St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-07-19
THE TWIN RELIC.

Gen. HowARD'S prediction that Mormon
rebellion would break out next Friday may
be verified, but it is not probable. His APP
prehensiOn is based on the bitterness of
feeling which is known to exist between the
GentileS and MOrmOns at Salt Lake CITY
and the additional TACT that the oath of July
is the Mormon grand holiday. 1t is the an
niversary of the settlement of Utah. The
MomOnS, led by BRIGHAM YOUNG. entered
the Salt Lake valley on the oath day Of
July, 1S47, and it has been kept as a holi-
day of their church ever since. On that
day the Mormons come into Salt Lake City
by the thousands from all parts of the ter
ritOry. 1t is known that they are all armed
and it is expected that they will
be more defiant and insulting this
year than usual, as the recent
insults to the American flag indi-
cate the intense luminosity they bear to-
ward the United States government. There
is a corresponding bitterness of feeling On
the part of the Gentiles and the United
States soldiers toward the polygamists, so
it would take very little provocation from
either side to precipitate a conflict. In an
| ticipation of an outbreak occurring at any
has made preparations for it.
The Mormon leaders must be too shrewd
not to foresee that an outbreak at this time
would result in their complete subiugation.
if not humiliation. The country is in no
mood to be tri1ed with by these pestiferous
agitators. The administration has indicated
to them that they are expected to conform
to the laws or take the consequences of
their disobedience. And, however bitter
they may feel toward the govern
ment or toward the people of
the United States, the Mormons
must understand that they are in no condi-
ton to provoke a conflict But if they are
stricken with judicial blindness and are
foolish enough to invoke righteous judg
ment by inviting hostilities, then they
should be rewarded with their full deserts.
If the government is forced to take up arms
to quell them, there should be no termina-
ton of the conflict until MOrmonism is
wiped root and branch from the face of the
country. There should not be left a vestige
of the barbarism on American soil. There is
no excuse for polygamy under any form be-
ing tolerated in this country. That feature
of our constitution which guarantees relig-
iOuS freedom was never designed to protect
crime under the guise of religion. Polyg-
amy is crime against our civilization. and
its federation in this country is a national
disgrace. 1t is a stain on our form
of government that brings the tinge
of shame to the cheek of every American
citizen. And when these social outlaws
add offensive impertmence and the brayado
of brigands to the crime of which they are
guilty it is time that the strong arm of the
government was stretched i'm protection of
our national honor and purity. While the
government must feel that il would be JUS
titled in doing so, still it hesitates to pro-
ceed without some prOvOcation from the
Mormons to eXterninate their church and
their so-called religious system. But If
they do make an outbreak, then the provo
cation will be ample, and the national
power should not be stayed nor its arm
: shortened until polygamy is crushed out
even if the determination of the Mormons
be involved in it. When once entered upon
the work should be short. sharp and de-
cisive. There are some evils the people of
this country can endure, but MOrmonism is
not one of them. Polygamy is the biggest
rascal in the land and should be the first
to go.