The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-07-30
HOW TO SETTLE.
The Mormon People Have Done
Their Part.
Now Let the Great Government OF the United
states FulHli Its Promises Made
Over sud Oyer again.


Horace Csreely said, 'The way TO resume
Is TO resume. The sentiment is applicable
to Utah when put in different language
The way to settle our differences is to
settle.
There never was a clearer case on earth.
The government said to few men in the
Mormon church: 1--WE do not want to dis
trust your religious faith. but we cannot
protect you ia the practice OF plural mar
riaee. Give that up and the first amend
ment to the constitution covers Mormon
ism as certainly as it covers every other
tystem Of faith in the land.n
PLURAL marriage was given up, but the
benefits or the constitution are being with
bed. The Mormons have done their part
Stewards q settlement. Let the government
euly recognize that fact and the settle
nent is made.
What stands in the ways That part Of
she non IA ormons who for years said that
ii tie Mormons would give up polygamy
the whole dispute would be settled now
say the church must give up its priesthood
But the priesthood was never Ia question
with the government. It cannot be made
an object OF dispute on the part of the
government, any more than can the CRtho-
lie, the Presbyterian. the Meth odistor any
other priesthood That the MorlnonB sub
NIT to their priesthood is not crime.
Neither is IT unusual. There is not a
church on esrth that does not place its
priesthood over the people as medium OF
communication between them and God
This may be called superstition, but IL can
not be any more superstition IN one church
than another. That the Mormon church
Chains TO have a newer revelation than
other churches does not make it criminal
or disloyal or more superstitious than
churches thst are satisfied with older reve-
lations. TO condemn the Mormons and
withhold from them their fullest rights TO
the benefit Of the union Of states because il
is believed that they are directed by their
priests is TO condemn all churches, and the
government 10 be just, should declare
against all priesthoods or none.
But, as q matter Of fact. the government,
Rs pointed out, made no charge against the
Mormon priesthood and held simply that
polygamy was no part OF religion. It comes
then to this, that the Mormons, having
done their part towards a settlement Of the
Utah troubles, il only needs the act of the
government 20 make the settlement conf
plsie. That act is 70 give Utah statehood.
The opposition to such course seems TO
the outside world 10 be large, when in fact
Il is nothing more than the work OF half-a-
dozen men who gain their living by fighting
the Mormons They know that they have
made themselves so obnoxious that they
would not hold office II Utah were q state,
but Il is unfair 10 withhold justice because
Of the rawlings of these men. With state
hood secured these men would cease their
NOISE st once and become docile as pigeons.
Neither should party politics enter into
the matter. If it is right that Utah should
have statehood, II is right no matter what
party is in power, and the government
ought 70 be great enough to do the right al
al times, regardless OF the effect upon any
party The whole matter is therefore re-
duced to this-the Mormons having done
their part towards 8 settlement, the gov
eminent should do its part and make the
settlement complete.
But say these crackers. the MormonS
would control the state. Well, why cross
The bridge before you come 10 It'll Judging
by wnat has been done by the anti-Mor-
mons when in power here, the state con
trolled by Mcrmons could not be worse Of
than il il were controlled by -Mormons
and the chances are that it would be iudic
ionsiy managed.
But, they cry again, the Mormons would
be disloyal. Suppose they were. The
government not long since gave evidence o.
its ability 10 suppress disloy6l states, ant
can repeat It II necessary.
There is nothing in these objections, anC
none know this better than those whit
raise them. Let the government give III
statehood and settle the feud.
CHARLES ELLIS.