| Show ELDERS IN KENTUCKY standing upon the threshold of futurity with great and m events at our doors that tha t M shake the earth from centra cent to circumference reflecting upon the memories of the buried past in sad and silent contemplation unchecked my mind reverts back to the ushering in of the present dispensation when the boy prophet of the nineteenth century in heavenly vision saw the wonders of unborn time presented in rapid succession to his astonished gaze and was told that his name should be had for good and evil throughout the world and his followers would be mobbed murdered pillaged persecuted and driven from city to c city t to what extent the enunciated truths of this glorious vision have been demonstrated is only imperfectly told in the wonderful history of the remarkable people known as mormons cormons Mor mons M but in the archives of heaven a more minute record has been kept angels have been and are taking silent notes of every action whether for oi 01 against A da day of reckoning is inevitable araj frail and feeble man cannot stay its coming then every trial that has been successfully overcome every scheme of the evil one that has been thwarted and every injustice that has hasteen been suffered will add to the dominion glory and exaltation of gods people but alas when the book oi of accounts is opened and its pages closely scanned for the fart part played by the wicked unscrupulous ous and designing perpetrators of the diabolical deeds of infamy and evil committed against an innocent unoffending virtuous and god fearing people the record of their blasted eves will be read to them by an accountant that makes no mistakes they will be weighed in the balance and found wanting and be compelled to suffer the torments of the condemned amidst the clatter and din of the religious and political strike and aad contention of the day the mor monsa mons receive their due share of attention monocracy legislation and exterminations are suggested as the only satisfactory solution of a problem so deep and difficult of divination such action as this has been advised by despisers despi sers of the truth in this section as in most places where the gospel is preached with authority from on high notwithstanding the fact that the mission of those who preach it is peace on earth goodwill to men 11 it detracts from rather than enhances bances their comfort and convenience truths their own lives axe are in constant jeopardy from angry infuriated and prejudiced mobs while humbly proclaiming the restoration of the everlasting gospel and the divine truths connected with it the cry goes forth they are fanatics knaves and impostors wolves in sheep lil clothing practicing their wily arts on the innocent and unoffending the story once in circulation loses nothing in passing from one person to another sensational and blood curdling articles appear in in the columns of newspapers vo void id of the least shadow or sprinkling of truth concocted and composed compos comp dd with malicious and evil intent and calculated to mislead and deceive such accounts are generally read with a relish and accepted as truth without hesitancy or investigation the follo folio wing article appeared recently in a county paper per and is upheld and sanctioned sanction by the clergy MORMON emissaries AT WORK IN HARDIN HOWES VALLEY THE FIELD OP OF OPERATION A COAT OF TAR TAB AND FEATHERS SUGGESTED UNLESS THEY GUV car 9 BIG 8 SPRING Pi ELING jan 21 while the congress of the united states have been wrestling with the mormon problem problem for years the emissaries of that that foul blot upon the otherwise fair es cutchon of our country have been permitted tte an and are still permitted to trail through our country proselytize i ng our ignorant people to ed doctrine of wholesale prostitution and debauchery even now in our own fair kentucky these human are plying their hellish vocation yes in hardin county at howes valley there are two of these treacherous villains to lure the young and ignorant unsophisticated girls of our county to shame sorrow and destruction and this they do in the name of religion and they claim according to the teachings of holy writ these human hell hounds styli styling ng thenis themselves elves elders of the latter day saints are commissioned they claim by god himself to go about prostituting the young ignorant yet virtuous girls of our country you never hear of their going to large cities or even towns of any importance for they well know that there is always too much intelligence in places of any size to hoodwink the people into believing their hellish doctrines no they hunt for obscure out of the way places where they think the people are 19 ignorant borant an and un uninformed unformed on all su subjects pi acts more especially religious s subjects jaee acts but if we are not awfully m mistaken ak en in the virtue intelligence honesty and true religion of the g good 0 0 people of howes valley these 10 long n g faced hypocritical sons of the devil will have a hard time making converts to the lewd lascivious s doctrine of mormonism As a rule we are opposed to white cape or any other mode of mob law but we do think that the mountain meadow wolves in cheeps clothing ought to have a suit of clothing put on them that they take off and put on as they do their priestly robes we would suggest a su suit t composed of tar and feathers wi with th emission e to wear them to salt lp lake a ke and take them off at their leisure make lem em git agit up and git I 1 boys and your children will rise up and call you blessed they know just how to treat these oily tongued vipers down in georgia A lot of saintly devils went down there to recruit victims for their damnable lust and were handled in a way that made them glad to get away at least those that were able to move when the outraged citizens of the state got through with them fire them out at once and dont let them stand upon the order of going but go 90 at once and when gone stay gone in attempting to execute the above advice on myself and elder jas L our enemies were ignominiously defeated and we through the interposition of divine providence were protected from injury and harm by many warmhearted friends some of whom cared nothing f for 0 r the doctrines we advocated tu but t believed in law equity and order according to appointment on the night of of jan 23 we repaired to a schoolhouse some four miles distant in company with a number of friends to continue a series of meetings we had commenced the night bt before on our arrival at the schoolhouse we discovered a line of men drawn up in battle array near the end of the house each armed with a heavy club about three feet in length ahe the captain or spokesman occupied a central position among his men sitting on the doorstep but as we approached pro ached lie arose and informed us in a demon like yet trembling voice with blanched and pallid cheeks as livid as death youre cormons mormons Mor Morn mons ions and have preached your last sermon in our midst 11 so bo he continued addressing the gentleman who had driven us to the scene of action 11 squire harned you know me and I 1 know you put those men in your wagon and take them off as speedily as you can I 1 then said 1 I suppose you will grai grant at us the privilege of walking if we choose will you not no definite reply was made to this we then enquired by what authority the they had taken this unceremonious nd a and defiant action the response was we have assumed the right so git 1 11 we endeavored to explain that it would be a very unjust judge or j jury ury that would sentence or condemn a man for any criminal offense he had been alleged to have committed without hearing the defense as well as the prosecution qt it makes no dif difference flarence so shut cupani be off 11 our country grants us free speech we replied not here it was the rejoinder after bearing our testimony to the truth we took our departure thanking 1 ng them very kindly for their gentlemanly tle manly deportment toward us at the time we left enough of our friends had gathered to overpower the mob and effect un an entrance into the building and they would have done so at the slightest hint but deeming discretion the better part of valor we retreated not wishing have to see a bloody contest that might have cost coat several several lives 4 our condition was similar to that A of paul and silas when arraigns arraigned j before the roman magistrates and who were charged these men being jews do exceedingly trouble our city and teach customs which are not lawful for us to receive neither to observe being romans of us it was said these men being mormons cormons Mor mons do exceed angly trouble our community and aid teach customs which are not lawful lawn for us to receive neither to ob observe servO being americans on the day after the mobbing occurred the more intelligent and law abiding citizens and not the ignorant and uninformed held a consultation sul tation which resulted in a messenger being dispatched to where we were at a brother casto cantors Ca s soliciting p us to return and preach under the plighted protection r lection of one hundred men za we somewhat reluctantly consented and on the night of the tb we were marched to the battle battie ground under protection according to promise without any interference ter from the mob element who had been apprised of the earnestness of the cit citizens 17 na stra strange la e to say almost the same identical identical af language as was used on pauls visit to rome borne was used on this occasion to us unto paul they said we neither received letters out of judea concerning thee neither any of the brethren that came showed or ke any harm of thee but we desire to hear of thee 4 what thou thinnest thin kest as concerning this sect we know that everywhere it is spoken against to us they said gentlemen we are in possession of no evidence that is derogatory to your individual character or reputation but we desire to hear of you what you think for as concerning this sect which you represent it is everywhere evilly spoken 14 of during our meeting the strictest attention possible was given us ue and J many expressed their regret that we were not going to preach longer but public excitement was now at fever heat beat and we thought it best beet to conclude concluded the mob expected a reinforcement of men from the county but they failed to connect it was announced that there was a scheme ici 12 on foot to waylay us but if such WOO was the rase ease tb they e y in missed their game owing to the inky darkness of the night and our taking another couge we have been here three weeks have held one meeting in a church seven in one schoolhouse and two in another As a result of ou our r I 1 labors AWN two souls have received baptism th tha at sacred stepping stone to smale salvation ati on we return shortly to our field of Is bor in southern indiana evet praying for the triumph of truth an and the the suppression of error I 1 remain your brother JOHN E HANSZ P S there are four members of the church here and in justice f IP them and the cause I 1 will state ehst th they are among the most highly inspected citizens here and for Ini intelligence telli are far above the average J JE E ILL HOWES VALLEY hardin county ky jan 28 1889 |
