| Show intelligence erom FROM THE rast easu MATTERS ecclesiastical INFIDEL AND POLITICAL intelligently TREA TED INCLUDING A NUT fon yok ANTI MORMON 2 S TO CRACK washington dec 19 1884 editor deseret wems meus when one recalls the incessant chirping of so go called reformers and christians about aboud mormon unity in church and state it is a little refreshing to note dote the deference with which the discussion by the catholics of secular matters is treated not only by the people but by the press of the country I 1 had the good fortune to beares be present at the closing closia exercises of the clr lle plenary aey AUY COUNCIL at baltimore which had been in council for one weel week on the ath dinst it was ivus conceded to have been the most noted gathering of a 4 religious charac ter which ever assembled in the city of baltimore and that corporation since its foundation has ever been remarkable for the c ecclesiastical influence it has as exerted over the whole of the north american continent particularly in regard recard to catholicism it wab wag ane third plenary council held in the united states and was characterized by an a aggregation 0 rega tion of ecclesiastical authority to epich which bothin nothing in the unit united e 1 I states can be comp compared areF and which is unlikely to be seen again in many years 5 eal cal s it is an event for a generation and will iong ion lon thedythe d raj ral oil on the tile day clay in question was w as packed liv adherents of the faith and by curious speculators like my friend and aud myself and gathered from points more or less d distant stant to witness the event e ent little as is the reverence rev in which I 1 hold forms I 1 could not resist the conclusion that forced f itself upon me as I 1 sav saw tile ule unbounded respect ill in which all ail alithe the cloth cioth were held by the laity that there must be much thatis that is vital in any religion which can so long iong ion lon live which has grown in this country coth itry under much opposition with astonish ing in rapidity and which commands the love iove 0 c th the este esteem cili and the reverence of so luany from the time the procession or OF THE entered the door until it passed out outi four hours and a halt I 1 speak definitely for I 1 have occasion to recollect the duration having as I 1 stood all the tiie while haying baying room for aboul about one foot at a time the tile utmost attention and reverence was shown by all and even the tile curiosity of those not in sympathy because of other religious ties and curiosity is a prominent characteristic in the average american was vas not so overwhelming that they could resist the feeling of awe which the solemn solem n and imposing character of the services tended to inspire what struck me most favorably and at the same time with the greatest surprise was THE SERMON which tool took about half an hour in delivery of bishop spaulding of peoria ills without undertaking to give rive a synopsis or epitome I 1 anist must note two or three thin thins things s said the burden ot 01 the discourse was wasi a review of the labors of the council the council had discussed freely and lully he said and with a view to the perpetuation and dissemination of the interests of the church in the united states matters which the average christian consider wholly and absolutely outside the elgh right of priestly interference they considered consider e that the highest type of education was consistent and only consistent with the highest religious and moral training and for that rea son the council had formulated plans for sor the more general founding and maintenance of parochial schools and forthe for the establishment of a university th that would atwould evoke the admiration of all for the exalted character of the instruction st it would impart and for the degree of scholastic erudition it would produce among the clergy they had also considered the necessity of home ome work and the duty of the clergy to see that the purity and permanence of con jugal relations were maintained they abhorred divorce it should neither be countenanced count danced nor tolerated the use of intoxicants and indulgence in excesses of any kind inclined to produce intemperate habits was especially to be discouraged and so lie be went on laying down witti itu singular i distinctness and emphasis as things that had received receive A the dee deep 1 and earile earlle earnest jt consideration of the council rul rui rulen for tiie tile guidance of the lay members of tile the church just such as I 1 have heard the mormon authorities autho ritie preach as far back as illy my memory i reaches he stated further that tile the church domination the propagation of if its doctrines and universal submission to its influences meant mo moral ral rai and happy homes the outgrowth of which would inevitably be an enduring condition of the state se securing e uri url a ha happiness contentment and permanent prosperity for those who lived und under erthe the dominion of such a statehood or governmental condition the church first the fireside next and the state last I 1 these doctrines WERE wenc PUBLICLY PREACHED by a noted bishop dishop in the bhe presence and with the approbation of an assemblage of ecclesiastical dignitaries the like of which had never been known in this country before bufore they are aie promulgated over overt the tle tie whole of the united states and approved by the great leading newspapers those fearless and aggressive gres sive conservators conservatory conserva tors of the public interests te ever watchful of the growth of dangerous influences ever on the alert to raise a warning cry against the domination of any power likely to conflict with the best interests of the people ever ready to cry a halt to any grow growing ing power that may in time to comee come endanger ii the free and full exercise of the right of every person to assert his vi views aws on state matters and exert ills his influence as any other person however high in ecclesiastical authority he bo in may av be the yew FEW MORMONS in this country cause of people to stand aghast at the possibility of an exercise 6 of i political power as a church organization but the same thin thid thing by an organization ten times tunes as poT poa powerful erful nay fifty times as wealthy and numerically strong proclaiming precisely the same mission to a flo tio flock cf submissive beyond the dreams of the most devoted latter day saint does not give occasion for the slightest alarm and it goes along in the even tenor of its way unmolested and the reason Is what it is that in this great free pure government where one hears bears of aught but truth and justice and consistency the catholic religion controls an army of voters and the mormons cormons Mor mons do not control any I 1 would wager a new hat to a copper leopper ilece piece that if the or eligible le voters anion aulon among thel 1 were in a place inhere their votes would count in conay Conar congress ress or in a presidential campaign there would be periods spasmodic seasons when they would be made goody 0 ali ail all around 3 us t as the tho catholics were by james G dlaine blaine llla illa lne ine COL kobert ROBERT INGERSOLL has been here and turned loose his batteries on the orthodox dogmas and creed formulas of the so fco called evangelical christian churches chu iches there is remaining among the r really eail intelligent people of this age 1 little e respect fo for fon ingersoll ile he is admitted to be shallow and this to a powerful degree but clever enough to disguise the fact tact to many by his eloquence his glittering generalities in behalf of candor and honor bright briglia 11 and by his denunciation 0 of f tho those se who libel th the 0 creator and make a travesty of religion while pretending intelligently to advise the one and to increase and develop cevelo p respect and reverence reve rbuce for the other here lierl is a specimen of his lecture on da orthodoxy the episcopal creed says god has neither body parts nor passions can ean you give a better example of a vacuum acnam if we M c believe thi this 5 we believe that the aleigh almighty is absolutely nothing god walked in t the e garden of eden who 1 l ile he rested seven days andaas and was refreshed who rested nothing Ilow how absurd from the very premises oll per this combination of a peron personality alit allt anda and a vacuum As wo w e advance we cibir civilize our gods and in conclusion he makes this admission I 1 do not desire to destro destros destroy belief in immortality about that we d did it not know t that hat was all lie ile would leave the dead with nature the mother of all letting them sleep under the bow of hope under the seven sevear hued arch we do not know we cannot say w whether hether death is a wall ora oca or a door the beginning or end of a day the spreading of pinions to soar or tie the 1 boldin folding forever ot of wings the rise or the s set et 0 of f a hun bun or an endless life that brings rapture and love loe ioe to everyone apropos of this Is the tha letter of the great METHODIST GATHERING at baltimore the body that Is noted for the absence of body parts or passions I 1 as in idea of the C creator and fo lor the lack of sense in its creed and preaching here is what their centen nary pastoral says about the mormons cormons Mor mons polygamous practices merit the indignation dig nation of an outraged people and yet the abuses of the essential idea of marriage as found in the divorce laws in our statute books and administered in our courts fall but little if any below the ab abominations omi nations of mormonism amo Is and call loudly for the purification purin catlon cation rai ral 0 of public sentiment upon this subject that settles it there seems little likelihood of any important legislation PASSING CONGRESS this winter tile disposition on both sides seems to be to await the advent of the new administration before doing anything my the democrats that they duay a li have VI all taie tile tie tle credit and the republicans public ans as that the democrats shall have all the blame a pretty fair arranz arrangement ement aud and ought to be salis satis batory all round the next congress will show some material change chunges i and ill in the retirement I 1 of duc dhe one or two of the thu congre congressmen ss men the light lightning ping has been wim wlm doing sonie monie very judicious striking though etwas it was also promiscuous pi in its character jos D taylor of ohio made his night fight for election to the coming congress as much on his astl antl RECORD as on anything else he got left ho he is as bitter in ills lits his opposition as a man well weil can be he is u crank on general principles and the mormon question Is one of the hobbles hobbies on which he has ridden himself to political death of the thirteen men inen ou oil the tilt house committee on territories in the present congress the chairman JW evins Is dedd dead four members were defeated who ran for congress and these four were all men tt ni ho opposed the mormon people and to secure a favorable report from the committee oil on territories nies nici oil on the cassidy legislative commission bill these four were jos D taylor of ohio thos harde manof georgia kmap wms P kellogg of louisiana the notorious kellogg and geo V V lawrence of pennsylvania the other two members F A johnson of new york and isaac S struble df iowa who also favored the bill were rp returned turned everyman every man who opposed the bill and who ran was reelected mr nir AM A M alexander of missouri N was not a candidate the others were all returned there was not a little excitement in the committee on territories at the time and thomas hardeman hardaman of georgia a democrat who favored the gill bill speaking of the opposition of senator brown of georgia to the hoar noar bill made a public declaration to the effect that his browns Bro was position on that bill was being seve severely lely iely criticized and that he was losing caste daste and f friends in ills lils state as a result and what has the tho result shown brown was reelected senator f from roin his state with but one opposing vote a record that no other senator can point toa to a vote that is the highest possible endorsement from its unanimity while hardeman was not even nominated it is quite a ite an entertaining little story in the 11 re 11 light 1 t of mr Hard emans I 1 position Dosi tion on thel the tho cassidy bill and his views about mr browns ing lux prestige mccaus of browns stand in behalf of the constitution ution at a time tim when the constitution notoriously forbade the bill championed through the senate by that modern Buz fuzz casbey hoar consla Consia considering ering these facts impartially how w will ill lii those individuals who are perpetua perpetually ut llly lily crying that the great american poo pod people ale demand this VICIOUS AD AND legislation against the mormons cormons Mor mons account for the result as shown by the returns to tb congress those who were most pronounced in their antl anti 11 mormon sentiments ti ments Inci including that western cyclone george whipped pled pied cassidy have been i reelected re c elected to stay at home there is no accounting accountis for the resources of some folks and aw it is quite likely an addi additional tonal tonai proof of the demand of the american people for the extermination of the mormons cormons Mor mons will be found in the calamity which has overtaken the right I 1 hand bowers of the utah imag mug trumps ups sane men however will conclude that the voice of the great american people spoken through the polls polis would warn a man mail up a tree to to deal quietly with the mormon problem or to let it severely and serenely alone 11 |
