The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1885-05-27

the Lord shall have them in derision =
Travellers from the East and West
\ hearing such talk in the tabernacles
and seeing the numerical strength Of the
church and the lofty and rugged noun
tain ranges and wide desert stretches
which separate this peculiar people
/ from the rest of the world have gone
away shaking their heads over the fu-
ture, and fearing that no settlement
would be found except that Of the sword.
And to-day we have the modification
Of learning that all these years the
American people have been badly hood
winked, in more ways than one, by these
/ sanity men of the ''latter days" So
ciaily, there has been tragedy enough in
( Utah, in all conscience; but the pOliti-
I cal tragedy, which was supposed 70 be
/ going forward in Utah, turns out 10 be
/ farce No name has yet been given 70
/ the performance, but an appropriate title
would be The Potency Of Big Talk, or
How 10 Bluff a Nation. The first act
in the comedy has passed, that ia which
the potency Of the talk was uBdisputed ;
in which the brethren" hurled defiance
to a foe who being 1000 miles away
was supposed to be well out Of hearing.
The second act is on the stage now, in
which the policy of gathering 70 Zion
has been exchanged, thanks 20 the per
suasiveness Of the deputy marshal, for
that Of scattering abroad; in which
yalOr has been replaced by discretion,
and confidence in "the Lord by su-
perior trust in the value Of absence
from Utah. The third act is looked for
before long. Il is confidently expected
that "the Lord who has shown him
self not un2ccomm0dating, in some re-
,pects, in the past, viii now intervene
iu his peoples extremity. As the Uni
ted States does not seem likely to give
way, it is believed the Morn on divinity
viii do so, for a time. Ia other words
President Taylor, the prophet, seer and
rcvelator, is expected TO receive instruc-
tions from "thc Lord, to the effect that
the Saints are to abstain from pOlygamy
till the storm blows over
is it unjust TO call this whole per
formance a farce? Let us see what has
caused the present turmoil. Some six
months, or more ago, two gentlemen
came to Utah who are responsible for it
all. Who are they?
Are they violent, red-handed men
welding the United States army in a
furious onslaught on the saints"
Not at all. One Of them is chief JUS
tice Zane, the other prosecuting attor.
ney Dickson. The former is a fine look
ing man, well along in years, whose legal
ability is acknowledged by the Aormons
themselves; the latter, "quiet gentle
man who does great deal of work with
neither noise nor dust" These gentle
men have come here with a simple desire
to do their duty, and they have, to the
amazement and Indignation of the Nor
mons, taken it for granted that since
Congress has seen fit TO pass two laws
prohibiting polygamy, it means them to
be carried out and not lie a dead letter;
and they have gone to work to do their
duty in the matter. Mr. Dickson has
succeeded in conyicting and imprisen-
ing about half dozen Mormons. Be
sides these, several are under indict-
ment, and United States marshals are
on the look out for others who ought to
be. This is the whole story. The ad-
vent Of two Federal officials causing the
well-merited confinement of five or six
Latter-Day Saints; this is the earth
quake which has convulsed the Nor
mon kingdom. This is the cause of the
furious diatribes in the DeseTet NelGs,
(the church paper, about "the present
persecution; Of bitter recriminations
by prominent Saints" and Of the mar
yelOus exodus from Zion of its great
lights and dignitaries. If, in the light
of these facts, the reign of bluster in
this territory be not properly called
farce one is at loss TO know what term
to apply to it.
Now, after a generation has passed
away, the dawn of new day begins to
streak the eastern horizon; dawn which
every true man must hope Is to bright
en- into the full splendor of day and not
be quenched by the sullen clouds and
murky smoke of returning darkness.
For this end let our friends at the East
who are with us, in heart, in the battle
against polygamy; let every man and
woman who loves his fellow-men and
has the welfare of his country at heart
Join hand to hand in united effort to
secure the needed legislation whereby
the last loophole that offers a chance of
escape TO the obnoxious "relic' shall
be stopped up, and, not far in the flu
ture, that new day viii be here and
thousands of men and women who are
now bitterly and dcOnscientiousIy opposed
to this work will in their secret souls be
glad to write with us on the escutcheon
of this territory the words, UTAH RE
DEMPTA. w. f. COOLEY.
Lehi, Utah, May IA, 1885.
I
aThe Mormon lord" may he spoken OF with
| out reverence. Il G secures little OF it even from
| the "Saints," and is altogether poor creature.
/ NOrmOns and Christians agree in denying him the
attributes of the August Being whom the latter
| downfall OF heathenism has worshiped such a low
/ divinity as this Mormon Lord"