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Show LETTER FROM COUNCIL BU FFS Corre?poi)tlence of the Herald. J Council Bluffs, Iowa, October IS, 1871. b'dilora Daily Herald : When, a few days siuce, I wrote a ctter for the Herald in which among )ther things, I said that the war now waged against the Mormons, was merely 1 continuation of the policy of the Republican Re-publican party of 18ti0, 1 did not expect ex-pect that his honor judge MeKean, would, in less than a week from tho fublication of my letter, in a fulmina-,ion fulmina-,ion from the bench, admit that my issertion was true; but so it is, and I must give the court credit for candor in pleading guilty to the soft impeachment. impeach-ment. It seems to be admitted then aud I liope the world will note the fact, that iho indictment and arraignment of llrighaui Young, on a charge of "lewd md lascivious cohabitation," and his trial, winch is probably soon to take place, are not intended to punish an individual for an alleged crime, but rather, aro the beginning of a series ol'qit'ist legal proceedings to hod out whether we arc to have an established church in the United States. If judge Melveau and the balance of the "ring" shall decide in Utah, what may he believed be-lieved and practiced s a religion in Utah, then the "government of the United States," that is, the dominant dom-inant parly mui, through rulings of the supreme court at Washington, Wash-ington, (provided that the court should sneeze when tho government takes snull ) declare what people may believe and practice in tho k'talfa of the Union, us religion; and as 1 seem lo have siieeeedcd well in my guess work heretofore, I will go further and say, that the thrcn thoiixtuid priosls who egged on the late war upon slavery, sla-very, and their ten thousand allies who aro backing judge MeKean in the crusade cru-sade against a few polygamous Mormons, Mor-mons, if successful in this war, will be lbund in less than ten years from the day of their success, inaugurating a crusade against the Catholic religion and its votaries. Of course f do not expect judge MeKean Me-Kean to respoud just at present to this suggestion. There are many reasous why he should not, one of which would bo suflicieut lo prevent his pleading guilty to the charge, aud that is, au election will transpire in for president, pres-ident, and if tho party to which the judge belongs, and of which ho imagines imag-ines himrelt the legal expounder of Soliucal doctrines, should at this early ay array itself against as numerous a body of religionists as the Catholic church comprises, the success of that . party in would be very doubtful, j But whether the learned judge admits ; it or not, I have no doubt of the truth 1 of my proposition. And just here I ) would ask all who may chance to read I these humble lines, to pause and con-! con-! sider well what may be the final result . if this thing shall be persisted in. j Judge MeKean, sitting on his bench I amid toe smell of liquid manure which ' so strongly perfumes the purlieus of j Faust's stable, may feel to rise far be- yond and abovo the effects of newspaper newspa-per comments, and he may say that 1 such thingi do not effect him at all, I but who that fully comprehends tho 1 power of the press will give him credit : for truth when he makes such utter-1 utter-1 ances ? It seems to me it would be wise in him to heed the warnings 1 which pour in uoo htm from the east, e west, the north and south. No ! ol judge MeKean, jt will not do: you :rc not placed upon the bench for any : irpose as unholy xs a bigoted religious. c usade upon any other man's faith; b; u were not made chief justice of tah to instigate or carry' on any law- n: it wherein the partiesaro "The Uni- , w d States" and any sort of "Theocra- ?( cy." Sueh jurisdiction, you, as a 19 tab judge do not possess, and when u assume it you are going beyond nir prescribed limits. , ! As I have heretofore given yon 1 ' edit for honesty in the discharge of 11 tur official duties ascribing as 1 have, ( V mr errors, which Cod knows are nu- j f erous, considering the brevity of your : 11 sidence in Utah do not nowdeprivo P ,e of even the poor consolation of , ?' ith in your integrity, by the adinjs- 11 on of an unworthy motive in the dis 1 large of the duties devolving on you. a 0 not, I pray you my dear sir, yield v ) tho impulse which doubtless ani- 0 lates you, and liko tho man of whom i ie immortal Shakspcaro wrote who u "Drtn'J In diniU l-rlsf iinthOrllv, J SJ.-.H ii(QUiit of w lint most ttiRie-1. ; 1 H ! nce.-l.ko an nDCry t I'Uya iiitli fjutMlic trlcki l.clra lilli Ilsipii, t Kt mike ttio aug.'l weej." I However, for the present I shall not jniment further on the action of tho v owcrs that bo; perhaps indeed I may ' rove tiresome, if so, tho only excuse.' ml I can offor is the gravity of tho :casion, tho amor patria by .which I 1 m actuated, and tho duty which I :cl is mine to do all in my power to 1 rouse tho country to a senso of the anger to bo apprehended, even in the c oastcd nineteenth century, to tho ; borties of tho peoplo by an assump-pn assump-pn of power on tho part of relentless igotry, going hand in hand with tho j nscl trappings of military success. j We havo had tho first snow of the . jason here, but wo are now permitted I j enjoy delightful foil weather, and 0 jo prospect is favorable for tho gath-ting gath-ting of a rioh harvest of grains and ther products, but prices rule low, and lonoy seems to bo quito scarce. j . The railroad bridge which is to Bpau J iq mighty Missouri, between this oitv o nd Omaha, is being constructed with I 9 much rapidity as circumstances will . ermit, and begins to assunio hugo roportions, when successfully com- J letcd it will doubtless stand as a ' lonumont oulogistio of engineering till and human handicraft. i Mr. Wm. II. Miles, of your city, asEed through fivo days ago on his 'ay to the castorn cities, I believe on ; : mission, and possibly also with an ye to business. Success to him, says our correspondent, for I deem him -orthy. : For the present no moro, but prob- j bly you will hear l'rom mo at somo t aturc convenient season, and if I do 1 'rite I must speak plainly, treating all bings fairly, but wearing on tho point f f my pen no sugar coating, for " I mast LiiTe liberty, ; 1 WUbnl.ai Urge & cUmier an llie wiml, To Mow on wbom I nlenis." j ITawk Eve. j j |