The Mormon organisation has received a severe blow. For the
first time, the elections have gone against them in Utah,— partly, it is said, in consequence of the disfranchisement, under a decision of the Supreme Court, of all Mormons who have taken certain oaths of obedience to the " Church ;" and the " Gentiles " therefore control the Territory. They will treat polygamy as a crime, and make it impossible for the Mormon leaders to intimidate opponents as they have done. Those leaders have no further hope of maintaining their domination unless they emigrate once more, and it is said they are too rich to do this. That is not certain. Some of them believe their creed, and all of them love power; and they may see their way to transfer their followers to Mexican territory,— say, Chihuahua or Lower California. They will have great difficulties at first, but once outside the States, the American Government will have nothing to do with them, and no Spanish Republic is strong enough to put them down by force, especially if they keep up their secret alliances with the Indians. Emigration by sea, though talked of, is, we should say, impossible. It would take too much money and too long a time.
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