The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-04-24

Gn6 Ialso Reports eeHb lIOn uoI6 nd
had. is pointed out by Mr.. Cannon
in the prejudice that exists at Wash
lnaton against the Saints, not one
whom has for years been permitted
to ho!d a federal Office of any value
Concerning the stale ISLANDERS that tn
Mornons are foreigners and disloyal
Mr.. Cannon says:
No reports, probably, have obtainet
more general circulation concerning thess
people than that they are disloysl anC
foreign. One object 10 the continued cir
cuIation of these reports is 10 create the
impression that unless some speedy rem.
edy Is applied, republican institutions
will be overthroWn In 8 territory of tn,
United states. The article on "Fht
Political Attitude of the MOrmons" set!
forth / foreign character of the system
in these words: "Almost all the leaders
are of foreign birth. The Mormon church
is foreign kingdom, hostile in all it:
features 10 a republican form of govern.
meht; it is guided and controlle by for
eigners, and depends upon foreigners and
the children of foreigners fJr future ex-
pa sion and power" This statement il
broad AID sweeping, ard one should be
sure OF its truth before making t. Lei
US examine it. IL the church which il
thus described there is a presiding council
known Rs tue First Presidency, consist
ing o three persons. These and the
eleven ApOstles-there being 8 vacancy
of ne-Rnd the two counselOrs of the
late president Of the church, number six
teen. OF these, twelve were born il
New England, or are the children of New
England parents; two are of Virgins
psrentagA, and two only were born Out
olthe U nited States, and one of these ha:
been IN the C. untry about fifty years and
the other about forty years. One of The
most important bodies of Elders in thG
church is The Seventies. There are sever
who preside over them. They arel; al
American, by birth, and all, exceptin.
one, of old New England families. The
valleys where the Mormons live ar,
divided into what are known IS stakes
what some denominations would ca
conferences. Over each If these there il
a president. who, in all spiritual matters
taxes the lead aud direction of affai S
he presides over bishops and every
other local officer. They numbeI
twenty-five in all. OF thest
eighteen are Americans; four wer,
born out of the United States, but two
of them came to this country in theil
childhood. The presiding bishop Of tht
church has two counselore; they also are
Americans. If the term "leaders " car
be spilled to any persons in that church
it can be 10 those have enumerated
The recent census develops another
fact which may be interesting in this
connection: that Of the several territorie,
and states which have a larger proper
ton of foreign born citizens than Utah,
two of tn states in which the writer oi
this statement last resided have much
larger percentage of foreign born people
than Utah Not only are the leading
men mostly Of American birth and
parent, but in thsir families there art
but few freign-born women The
wsmen OF Utah who trace their descent
ON the early set lers of tile continen
and are prOuu of their ancestry, are quite
Probably i1 no part of the
United states, outside of New England,
can there be found so many descendants
Of New England ancestry, in proportion
% the whole population.
be foreign born people in Utah are of
If the liberty loving races of Eur pc, and
ire generally conscientious God-f- airing
people, haV ng the courage to follow their
. The teachings from
ne platform and in the schools haye
been that the men who framed the Dee
aratinn OF Independence and the Con-
and who took part in the cOun
ills and battles of the 4 volution, were
,specislly inspired and sustained by the
and that those instruments
re the foundation upon which stable
government for all time, upon this con-
iuent, must rest. Joseph Smith, whom
hey look upon as a prophet. taught
his: aud since his day others have COR
family repeated the teaching. Persecu-
ion never weakened their attachment 10
he principles of fee government, and
when they fled as religious exiles to the
SOcky Mountains they did not forget
hat they were American citizens. They
ioisted the Stars and Stripes, and an
ounred their determination to live un-
er the Constitution of their fathers.
II there is anything that the Ameri-
an government should be ashamed
f it is the treatment OF the people
# this territory in the character OF
be average federal official sent here.
DR.. Cannon hardly states the case as
trongly as he might truthfnlly have
one, when be says:
There have been officials in Utah who
sve acted as though the exhibition of |
nmlty toward the people was the chief
for office there, and the |
of friendship or kindness |
las d. justification. And the results
ave too frequently justified this view.
charge against an official there has |
cen so effective 10 procuring his dismiss
Al as that OF being kindly disposed to
le Mormon people. No ples has been
lore effective in staving off the chsrgest
ian for the oficial to sllege that he was
lsliked and feared because of his active
ottili:y against the Mormon people and
leir system.
a prominent federal official of this
rritory is now in Washington,
orking for another lease of Office,
Id his chief claims for the place are
at be Is radically snti- Mormon and
at the Mormous dislike him and
e schemlng against his continuance.
lie latter is mostly an invention on
3 part, for the Mormong, with the ]
ception OF few who are personally
posed to him, care so little for him !
az they do not interest themselves 1
ough to inquire who or what he is. '
on this subject Mr.. Gam :
n says: :
The recent "high treason" of the gov l
Tor of the territory in ''strsngling the 1
1ereign power and sitting its voice" is T
ase in p int. Governors and Judges C
We been retained in Office because they '
re hostile to the people; and others
We been dismissed because they were
sndiy to them. tHe who seeks equity
lst do equity" The people could not
ertain respect for those who would
at them as though they were q foreign
l subjugsted raee: and this, and no C
re, has been the extent of the disloy-
? Of which they are accused. T
But We will have to discontinue o
8 morning extracts from this sble
! interesting paper. whi b must =
nmsnd atiention and respect G
ougbout the nation, and convey
the minds of the reading and Il
mixing classes the impression that y =
re ara ,run. niHo. A. ~. y