Show E editorials D I 1 T 0 R I 1 als T cannibalism OF THE FAMILY THERE la Is nothing BO so interesting as 7 the family organization it Is balled called the family circle circie because it Is 18 meant to be united without angles and corners or protuberance of iny nay y kind hind it is ln tended intended to be sound smooth and harmonious hirmon fous to be sure suro it is made up of individuals and these may have many pe po these are a re understood and the spirit of af affection induces restraint prevents of tense Tenee an and d gives mutual interest in and far each pach each other every thoughtful rep ot of a family cherf cherl cherishes a good deal of pride in bregard to hib hia posterity he wishes them well he be labors with and for them educating clothing and providing provid ibl ihl as far as possible every gratification laborious days and sleepless night nigh tip vigilance in regard io jo aib Ain improper proper associations and rind unhallowed are but a portion of that parental interest which is exemplified even in the gentile world but among the cormons mormons Mor mons there Is certainly a more intense and abiding interest than thair moir neigh noigh can possess tho the former believes that the family la Is of bf divin divine origin f that it is the result of special blessing bles bleg sing aing and that it Is eternal la in its nature an enduring during e n order that lu in act fact a mans family arg bre are at once his hla glory and aud his hla now with this view more weighty responsibility ty aa ae the formation of its character inthia thib thia probation and the head expects obedience prays for peace believes in order while every thought and all alf his ambition centre cantre in the desire to have these desirable traits made manifest continually for this is his homm horn homey homes his heaven hib his all ail true it is written f f that gra a mans mana foes shall be those mot of his hia disown own household but hut evely every iman an in israel ardently hopes that i peace uta tta and arid unity will be round 4 47 a about out and that no enemy from there shall be the willing J or unwilling instrument in the fulfillment of so lamentable a j la the pursuit of this unity most men nind aud find that prior experience is inadequate to what appears to be the necessities 10 of f isome some occasions many thin things g s are done which are 1 only experiments te wisdom may mot moi always preside that is the critics critic wisdom but that man mau is more mor ethana thana fool iwho who does not desire peace and order orden as well as work to make it some are fools enough to believe that family difficulties are only known in utah that everything elsewhere is bright and peaceful Peace tuis fuls that no jar no ni CO contention mention no re bel bei lioni no divorce intrude their unwelcome presence into the th ei lies of the gentile world but those th oser osar who have travelled and a d lived there know what are the elements of soc boc social lal lai ilfe life both on this continent and in europe r e are eveny every wrangling spirit ja utah fa a born of polygamous marriage which chis ohis la also alao very far from the tho truth and indeed when the origin of many of our jour difficulties is really rea neachea reached ched chea it will be found that they grew graw in po so called christian homes in go so called christi Christl christian arll aill families and ia in bo so called christian land sand felcan few can comprehend that a large proportion of the little difficulty which exists in utah is posit positively ively an evidence 0 of that educational friction which belongs to a radical change of ideas and practices and of these few difficulties which cropping out and coming to tha the serfs surface ade become in hi a measure property how few athera are which really evoke that healthy heal t hy bab syb sympathy pathy that manly regret that witling willing silence which calamity should arouse for it la Is a caia cala calamity baity balty bad sad indeed when family squabbles and disagreements lose themselves from the circle where they originate and help to enfuse by gossip esip tale taie bearing and tattle one of the most moat virulent enemies ene enc inies to confidence and peace alch which can find an entrance into any community but bat beyond all this thia there is still a ower depth to which some in this thia on can descend fil Iii matters and MAU that Is to give public utterance to a feeling of satisfaction when disintegration exists in any family of this city thebe these writers speak of division asit asif as if it was a crowning virtue they applaud disobedience as if it was the highest attribute attrib uto of boyhood or early manhood or womanhood and they gloat over the intense and burning words of a parent who is called to witness the overthrow of his hia household gods yet this la Is called patriotism it is called reform it is said to be chrls chris ti anity which thus fattens upon the that such persons think they scent but every buch euch spirit thus demonstrates that it is in of hell and there is nothing so go contemptible so unman ly nothing which savors ao so strongly 0 dagly of damn able in all its feature features Bs aa as this chuckling chucklin gj sneering ghoul like satisfaction at every slight evi evl dence nence of insubordination to mormon par pai authority and rule iule they who thus write are traitors to 0 o tnie the beet best Inte interests rests tests of r society oc le t y thoy they ey are the unfaltering ene enemies m le s 0 of f go good order and righteous family govern menti ment and every man who alde aids and abets in this direction will live to pay the fearful penalty of weking seeking to overthrow an order established by divine revelation and commandment mark these assassins of the family ily relationship follow their footsteps and it will wili will wiil be seen that they lead down to hell consider the demoralization which would come com a to you and yours if your sons and daughters are thus lauded and counted as martyne martyrs because the discipline which belongs belongs belonga to every well regulated family whether of jew or gentile bond or free ia Is incorporated corp orated into your faith and practice and becomes far more desirable because of the inspirational assurance of the perpetuity and enduring character of the family circle let those who are thus maligned brook tile the traitorous insult as best beat they may they can have the assurance of the faith and sympathy of the great heart of a mighty people and the prayers of those who thus will find passage to the heavens until gods gladsome benediction shall fall upon every nevery stricken heart and the voice of many a returning prodigal vill wll yet give the lie lle ye to 0 o tue the and expressions of the corrupt unprincipled and barbarous cannibals of the tho family INTERVIEW WITH PRESIDENT JOHN taylor shenew THE tre new york sun of oct has the following account of an interview with prest john taylor by one of its correspondents a french gentleman of education and culture now engaged in business in wall street the great financial centre of the country ho he bas baa evidently aimed to bo be accurate and has succeeded to a far greater extent exten t than moat persons persona who attempt to enlighten the world on 11 mormon affairs we publish the letter in ex extensor tenso but have inserted in brackets a few corrections of manifest mani fest fesi errors errora which however we are satisfied were not intentional the letter will doubtless prove of interest to the large majority of our readers SALT BAIT laile CITY october 2 1879 the successor of brigham young president john ohn J taylor tran transacts Bacu all his business in the same office which served the departed mormon potentate it Is an old one story house standing within the heavy stone wall which begins at the tithe house and ends at youngs private residence the single large room suggests in appearance pe arance and furniture a lawyers laW yerA office or the study of a prosperous german professor it is lighted from the ceiling coiling ahr through 0 u 1 rii gli a large cupola inside of wh which ich hang baug oil paintings of celebrities from joseph and hyrum smith downward if the portraits aro are good likenesses the latter day saints cannot boast of the looks of their leaders most mott of them look like english bar keepers or petty grocers in their sunday clothes othes ol the only attractive head among them is that of john W You Youngs agthe the eldest son of the late prophet he has quite a worldly faces combining the features of mr J 0 bennett with the moustache ot of mr wm heath vanderbilt s favorite broker 01 ww 01 the youngs seem to have but little influence upon mormonism at the present moment the gen eral oral verdict in salt bait lake is that the family is played out possibly Poa sibly the suits which one of the daughters brought against the trustees of the church has something to do with it in any case very little notice la Is taken of the family no nowadays wa and J W young himself has att left salt bait lake city for his hia ranch and farm arm in arizona the gentle man has undoubtedly drawn this conclusion from statements made by persons who desire to sent lent through antipathy to our late president and his name and con lection aJ president taylor seems to be very easy of access to members of hib his lis ils church but strangers cannot obtain a chance of conversing with unless properly introduced be he beems seems to be eny eby of gentile visitors igors and remains very reticent unless satisfied that he runs no risk in talking about the affairs of his its church and his people A por lon tion ion of his office is partitioned off by iy ay means meana of a screen forming an ante room in which one or two are always on duty ng visitors before they allow them 0 pass any further but when hail nay agreed to receive a stranger he hd does it very graciously with an amiable smile and a cordial shake of the hand in appearance he ia is a man about bix els feet high and some seventy years of age with a handsome gray head and an intelligent face framed in neatly trimmed side whiskers on the whole he be closely resembles mr royal phelps alt nit although bough he is not quite so corpulent there is also a similarity in the manner of the two men and in their linguistic versatilities the tho french of MF mr taylor is almost as fluent as the spanish of mr phelps and it is not conversational only during his residence in europe as a mormon missionary mr taylor taylon published several works on mor monism zionism in french including a ran of their book of revelations althe the book of mormon the th 0 cori V ama bif olf vc arar I 1 axt las iss all the ease and ele eie elegance gance gAuce of a thorough borough man of the world even an LQ uttering ulue ring two tho moat fanatical views he speaks quietly uses us the he mildest expressions and prist preserves a n constant smile on his lips the he occasional sarcasms at the expense ibe lea ut the gentiles areas aneas are ane as fine aa as those of a consummate diplomatist anybody meeting him in lna a railroad car or in a hotel in europe would never suspect him to be what he ia is hib his appearance manners and speech are those of an old m member a aber of the british parliament or of a wealthy retired english banker naturally the conversation first turned on mr evarts anti mormon circular mr taylor expressed utter disbelief in the possibility of the government govern abent having taken any such step he considered it utterly ridiculous apart from that he said baid it was equivalent to asking the interference of foreign powers in the home affairs of the united unit ad states A little republic like that of switzerland might have recourse to such a step if overrun overrun by ande undesirable religious or political rem gees geeb but it was pitiable to see the government of a powerful nation asking for assistance to prevent the emigration of the few thousand people who yearly leave the old world in search of the free of their religious convictions the step was also a useless one for the more obstacles put in the way of mormon emigrants the more ear n neat eat would become tha the efforts of the mormon church to overcome these obstacles an allusion to the rumor that it has been decided in was washington h to set on foot a system systematic at I 1 c judicial prosecution of t a evoked a contemptuous smile let lat them try it 11 said mr taylor wo we have no objection to their sending as many lawyers and soldiers here as they please if they have them to spare for such expeditions polygamy is with us a matter of revelation besides being as we believe it to be a natural law w which ruled the ancient world which still rules the life of millions mil mii liona and millions of people on the globe and which is the very basis of life of the whole animal kingdom one sure thing is will not surrender polygamy if it ever dies out it will die a natural death which will consequently be the result of the will of god but no power of men can eradicate it from our church they can imprison or shoot any number of ae us there will be always somebody left to carry on the work we have the best possible hierarchy in constant working order As far as the organization of the church goes it did not make a particle of difference that joseph timith was murdered or that brigham young died I 1 took the iatter latter lax lat terra terla place as some body oise elee will take mine and as somebody else will in due time take that of my successor bor sor there will always be somebody to stand in thu the breach and no gentile assault will ever shake the foundations of our hierarchy upon my suggesting to him that the general belief was waa that ably polygamy was introduced by brigham young yeung and that joseph never alluded toft to it in his teaching a Sj he bald said cihat that Is a profound mistake joseph smith bad had many reasons for not making a 9 cardinal point of a f it but he considered it an intrinsic part of the revelation I 1 was with him both before and at the time of his bis death I 1 received four of the many bullets which were destined for him and I 1 ought to know something concerning his view of 0 the subject he iett left it to his o sors to work out thib thia part of the revelation for he be knew that it would be a much easier task for tor fori them than for him brigham young carried out a ut point admirably when we came cam to utah we wanted to people ofir land and the beehive placed on the top of his house has more mean ing I 1 than you would have supposed by looking at it A great many of the which mr taylor adduced in support of polygamy are not of a nature 1 t to 0 b be di discussed seed in a newspaper but the luc inc sincerity 0 r ity and the earnestness earnest neles with which he brought them forward were so bo evident that they precluded me from asking him the indiscreet question and how many wives have you the mio hamm edans dont make a secret of it but with the mormons cormons a question of thia this kind is never a asked sk ed for the simple reason that a truthful u t h answer to it would bare bere be equivalent v to the confession confes slon alon of an otten often ottense I 1 A against the laws of the land the h th of utah Is that be he has eight wives and in BO so far ia is much more moderate der ha hib who hwd had seventeen and was the father of forty eight living children besides some twenty odd who died before for him moral condition of the mormon people mr taylor remarked 91 9 1 wish had you yon time to stay a little longer with us and see for or yourself what sort of people our Chur church chis is composed of and how ous children are likely to grow up A A bad debt and a looked door are were formerly former lyl unknown among us you will not meet a drunken or an idle man here unless he be a gentile these men who want to reform us came here |