisad threats Of assassination.
The President cannot now afford to deaort
those unen who hayo go couragoouslJ per-
formed their duty. Ie is bound to stand by
thom, and to give them tho heartiest physical
mud moral support in carrying Out tho pro-
visions of The law against all tho reHt Of tho
Mormons who have violated 1t since notice
was served upon thon,, or who shall violato
II in tho future. Having gono into tho fight,
It is too lato to ratirq. There ia noithor acnsc
nor reason In punishing ono man and
leaving tho others who aro guilty
Of the game offonsa to 60 unpun-
izhod. Flo owes it 10 tho Court which
Inns done It's duty in tho premises, to The
public sentiment Of Ito country which de-
mands that rolygamy shall bo put down ut
all hnzar,la md that the law shall Ia en-
forced, anil to tho Ignorant md deluded
women Of Utah who aro tho victims Of thcse
wretchos, not. only, to treat this Mormon
petition rs :an insult to the Judiciary and
Executive Departments, but to press these
prosecutions until every yiolator of the law
is punished, and the Nor,nons nro taught
thst they can no longer violate the laws OF
the country without penalty. II he does
not do this, If ho grants u pardon to 1lEr-
NoLDs, it will bo useless to astompt to o,,~
force law heroafter in that wretchod Terri
tory. There nover was better timo to
strike at polygamy than now. If it il not
done, 1t opens the way to the accomplish
mont of tho Mormon policy, na,no1y: tho
admission Of Utah as State under Domo'
cratic auspices, and t,o extension Of Nor.
monism untler the Democratic doctrine Of
Stato-Soveregnty.