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Show THEIR DESTINY. A few weeks since, an elderly gentleman gentle-man from California entered the office 'Of a prominent Mormon, and greeted him as a friend of old. The elderly gentleman had once been a resident of Utah and knew of many tilings here. Not only had he been a resident of Utah but he had been a Morrisite,,and he had indulged in the ways and hopes of that sect. This elderly gentleman, as he greeted his friend, addressed him in these words: " , I cannot but think there I is much in the Biblical saying 'As ye mete it out unto others so shall it be meted out unto you.' The people peo-ple of Utah are fast drifting to the same point at which the Morrisites arrived, and the destiny of the Mormon people is the same as was the destiny of the Mor-risite Mor-risite people, for the causes which led to their destruction are now working the destruction of the Mormon people." Such, in substance, were the words of this former resident of Utah. Everyone in Utah is familiar with the history of the Morrisite people. They became fanatical to a degree that rarely has aparallel. Their fanaticism led ' them to open violations of the law, and these violations were committed under the pretext pre-text of a religious right. That those who claimed such right were sincere and honest hon-est in their convictions, no one ever doubted. But were such violations and usurpations to be permitted because they were done under the claim of a religious . right? When these violations had be- J come too notorious and too flagrant the law stepped in to vindicate its authority, and it became necessary to assert that authority author-ity by force of arms. Are not the Mormon Mor-mon people doing the same thing that the Morrisite people did, and under the same pretensions? The Mormon people are fast reaching the fanatical stage at which the Morrisite people fell, and if triey persist in their violations of the law and assume to set up a law higher than the law of the land, there can be but one outcome to all this matter. It is possible that the blind- ! ness and fanaticism of Mr. Taylor arid Mr. Cannon may lead them to pursue the same course that Morris and Banks pursued, pur-sued, but if they do, their fate would in ! no wise be different from that of those deluded men. Would it not be well for j the people of Utah to reflect upon their j doings, and compare their attitude ! towards the General Government with ' the attitude of the Morrisites towards the Territorial Government? We nave heard others compare the present attitude of the Mormons to the attitude of the Morrisites, Mor-risites, and they have seen the fate of the Mormons the same as this elderly gentleman gentle-man from California sees it. Let the people pause ere it be too late. |