The Mormon puzzle, and how to solve itBeers, R. W.
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The Mormon puzzle, and how to solve it
Beers, R. W.
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints -- Doctrines; Latter Day Saint churches -- Doctrines
_The Fourth Hegira_--Young's Shrewd Plan of a Western Kingdom--
Nauvoo's Sad End--Journey of the Mormons to Council Bluffs--
Young's Forethought--The Trip of the Pioneers Across the
Wilderness--The Halt at Salt Lake Valley--Young Leads the
Remaining Mormons from Council Bluffs to Salt Lake--Their
Entertainment during their March--Folly of the Illinoisans in
Driving them out into the Wilderness--Probable Result of
Tolerance of the Mormons--Character of the Mormons--Life Begun
Anew in Salt Lake Valley--Salt Lake City Established--Mills and
Workshops Established and the Great Temple Begun--Increase of
the Mormon Population--Value of their Property in Utah--Public
Schools--A Final Brief Glance at their History--How the Mormon
Puzzle will not be Solved 54
PART II. THE POLITICAL PUZZLE.
CHAPTER V.
Mormonism a Theocracy--Manoeuvring for Office the Cause of the
Expulsion of the Mormons from Missouri and Nauvoo--The "State of
Deseret" Formed--Lands Illegally Obtained--Brigham's Movable
House--Government Officials Compelled to Flee--Federal Troops
Sent--The Oath of Disloyalty--The Endowment Rites--The American
Flag at Half-mast--The Control of the Nation their Aim--The
Political Puzzle Stated--Its Causes--Necessity of Government
Action 67
CHAPTER VI. THE POLITICAL PUZZLE (_continued_).
_The Possible Remedies_--The Military Remedy--The Government
Responsible for the Situation in Utah--The Disfranchisement of
Polygamists--Federal Trustees for the Mormon Church Corporation--
Confiscation of Unlawful Funds--False Statements About Mormons--
Letters from the Two Bancrofts--The Dissolution of the Emigrating
Fund Company--The Federal Commission Remedy--The Woodburn Bill,
or Idaho Statute 77
CHAPTER VII. THE POLITICAL PUZZLE (_concluded_).
Objections to Proposed Remedies--_Gladstone_ on "Coercion"--A
NEW PLAN ADVOCATED--_The Abolition of Female Suffrage_--_A
National Colonization Scheme_--Natural Resources of Utah--
Superiority of the Colonization Plan over Others--_The
Establishment of National Free Schools_--Ignorance the Keystone
of Mormon Despotism--Public Schools in Utah used for Mormon
Purposes--Proposed Federal Superintendent of Schools in Utah--
Territorial Schools Too Few--Necessity of Government Action--
Prejudice Disarmed by this Plan--THE POLITICAL PUZZLE SOLVED 91
PART III. THE SOCIAL PUZZLE.
CHAPTER VIII.
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