Show GEORGE reann 0 EDITOR AND PUBLISHER WILER 1 ie wednesday november Vo vebber vember 8 1871 foe rop the healthy growth of mormon ibm and the proper development of its disciple dle die digel ciple elpie pies ples it seema seems necessary that there should be an occasional interruption of peaceful progress and a threatening prospect of gerlous difficulties this at least casts haa baa been the experience per peri perl lence ence enco of the liast past for the latter day saints to enjoy an uninterrupted career of peaceful prosperity for several yearb years would be very remt remi remarkable ir kable kabie and in many minds would have the effect to e excite acito gravo grave apprehensions but we are chapey happy to say that thus far thib thia has lias never been een their lot scarcely a year has passed over their heads since AD 30 without their either being threatened with or experienc ing log se lions trouble in this respect their experience has been unlike that of any other community or religious body on the continent and the effect has been to make them dissimilar in many features of their character from any other people the tho adverse circumstances with which they bave have been surrounded have developed a faith in god which is exceedingly necessary they have also taught them self reliance and independence we know of no people who recognize the hand and overruling providence of god dinall in all ail the affairs of iffe to the bame same extent as the latter day saints neither have we been thrown iu in contact with a people so independent or self reliant as they uninterrupted prosperity with the present experience of the people would bo be a condition of affairs to be dreaded to have tho the world fraternized with them to recognize them as a peo pie of the right kind klud to bestow favora upon them would be a great misfortune ad and would wo we fear be lit attended with serious results but bat when the latter day saints are persecuted when attacks are made upon their faith and liberties and exertions are put forth to destroy them as a people their energies are aroused their enthusiasm is quickened and their lov love e for and devotion to their religion which in times of prosperity may become lukewarm Inke warm and weak are revivified and fanned into an active flame flamo these court proceedings therefore are not the unmitigated evil which their authors intended them to bo be to the latter day saints sainto they have been productive thus far of a great groat amount of good many of the people were being dolled lolled into the teleet of forgetfulness concerning their religion and its obligations and duties circumstances were peaceful money was plentiful the tho world and the latter day saints sainta were moving along quietly together and everything was prosperous it ia Is BO so easy under such circumstances to drink into the spirit of the world that many were wele begin beginning ning hing to iose lose sight bight of the die unction which exists between god and but bat the devil and his hia agents could not be easy to have affairs remain so iio quiet he and those who fifo led by him always defeat themselves th they ey have havo cun cuu cunning ning but that ia Is all they havo have no wisa wisdom orn oin ha had d they wished to destroy the tha later lafer day saints and 1 their system they ought to have known gliatto that to commence persecution at this thia juncture was not the method to adopt their proceedings have startled the people haive halve arouni aroused d them from their lethargy and infused an activity into their thein faith which they have not known for a long time the judge of this district and those who have been operating with him in these proceedings deser deserve veon on accounts a vote yote chanho of oft hauka hanka from the tho authorities of the murch church they havo been most effective missionaries they have aroused the people to an au extent that no amount of rye pye preaching aching and exhortation has haa been aba abrott to do prayers havo have never been ampre more fervently offered meetings have llever never been better attended families hae have nover never been moro mora united ignited and brethren and bisters sisters have never uever greeted each other moro more warmly and cord cordially hidi fidi than since the proceedings against the leaders of the church commo commenced ced inthe in the third judicial district court if per doe does not promote the growth oca OCR of a religious loui ioui body it at least makes it more compact compa ef it deprives de P uta it of dead members and gives 1 if a healthful vigor you can evin moro more easily make many men fight abea for a than xou you can induce duce them to live iivo up to 0 o and carry caray out ita its principles assail thern them friends and yon tero tiro arouson usel usei combativeness they are in ud humor then to br bi concede that lly kly y gained by coaxing or other inducements would when demanded or sought to be by bk far foree force 66 bo bb ie foj re i alsted aisted to the death the kind rind method theine the method thod of heaping favors upon the believers of pf the gospel is one ono which the devil has h nob not yel yet ea 1 learned and we are glad of it it is ls healthy for the people of this terii Teril territory tory to lo have such attacks to resi resist 19 are now being made upon them them they might become indifferent aud and careless upon many important points the also might be endangered by the 16 increase crease within its pale of hypocrites and corrupt persons in taking a calm dispassionate view therefore of the situation of affairs in this city and territory we think the latter day saints have abundant cause to be thankful their enemies enem iea now as the they y have so repeatedly done in the past are conferring benefits upon them are contributing to buildup build up and to give it a more widespread wide spread and durable fame THE cincinnati remes times imagines serious things concerning this part of the globe such aa as multitudinous vexatious lawsuits excitement growing di deeper aper grave rumors of apprehended trouble somebody gone on a mission of which no one appears to know either the destination or the object something very unusual on foot toot involving resistance or emigration and nobody can guess which only that polygamy will not be given up a mission to san francisco to secure the best legal talent in that city that the legal battle will ha be hard bard fought but after all it is as justice mckean said not so much the people vs brigham young that is being traversed I 1 but the federal authority vs the power of polygamy I 1 it Is to be hoped that the rimes times will not get unduly excited things chinga are quite calm here hero all is quiet on tho the jordan and nobody and nothing is very badly hurt yet set only judicial reputation and the finances ances at divers persons for capital is very sensitive and the un unwarrantable litigious proceedings with which utah has been blighted of late have had a very depressing effect upon her financial prosperity for which those who have been instrumental in instigating fomenting ma magnifying unifying and needlessly continuing that litigation must ber held directly responsible we have striven all we can to havo have peace and to maintain peaceable relations with all the world THE tre crisis in utah thinks the tho omaha bee is come at last and the crack of doom is not fin far off the th 6 bee evidently has bas been led to think all this and find a great number of still more absurd things by reading that magnificent specimen eh of forensic eloquence the primary words of which are as follows 4 thomas hawkins I am aul sorry for you the see man is BO so thoroughly penetrated with a sense of the overwhelming wh elming judicial borrow that he gets geta angry at the supposed Mor monio cause and lets olf off a column of the old sort of invective abounding in thugs daili Daril daniles Da teb tes cowardly fugitives murderous miscreants infamous cuts cut throats demon priesthood bloody record immortal hake hate e and murderous spirit hardened criminals ancl and similar amiable expletives the zee see seems to believe that the 89 mormons cormons Mor formo mons naif nAff are really the tile horrible characters which it thus teus blindly pictures ferth and judging upon thebe these absurd premises proceeds to call for martial law and lay jay awn the plain duty of the authorities in washington th thus tit lit s the duty of the government is clear and should not nofu be evaded if martial law was useful the other day at chicago and if it still exists in inisher ini shea bhea vigor in texas tomas and south bouth carolina it is still more mord necessary in i a remote territory like that of bf utah sit at a crisis of unexampled peril perli bait salt lake city unlike chicago is not a city friendly t to 0 Ame american institutions and the federa federal 1 ca cantonment anton nto n ment a few miles nin 3 from th tire tite e aitor mor mon capital fa only a camp la in an coti country at ari ali an emerge emergency noy nov present the resident gentiles lieb iles cut off fro from anthe the min mining i camps ayo are too tao few to repress the disorders of 6 a community da drunk runk with unholy rage r and and nd fanaticism what utah needs needa at this juncture ia is a dictator of tile the stamper of general sheridan or better baker still oel geu connor who he from his loag resl resi dejo lp utah and administrative whether r divil or military throughout the territory je lamast master ehor ekof of the situation add I 1 if f Invest invested ef with 1 authority would thoroughly ehly vindicate amerlean american idesa of law ina vba and order the seg see Is its menda tons tiona in seVera bevera 1 respects some of weicht we may nien nion mention tion tb the refer enco ence to martial law in chicago ia is particularly var vat ticul arly unhappy seeing that those unhappy foremost in developing Fy that sort of rule there are to be presented for indictment nor does dots it appear that the reference to martial law in texas and south carolina la Is much more felicitous for it does doea not sem sern bem to be very popular wath the countr country though it may be with a party as a part izail izan measure the beb dee ought to have learned hat martial jaw in utah is not only utterly u unwarranted aud and uncalled for but would bo be a positive and glaring outrage and that the country ia Is not yei yel yet yei very wonderfully enamored of that rigid rule either in utah or elsewhere the bed eed should endeavor to become better informed THIS tuis is how bow the ille denver deaver tribune talks tales about one of its iti contemporaries in thib thia ity the deseret news edited by geo Q cannon ia Is a paper of considerable merit rarely indulging in invective or anything but the calm caim calmer ehl ebl reasoning bat it has a way of treating the crisis lately arisen in mormon sif rif affairs lairs fairs peculiar to itself a way which challen challenges es admiration for its ingenuity if not vr for its wisdom it affects to believe that it doe snot know what the thereal reu meaning of tile the government crusade against the mormons cormons can be it auetta to believe that there thero is no reason for the steda stepa which have been taken except in the hate bate of the government and its ita the continued reiteration of this ignorance nora nors nce uce stated with tho the moat most saint like ilke imaginable air able abie inay inny mislead some into believing that there is really virtuous innocence there but we call it hypocrisy there are none oo 00 blind as those who will not nob see and that is why elder cannon is peering here and there to see what the united states authorities mean meane As ais he is already arrested together with brigham young and other high dignitaries for criminal con cou duc taud yec yel d not know what is the matter will vill not some intelligent judge or juryman la a thet ter territory aldry of many wives inform him I 1 we are much obliged to the tribune for its complimentary remark 4 of the real meaning ot of the crusade against the Mormon Mor mons sk we have our opinion but we do know that thero there is no sort eort of cause for it except in ignorance or malevolence As to the insinuation of hypocrisy the tribune ia Is welcome wel wei conde to in indulge I 1 aige alge in it ir 1 it chooses but vry try ignorant indeed of mormon hist history drY or wilfully slanderous must that thai m man qu be who prefers the charge of hypocrisy against atthe the mormon people if it any religious body under heaven have fairly and fully earned a title titio to bibe sibe sincerity erity it is the mormons cormons Mor armous mons 11 we contend and we can prove before any equitable tribunal that the present crusade against the ia wholly unjustifiable and we are aro confident thab that sueh such will be the verdict of history THE reebe reese elver eiver hase hns beveral averal very sensible paragraphs upon the situation in utah some of which we extract it is the misfortune of tho the united states cour courts courtlin tsIn in utah that they are openly accused of being against cormons mormons Mor mons there is no mo doubt in the mind of the impartial observer that the tho trial of a mormon is tantamount to a conviction the tho hawkins case casa sufficiently demonstrated this what aggravates gra vates the matter ia is that the indictments against wells and 8 stout tout were procured on orf the evidence of a self con leased leaved murderer bill hickman says that he dered yates but acted upon the suk suh suggestion of others surely no intelligent tell teil igent gent and honest jury would attach any importance to the testimony on y of such a mari man there may ba be ot others hirs hina who testified as be lie did but wo we think it saoe safe to affirm that they will be found to be of the same bame ilk y the salt lake is ls ia 14 relenting towards the mormons cormons Mor mons that paper has done a good deal towards bringing about the prosecutions against th mormon chiefs it has waged vigorous war agn ua them has been the firm support of J judge ud ge mckean but now pronounces bis his method I 1 questionable on able abie it rt discover e nat bat that magistrate cres creg the true intent and meaning of Act sand saud arbitrarily turns those acts from their legitimate uses so as to make them weapons of warfare against the fanatics who wilo contrived them just BO 8 but this discovery disbo disho very veZy should have been made nindo sooner and hild before judge mckean carried his method so far bariks as to condemn a mant matt to three years at bard hard labor re Is botan not bot another othet place in american territory to which he preb pres pros young could lead antl anil reorganize his bia people yero were the latter willing to abandon the homes built by them at such enormous cost of labor and hardship the mormons cormons will not noi lot lob leave ulah utah in a body nor lait la a it desirable that they should they are a thriving and industrious population which it would be found impo impossible to replace fon for niong along time tuc THE following is from the salt bait lake correspondence of shenew the new york 6 wa you have already published the eee see tion of odthe the territorial statute passed by an exclusively mormon legislature in 1852 when Br brigham ighani young waa was governor and approved by him under which the present indictment was found of course that law was never intended to punish the act of polygamy as practiced by the cormons mormons Mor mons jt was aimed at a totally different of mensel fensel lense that pf af sexual intercourse without the formality of marriage this fact hns haa been variously commented upon by visitors vl since bince the commencement of thebo plo pio it has happened that several prominent members of the bar east enst and west and one united states judge have |