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Show I , BISHOP SHARP ON THE SOLUTION. i i . The Denver Tribunc-Jtcpublican of the ; 'j 4th inst., contains the following as part f M; f an interview had with Bishop Sharp in t ? Omaha : . 1 "I don't think this great issue will be satis- ! factonly disposed of until the representatives representa-tives of the United States and the men of , . the Mormon church meet and discuss the f : matter as men of wisdom and justice should, ; ! ': to devise some means of solving this question ! !; in as speedy a manner as possible." ( We were somewhat surprised to see J this, as we had understood that it was ! j the determination of Bishop Sharp to re- i : . fuse to be ' interviewed during his trip East. The remarks show a true appreciation appre-ciation of the situation in Utah, and thev ! ! suggest the most satisfactory and peace- ! i t ; ful solution of the Utah problem of any ' we have seen. To have a peaceful sol u-j , jj tion of ourjnnch vexed problem is what ! !; all must desire. That polygamy can be j ; . suppressed by the rigid enforcement of j the laws against it, is true; and it will be : so suppressed if no other solution can be ' found for the question." All questions! may lie solved in the same man- j ner, but it is not satisfactory where j ! they liave assumed the magnitude ! : i and importance that the Utah ques-j j J tion lias. To solve a question I f: M ' - like the Utah problem in that way is un-, un-, satisfactory, as it leaves a large number of people hostile to the government i which so solves a question after the solu-j solu-j tion is accomplished. '- That is to say, it leaves them hostile in feeUng if not in i acts, and such methods do not assimilate such hostile social elements. What is wanted in Utah is to make the foreign-born foreign-born population American, and not ; merely make them obey American laws. How to do this is the great difficulty.' The marital system of the people of Utah is un-American; it is more, it is anti-American. How shall this anti-American anti-American system be made American? To have the people who have adopted this system voluntarily renounce .it, and accept the marital system not only of the United States but of the civilized world, is the solution above all others for the Utah problem. But the people of Utah will not do this. Bishop Sharp says that the great issue will not be satisfactorily disposed of until the representatives of the United States and the men of the Mormon church meet and discuss the matter as men of wisdom and justice should, so as to devise some means of solving tnis question in as speeay a manner man-ner as possible. Such being the case, according to Bishop Sharp, why do not the men of the Mormon church make some advances for the purpose of getting together with the representatives of the United States to discuss the solution? solu-tion? The men of the Mormon church cannot expect the Government of the United States to make the first advances and make all the concessions. So to speak, the Mormon men are the besieged, and it is only a matter of time when they must make an unconditional surrender ; and is it not better to make terms before the inevitable is upon them ? A successful success-ful army never supplicates, terms; it grants them. As it appears to us, the Mormon men have been blind, fateful, fanatical. A mad fury seems to drive them to their own destruction. It may not be too late yet for the people peo-ple of Utah to make advances looking to a solution, of the problem, but it soon will be. They may seek refuge in the ark after the ark has sailed away. Any negotiation nego-tiation looking to a solution of the Utah question must be upon the basis of an absolute discontinuance of polygamous po-lygamous marriages ; but whether the Government would entertain any proposition for the continuance of the statu quo., no one can tell.- At the time the Edmunds Act was passed, negotiations upon that basis might have been had, and perhaps they might have been so had at a later date. If the possibility of negotiations for the solution of the Utah pivuiKiu ujjuu sucu a oasis is not aireaay gone, it is fast going. If the people of Utah wish to participate in the solution of the problem which they have made, they must be up and doing. Action, action ac-tion it must be now, for the days of procrastination pro-crastination and cajolery are gone. |