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Show Af ORB OSS AND CEST1LE. With all dae deferenoa to ihe?o-Cilied "Gentiles" of Utah, we trust congress will not follow their advice, or pay any attention to the memorials which ihey intend using to keep the Terricory in its present political condition. The animus of Lheoppositioo meetings he id in Salt Lake city lately is not. of the right sort, and the leaders of these meetings are evidently more anxiou-t to gratify private animosity than to secure the public good. The Mormons are not saints by any moann, but wt-must wt-must not allow prejudice to got the better of justice; and so far as their action in regard to paining admi-siou into the Union is concerned, iliey have certainly shown a disposition to be both honest and honorable. They have prepared a State constitution entirely unexceptionable in its provisions, and propose offering it for the acceptance of congress, leaving that body to prescribe pre-scribe such conditions as may see in de-sirable de-sirable under the circumstances. IJre-1 cisely what these conditions tdiall be, ! it is unnecessary now to discuss, but , we hope moderate counsels wil! prevail, pre-vail, and the troublesome questions involved in-volved in the patriarchal institution be settled In a spirit of" harmony nud conciliation. con-ciliation. Neither con.cresd nor the administration should be misled by ex-parte ex-parte statements, but endeavor to adjust ad-just the grave difficulties without reference re-ference to prc-conceived notions, and on such a basis as will tend to promote the prosperity and happiness of th community most deeply interested, as well aa that of the nation at large. Deluded as the Mormons are by a strange superstition which none savo themselves can understand, they have yet displayed qualities which entitle them to our respect. By their unaided efforts a garden has grown out of the the wilderness, and the seeds of vigorous vigor-ous civilization been plant- d in a region re-gion which but for them might still be the chosen haunt of savage beasts and more savage men. We cannot afford to lose altogether, or hopelessly alienate, alien-ate, a people who hive done so much to develop the resources of tho far west, and who, if judiciously managed, will do so much more in the same direction. di-rection. Their places cannot bo supplied sup-plied readily, if at all, and it is for the interest of the couutry to keep them where they are; thereby not only retaining re-taining the benefit of their services, but subjecting them to those influences which must in tho end wipe away the domestic system now incorporated in their religious creed. The Mormons can be more easily managed as citizens I of a State; they will be brought I more directly under the operation of federal laws, and through their senators sena-tors and representatives in congress oan be more readily reached than by the aid of agents, who have no sympathy sym-pathy with them, and are actuated not unfrequently by purely selfish motives. mo-tives. The sooner then the Territory of Utah is transformed into the State of Dcseret, th better it will be for all parties; and in dictating the terms of admission, the chief point to be kept in view is the gradual extinguishment of tho objeotionable feature already alluded to. I'olj'gamy must not, cannot, can-not, permanently exist under the laws of the United Stales; but as it is now thoroughly interwoven with the whole social structure of the Mormon people, peo-ple, its immediate abolition even if practicable would be productive of ruinous consequences. Jet us not do evU that good may come, but endeavor to exercise that broad, generous charity char-ity which, in this case at least, is sound statesmanship. We can well afford af-ford to let the noxious tree t-tand for a little while, providing the root is cut. In other worda, congress should limit polygamy to a term of years, thus giving giv-ing tho Mormons time and opportunity to arrange their society on a new foundation, foun-dation, and gaining tho desired result without necessary harshness. Rut if die programme marked out by the Gentile element is followed, there is certain to be a vast deal of trouble, endless end-less complications, and a judicial persecution per-secution which while driving tho Mormons Mor-mons to soek a new home, will perpetuate perpe-tuate polygamy ns long as there arc any disciples of Joe Smith on the face of the earth. Missouri Republican, |