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Show IXCIIJMMI 1'OMIIIMIITS. Tiu: illsiatcli from Wasblnctou, which ap cared In thlt ptipcr on Thursday, In regard to Iho exclusion ut lolygimlila from landing on the .horea of tho Unlte.1 Htatet, It, rather Indefinite. No account It given of tho tptclfla chargea sgiln.t I'elirsen mid lila wife, win It la aald hall from Hive, den, ana about whom some affidavit, have been made. On what ground la II claimed they aro polygamltts? la It because they UlUit In slygamy? It la verv unllkelv that ther are nractlcil polygamlsta. Them It lonitt intstery abuutthlacaM thatfutui. Inforniatlon wlllirubiiblydlssliate. The ruling of Herniary I'osler ap-peara ap-peara to 1 merely a repetition of a cltu-o In the Imnilgratlon lawnwei at the last session of Congress. It excludes ex-cludes iio.ygamtsla at well at paujiert and convlcu from entriuco Into the ports of tho United mates. Hut how Is tho term "polygaml.ts" to bo unlerstood? Clearly, It must mcantboaaivhoiractlcepolygini). If so, the lnscctor at tho rrtptctlvo porta should look aomowhero else than auioiig''Morni )n"inianlcs for io lo who may bo lawfully excluded from landing on that ground. Thu "Mormon." abroad havo never practiced laltf-aiu, but have been, taught and required M Church member, mem-ber, to llvo according lo tho law. of tho respecllvo nations whero they reside. re-side. Tin it fore when tho Idea hits l-eeii entertained that "Mormon" Immigrants Im-migrants could lw returned whence Ibey came, on tho ground that they werot-jlg-imltts, a great mistake lias been made lioth hi fact and In la;. Wo i resume no ono will nrguo that an Immigrant can bo lawfully excluded ex-cluded from thcMshoret bciau.u of his or her abstract opinion on any religious, relig-ious, .octal or political question. Ilellef In tho lllbln would be a sufficient groun I of olfaction lo the lauding of any immigrant, If nutter, of faith were to l Inquired Into. The lw certainly waa nuver Intended to operato In nny such nbsur I faihlou. Wo shall liok tor some further particulars par-ticulars In rtgard to thlt ease, bellov-lug bellov-lug that ucllber theenilgratlon ofllcer. nor tho AdulnUtratlou will attempt to exclude people from theso shores on account of a belief tlry may entertain ujiou any question. |