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Show A REPUBLICAN JUDGE ON i THE UTAH CRUJ5ADE. I A gentleman of this city- -a Mormon received on Tued:iy a letter from a j , friend in tho State of 'Sow York, and Ins courteously afforded us the oppor- tunity of making a few extracts fiom j it. The writer U a judge in that ; Stato and is a llepublicnn in polities; two points which will nut be without their weight withemdid minds. The i letter boaridito Nov. u; and, anions j other tiling, says : M,, Dea, U would ail'iivd me ; great picture to accept your kind in- j vitation to viU Halt Lake city this winter, but it would bo quite ineon-venicnt, ineon-venicnt, and would also anticipate by more than half a yeav my contemplated vi.Mt next Fuiumci', when .1 hope to ppend about three months west of tho great mountains, lint if you are in-dieted in-dieted and desire my nsnst.meo 1 will eoiuo at oneo this Jail, winter, or at j any other time. X am notsuro that I could render you j any assistance,! but it would afford me pleasure to try. ! The New Vork Tribune, of Satur- , day last contains a letter from Bait Lako city, bearing dato Nov. 2, and j signed "O. J. 11-," in which this re- ; markablc statement appears: It might bo moro desirable, perhaps, . to pruccud under tho iinti-polygiiiuy net ; of congre, but it is impossible, because no icgiil proof can bo procured of its violation; and that chieily because tho Mormon's endowment oath absolves him from all others whatsoever, eo that he will go bu'loi'O a grand jury and perjure-himself by tho .mouth to serve his church. Nor can congress mend the : matter. It is as bad to disregard the i forms of law and justice in one direction I as another. Congress couldn't if it would mako proof legal that isn't legal to meet a special cae, even tho confessedly con-fessedly bad ones of tho Jiornions. fo ihat it would seem tho prosecution for i polygamy must proceed under the ! statute or break down entirely. t The whole tone of this letter is vin- dictivo towards the Mormons, and tiie i writer docs not attempt to conceal his ' bitter hostility, and tries to justify fully , the legal proceedings against them, t Now, look at the extract I have quoted ! and see if there is not the clearest ad- ; mission that the proceedings he has ; attempted to buUtcr up are uist and . illegal, lie says : "It is as bad to dis- 1 it'gurd the forms of law and justice in : one direction as another." 'i'hi:t is an , admiion lliat in either eve that is, . under the act of t'o::greas cr under the . 'iVnitotialae!; the "tortus of law and : justice" must be disregarded to siviue , a conviction. t I'tuier the act of Congress he says a conviction would bo impossible Iccaitrc im proof cuu be prnctintl vf'i:s violation. That has generally becu considered a j pretty good reason f-r not convicting of crime; viz: an entire iaibire of evi- j deuce to prove it has been committed. 1 Again, all persons ac presumed to : bo innocent of crime until shown to be , guilty, and this can only bo she flu by ; "legal proof." Su.-h, then, a c the reasons for not proceeding under the laws of Congress. Noiv look at the closing sentence of this extract and it ' co ti t;t ins the keyivle t:' ad t hese i urnped-up, so eai led legal proceeding.-; viz: that there nri-t be an or. tire lad-ure lad-ure unless iiisiHuted undtr tilts Terri-t.'iial Terri-t.'iial statute. 'I'iieie is but one iutlr- ence to be di awn from ll'.iJ. and that ij: a conviction of Mormon who practice potL'un:y i:aa uciu icriiiwi'j.t u,oti. . :i!,d it must be done it" tho ''J'.tu.s of lawaiidjustice" haw to le dlr-resarJi.d lo aceom'!i;li it; and a? it w.is thoiuia ; to bo as bad to disregard them in one ' case as another, it wa- concluded to do . it under this statute. I It' the Government h;id sent au army ; to I't.ili lo seize and iiimri-'on ait p-.-r-.-ons there having Ujoiu tuau cue wife, vithout the ll'iuis of t:i;d, it wr.'ild i e more tolerable than the i-ivf-.r proceedings; pro-ceedings; bjcui;.; .-uch an cxliil iii.m of bi u;e foice could nvx-v I j q-i;-. i :s a picecdeut at ha-r L.'t sia u n i.-vr as anv subsequent adyjini.-ti'.itjijn w. te likely to lollow. 1 J ut wn ic p r--onal rights ;,re h.i,it,.l m.d;T t i: t'-irui- ot'law. the v ry L .me li-i ol' ti-.tl liberty is coiruptc!, and ti e ,-tr ur-- tiiatiiiw fern i: in w ci-.uni-.s : g..veii:aient a,e j..so:icl :or ages n crme. Hawkins has Lo; :i eovided a .1 ".nterccd, but he is not a c:iu:h; 1. The law under wi.ich ho w i; eiMivie: . i did not apply to the t'.icts found in ': c3.-i. Ag iiti, there wa no in:e':L o v:n!rte tiiis or any otLer law. andth. c can be no crime wither,: a ctitai-t'i' -(ut. Siippe-i-o as he wns ahou: o marry a sccoul ur hird vviie. some o had called his artcntiun u the stati . under winch he 1ms been tri d nnl convicied. ''V-'-i." J,.- woi ;d have said. "1 undei-iand that 1 w and it docs Lot aiqJy to sLjh : - Vl.,. - I Lin :.b .itf i., l. -bu;:ic. f hi t r.-blii.'-i In Unin-i'ii"! eWjns. I ut ' I v,u i.-ut t, be ;r..u-vU l and :,-ii:jie r'.iii-n- v. Hi fit- w-man lb;.' :-rc i honnr;. a'. d ;:i -oreaid-'d in the ee:jiii:nn: : V in wliii-h ve iioili Xv and 1 u:n ei'1 (i'jli. .' '. hit 'li'.' IWiincr- ol ll,..; i: tJeli(jVe i tn be mitt at ihe time , it v::t i.-i". d: aed tin y have pra.-iiccd it ever --irvc and certainly tli. y did not 1 t: tf- 1 to brind them-elces a-, ciimin- : a!;.'' And if h" Ind nor b.n n satMied , Airb hi- own inturprcfatinn of the law. end ii;,d ceii ulud with the leading j h-fal minds of tho country, n L otic , ou!d l.v.-o U, n f..:t,d. i M l quire " itii', th it W'-uld have adi-td him that the c.teiep; ie.d aet Wis a criminal cue- uvkr ttiis Salute. |