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Show ' IK Tilt "VIOItMllW AM' Sr.VilM. I'' W ' The Argonaut of May loth bad i r.IK!f strong article on the eulject of uniting H J MR', Ulah with Jfevala. Thli project, g fft which has been put forward many (J ' ( ) ' llmo during IU ltd quart.r of can- 'C' BK- ury, has Wen revived n ao orlxlnal i ' Hg proM"1"1 ' "' NrW Vu,k " " J Bk' li being discussed by the ptrse with a f ' V2 ' variety ol view mil conclusions, ex- v" MB'ii cptbythoeecounlryiper and their jm (Kfe mm, i Imlon-whlch derive their " I FjBuF' ,J'" '""" ,om" metropolitan d,r Sj ( lai of coureetbey are unanimous In , jf, 1 lh conclusion tht Ihe union should H ' ' I Utoniumrait.il without delay. J l'"1 j Frank l'lxley, lb brilliant editor of S 1 i! i the jnmaiif, think for himself on r"l ?( moat public questions, ao II Is not sur. ! 5 ' prising that ha talks on Ibli toplo out . , of tba common tun ol verbiage. Wi i take from the article the moat iiettlnent , ' -J laesagce It conUlni, and mike re- I j , fareoca to the mattar because what ha haa said about Ih "Merions"has put I theanll-"Mornion" organ In thla cily f lnto' rage, and with portions of tba m ' artlolo comment are made In tint f'r , paper which arounjuat to Mr. l'lxley i and abualve to the people of Utah. $!' ' After treating of lha propoeltlon to T' , unite Arizona and New Mexico, I! y. which la part of tba Suh'i eohemo, the T ' ;U Argonaut aayi: i. i j j "Nevada reeenlalble recurrent propoal- K' ill tlon to ad 1 to bar acre an I population l.tV" if by annxllon, rightly regarding It aa a M , p question other lltneae, aa aha aland, for it' :' V .overclgnty. It la true Ibat bar Inhabit- IH t j tnu number only 2,370 mora than li.u Shot U aba waa admlttad, and that belweon 1S) Sly" T and M aha loit about a quarter of her "'i' ' pooplo, became of the failure of the P J ' i, ' Comitock mlnoe and the working out of , I, the orelepoalta In l'urcka and Under tj ', : eounllei; but aha holda that .uallty ! Kl' ahuuld count for aotnethlog aa wall aa i ' H? ' qoanUty In Judging of a Htale'e rlchl to ' i ( .. he. Two or three blocke In the tane- j , -H , inent dlitrlcta af Sew York make a 1 Lt!H larger ahowlng In the caniue than the MP Wti' I whole Sagebroth State, with her 110,700 j' MBit aquara lnlla: but than aba la peopled by ill' ' ' men and women, not by crealurea from I 4 thobogaof Ireland, the alumi of nerman 11) SH V cltloa. tba lUrt.Ht fanning lendi of Italy, J1 , I iu and the ghattoa of Ituiala, moat of whom . ! VKj aro little, If any higher, In lha ecate of ! VJ5.K Intelligence than Cblmpanteea." ' '' "Tli argumenU In faror of unit- L '. Inn the moat roputoua portion f' M ' UD ( 'vadn. however, i Jflll ahould not be waived aalda by the Bil .IK'L lintlenl band of local prtda. Homeun- t I H' doubted brnetlUalonca aoggaat Hum. puq rSf I aeWna. Not only would tho population $ i Jaw bo raUed to a quarter of a million, but the f ' fam i new Nerajana, belnK nioetly Mormona, ? "I ffK1 ' would derate the moral alandard of the 1 !iKL ' Nul"- Tba aagebruiher ol the preaentla ii TlV'Vi'' mora llko a forty-niner than any other if '' !' ' man now eilatlng on the rarlllo Sloia. V B "' H baa tho large, free wayaoftha t' mHiiv planeer, and all that cheerful, nnconren r Tf Xn ' tlonal balng'a acorn for email change 'KJi tljfiCl . and aooh ol the Ten Comuiandineuta aa fit 1(1; Inlerferewlth fun. Ha regarda mining g 1 lll aa about the only occupation At for a ift j Ub gentleman, and aucb labia love of liberty it Vp that, though the ladleaacattered orortba ft MMi. H0,700 aquara mllea are outnumbare.1 by Br ( themalaalwotoone, he aaldom marrlea. ' llj J Tho Mormon, on tba other hand, make a y H c apeclalty of matrimony. It la true that ;, . Hjl i under the atreaa of Federal legislation y n ! Hpl they hava made a declaration In faror of 6 Hl ' monogamy In preference to celibacy in . ) fiS V ttls penitentiary) but a revelation en- fl 1" i Bn : 1 Joining recantation of Ihla bereay would M ' 1 awlftly follow the poaietalon of the power if I Hi t i to regulate tbelr own affaire which elate- r r Hi a would confer. In Ike eaatarn lILw t'ilHlf f l border oounllea of Tferada there haa nni? fliRi ' I been, for mauy yoara, a conalJerable Stt'l il'-Kl'1 Mormon element; and ae the HalnU lu jRjf ft 'Jig Utah far eiceed the Qenlllea, they would, Wm 9 Hl j of courae, control the new common- nf u Kfj wealth. Admirable aa the Xerada man Man aHfl ' n mny reapoata It would be groaa 8Hi flffl r ' rlntlcryto call him rlrtuoua, wbereaa a nut f Eal i f ehoiter peo lo than the Mormona oxlat 9ru ' aHl nowhere on earth. Not until their deaerl Htl ; 'R i refugo waa luraded by their tnonogem- HtlT' Ha ' l! ua ro'abbore did the atrlctly Uentlle in- ' j 1 9K I atltutlon of proatltutlon make Ita ap- 4 B pearance In their cltlea and towne. Tha awe) t Ki l aopplementary wlvea of a ealtit may not Bw r& rlMant'y clrcumaunced aa a Ear s I lldL woman who haa exclualre lcsal title to Bit' fw one man but aaaaredly they are Innnlto- Hfjii J6 ly better ofT, and In all warn mora av i t O worthy membera of aoclety, than the H H ' unacknowledged jlural whoa of the Hi' 1 ' ' B Uentllea" aWl'll Wi''. "rolygamy la permitted and approved BfRi ' law r moat of ntt'onl f the earth, and JmSjl t ' H ' while It la, of tourao, not 6 holy an In- Hull 1 ' W t . atltutlon aa monogamy, It certainly la HK 1 H auperlnr, morally and socially, to the HtP 1 I B practical promlaculty, within well- allil t Sn defined llrolu, which inonogamoua man HKnflB hare eatabllahed. 'the ban) warklng, IH I fB plaln-llTlngiaolbtllllng, ploua Mormon, mnU , iS' ' bealdea being a apeclal gill of l'ro hlenco eW n n 9 ' 1 to tho platform bullderaof lKthlboiollll- trjF 1 Im I ol p4itles, la tho boit ooncolrable kind yjjL I j. In' i , ofaettlcr for a new biato whoao native li j! ! I H,t wealth Ilea la barren ailing for lha ar- II P 1 Ml rltal orthe Utwrer. Jom Utah lo Na- IeB ' r'' HI h ada, and throughout the eagebnuh, wB' 1 I K 1 whero now la hearl onlv then hoop of R9 Vc 2 ) Iho ViUteaudbhoahonu, ortlieatlll more nf Vr oljectlonable and ainful votal ttfortaof ;S 1.1 tho bull puncher an 1 disappointed rroi- ig I ,, e(tor, lha inumltig and eelilng hymn f8 I C would rlie to adncliry the clear, rarilled .' L "i k i , air. Temples reared In honor .if the Al- I. HJ -?' mighty, the wor.blpera In i acb pledged i I1. J ' k t to obey the divine command to lucrtase ! , Wl':1 f aiiilnmlilply.woiililtakeihaplaoaortho M - ln mill, the faro den, uml the unsightly Ifl ' i ilia J'' cabin of the wlfelo.a pioneer. Ily coming jw , ' W , I , under Mormon domination, the moral A I i Mn of tho Nevada man woul 1 not be 0 lif ihockadi bahaanono,, . ? Tbadlkadranlagta),,eadahaaUen ' fj under through ulicrlmloatlon lu tall- J ( toad tataa la ueit O.iLuned and ylgor- HlHHHlHatBtAaaaHHHHHlB oualy condemned, and the wilier addi: "Varada la an Immaitsely rich htate. Mllllonaofacreaother asgebru.u tanda need kill Irrigation to renderlhem highly proiluctlve. Her cllmato la one of tba best In lha world, and whatever la grown Is of superior qiality. In lha aoulhern portion, lea, colloe, an 1 tobacco htro been militated with euoceM aaerlmenf ally,aud In tto pre-hlstorfo graves of Lincoln County cotton bas been foun2 Hemp nourishes, an I ovary kin I of fruit can bo; grown. Her w'heal bring tho very highest price. A for mineral wfsllh, Neva Ills Impregnate I with lt and wers railroad cbargce reasonable, hundred of mlnealhatc-in not now bo worked at a profit would bo producing "It will to llmo enough to Ik scrl-ouOyof scrl-ouOyof handing Nevada otor to the Mormona when aha haa been glten a fair chance to utllixo the glfta bestowed upon her by nature. Hhe has never had that chance, and never will until tho Central l'aclflo shall be compelled toUkalalen bend from her throat and Ita tlih! from her pocket." a "Tha men of Nevada ace no need of tnvltlug tha Mormon to come lu and govern them. They are not without pride In their rJla o, which, by Ibe way, Is out of debt, and has managed, despite the commou sneer at ber mIU!c1 rottenness, rotten-ness, to send pietty regularly toCongrcee aenator and representatives who have not ba I lo blush for their character and Intellect In tho preaenco of tho statesmen furnished by New York and Chicago, the newapefiere of which are most worried about ber small population. Nevada will never consent to eurren ler ber sovereignly. sover-eignly. Let the Inters ate Commerce Commission etiforco the long and ahort haul provision of the law, and Nevada, rescued from tho larcenoua tyranny of tho Central Tactile, will astonish her critics." Tho comparlaona made In the fore, golug between "Mormon" and mining morality are line allnglng-neUleatu the hide of lb "Liberal" editor. He li compelled to admit tbo talenla aud brightness of Prank l'lxley, but, as usual, when anyone dltlera from him on the "Mormon" question, he caunot understand how thla can occur except from" perverted soul" an Infirmity of mind or bad atreak In the blood ol his opponent. Ha ascribes this language of the Argonant writer to "aonie Infirmity which ho Inherited from bla arenU, Other alrtakof total denrarlly or that other aomethlng which blinds bla eyea so much as to make him balloro that for money n lournallst haa a right to mako an argument argu-ment for a cause through hla paper tho aame aa hired attorney would Ufjrc a court." Tills Is an attack not only upon tha personality of tha gifted writer but upon the mother that bore bio, aud la a quite common method with tba Tnhunt scribe when he cannot bring reaaou and truth ajalnst an adversary. ad-versary. We do not wish to endorse all that the .trjrouauf has aald on thla subject. Hut w think tha artlclo la worthy of consideration, and Ibat It bluntly prreente many facts ani skilfully uses aareral strong arguments. Hut whllo wo believe that "Mormon" Industry, perseverance and eklll would mako raat material Improromeuta In tho sage-brush Htatr, and that "Mormon" morality would be of equal ad-Tantagee ad-Tantagee lu a higher aenae, wa do not think It would b a good thing to make one Btate out of Utah and Nevada. Ne-vada. Utah haa territory enough within her own boundary lines. Bha Ins trsourcMi enough of all kinds lobe develoid aud to mako her rich, and populous enough for companionship with any of the oher Blalra of the Union. And thera la no doubt that Nevada will at noma time take a step forward In agricultural, stock railing and manufacturing Interest, which, with her mining Industries thst need not ba noglecUid, will lift ber from her present position of acorn and contumely. con-tumely. Frank I'll ley la right In hla eatlmate of the "Mormons" aa colonlzera and HUle-bulldera, and ho need not bo disconcerted In tho least by tho calumnies of tbo acrlb who baa been doing for years for money what he meanly and without cauaa attributes to Sir, Plxley. Vherevertho"Mormena" have settled they hare Improved the country rapidly and ellectualt, and hare Impressed all Just .people with their strict and derated morality aa well aa their vigor and union and irogrcai. Aud they hare the satisfaction of knnwlug thus' That tbelr mallgneranrechlefly persons of very Indifferent morality ani doubtful doubt-ful Industry, or of that class that would ta)iouso their causo as strongly as they light It, If the "Mormons" would only fee them to act as an attorney would before a court." Utah Mill do well enough without attachment to any olliur Htale or Territory. Her vople aro prepared for the honors and dutlea of etatrhood wlthoutany assistances from surrounding surround-ing commonwealth, ami we do not bellere Nerada dtslrra to ewalhw Utah or be swallow. J up Hull, but thai tho proposition will ome more slrupl) form a auljtot for ner.sparr dlatusslou and then fall again Into the sluml er of tho att. |