Show S s akpik j AN ann AND M n r J it with all due reference to the so called gentiles of utah we trust congress congressi will not follow their advice nor uon pay any attention to the memorials which they intend using to keep the territory in its present political condition the animus of the opposition meetings held in salt lake city lately is not of the right sort and the leaders of these meetings meeting sare are evidently more anxious to gratify private animosity than to secure the public good the mormons cormons are not i saints by any mealii means but we must not jf allot floNy prejudice pie judice to fo get th the tho e better of jus jua 1 I 1 ji i I 1 S tice and so far as th their air feka beka regard i r id to baini gaining ng admission into the union is concerned they have certainly shown a disposition als ais position to be both honest and honorable me they have prepared a state constitution sti tuelon ution entirely unexceptionable in its provisions and propose offering it for the acceptance of congress leavin leaving thal that body to prescribe such condit conditions ions lons as may seem desirable under the circumstances deluded ass as 1 the mormons cormons are by a strange superstition which none save themselves can understand they have yet displayed qualities which entitle them to our respect by their unaided efforts a garden has grown out of the wilderness and the seeds of vigorous civilization been planted in a region which but for them might still be the chosen haunt of savage beasts and more savage men we cannot afford to lose altogether or hopelessly alienate a people who have done so much to develop the resources of the far west and who if judiciously managed will do so much more in the same direction their places cannot be supplied readily if at all and it is for the interest of the country to k keep beep them where they are thereby not only retaining the benefit of their sei sel services vices but subjecting them to those influences which must in the end wipe aw away awas the domestic system now incorporated rated in their religious creed the mor mons can be more easily managed as citizens of a state thail than as citizens of a territory they will be brought more directly under the operation of federal laws and through their senators and representatives in congress can be more readily reached than by the aid of agents who have no sympathy with them and are actuated not aly by purely selfish motives the sooner then the territory of utah is transformer trans transformed formea into the state of deseret the better it will be better for all parties and in dictating the terms of admission the chief point to be kept in view is the gradual extinguishment of the objectionable feature already alluded to polygamy must not cannot permanently exist under the laws of the united states but as it is now thoroughly interwoven with the whole social ture tare of the mormon people its immediate abolition even if practicable would be productive of ruinous consequence let us not do evil eyll that good may come I 1 but endeavor to exercise that b road broad generous onerous charity which in th this is ca case ae at least is good sound statesmanship S we can well afford to let the noxious tree stand for a little while providing the root is cut in other words Con congress gres should limit polygamy to a term of years p thus giving the mormons cormons time and opportunity to arrange their society on a new foundation and gaining the desired result without unnecessary harshness but if the pro gramme marked out by the gentile element is followed there is certain to be a vast avast deal deai dealoe of trouble endless complications anda and a judicial persecution which while driving the mormons cormons to seek a new home will perpetuate polygamy as long as there are any disciples of JOB smith on the face of the earth mm sou ri a |