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Show aaaaxSiktsBsBa -- CHANGE clared, "many shall come from the TUB POLITICAL east and the" wcst,"the Wrth arid the The nation is waking up to the PsMinhtwl every WEDNESDAY and SATL'RDAT, Abraham. with down sit and south, fact that the Republican party by the Oodes Pitbushiso Compaxt. Isaac and Jacob in the kingdom o' has not only outlived its usefulness, the that GGd." M crown And to Editor. Clmrlc proof Penrose, but has become corrupt and ripe far Abraham's whole course, particularly and Business Manaor. Next week will phow destruction in his family relations, was approved the exteut of the popular awakening of God, we real that when it was OGDK.V. UTAH. The to the necessities of the times. and Sodom of cities the decreed that WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 4, 1874. recent elections point the way to Gomorrah should be destroyed: a political revolution, ami the "And the Lord said, shall I hide from rOLYfJA- - Abraham that thing which I do, seeing voice of the people next Tuesday, in NTIMTTOff that Abraham thud surely become a J5V. one hundred and niHCty-on- a na- - choosing tll the and nation and mighty great Kepresentatives, will decide Kver since Parson Newman came lions of the eiwth shall be blessed inbirn? For 1 know him that bo will comshall be a complete to Utah to "beard the lion in his mand his children and Ins household af- whether there the overthrow of the party in power and dun," and demolish polygamy with ter him, and they shall keep the way of Lord, to do justice and judgment, that an effectual bar placed in the path Hebrew roots and the jaw bone of an the Lcrd may bring upou Abraham that to centralization. -- Gen.xvui ass, and wcntaway considerably chaw- which he hath spokeu of him 17 to 1J. The prospects are that the Demoed up, and with a large sized flea in Now if this does not prove that the crats will gain a majority in the both of his extensive ears, the smaller ' be will Bible sanctions polygamy, it House. The Senate will still be fry of Methodist cxhorters have been useless to quote further. Every largely composed of Republicans, but ansims to take up the cudgvl dropschool-bo- y Jewish of the student hurthere will doubtless be a sufiicieut ped by the angry Doctor in his law oi number tho while bible knows that of their politic! opponents ried exodus from "Mormondtmi." with Moses adulterer the punished in the lower chamber to check Little llowison gave a small yelp or aud rules it regulaprovided their party schemes and effect two and then lay down tired, and now death, tions fur the of ,and polygamy practice more liberal and popular legislaStratton rises on his hind fet and secured ths right of inheritance to tion. Whether the Democrats have barks a little. the first born, whether the offspring learned wisdom Last Sunday ovening the Itev. C. by the past and will a farorite wife or one that was disof introduce a purer administration of 0. labored for two 'flours at Salt Lake liked. Also that most of the men to bring forth a polygamy squelchor affairs, remains to be proved. But whom .the God of Abraham, Isaac He simply the country needs a thorough change, t last for all time revelahonored his with and Jacob ' and we hail with gladness the brought forth wind. How could he tions and were spocial gilts, practi do anything else when he was strainbefore us. cal and he while that polygamists, Bible the that to himself prove ing Com- enforced the law, "thou shalt not diK-- i Dot lanctio-- polygamy. TO IS' eommit adultery," and f rba lo the ADDIXG mencing with the beginning of time JIJKY. more than one God, He he floated on with the fliod till Le worship of said "thou shalt have no more came to Abraham, who, he declared, Bever This morning's Dirt Slinger, somewives one." than he said, was a monogamist, times called the Tribune, adds further llagar, difference between The adultery Keturah and Wua not Abraham's wife, insult to the injury gustaiued by the is clearly defined in and polygamy until him after to marriedwas not lady whose character was foully liSarah's death. The patriarch's inter- the case of David'. Stratton admits belled in that dirty sheet last ThursDavid had several wives. In ad course with llagar he denounced as that day. Instead of retracting the dition- to these God gave the wives of these in His statement which appeared over uttering object adultery. Saul his bosom." "into this All time the signature of "High Moral," the pinsular absurdities was to "rescue was--' recognized as "a man after he the liiMe Worn the imputation of Tribune now adds the falsehood that heart." God's own But he when took immoral h "Col. Fife has five wives, that are nuslaining to false and another man's wife, Bathsheba, the known of," and says, "how many he pystcm." wife of Uriah, God pronounced the Bible saffers the of The reputation may have picked up during his trav far more from the iusane defence of curse upon him, that the "sword eta, it would be hard to tell." It goes its pretended friends, who try to per- should never depart from his house;" on to say, "we have no persoal knowl vert its history and precepts to favor cursed the offspring of the illegiti- edge of the facts given by our cor their private views and practices", mate union, and declared that He respondent, but from present inform would take- his wives from him and than from the direct attacks of infidels. ation think them more likely to be to another.'! Samuel xii. That Hagar was Abraham's wife i give them true than otherwise." 1 to When David was a good declarGod clear, from the fact that It is evident from the above that him wives God blessfor a man, gave Ishraatl of ed he would make "a great the dirty creatures who run that pa he sinned with another when ing; Abraham's was he nation because have not tho slightest senss of man's wife God took bis wives away per xon."' And it is recorded that "(Jod nor the remotest regard for as a punishment. In the light of the decency was with the lad." Although Isaac the truth. The article signed "High Bible polygamy and adultery are as had the birthright, which it will be and dated Ogden, Oct. 23th, wide apart as heaven and hell; the Moral," found was obtained by younger ems 187-4is not correspondence, and was first is from above, the latter from of the line for many generations notnot written in this city. The lie3 it beneath. withstanding it belonged to the firstcontains were furnished by a low Stratton, iu his desperate attempts born, yet Ishmael is named always as from Ogdu who is half-czed to make the Bible condemu polygamy, person takes and a lawful son, precedence drunken habits, was showed that dissensions existed in the through his in the genealogies, like other first Laka by a bummer written Salt at families of polygamists. There is no 12 to Genesis XXV. tons. (Sec 19; who was befrieided by the people of need to cite instances of strife, conten1 Chron. 29 to 34.). Further, Geu-ii- s this city when in the last stages of tion and trouble, culminating ia diXVI. 3, says, "Aud Sarui, aid is ashamed ts show and sometimes iu n'urder,in the destitution, Abram's wife, took IIaj.a- - her maid, vorce his face here, and the headings, date of monogamists. If the the Egyptian, after Abram had dwelt household and signature were added in the Tritea years in the land of Canaan, and troubles of polygamist families prove bune office by a Tribune scribbler. then the troubles of rave her to her husband to be Jus polygamy evil, The ediiors of the infamous and families prove monogaicife. Abraham had concubines as monogamist beastlv staet have been informed not well as other wives. (See Genesis, my to be evil, and thus marriage is only by Nr. Abbot aud the friends an evil altogether. in olden 'Concubines XXV. C.) of the miligned lady, but by other We wish it to bo borne in mind times were lawfully married to the responsible persons, one of whom is a men with whom they consorted, but tnat tnis article is uot written as a .merchant of this city, that the state - were iaferior in rack to the other defence of polygamy, or a plea in its ment is totally false, and yet the but merely to bear on the wives, frequently being bondswomen, favor, foul thing refuses to retract, and only or servants, whom the wives consent- question, docs the Bible sanction it? piles on its filth thicker than ever. We do not pretend to say that, beed for their husbands to espouse. In any "other comuuuity eummary cause Abraham or any other ancient Stratton asserts that Abraham "the would be taken to vindioriental married mauy wives, that vengeance friend of God." wad an adulcate the honor of a lady who is above else should follow his exeverybody When he dies he exterer. Her husband will be home but we do most emphatically reproach. ample, some time during the coming week, pects to go into an adulterer's "boassert that the Bible approbates his som." The God Stratton professes to wheu he can obtain all the bscking marital arrangements, and that no he needs to bring the perpetrators of worship wa pleased to consort with where in that sacred volume can any Tho Bavior to whom an adulterer. this gross aod cowardly libel to jusbe found which can be fairly he pretends to look for redemption, passage and all classes of tie community and consistently construed into a con tice, shorted the poople to pattern after will sustain him in deluding the demnation of the practico of plural an adulterer. The Bible, which Strathonor f his family. ton is so anxious to "rescue," says '(uo marriage. Tho freedom of the'preis should be kinc:-doadulterer shall enter into the The public fcre willing Candy shops adjacent to schools maintained. deof heaven," and jot Jesus even to permit soiin Huns: iu hand report a bri.sk fall trade. pros-peet- scan-dilo- - - 1-- , m m s us i, Jo Thir Districtthe7atij Court Thmtobt or Utah, DisTKicT, EX.1JXIS.1TIO.V OF PUBLIC RECORDS. cords by persons authorized to make And we have never investigations. heard of any county or city Recorder refusing an elector proper access to the records of which he was the cus todian. Any tax payer in this city has the right, under our charter, to examine the public records of the city at all reasonable hours, and the Grand Jury, under the "Poland" bill, have the same rights in the premises as citizens, and no other. An effort was made some time ago by the Salt Lake '"ring," aided by their organ,to make it appear that the municipal authorities would not permit access to their records. And the "organ" still keeps up the cry, know ing it to be utterly untrue. What the city officials objected to, and what they were justified in refusing, JtD Sait Lake City. To the Honorable, The fourth section of the "Poland" bill provides that the Grand Jury "are entitled to free access, at all reasonable times, to the public prisons, and to the examination, without charge, of all public records within the district." In accorduHce with this, enactment, the Grand Jury of the Third J'idiciil District have appointed the following committees: to examine Territorial Committee re- , Ttti Salt. Lake City October Jdt'-ia- l ject to the examination of public f the following report in rdatioatol investigation ordered by Judge M Keau: Grand Jury Room. books, Silas Mctiuire, Lafayette Granger, and Christopher Peil.l. Committee to examine Salt LaKe County books, Euos A. Wall aad Francis Plait. Committee to examine Suit Lake City books, N. S. RansohcfF, W. F. Sames and Jehu Alexander. Conimitsee on Penitentiary and Salt Lake aud Davis counties j:iil, Oliver Dnrant, William L. Perkins and Ichel Watiers. Committee on Salt Lake City jail and aylum. Frederick Auerbuca and Chas. D. Trowbridge. Committee on all the jails and pnblio records in Box Elder and Weber counties, James llorrocks, Juliu9 Malscu, Abraham Zundell and Jess; Elliott. Committee on jaiis aBd public records in Tooele county, W. P.. Judd, E. McLaughlin and Hiram T. Speneer. No city er county officers will ob- rwHmngf THE "II E atmjur T9yr v DIC'TJED. ling public men and their acts and But when the character of sayings a virtuous woman is assailed in such an atrocious manner, in the absence of her natural protector, it becomes a public offence, which the people cannot allow to pass unnoticed and unpunished, aud escape disgrace aud infamy before the whole world. the Judge 0,'874. of l!te District Court: Thiri The grand jury of enid districl "pec.iully beg leave te report have dihgcn.ly inquired imo, thoroughly investigated the maU fWr-r- f to them in your special chur2, delivered on l,e l'.th day of Oaobe,' relating to certain libelous ttWa' uons made iu the Salt Lake Herald the 18th instant, against the imeeritT onr the Chief Justice of this Terriiury. As we find upon examination of'nunv witnesses, including the editors and uro" prictors of the said Salt Lak uJm that the illegal low so made were uuerlv groundless, and without foundation either in truth or presumption; that ih't evidence adduced before the graud jury upon this special matter, was uniformly a vindication of the honesty, intcgriiy and impartiality of the Chief Justice of Utah; and we deem it our duty to bo to this honorable court, v the r. suit of our investigation in that bbalf. Aud the grnnU jury would further sy, that while wo condemn tho Herald s attacks en the Chief Justic as well as much that appears iri many newspaper, yet the freedom of the presi is so essential to the welfare of the people that we do not deem it advisable at this tim to indict the editors and proprietors of ihut paper for its unjustifiable attacks on the judge of ih s honorable court, believing that the good sense of the couutry will recognize merit, and never give undue credit to libelous newspaper charges. And the grand jury respectfully quest that this be spread upon the court records. Unanimously adopted. ' rt I r. John Chislett, Foreman Grand Jury. Of course nobody expected that any other conclusion would be arriv ed at in regard to the Judgo of th Third District Court by the Grand Jury acting under his direction, aod no one regarded the Judge's charga concerning himself as anything mor than buncombe. But there were mauy who thought an indictment would bt found against the Herald. Not because they believed the any such proceedings, but because they knew of the animus cf the court and many of its officers, and thought the influence of thost persons would penetrate to the jury rooml We are glad to record the sentiments of the jurors in regard to the freedom of the press, which are wa3 the carrying away and copying creditable to them aud will be enof the public records, by unauthor- dorsed by the public. ized individuals. The right to exWe do not believe the Herald amine, belongs to the electors of the editors would wilfully libel any percity or county, and to the Graud Jury son, private or official, and ia repuof the District; but neither the" for blishing the objectionable article, w mer nor tho latter have any right to do not consider their act personal pr take possession of the records, nor malicious, nor that they should be hinder the lawful custodian thereof held responsible for the statements of in the discharge of his official duties.' another paper when the authority The idea that persons who are un- was given. If tho Judge really wants der no bonds &r responsibilities for libellers punished, he should direct the safety and integrity of public doc- the attention of the Grand Jury to uments, should bo permitted to. take the daily, intentional villification of col them away from the proper officer, or upright men, to bo fouud in the lmc the opportunity of altering. umns of the ring orgau. erasiHg or disfiguring such records is preposterous and absurd, and too imA Saving Juryman. pudent for any sane person to enterWalled a miser. tain, except the rowdy "riug" and is rich. their disreputable squeaking trumpet. He lives near Buffalo, and uro a The committee appointed for We and this is how he turned tho city, ber and Box Elder counties, we venmisfoevent, usually considered a was The pay ture to say will meet with nothing rtune, to actual profit. but courtesy and assistance in the dollar and a halfadav for four week?, dollars. M thirty-silegal discharge of their iusspecting aggregating found lodgings at fifteen ceDtaa nign duties, from any official in Weber with a poor and dirty iamny, ( County or Ogden City. tal bill being four dollars aud tlnrt) cent. He bought a tin pan iur The scandalous Washington C) cents more, and there his expenai -icle says: "When Marv Wnlkor ty ture ended. How did lie eai i nou. v e, reaches Turkey we hope the a free soup Sultan, that absolute monarch of all he sur established fot the feeding of Lis n veys, will make her and bootblacks, and had oft." Mary won't listen to for the month, any such pail filled. Clear profit cent mSultun rroRnsifinn b .v., dollars and fifty x . Kjuv. icu v '...ui- thirty-onman. kind. Ahaz Toxon ia a self made charges-warrante- . x new-.-boy- & o s |