Show coiras AT SALT sant kake nane vice president colfax seems to have taken upon himself the task of rebuking the mormon fesl fesi residents dents of salt sait lake for their opinions the helena herald gives the substance of his bis remarks in that city in referring to the lato memorial of th the e mormons cormons for the admission of utah as a state mr colfax proclaimed the truth that utah never will be admitted while poly polygamy F remains the dominant power within the territory and scarcely while the institution ution exists at all therein lie he refused all invitations and attentions tendered him by the mormons cormons Mor mons justly rebuking them by his rigid reserve and keeping himself extremely distant from them neither the vice president nor the president has a right to make any such statement there is nothing in the constitution of the united states which authorizes congress to refuse a territory admission as a state in the union on account of its religious or non relf reli bious belief polygamy with the mor mons is a matter of religion a good religion or a bad religion wise or foolish divine or an imposture but with these questions mr colfax has nothing to do he rejects polygamy he does well to do so another man deriving inspiration from the book of books accepts it as a divine law he does well also if such be his conscientious convictions so far as polygamy is a question of morals it should stand side by side with other institutions obnoxious to the general moral sentiment when congress distinguishes against a state because a portion apportion of its citizens keep beep mistresses distresses mi stresses and another portion support houses of ill fame and another portion lve tive ive by ot stealing ealing then it may distinguish against polygamy on moral grounds personally we have no sympathy with mormonism whether or lot not it is sanctioned by the bible we believe it to be depredation degre dation to the best beat half of mankind but nut we recognize the right of others to come to different conclusions 1 elisions elusions ClU elu and the possibility that they may be nearer right than ourselves it lt is not bot for colfax to lay down the law to a a community and say that they must adjure ad thure thare their religious convictions before they ey can be admitted as members of the unton union golden era |