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Show RELIGIOUS B,D0A1 MkiNACED. A telegram from Washington announces an-nounces the appointment of a new postmaster at Ogden in place of a "Mormon," wlio, the dispatch says, is not a polygamiat. This is reported to be tho beginning of a new policy in augur. ittd by tue president, that no "Mormon" Bhall hold a federal office. This is clearly a discrimination against a religious belief in opposition both to the spirit and letter of the constitution of the United States. It is the first time in the history of the government that such discrimination has been avowed or exercised by the chief magistrate ot the nation, and if President Grant is correctly reported in his determination to enforce such a policy, be is a greater bigot or ignoramus ig-noramus than we have ever credited him with being. He will Boon find that his new policy will lead him into waters beyond hid depth, and overwhelm over-whelm him in ignominy from which it will be imposuible to escape. The sentiment of religious liberty is deeply ingrained in the fibre of the American Ameri-can people, and in striking at Hor-monism, Hor-monism, or any other religion, Grant strikes at a principle which lies at the foundation of the American republic. |