Show mormon Hormon mormonism the now new york knickerbocker Knicker boker boher ihus thus replies to a scurrilous tirade against the saints by the albany ban transcript iti it I 1 all very verv well to may say repress the evil and put d dawn down 0 wn but bat how la Is it to ba be done would our friend wage a civil war against the saints if lie be wo would ild iid 9 what good would that efrece eff ct dd did the editor edit of the transcript ever know a religion to be put down with artillery but er thit th it gunpowder would sweeten the morals morais of utah where in til ill constitution has the government a right to resort to such power for any burh sueh e I 1 C congress ng ress has certain well limits within w which h ich it cm call act but within these limits vt we e find no authority that boti would 1 the government in aging waging war aga against ast a people because eliose ec koae kuae iose their marriages are such as noah 08 1 abraham braham and moses noses believed in we e sa bay say t hat cingros Cing cina has hag no power to cl ct in the prem aises aises tf if the editor of if the transept thinks differently be lie will confer a favor onus by pointing out the chapter chaiter and verse it if congress can put down the mormons cormons for having a dozen wite why no t our onn friend friends the shakers for having no wives at all the shakers believe that marriage Is a sin a doctrine which would depopulate the world iwa ida in a century the e editor editon aitor of the transcript says that I 1 agamy Is injurious to the best interests of the state if it that thai be to what must we say of a faith that places an ark embargo on an the supply or of child childrens children reull 0 an article without which the united states would soon become a howling bowling wilderness it if the transcript would preserve its consistency it must not only war against the th mormon but against our broad friends irle nils ol 01 will it do so bog ve we pause for jor a reply face the music jakey and define your position il to which the new york dispatch after making the above quotation adds the following it Is always best to count the cost of an undertaking before its commenced and also to consider the means bt 61 accomplishing lecomp ne comp shin it perhaps some of our can show ghow that the government has both the auw aut authority and the means of suppressing religious evils at will ii it so we hope tope they will do it 19 it is so unusual for editors to write with any degree of candor or truthfulness concerning the saints and nd the wicked designs deigns against them that tint we could not well refrain retrain from publishing the above extra born the knickerbocker as furnished by the dispatch it would be well for the stability and prosperity of our govern government merll meriL if all editors were possessed of ahe good judgment and moral courage evinced by the knickerbocker but poor souls it is doubtless too much to expect from them adfor adoor many would have io to go through a great reformation becom become very unpopular with the world and probably lose so myny many subscribers that they woud would have to stop publishing for the world is opposed to the strange act of the most alost high and to his servants in regard to the remarks of the dispatch if by the term I 1 religious evils he alludes to any doctrine or corresponding obedience as believed and practiced by the litter day saints we take the liberty of informing him that the government have the same bame 9 authority I 1 to interfere with and suppress the scripture FAITH AND consequent T ACTIONS of a people that cain had to kill abel that the jews had to kill the savior or that the wicked have a always ways claimed for killing the righteous and yon may hunt until doomsday and you yoa oa arid your coadjutors can find NO OTHER if you are fond oathia kind of of authority and are really in love with and have bare listed to obey the lawgiver who proclaims it of course your agency allows you to serve tle the devil and to stir stir up the knodl y to harras op rss ss and say the inno cent cerit even those who have hav eniver never harmed a human being benig to althe the value e ofa of a hair air but on tiie tile the ilia contrary have hive have striven and are striving with their utmost power to ameliorate the condition of the human family and bobring to bring to pass salvation in the celestial kingdom of the god of abraham isaac and jacob mir vir dispatch having correctly comp liedwith your requisition we will propound to you the very sensible question asked by the knickerbocker viz 11 did you ever know to be put down with artillery artil tery and aud venture to I 1 enquire whether you are the umpire and standard for determining I 1 religious evils and if so by what authority A for your further enlightenment we cite cit 0 you bouto to the fable of the I 1 traveler and his C cloak loal and remind e you for your edification that the fiercer and more unjust the oppression the sterner becomes the faith the more strict the obedience and the more energetic tha the action of every every firm believer in any creed or doctrine |