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Show ! THE POLAND BILL. I lh-3 ;m " Shines Thrw-h 11. ' ihJ eni-, nn 1 II it :niii nil u J t'.ixy Hiron-h Hie 1 lull Hint;. ' 'vre on our Juta Mt-Keaii. jTha TliL'eakQil Spoliation of Utah. i The lluu,e- !,i;l to plunder Hah ! nueiil not to p.Via the Sjnale without im.:e. dia;U;-iun timu it is likely to ' iv'"'ie tu;,er iu-ide ur out--id e t'nat hoJy. T't.at it is calculated or even intend, d to reform any abuse, or right j any wjoiii:, no one on this hide of ;Judge Pulat;d's district can be ex- peeled to leiieve. But that it ii a ; moat perilous and iniquitous measure, ; devoid uul r.tiK- t.-i torment nnd ttrin ihc Muiiuoiis, but to depletolheTrea-suiy depletolheTrea-suiy ot thu United Slates besides, was abuudaruly thown in the paitial.l aenniuiiiuus, and unseemly debate which preceded its passage. j The prtstnt Congress has exhibited j as little rupeet for any recognise! ! principle or common honesty or corn- num decency as any of ilj pre-de-i ccssoro; but we are free lo say that w can remeaiber no scene in all its history more shameless J and disgusting ibau tho ouo it pro-sented, pro-sented, with so nincii Pharisaical and ignominious pride on Iho eve of pas-i ciiig tiiis bill. Here were some bund-, ndsof iX'liticiiins, mindful of np-; proachinj; elections, and eager to earn cheap reputations for asort of virtue w hich very few of them possess. Here, on the oiler hand, wero the unhappy unhap-py Mormons, against whom any nc ens-aiou could be made wiiu impu-niiy, impu-niiy, and fur whom it was supposed no kind of sympathy could t be excited in any Cuugrcsioiial district in tho Union. A magnificent scheme of plunder, a helpless community, and a great moral idea, constituted to-i to-i gether an exceptional opporlunily and an overpowering temptation. In 1 vain did Mr. Potter present tho constitutional con-stitutional inhibition. In vain did Leieg.ite Cannon iterate and reiterate j the tact patent to every Inxly, that the j bill was made, not to punish crinn-, i ml;', but to despoil tho thrifty aud ' enrich the greedy, and prove his as-! serliou by pointing to tho lobby visi-! I bly at work. Mr. Poland acknowl-! edged that the bill was drawn injpart . by a small but venemous attorney ! from Salt Lake, who, haviDg an eye to business, was permitted to write . his own law, while Mr. Crounsu of I Nebraska announced tho foregone ( conclusion by stating that the high-, high-, tontd states-men who sat near him i " didn't care what in hell the bill ; conuintd, they were going for it." They did go for it, audit the Senate should do likewise, what arc the consequences con-sequences to be? Grant will sign it, olcour-e. It is not long smce the iPedcral judiciary in Utah performed i a memorable service to tho President by assisting red-headed liill Stewart and his confederates to steal the Eai- ma mine, and ihe ignorant and brutal ;McKcan has just b:eu reappointed , Ciiiel Justice, with a view to future joperatioii-?. Tuere can be litllo hope j that a Senate which contains llipple- Mitchell iaid Jolm Patterson will fail :to pass such a bill, or thai tho Presi- hesiuite much about delivering up a parcel of rich but defenceless fanatics to the cruel and rapacious King composed com-posed of such disreputable characters as ho delights to honor. lu Utah there are about eighty-six thousand Mormon to seven hundred ! Uentile. residents. The Mormons own ' tho soil, ttie ?tock, tho goods and chattels. A few of the Gentiles keep i.-Lin-!. lie.vj ifuj.nlv. timl mukft nioncv. . ; v.-iiue Uie rcat run tiie courts, louoy I'ills through Congress, annoy the Mormons, i-teal mines, and make even j more money than the decent Christians Chris-tians who mind their own business, j Out of the entire anti-Mormon population popu-lation probably not more than one hundred are in favor o! passiuc the (private properly of the Territory j through the blackened hands of Mo, ! Iveau and the other conspirators, to be , by them distributed as lawful booty. ITY.at, nevertheless, the programme I prescribed by Poland's bill. Tne eighty- 1 six thou-uul Mormons, iu spite of i (its silent protest of the six hundred respectable Gentiles, are to be handed over to the one hundred miscreants who constitute the Federal King and huddle under the fouled ermine of McKean. They aro made court, jury, and prosecutor. Tho homes of the j people will be broken up by wholesale, whole-sale, and in that now smiling country we shall see a desolation, compared to 1 which that produced by plague, pesti-' pesti-' lencc or war would be cheerful to look , at, for it iu eludes not merely material man religion and the domestic relations. rela-tions. It is manifestly impossible that this atrocious raid can bo carried to I tho hitler cud without a military loree, and accordingly wc shall have; the regular army placed under the or-' 1 ders of McKean, aud in all probabil-' iiy a volunteer force to clothe, equip, ; ami feed, with patronage and eon-tracts eon-tracts to ease the conscience of tho Administration party. Mr. Cannon, the Delegate, feebly a item pted lo e. pose t he incvi table consequences of the bill; but ho spoke like a man with a halter round his neck, and faltered before he had told the half. He managed, however, how-ever, to Impart a hint, which would have been "fatal to the whole scheme if a majority of our noble representatives representa-tives hail eared .is Mr. Crounse assured as-sured they did not "what in hell Ihe bill contained." Ho intimated , plainly as a cowed polygamist dared, that among the corrupt designs of the carpet-baggers was one to seize the legislative power of the Territory, and then tax and issue bonds until bankruptcy should terminate the process. pro-cess. The poor soul was right of course. That certainly will be as inevitable in-evitable as death. The property holders will bo arraigned, ar-raigned, convicted, aud disfranchised ui batches. The hundred knaves already in possession of the jury box will take exclusive possession of Ino baliot box. nnd sit down as the Leg islature of Utah. Terror,, confusion, and cornu?ii:.;i wiii reign. Families : "'ioacn up, children without protec-lien, protec-lien, farms and homesteads under ihe hammer, a barbarous judiciary with its eervile tools at Salt Lake, troops hariying tho country, and a :;rand carnival of vulgar thieves rc-loicing rc-loicing Lu their work, will make the linal spectacle under Mr. Poland's nil. Compared lo this, the fate ol Sou tii Carolina would be supremely enviable, and com pa ml to tiiis tho rtlchcd Moinions might well wish for their barren desert, which attracted at-tracted nobody's cupidity, and which uas bloomed under their cuiciul hands only to invite destruction. It may seem impertinent to cite the Inderal Constitution tu Mr. Poland Po-land and the loo gentlemen in Con-L're;3 Con-L're;3 who care not "what iu hell hi- r-jdl contain--;' but we nevertheless . think it unite proper to remark m I pacing that their bill is in iligrant I violation of at least two provisions of tint aiiU'juat'.d in-.truiiieiit the one i respecting re'.igion aud the cue respecting res-pecting ui,;l "by jury. Althongii evlyaiiy is ;u JoalL:. jiiic as an., '-'ihcr i.eaili::! practice, no man wi.e ii-'s f... lowed tne bleeding trail o! Mrrmouis:n froui Missouri to Sail iskc cv.u doubt tuat it a. held to by tiiese fcolis'n and fated people with the fervor of ruiiiuns conviction. It is tiieir revcLaion out of Heaven, and ; : vo aie not saying much fur it when we fajy that it is ahnot :b x-d s Schuyier Coifax's or Bishop Newman's. New-man's. 1 jU lo the trial by jury, Judge Poland's bill simply, plainly, and 'solemnly abolishes it. It enacts that 1 no Mormon fchidl ever bo tried by his Ipee-ru, but always by his enemies, : known and selected fur that reason 'alone; that ho phnll never stand 'lfore"an impartial jury of t'uc vicinage," vicin-age," but n!w;iys before a partial, ; packed, anil interettd jury of carpet 1 bagging aliens. It is a question woith asking, wht tl.er thy judges of , the Supre-m-t Court are iikewne to uncnnscioiK'J !y co 1 and virtuous .is . to violate their uat!:s al&o in order to j declare this law (viistilution.il. New York Hun. |