History of Utah, 1540-1886 - Brigham Young University

PEACEFUL ATTITUDE OF THE MORMONS. 391
enemies to their faith, they have not retaliated.—On
this point they are naturally very sore.—When deprived
of those sacred rights given to them in common
with all American citizens, when disfranchised, their
Utah, Gov. Mess., 1882, 14; adultery, Dilke's Greater Brit., i. 127; Kanesville
(Iowa) Front. Guard., June 13, 1S51; Crimes of L. D. Saints, 2-6; condition of
women, Duffus- Hardy's Through Cities, etc., 103-4; Leslie, California, etc.,
76-102; Putnam's Mag., 144-607, passim; Utah Scraps, 18-19; Young's Wife
No. 19, 224-531, passim; Cradlebaugh, Speech of, i-7; Bowles' Our New West,
249-53; Ward's Husband in Utah, 23-303, passim; The Morm. Proph., 218-
77; Life Among Morm., 183-6; Prime's Around the World, 31-2; Dilke's
Greater Brit., i. 129; Hyde's Morm., 51-82, 158-67; Hall's Morm., 113;
Tucker's Morm., 173-82, 275-6; Appleton's Jour., xi. 547-8; Morm. at Home,
116-85; Clark's Sights, MS., 7-11; Mackay's The Morm., 298, 303; Smith's
Mys. and Crimes, 3S-43; Bonwick's Morm. and Silv. Mines, 110-140; Jackson's
Bits of Trav. at Home, 22-7; Greenwood's New Life, 160-1; Gunnison's Morm.,
75, 159-61; Stenhouse's Englishwoman, 202-339; Expose, 96-190; Tell It All,
passim; S. F. Alta, July 17, 1873; Call, Oct. 8, 1876; Bulletin, 1856, Nov. 24;
1858, Nov. 17; 1871, May 4, July 25; 1872, Sept. 30; 1872, Aug. 20; 1877,
July 19; Herald, Nov. 24, 1856; Mail, Jan. 4, 1876; Pacif. Baptist, Sept. 17,
1874; Post, Nov. 18, 1S72; Eureka Sentinel, Jan. 22, 1875; Placer Herald,
Nov. 4, 1871; Red Bluff Indept, Apr. 3, 1867; Sac. Union, Aug. 25, 1855; Aug.
19, 1857; Bee, Nov. 9, 1878; S. L. Obispo Tribune, May 5, 1877; Stockton Indept,
Mar. 8, 1879; S. L. Des. News, Oct. 5, 1850; Jan. 15, 1868; Apr. 27,
1870; Herald, Nov. 12, 1878; June 25, 1879; Utah Rev., 1871, Aug, 21, Oct.
7, Dec. 7, 19; 1872, Jan. 17, 20, 24; Tribune, 1877, Apr. 28, May 19, 26, June
9; Kanesville (Iowa) Front. Guard., June 13, 1849; Belmont (Nev.) Cour.,
Jan. 12, 1878; Portland (Or.) Oregonian, Dec. 24, 1863; Ev. Telegram, May
5, 1879; Young's wives, Stenhouse's Englishwoman, 168-78; Expose', 154-97;
Tell It All, 510-14; Ward's Husband in Utah, 243-4; Morm. at Home, 130-
1; Young's Wife No. 19, 598-605; S. L. Tribune, 1874, Apr. 25, May 23, July
18; S. F. Call, 1874, Aug. 27, Oct. 4; 1866, Mar. 29, Aug. 2; 1867, Feb. 1;
Deer Lodge (Mont. ) New N. West, Jan. 31 , 1S74. For references to polygamy
in presidential messages, see S. F. Times, June 27, 1869; U. S. H. Ex. Doc,
L, 42 Cong., 2d Sess.; S. F. Bulletin, Aug. 1, 1872; Post, Feb. 15, 1873; Elko
Indept, Dec. 18, 1875; S. L. Herald, Dec. 8, 1881; N. Y. The Nation, Dec.
15, 1881.
In his message to the congress of 1883-4, the president favors a, repeal
of the organic act, and recommends a federal commission as a substitute.
In commenting upon this, the Des. News declares that the destruction of the
local government will fail to destroy polygamy, neither can ' commissions,
edicts, or armies, or any other earthly powers,' for the plural marriages of
the Mormons are ecclesiastical, perpetual, and eternal. Says W. S. Godbie, a
well-known writer on Mormonism, in a letter to the S. L. Tribune of Dec. 9,
1883, after first quoting George Q. Cannon as preaching in the tabernacle
' it
is not vox populi vox Dei,' but ' vox Dei vox populi,' 'The essence of the whole
Utah question lies couched in these telling words of the church organ and the
leading apostle.'
For the messages of Utah governors touching polygamy, see Utah Jour.
Leqis., 1S62-3, app. v.-viii.; 1872, 32-4; 1876, 31-3, 34, 240; 1878, 43, 44-5,
47-9; Utah, Gov. Mess., 1882, 11; S. F. Call, Jan. 28, 1872; Jan. 17, 1S78;
Prescott Miner, Apr. 30, 1875; Morm. Prophet, 79-84; Hazen's report, in
Hayes' Scraps, R. R. iii. 212; discussions in congress, S. F. Bulletin, Mar. 23,
1870; Call, 1870, Feb. 19, Mar. 24, Aug. 16; Chronicle, Feb. 16, 1882; Deer Lodge
NewN. West, Apr. 29, 1870; S. L. Dy Telegraph, Mar. 23, 24, 1870; Des. News,
May 16, I860; Apr. 26, 1866; Apr. 3, 1S67; Mar. 9, 1870; Apr. 6, 1870; Nov. 29,
1871; Mar. 6, 1872; Tribune, May 15, 1S75; Millennial Star, xxxiv. 257-63, 268-