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Show HOW IT WIIX OPERATE- 'l'lio Mormons came to Utah not dimply to make money, but because of their peculiar viuw.-) r:Uuve to the prowiflt state of bin and Un b;ario 'iyoo tlie I'uLure. '1 iits average Mor-.unn Mor-.unn d'jes not otj::t to ol-tainioK aol tioitiK money jr , io tlnd liJ'u, but bin xuaia objeut in to sticire salvation in thu lil'o which be bulwvcH is to come. No matter wlictbur lii-i ?icwa on ihi.-t point bo absurd or reanonable, irrational irration-al or un rational; he believes .them; Hiey give ualur to bin character, iollu-hoco iollu-hoco hit actiuurt, and ho wjuld boar UiDK "di.oil-:d of hi.-i wurldly gooda" art the Moruiuu lmtory plainly -.Iiowb rather tltao nacrilico any portion of hid laith andthcruby imperil hid salvation. sal-vation. And when any one imagines that there in a Urge per centao ol the Muriiioofl who do not think and believe be-lieve in lhi.i way, they are greatly mistaken. mis-taken. The Gentiles came to Utah to make money. They can bo an devout adherent adher-ent of their several faiths anywhere clue than Utah m they can be here; but the faith of tho Mormon require 8 him to bo where the body ofthechurch U Tlio Mormon, then, cornea to Utah lor salvation, according to his peculiar faith ; tho Uentilo comes to Utah to make money, beeauito ho is satisfied tho article can bo got here. Tho legislation sought fur from Congress ia avowedly to plaeo such power in tho bauds of tho judiciary an will cnablo them to handle tho Mormon o,ucntioo. It is special legifi-lation, legifi-lation, designed to confer extra-judicial authority. Hut tho exercise of such power cannot and will not be contiucd to one portion of the peoplo, iiitweroso desired. It may strip tho Mormon of hia money and imprison im-prison him, or oven go farther than that in tho ha odd of bigoted, pitiless piti-less partisans ; but it cannot prevent hia gaining salvation if salvation is to bo gained through his Jiuth. And it can and will prevent the Ci entile making money, for that it will injuro bujioesa in its operations, and I'righten capital away from tho Territory no one doubts. In brief, though it may harrass tho Mormons, its operations will fall Loavier on the business men, the fuinora, and tho capitalists than upon tho bulk of tho peoplo that mako up lie population ol Utab. |
