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Show A "fJESTILE"' OX TIIK SlllA-T1U.. SlllA-T1U.. What Will Hie Mormons Ud! . The above question is a.-ked of every nun-Mormon that viits the outside 1 world from this Territory cither east or we.-t. Tho answer invariably, by tho.-e who have the interest of the Territory at heart, N "submit to the laws of the couutrv if properly admin- inlered." This, I b'iicve to be the univer.-al .-cut itu-.-iit ! the people here, as well us iu every other locality of our common country. To rebel against ; arbitrary authority, or the maudates or dietums uf a tiovenmr, judge, or any , other person, rut con-i.-itcut with right and justice as a privilege and a duty, : each citizen of a Territory or a State has and they will always exercise it in some form, the Mormons as well as tho.-e not of that faith. Hence in communities, when ihe right to select their executive or judicial officers is not : guaranteed t) them, aud their wishes or feelings are not consulted, a natural ; jealousy will always exist towards the officials plaeed over their civil policy. 1 It is therefore a matter of great interest inter-est to them who and what kind of men arc chosen lor Mich positions. If they do not command the respect due , to the office, it creates a feeling with ! the masses at variance with harmony, I peace and good will. It follows that ! j the least objectionable men from any ! cause should be solicited, and when ; solicited their official power should be . exercised for ihe welfare and good government of the community. No "isms" or warped judicial constructions, . no preconceived prejudices harbored 1 should enter into and become part of the governing-: policy of the appoin- ' tecs. A determination lo execute ! ; the laws of the Territory applicable ' , to the condition ol the surround-ing:i surround-ing:i would be praiseworthy. Jiut 1 deductions drawn from the laws j j foreign to the intentions of the Legisla-1 lure, lo subserve the purpose of prose- , I culion and create discontent, fear, nnd constant dread of official power aro not j only wrong, but becomo an outrage on , ! the rights of each and every individual in the Territory. ; This stale of things, with the right 1 men in ihe right place can always be 1 avoided. There is less reason for j disturbing the people of Utah on questions ol civil and political polity. j than any other Territory on this conli- i ncnt. 1 speak now knowingly, after five years intercourse with this people. ' i believe ihe sun never has or will ', shine on a portion of our common i count i y iu which law and order have been better maintained, and the civil ; policy of (he people to protect them-i selves against vicosand crimes is better : than in any other portion of the world. , The taxes for maintaining the various j ! municipal organizations are Jess hero than iu any other Territory. Tho I people are frugal and industrious, and, j i judging from observation, as honest i : and liberal in all that goes to make up ; ' society as other communities. There- 1 forejudging of their status by their; acts and demeanor, why should Ihcy j bo disturbed by officials who, in a fa- , ! nalical spirit, contend that as the Mor-' Mor-' mons profess a different religion, ihcy I must be disturbed until they abandou : their peculiarities. They have polyga-! polyga-! my interwoven with their religious i system, and "it must be rooted out; plurality of wives docs not belong to i this day or age," admit it; what will I you do with it, if the women are will-i will-i ing, unless the men are all Jo-' Jo-' sephs V Tt cannot bo prosecuted 1 out of the country. It would take ' eighty years with one wife every i dny to give ail a hearing before a 1 court of competent jurisdiction; and by that lime all would have passed away, ' with their def canton Is, who are now j religiously inclined that way, or car-! car-! nally either. ! This question cannot be reached 1 crimiuall, only in a few instances; and to make a distinction is unjust. Social evils arc not abated by law. They arc overcome by intelligence and wide spread virtue amongst a people. In other words, public opinion will overcome over-come antagonisms lo social order. To get rid of that feature of the doctrine i of the Latter-day Saints in the easiest j and best way, is lo introduce (which is now being done) a new element of I population that docs not recognize tho right to more than one woman legally or socially, and cither make Utah a Stale or annex the Territory to Nevada Ne-vada and make a grand State of Leseret, ono that from its great resources in minerals will make it one of the richest and most important import-ant States of the republic, affording more value to human labor, raising, by consequence, men to a higher state of civilized life, teaching him to lead progressively pro-gressively onward his fellow man, until polygamy is only remembered as of the past. Then judicial decisions, foreign to the intentions of legislation, . will be unnecessary, and all of our ! officers will bo placed in office at the will of the people. I believe if Utah is made a State, the Mormons will be ' among the best law-abiding citizens. A Gentile. |