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Show ADMITTED TO BAIL. . , .Britihiun idito,! ;tu i telegraph says, has been otlimttcd to bail in tho gum of 5,000. - This lisht bail we tnko as an indication ' that the prosecution prose-cution will not be. carried any further. ' Wcinay hope it may so prove, nnd that the , Federal officeta, now that thoy have vindicated Iheir supremacy over the head ol' tho Mormon church, will lake cooler .coiuwoIb- and pnuno beforo kindling a Uro which might prove more tiouhlcsomo Lo subdue than ihey anticipated when they gathered gath-ered their combustible materials. Wo confer our inability to .fully oompcolieiid. the motives whiolt. impelled im-pelled tho prosecution against Young. If tho whole social system of the, Mormons Mor-mons id to bo attacked and brokon dowo, tho liberation of the Mormon president on tbo trifling bail of $5,000 shows a very small amount of faith in tho' efficacy of tho moans employed,.-Does employed,.-Does any believe that the conviction and punishment of a few of tho leading lead-ing Mormons on tho chargo of "polygamy," "poly-gamy," "bigamy,"' or "laBcivious cohabitation" co-habitation" would cause every Mormon in Utah to break up his household, and send adrift his- wives and children chil-dren ? Certainly not; wore they so disposed thoy would lind it absolutely impossible to do it. -' This matter waa extensively discussed duriog tho agitation agita-tion caused by tho Cullom bill, and we believe that nearly every newspaper in the oountry doprccateu tho state of affaire which would inevitably follow a sudden and virulent rapture of the family relations existing among the ' Mormons. Thousands of women who have entered tho Mormon marital state in good faith and under the belief that their marriage waa sanctioned by tbe Lord, would find themselves thrown on the cold world with the stigma of'-pros?. titution and their children branded with bastardy.- No right-thinking1 man could desire such a consummation, and yet it is impossible to ueo what other result could follow the carrying out of the measures inaugurated by the federal officers in Utah. The only sensible plan for' eitin- guishing polygamy without entailing a world of degradation and misery on thousands oi'innoccnt womsn and children, chil-dren, is, that, proposed by Mr. --Sargent , at the last session of Congress. Lot ! Utah bo admitted u3 a Stato of the i Union with a clause inserted in her ; constitution prohibiting polygamous ; marriagos after her admission as a State, but legalizing what has already ! been done in that ..tWju ' might bn tnnT. pjt the protection of such womon as choose to secede. This is a very grave question, the solution of which ought not to be left to a fed-I fed-I oral satrap. It properly belongs to j congress, and wc hope we have heard the last of this foolish display on tho part of judge McKcan. Reese River Revtille. |