Show editorials THE following sensible letter appeared in the new york tribune october no cause was ever improved by misrepresentation re I 1 am no mormon or polygamist as you well know but I 1 have spent some time among the mor mons and abid I 1 assure you that the present crusade against brigham young and his disciples is instigated by prejudice and bigotry and that the sayings and doings of the mormons cormons are continually misrepresented from a knowledge of these people and their institutions gained by sojourning sojo with them and strictly examining the workings of their government and their peculiarities as a sect I 1 assert that they are sad ly y belied the tha cormons mormons its tub a body are honet honest in industrious dust rious god fearing people taji their r industry temperate habits and perseverance have achieved more wonderful results than can I 1 ie e shown from the same caus caul causes caules es in any part of your noid huld they are peaceable friendly t thrifty and an excessively hardworking hard working people they are very devotional aud evidently intend lill mill desire to do what is right before god and man wan A very large majority of them are not practically polygamists lata iata they tolerate no dram shops no gambling saloons and no houses of ill III fame oame they sustain schools and see eee that all idlers are set to work our gentiles move and settle bettle among them for the purpose of moneymaking money making which is all very well but too many desire to root them out so as to put down competition in business hence heince religious prejudice bigotry and persecution are wrong wrongfully rully rally brought again against sat fAt them and our people of the east are misled by false reports concerning the cormons mormons Mor mons many of the reports of doings in salt lake city that are sent to the eabe ease I 1 know to bo be false it was recently reported that one of brigham youngs sons in a speech before the mormon conference made threats of war against the united states government I 1 know positively that no such threats were made or intended in that speech nor in any speech pesch made before the conference the mormons cormons desire peace and nothing but bitter perseda tion urged on by fanatics will make them raise a hand against their persecutors one of the united states judges in conversation with me at salt lake city used the moat most fanatical language and breathed threaten ings and slaughter against the cormons mormons Mor mons two clergymen whom this judge had taken around the city said to me in his hia presence that every mormon deserved to be hanged from the trees at the roadside and the judge smiled approvingly religious fanaticism is pushing ona on a persecution against the mormons cormons Mor mons and imperceptibly the public at the east ia Is being prejudiced ji against them through reports that are absolutely false falbe gen grant is being told that it will add a laurel to his presidency if he can stamp out these mormons cormons and their peculiarities during his administration Gen Grant ic ean can an gain no laurels by persecution the laws of trade and population will bring these matters et raight straight unless vindie ti veness and bigotry drive the mormons cormons to the wall in that event scenes seener may possibly be enacted that itis appalling to contemplate and the cause will bi unjust persecution erbe erae cution I 1 hope that uius judicious thoughtful thoughtful people will utah and devote time to examining this whole subject without reli rell religious zious or other prejudice and thus secure justice and nd an enlightened public opt on 0 on ll 11 one of the most important subjects at present agitating the public mind you know me mr eletor and you are aware that I 1 am not apt to advance opinions in the public papers without first thoroughly examining the subject on which I 1 write FAI eai DEALING new york oct 17 1871 THE following interesting editorial correspondence of the Indiano indianapolis India polls jour nal nat was wag unavoidably crowded out ot o t of our columns yesterday t ON THE ROAD BOAD october IS 11 1 1 1871 at two p m today to day we bade fa tul tui w well weil ell eil to the saints an and sinners of it happy valley and were soon whirl j away to ogden where our car wab waa cached to the central pacific train r r san francisco the pending and impending troubles in utah absorb all other considerations concerning this re gion and I 1 shall make them the subject of this letter and try to view the mormon QUESTION aft art arr b JH now presented to the public from the standpoint of the various classes immediately interested in its lution solution po the cormons mormons of the territory 11 now ow number nearly one hundred thousand thoua and aud houis souls and in all that pertains to their material well being are a thriving prosperous people they came to utah twenty five nive years ago when it was mexican territory and after a toll some march maich during which they suffered great privations they pitched upon the salt lake valley as their home today the whole valley Is a garden and the small band hand that encamped here have become a great people they have lived at peace with the savage tribes of indians have maintained good order among themselves t they are sober bober industrious dust dast rious economical they have no gambling hells bells no houses of prostitution no rio aims alms houses no beggars no vagrants and barrin barring 9 their peculiar institution and its is deplorable results are a model people their thein isolation for many years from the society of other peoples compelled them to adopt the operative cooperative co plan of industry and manufactures ufa ura mures eures and the fruit of their labors labord haf bai accumulated in the their irown own bands hands until millions of wealth in lauds lands flocks flocke cities villages manufactures and merchandise are now owned and controlled oled by them it ia is quite natural for mor mons to feel feet that they have a right to the peaceful enjoyment of these results achieved as they have been by their own unaided efforts in the face of continued and bitter persecution and in spite of obstacles that would have daunted a people less courageous or if you please less faila fatia fanatical than they recent events have convinced the cormons mormons that there is a battled purpose on the part of the th federal authorities in utah to force a collision that will result in their eppu 4 slon sion from their chosen land and is a feeling reeling of suspicion clon and distrust throughout the territory which if not soon eoon allayed will surely lead to the most moat dreadful consequences after a f full all and free conference with the leading mormons cormons Mor mons federal officers and business men of salt lake city we predict that a dreadful civil WAR will soon be raging in this fertile region resulting in the loss of thousands of lives the expenditure of millions of public treane trea tres n e and the tha complete devastation of ulo ule of the most beautiful and thriving regions on the continent unless the administration interferes with the schemes mefi of the petty lords of misrule who are doing their utmost to bring it about it is unfortunate for the nation that it is in the power of such men aa as judge mckean and the deputy district attorneys tor maxwell and baskin to precipitate a collision between the federal authorities ties and aud the mormons cormons in a contest in which the general government occupies a false and untenable position if an issue Is to be made and settled in the courts between united states authority on the one hand and those who teach and practice polygamy on the other concerning the lawfulness of the practice itis it is of the utmost importance that it be fairly made and impartially tried with fuli lull preparation for the probable results we are convinced that the pending prosecutions are conceived in folly conducted in violation of law and with an utter recklessness a to tle the grave results that must necessarily ensue how does the matter stand there is a vacancy in the office of unit ed states district attorney for the territory of utah judge mckean has appointed two lawyers maxwell had askin baskin sainted to act as de deputies atles these dep deputies U boast that they have ve instigated the prosecutions and slid assume great credit for the disingenuous trickery by which they hope to force a conflict whose consequences they have not the capacity to measure or understand it is much to the credit of president grants administration that these deputy prosecutors arrogate to themselves the entire credit of conceiving the disreputable disreputably trick to which they have resorted to eilet elet their purpose let it be Uber uder stood mat luat the indictments pending a e not based apoi the act of congress of tt 1862 defining and providing lor the punishment 0 bigamy but upon section 32 of the te tei rit orial laws of utah p 63 53 which pr vides that I 1 if any manor man or woman nt being married to each other lewdly an ang anu lascivious lasciviously lv associate and cohabit together he or she shall be imprisoned not more than ten years nor less than ilau six months and fined not to exceed 1000 nor less than 11 the indictment against brigham young charges him with violating this statute by living with his sixteen wives by no recognized rule of interpretation can polygamy be punished under this law the law itself was passed by cormons mormons Mor mons who taught and practiced polygamy at the time and it was clearly intended by its framers to punish prostitution and fornication in cases where there was no claim or pretense of marriage however illegal the mormon marriages are de facto marriages and were not contracted in violation of this statute that they are all contrary to the act of congress Is clear and they should be attacked if attacked at all by the united states authorities under that law to use the federal tribunals for the punishment of polygamists under the territorial act is a manifest perversion of the law if it is anything more than a piece of disreputable trickery conceived and carried on in the interest of a gang of unscrupulous adventurers if the united states desires to wage war upon mormon polygamy let it be done in an open and dignified manner and not in the pettifogging style which has thus far characterized the prosecutions in judge mckeand Mc reana Keana oui t tat tnt at salt lake no X good ci citizen of the united states can have any sympathy with bs it is a doomed institution and it must disappear from our social system but all good people are interested in having its destruction brought about by methods stern and effective if need be but so ordered that the judgment of the civilized world shall approve them F U S attorney for utah GEORGE C BATES esq who has received the appointment of U S attorney for this territory la Is a gentleman of florn fifty to gifty fifty nive five years of age in early california days daya he practiced his profession at san francisco but for the past thirteen or fourteen years has resided at chicago he is an old time friend of gen grants Is a man of national reputation and has the credit of being a lawyer affine of nine fine attainments it Is rarely that a man of hib hia calibre accepts au appointment in a territory and whether he lie will consent to act the telegraph does not inform ua us there never has haa been a time alime inthis in thib this country when a man of justice good sense honesty and find legal ability was more needed as a united states attorney than now an attorney of a vindictive I 1 brutal and ignorant nature has it in his power to breed an immense amount of disturbance he can by his proceedings disturb business relations unsettle trade check the development of the country and drive off capital by promoting vexatious and causeless prosecutions be can inflict damage not upon the men alone whom he seeks to entangle in the meshes of his snares but upon the entire community the mischief which a man of such a nature acting in such a position can accod plied this community has haa experienced of late latte those proceedings are truthfully described in the editorial correspondence pon dence of the jurnal journal which we published yesterday the writer of which ia Is himself a lawyer of first class reputation in the following language the pending prosecutions are conceived in folly conducted in violation of law and with an utter recklessness as to the grave results that must necessarily harily ensue for these the acting U S attorney must be chiefly responsible situated as this territory is therefore it is highly important that a U S attorney acting here should be a wise and upright man in mr bates we trust the administration has secured a gentleman of this character SALT nake LAKE Is not the only place which has jury difficulties though there may be few places so bad as it in respect to the manifest desire and determination of officials to find a jury toned to their views of things speaking of the case the new york herald complains of the inevitable difficulty of finding citizens enough who had hail never heard of the case to form a jury 1 and takes consolation in the thought that when we get a legislature willing to take leisure enough from jobbing bing to rectify so palpable nu u infraction of the spirit of free institutions as our present jury system the law will doubtless be so arranged that a notorious case cabe may be tried on oti its merits ayin by intelligent tell igent citizens conversant with the facts for until then we shall have the usual laws delay lengthened out by this tedious duty of packing g juries with the ignorant men of the coin eoin community in unity 11 such may be the state of affairs in newyork new york but it is slightly elight ly different in utah here we have a legislature which has passed some very equitable provisions for the empanelling panelling em of juries and if officials will act honorably honora tyly lyly in accordance with those provisions there never mever will be any difficulty in obtaining an intelligent responsible pon sible jury fairly representative of the body of citizens in the territory and willing to render a verdict according to fact law and justice giving the benefit of doubt in all cases to the last named property only such a jury is a true lawful constitutional jury for the ury should not represent the judge nor the he t prosecution nor the defense bor r t the he law but the people of the community n ity whom they are called and sworn t to 0 act for and in the place of and should return verdicts accordingly taking into info consideration firstly justice next nest the well known sentiments of the coralu anity which give shape and body to the idea of what is or is not crime in that community and both these things should be regarded eo far as the law will possibly allow we do not urge upon juror sto cleave to justice in spite of the law for that might be accounted treason and we consider coh sider that following follow ig justice so closely is a matter that lies with a mans own conscience although we would not advise any officer to place us upon a jury if he did not wish the ends of justice to be served the great difficulty in iii obtaining juries in utah seems to be that some officious official or other wants to have bave a jury after his own heart not to return according to justise justice evidence or law particularly but to convict according to a preconceived policy and frequently according to a prearranged pre pro arranged plan using such laws and GO so much or so little of them whether federal or territorial rit orial as may suit the purpose in hand such a jury abury is not a jury it does not represent the community and nud can not act for the people it is 18 essentially a part izan mob having no right whatever in ina 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