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Show THE AXTI-jIORHOX CRVSADE. A Plea is Behalf of Its Victims Injustice of the 1mpeis.:5.nt or the Apostles Facts is thj. Cae The Attitude of the ad ministration toward the mob- MONB. It is time that the American peoDle were aroused to the aeoseless aod wicked Crusoe cow being matie pon the citizens of Utah by th- imbecile im-becile admiaiitrarion fit Wshin;ton in tbe interest of a !-w "GiDiiie" fanatics and speculators iu tat territory. terri-tory. No s-jcd farcical proceedings would have been tolerAltd by any ol Mr. Hayes' predecessors aa the recent re-cent indefinite imprisonment ol tbe late Biigham Young's executors in failing to comfly with an orier that appears to the ordinary mind clearly ez pesijacxo m hb cnaracier. ine executors of the will ot the late "prophet" had already, in accordance accord-ance with its provisions, aud before the appointment ol receiver of the estate by tbe federal court, converted certain of the assets lor payment ol specified liabilities. They had paid out of the assets to the Mormon church, equitably as they claim, certain cer-tain trusts held by Brigham, for the establishment of which he vras the head. Tue executors of the will, George Q. Cannon, Bris'"itn Young and Albert Carringto.i, are members of tho "quorum of the twelve apostles," and were appointed as administrators of the will as most likely to do justice to the church, as well as to the family of the deceased. It appears that wheD Emeline A., one of the numerous Young family, brought the executors into court, a large portion of the esute had been passed upon by them, acd certain claima were finally settled. In making mak-ing these settlements, some ot the assets of the estate had passed cut of! their hands, and having been con- verieu iar me ueneui oi creumjrs,eic., were not attainable and could not therefore be turned over to the receivers re-ceivers appointed by the court. The8 facts have been (ully shown in the reply re-ply of the church counsel io the attachment at-tachment case for contempt and in the published letter of the Hon Ueo. Q. Cannon, who, in company with Young, Carringtou and John Taylor, president of the church, are now in the penitentiary on the order of Justice Boremao. Is there a lawyer in Chicago familiar with the case, who will hold these men guilty of contempt con-tempt toward the Utah court ? It is '.ruo that they may have exceeded their authority as executors under the will, being more auxioualor the safety of church interests than for the rights of the heirs of the estate. But this dereliction, if it exists, hardly meiits imprisonment, but rather calls tor an equitahlo ascertainment and adjustment adjust-ment ol the matters in dispute, or a prosecution of the executors aud their bondsmen tor damages. The alleged j contempt cftEe is one of the flimsiest j description, that would not stand a I moment in a respectable court of hiw in any of the states, where the imprisonment im-prisonment of a citizen was the only alternative. To one familiar with life in Utah, the case looks at this distance like a pre-arranged scheme to fan the ever existing hostility between Mormons Mor-mons and Gsntiles into a dangerous outbreak between the zealous hotheads hot-heads on the side of the church and tho cunning and impecunions schemers who make it their business to persecute the Mormons in the dope of inciting a bloody collision that shall lead to the establishment of martial law in Utah; the obliteration of all the property rights of the "saints," the vast majority of whom oiivn,i--w;r"c.'iVlan!tiifc.'" ' "SvTJdt" 'a rich field for plunder such a picture of ruin and devastation presents to the greedy soldiers of fortune, many of whom have been driven by stress ol unfavorable circumstances at home to that territory, regarding it as a sort of penal refuge, only tolerable by the opportunities it affords to make mischief, mis-chief, with t'-o ultimate bops of profit to themselves out ol the accumulations accu-mulations ol the industrious and tbrilty Mormons. Iu thia crusade these men claim to reprtseut the i moral aud religions seutimenls ol the country, especially in regard to poly gamy, an incident of the Mormon church that cuts a comparatively small tiiuire iu comparison with its other moral and doc'lhI features. The writer, who lived iu B-.U Lake City during several recent years uuder the most favorable opportunities for observation, leels satisfied that the many-wived ordinance is rather a church than a popular favorite. The average Mormon wife, though generally gener-ally willing to admit her beliel iu the revelation, appears loj'.regard it more as a divine theory than a dogmatic tenet, neceesarily applicable to-herself. I bave mauy limes conversed wiih Mormon wives on this subject, and generally elicited a dread on the part ol those possessing tbe undivided atlections of their husband- thai llu-latter llu-latter might, through tbe plav ," their passions or by priestly iufiuencfe, be led into the blunder of polvgauiy. Sometimes, when ihc-y thought such a danger imminent, a good deal of jealous indignation would find vent. One good woman, blessed with a liberal Mormon husband, who probably prob-ably never thought of committing a polygamic freak, taid: "They (church influences) bave labored with Mr. to induce him to take other wives, but 1 think he has too much good sense for that; if he had not, I should have no further use for him, and would pack up, take my children and vacate his ranche at once." Mrs. Hawkins, whose tri-wived husband waa prosecuted by her in the Utah courts, in ll, for "lewd aud lascivious lascivi-ous cohabitation," Baid, on the wit ness stand, when OBked if she believed in polygamy: "No; and no decent fir;t wife would believe in the devilish doctrine." doc-trine." The perils of polygamy, under cover of which a lew persecuting vagabonds vaga-bonds in Utah mask their fiendish desipns upon a people numbering over 100,000, and approaching more closely to the Puritanic idea in their society than any ottier existing population popu-lation that I kuow anything of, need not excite the slightest anxiety on the part of the religionists ol the country. If this social evil, confined to Utah as it is, and seduously guarded and limited lim-ited by the Mormon church, aa there is reason to believe it is, aa a choice prerogative a distinction to be conferred con-ferred for faithful and zealous services ser-vices be reaiiy dangerous to society at large, it must be admitted that the moncgamic system of our social life is lamentably weak. II pilyg my in Utah is a crime worthy uf a D.itional crueade, wbal should he Mid of or dene with the Oneida community in New York Blate, whose degrading degrad-ing theories and practices are clearly at war with Christian morals and decent civilization? Bad as polygamy ie, it i not aa vile as tne prostitution and debauchery of which many of the shining lights of tbe orthodox churches and large numbers of WauinKtou statesmen have been accused. Toe limes, a few d.iys sicce, editorially spoke of "the several hundred femal" clerks who are tho mistresses of republican re-publican officials" t tbe national capita), and there is little doubt that the Tmtes detectives at Washington have ample facilities (for investigation, .l:J knew mre J of the habits of our public men ihar I they would care to reveal at oce time. iScciety in Utah ceriniy dee Dot - p-'seess so dep'ore a c uiitian a r .it i. four na'.icn'- csp ai. Ine i:ico' criticisms of the ni?w administration crnsade up:n Mcr-mondom, Mcr-mondom, as evinced in Mr. Evarts' late circular to feretcn governments, leave linie to be said. It is too bad tnat the United States government should be allowed to flounder in tbe depths of primary ignorance of one of tbe distingutsning fundamental principles prin-ciples of American liberty, and that it should disgrace itselt in the eyes of all civilized governments, as the Hayes government has done, in ihe promulgation of this idiotic document docu-ment Mr. Evarts' attempt to explain ex-plain his blunder readers him more ridiculous. Caleb Cusbing, by his learned counsel, managed to keep, late republican admini:trat:o.s. in ! their foreign intercourse, wiir.in tbe bouodary of safe precedent and inter-j national law, ana tne secretary aa too astute a diplomat to cnrjtiiil himself him-self ridiculously in his official correspondence. corres-pondence. Toe great American misuake and blunderer, Mr. Hayes, it appears, has become impressed witb trie idea that he is to be the instrument lor the sup pression ct Mormonism, aa, on his accession to Washington's chair against the votes and wishes ot a majority of his countrymen, he was inspired with bis civil-sertK-e-referm mania. lae barren rerult of the last named spasm is well known. The finale of bis Mormon crusade is more certain to prove a mortifying failure at home and abroad. The apostles and prophets ol Utah are litely to achieve a moral victory over the Hayes administration, and the statesmen of the Old World will enjoy en-joy their DOtable opportunity to read this country some well-learned essays on tbe first principles ol international law. All that is required of the Mormons Mor-mons is to act the role of mrtyrs, and they cannot fail to reap the fruits of Washington idiocy by a fresh crop ol converts. Elder Standinc's mas sacre in Georgia, the apostles' mi,-1 prisonment.on a false plea in Salt Lake City, and the Havea and Evarts j damphoolery in Washington, bid fair I to arouse a Mormon revival that shall eclipse Joseph Smith's earliest sensation, sen-sation, if these acts do not indeed en-'list en-'list the sympathies of those not before, partial to ihe "saints." E. N. F. in Chicago Timet. |