Show E editorials D LT 0 R I 1 A L S udd A ahw D STATEHOOD stam STAT H r i 1 SEVERAL papers have had some ning tiling t to say about knocking at t the doar of ck 4 and aiming 9 0 in 0 the union a state stale her claim ia is admitted i to bo a it jt ia is conceded gnats i atiat she rhe has 1 ugie greater gt eater ameran juau that of beveral several sat aleson 06 their admission her herin infernal L I 1 jagela to be remarkable and praley pr worthy and her prospects brilliant find and certain it is also admitted I 1 that hat utah hag has bag been settled for nearly 0 thirty 1 years and aud possesses well established governmental and io ial aai yet it ia Is J r to object to giving this territory the tha rights granted to less worthy worth v epli cants go eo the pross press joins in the cry against again A our statehood 1 kud and lud wherefore rust two rea atis 8 tia are advanced one is Js the cormons mormons Mor nor at or monh mons n i honsl are a majority maj arit y in utah nud und p to establish a state govern anent lacre would the protecting arm rm of hates mates from the gentile gen Gan tila inhabit mits wits and deliver thea tift entire terri iry try over to 1 Mormon rule ruie rule rOlo the tho lider oilier is that the newstate new now state would sive hive f legal sanction to polygamy ve we quote these objections from the herald as they embody the ideas Idea sot of several beveral other journals 01 on this tills subject what a terrible ter condition of things would be the consequence us ui 41 mormon lormon rule according to we lilu notions ot of a great many people who knof knoy nothing or of what they are talking about under mormon rule ittle this thia ter tilory has been hewed out of it wilderness and trimmed an and d tasho lasho ned oed into its present fair pro illions i io orliena Lions under 1 mormon rule bil Bli nj undred and fifty flourishing nourishing and ana ut ll 11 ordered towns have been established with regulations which loil cuLl conduce duee duce to the peace prosperity and dla gia dually wealth of loe lne inhabitants under mormon rue rule ruie when exercised without interference ier ter er from regenerating anci ancl and butir labau influences grogshops grog shops bad liml had no existence aud and tho the social c ree ire of other communities was un kuohn 1 0 siu xiu under mormon rule ili t acre re have been no embezzling elais nor absconding treasurer treasur ers erb sno bno no exorbitant taxes swindling norb nora nor con I 1 ciula a ta for public works under mormon rule lute jobbery and collu colla blon blou and aud bribery and corruption hive have been words that bad had no local application aud and us to the necessity of fede nd lal protect protection ion iou lor jor gen Uen gentiles tiles ib it is mere inere and guere ia is no religious community on earth more mute liberal in their views and aud itu 1 conduct to non uon noncom com biati ts unan man these theise same terribly maligned vior Alor niji didi ns 11 no Gl gentile ever had llad any trouble in utah but of his hia own making people who have come rome here to mind their own business never bud hud any difficulty but it has been the misfortune rals fortune of this territory standing on the high vas way vay to the goal of the gold nud and recently on the route of the great scon tinen linen tal tai railroad tt to 1 iii lii by some of the most unprincipled adventurers that eer urged the footstool of jehovah toey tuey have stirred up strife and li it ive iva persistently tousnt to force or seal seal from the old settlers the rights illch filch belong to the majority they itch for a chance to handle our public funds they hate bate ns us be are watchful of our oun posit ti I 1 n and perceptive of their designs de signs signO they and the lawless jawless the reckless luckless rec lec kiesa klesa the libertine and the bawd who are restive under restraint and abusive of ubie uble cry out against mormon rule ruie mid hud the danger of state hood lut jut a pimple method of learning mormon designs in this respect ia is to study the constitution under which utah has repeatedly repeat ealY asked for tor admission no more liberal was ever penned in the union it guards the rights of all it provides for representation of the minority it gives to those who plot piot against us a more ihan thin they would accord to us under similar circumstances and there is nothing in that C institution in relation to poleg amy there rived need be no fear then about its obtaining legal sanction louif if utah should be admitted if the ire merald herald fald and other papery papers which handle handie thib this matter latter would take the trouble to ini iri forni then selves in relation to it they would find that the cormons mormons Mor mons have bave never claimed for fot their system of marriage uby einy tiny legal salic sanction tion either under the the we territory tor or otherwise ud ahey it t a mat matte t thesta the ibah iban state fei feu beca tise iise it isah gau esh ne ot 0 religion 11 with whilo which h ane state huss halg ha nothings 1 whatever to U tle the herald ad J V I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 mits mils than that ach Aco according idl idi ng to bur federative plan pian of df government ii a cate hi has the hight right to establish any s system of marriage it chooses monogamous polygamous polyandrous or r refuse t establish any 1 yr al 91 I 1 AU ai we ask ia jd our rights under thi system the sterald herald baya faya the federal government has no ng general marr marriage jage Jago lawm law exactly neither has utah and of df the special anti polygamy abt of 62 which we regard ast aar unconstitutional and void what hk hag has the kren great krea t nation of the united states spates t to be afraid of inthe in the social custom introduced by the latter day sainta as ins a it religious religion practice pric tice tico goern governed d by ecclesiastical regulations it foans no martof part of any state system and therefore ref oreall all ali objection to statehood in that respect are ground groundless legs less but avone nv one has any occasion to be violently upon the subject we merely repeat at every session our application fo for requal equia nights rights with other sections of thu r republic e wd W do klo lp as ds a duty if congress refuses application bur our we can conti continue continua nuel nuci to td endure the wrong if the government can alfordio anford afford io to be unjust we can gah stand the injustice but there is one obe thing as sure as ab that every seed brings forth of its own kind kidd and that is that nations as well as individuals will reap tha which they blow slow bow sow and that there is 19 a power which watches over governments as well as which cb never fails in oue flue time to bring about a ajust just retribution ia OFFICIAL POSITION IN UTA considering the und uncertain ertith tenure of federal office in utah it is astonishing that there hould bould be sop bof many ahn ja vacancy occurs bui but a government position appears to be the only hope of an army of df political 11 hangers on who never hever seem to think of of turning to some active employment in which while working fora for a living they could be of or I 1 io to mankind at large washington during the ses set sessions blons of congress sWarm swarms with these hung hungry ry loafing office seekers and as many of them have fr lends friends in I 1 I 1 the th eHouse rouse bouse or senate sanate or one of if the departments places are found for some bome of the elam clam biers 1 1 irrespective of qualifications or the wishes of f the people among whom they aie sent the territories are ate the chief sufferers from these appoint appointments ments mente the various offices therein in the gift of the government are filled generally as a political reward for some service rendered to one who can speak a word in court or as a provision for an impecunious re relative active of souie some influential man mad and thus ghe the great ami and glorious government of the united states blates ia 18 frequently represented by persons who are ate utterly unfit to represent any aDy anybody body or anything worthy or respectable or else elbe incapable ot performing the duties of their pos position with any decent degree of ability occasional y a gentleman of far fair attainments and honorable impulses accepts the small salary of a territorial office and endeavors to faithfully discharge its duties Thero The upon he becomes the target for the malicious shafts of the unprincipled persons who cannot use ue him for the fui fuk furtherance of their evil designs and hud the object of the hatred of those with whom he cannot intimately associate asso atso emte eute and preserve his hia helt respect E efforts flouts are at once made to prejudice the government against him and wires are laid for his official overthrow governor axtell Ax on his arrival in utah found two discordant elements in its society and honestly undertook to harmonize har them to accomplish this ho he mixed with both classes he did not confine hid his presence pree ence to a small email circle circie of host atiles lies lles in one city nor hla hia visits outside to the freeauf free aud and easy lite life of a lew low mining camps he thought he had the right ind kud iud it was vas uis hia duty doty to go among the people of the territory and learn for fox himself abbat they yvere were and what could be dohe dono in the general interests of li ii wll all 11 parties for this thib he was waa denounced without wit lout stint he was abused and vili vill nned fled and fe e strong ail h influence wit yli aa brought to bear tie tle against dindo dingO him ha hh he was wad another the government kenul mizing hla hii ability and worth t tou too weli well 61 to deprive him of office governor Emery has bas taken n adif a different stand he has haa kept himself aloof from all parties partida and cliques ardd arid in the spirit of if conservatism endeavored auy any positive cause sure bure but this appears to be insufficient nor for persons he will wot hot bot lend himself to violent pattii ship on elther either side this thih lu iii tild the eyes ortho of the strife breeders bleeders is a nothing but active in plots and cabala will satisfy them A federal officer according to their blow of his posit position iori is sent herb here hereto 0 yead ead of or assist antagonism to tb every evv ekr 1 ery ining mormon J to td wite wirework work and intrigue until the people who ha bave have vp redeemed this region legion f from ro m isolation and sterility klie re either elther dil V eh from their homco or placed un under der the feet of the advent adventurers dreis wha lust for the control of the revenues und and offices of the territory failing to do this and in inthe the ab of any anything thing that that ean can be conjured ureA upa up against ainest his personal chad char auler or official coursed course the governor isace Is aee ace accused used of imprudent intimacy maywin with iea Jea leading ding Alor mons Is not pla mia this a terrible of fence buethe but the facts facts ard are that one of th the tho e maln main objections dathe of the Mor mormons mons la against our present executive ia Is his exclusive ness hess he has fias ope gone to the opposite extreme of the gentlemanly familiarity of his predecessor and has pret preserved served a dignified reticence celice and almost isolation but sup posing it were tius true that the gov goy ernd rofa a territory peopled by a nine tenths majority of 11 mor mod mons mong should con verse verge with their lead leading I 1 ng men and t endeavor nil eavor sent before them the government from which he iff accredited who with any common consistency could find in such a course a anything ny thing that hat is A blame biame ahi abl e or w orthy worthy of objection that governor emer emerys 19 prein enemies les leg can cau can ean flad nad nothing but bill this charge untrue as it is to prefer galub a himi him ought to speak loudly in his tavor with the administration and how mean and despicable h in the eye of every honorable man and woman hamati muil must they appear who seek sheek to undermine e the of a fellow official for the purpose of pt craW crawling liri 1111 9 into it or securing it for some brother offlie hunter the average office seeker is seldom fit for office but he be who plots and schemes to oust an incumbent fur for selfish ends ought never to be perm permitted bitted to occupy any place under a ajust just government or or in the gift ot a sensible people place in utah is more mure uncertain and beset with disagreeable contingencies cies cles than I 1 in h any other part of the union and we are surprised ed at the eagerness with which it is accepted by same seme and torb forb tor for ty others the bills introduced into congress for the we purpose 0 I 1 making those thosa offices elective which are now filled by albit arbitrary government appointment ought to receive favorable tl the tue authorities be relieved on the one band hand 0 from the responsibility of el electing eating persons for positions at so great a distance and the requirements of which they cannot fully understand and the people of the territories on the other hand from the plot piot tings lings and sc hemings and often unwelcome presence 0 of persona persons who have no interests in i n common with them and alid no in view but the drawing of their salaries the wooi wool clip af this country for last romr year was greater than af any previus previous year res reb reaching a total of peu fads li has bas gradually 11 creased in sime situe 1873 when it was but pouli pounds dg the imports of wool into boston new hew york and philadelphia for 1877 1817 was about a it million pounds less lesa than in 1873 by a proper protective tariff the wool pro duct of the country will viii increase sufficiently in a few years to supply the home 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