Year: 1860

The following item has been for some time
going the rounds of the papers:


"The Mountainecr the organ of the Mormon
church, Is very indignant at the Congressional
bill against pUlygamv aud saws If the course Of
the citizens of Utah was one Of policy, devoid Of
prnclt,le, the track would be clear and easy
one. Plurality Of wives has been the bugbear-
the hobby of dispute. Let us reduce the rule TO a
plurality of women and the maternity of illegti-
macy-the throwing out upon the world host of
unacknowledged paupers-and all would be
smooth, fair sailing. We decline the dastardly
alternative, and pronounce ourselves pOlygamists
IN principle and practice; the honest fathers of
honestly bcgocn children, and their protectors if
necessary with our lives. Hosts may overshadow
aud crush us, and sharp sabres and buyonets pow
out our graves. We stand on our brthright and
place ourselves under the protection of the God
OF Abraham, aud our constitutional preroga-
tives'"


Thus will fanaticism, or ignorance, or moral
insanity justify crime 10y appeals to the name
Of God and give vice, of the grossest char
acter, the title of virtue The Llackest op
pressions are disguised under the garb of
liberty the plainest violations Of the laws of
nature under the excuse Of natural law. The
Turk appeals to his religion in defence of his
system of concubinOge; the New Zealand or
African cannibal to the doctrines, such as they
are, of his idolitry, and he eats his wife in
the name Of the image that he worships !
Mixing cannibal love with the sacred idea of
religion, he barbacues his loving spouse, and
invites his neighbors to part0ke of the deli
cous although not very unusual repast. The
Hindoo mother outrages all the instincts of
humanity by throwing her innocent babe into
the jaws Of the crocodile, and thinks she has
secured the peace of her soul and the eternal
salvation of her infant, by SO doing. The


Norman plunges into a sea Of sensuality, and
sings praises TO the God of Abraham


1t will be seen, by this bold declaration
of the Mormon organ, that the Latter Day
Saints" as they call themselves are getting
much more open and avOwed in their prin
ciples than heretofore. Formerly, they denied


that they were polygamists, ard claimed that
the connection between the sexes, outside of
the temporal relation of one husband and one
wife, was of purely spiritual nature,
marriage Of soul with soul. Now they are
quite barefaced in their declarations that
polygamy is part of their hierarchal system,
and that they will maintain it at the expense
of their lives-(no very great outlay it is
true.)


1t is little singular, however, that at the
very moment the Mormons are throwing off
this mask, and are so confident of the rooted
and ineradicable character Of their system.
new elements being thrown into their midst,
altogether antagonistic to the system. The
son of Joe Smith comes into the field, with
authority, as the son Of the original Prophet,
which no other man can possess and pro-
claims that polygamy is no part of the Nor.
mon system, as he will prove from the teach
ings OF his father, and that Brigham Young,
in interpolating it as portion Of the Mormon
faith, exceeded his powers and usurped au
thority. This new element will make great
change in Mormonism. There are numerous
persons, male and female, in the limits of
Utah, who are opposed TO polygamy, who
abhcr it from the bottom of their soule, and
who would gladly be rid of it. If this son of
Joe Smith is at all shrewd, he can lead a
party which will prove formidable, indeed.
lie can produce a feeling which will result
in calling together a grand council of the
apostles and cccesiastics, who will formally
depose Brigham Young, with his polygamy
and place him, the son of Joe Smith, with the
monagymic system in his stead


We shall see what we shall see. When
Smith arrives at Salt Lake he will be all
right, if he can only steer clear of Young's
DANTE Band. They will be on the lookout
for him, without doubt; for old Brigham
will not endorse his hierarchal reign, by
standing upon any such small points as the
Destroying Angels" can attend TO-.