Show UTAH AVrA lim erlow below the reader will ivill find a leler from judge cradlebaugh ot of the hie united states federal court of utah Tern TerrA lory ory who mho is now in washington ii iriving iving the hon mr air hooper the mormon in full communion v who ho now represent sUtah territory in the representatives hall to a discussion of different mormon questions in in issue before thi the people of the mutated sates judge is a gentleman of fine abilities and preat great energy of character arid and is evidently eviden evidently tl earnestly bent on informing th UK public public mil mind d of the truth concerning the practices and tendencies of mormonism which chich must be dealt with by cong it would put a an n end to the enormous expense now grovv proving I 1 ng 0 out ut of the necessities of our in military ia service in that quarter if mr air hooper accepts judge C a invitation a vast concourse ot of intelligent avid and deeply interested persons vall ill doubtless attend their discussion from its opening to 0 o its C lose close washington an 1860 WAI VM 11 HOOPER at territorial delegate from utah mal sir SIK 1 I see from time to time the N Y heralds ds correspondence from utah in in which denials are made of the charges preferred against the people you represent and balse false suggestions expressed as to the condition of affairs in that terii tem tory now to the end that the country wy ny maw i attle ane truth respecting triese inese matters I 1 have thought thou bt it right to address youa you this I 1 assert asbert I 1 that the mormon people sue are subject 1 to a thiu cratic and re j cognizes zes izes no law as aaby bit bidding ding which does doe a not coincide with their pretended revelations as promulgated by they prophet seer and revelator briffa andr ung ail ad maeve tart 0 p j teach awas treason n against g sc the tat th tb united states I 1 ad that they practice in in a manner shocking to the moral sense of i the world and aggravate the offence by j incest and murder ah that they teach leach the ot of tha h shedding of 0 human bloed for the remission miss i on 0 of f sin as by their own ecclesiastical cde eo and these teachings are carneA carrie ct into practise tle the murders of jones and his mother at pondtown Pond town of the Parris hes and potter at Spring springville ville 0 of f adi the e cat aiken i k e n p party a r ty a at t C chicken hi e k en cr creek a e k the L mud n u f fort a at t S salt a 1 t cr creek e e a and n d at tl the i e bo bone ne yard and dof of Forb forbes esat at Spring springville ville are the natural results of these vile doctrines ath th that they teach the doctrine that it I 1 is 9 r right igi I 1 t and godly that cormons mormons should rob gentiles whenever Ab enever they can do so with facility and escape public exposure the mountain massacre isa is a me of this fact ath that they teach the doctrine anar practice it of ca me and have declared from their pulpit with public acquiescence that the day was near when their valleys would resound with the voice of eunuchs Evi iuchs I 1 am prepared here and now with proofs to sustain these charges me taken from numberless enormities and occupying the position which you 10 lo do here a member of 0 the mormon church having received your endowments and taken upon yourself the oaths and obligations of oe the church I 1 have to say y to y yu you that I 1 will it at any reasonable time and place of your own selection meet you face to face ace her before ore the people and federal authorities here re ready but sorrowfully to substantiate every specification fi herein contained 1 I have a file of 0 the deseret news s your church organ running from 1850 to 1859 containing mormon history of current a at fairs faira during that period and should you accept t t this 1 i s proposition for calm fair comparison coin pa rl s n of testimony on these subjects before a discerning public this file will be at your call for reference respectfully JOHN cradlebaugh the above statement and letter of judge cradlebaugh to mr fl hooper delegate in congress Cong tess from this territory is taken from one the washington city papers the paper from which it is 13 copied does not state whether mr hooper would accept or decline tile the proposition for discussion tendered him bim by judge cradlebaugh baugh oll but from a private letus letter jece received ived by a gentleman in this city from washington we wa are informed that bat M mr ra H 1 will not and dare not accept the ch challenge allange of judge Crad lebau hp and that his bis declining to do so go will be regarded in in washington and elsewhere as aa evi evidence denci that he be cannot disprove the charges mide in the letter of the judge it has hag beta rumored bein but on what authority we ave inow now no that mr air hooper denies danles in wah washington ng it on that he isa is a Mor mormon monor or with the h 1 mormon church lie be does or not we do not know f one thing is certain whether lie he represents the religions religion tenets of the lle Alor or not as their political representative and delegate de it would certainly appear to be his duty to vindicate his constituents from such charges as the judge has made against I 1 thern them it i he felt able to do so BO Mor iron newspapers and leaders are it in the cot I 1 stant habit babit of evading tile the charges so 80 ft made them by attrib I 1 i them to slander and the statement of bided and irresponsible letter writers i but here the charges come in in no obscure form and filin no obscure arid and irresponsible source they are clearly and specifically rifi set forab the wait nian who ito makes them occupies a position of responsibility and honor that hat entitles his state statements menti to tows bome weight and consideration it if not disproved or denied lie he assumes assume a the buden burden of 0 establishing the charges that be has made against the mormon church and people if their heir delegate in congress aiu only meet him in public discussion cui cn ferning those charges and if this 13 declined the Mormon si linnet cannot hereafter as j they have heretofore skulk down behind the plea that irresponsible persons perona have haie lied a bout about them nor ca can n they elbex elsewhere here as am they have attempted to do here bere stifle the freedom of speech by bravado or tb threats of violence tf ebe T I 1 MB EDITOR I 1 have noticed bome disposition post ton ci on vi the part of the mormon papers per in in this city it y to find fault and abuse the e present mail contractors it may not be generally known that the t b e amount abou amou t of mail matter now brought to ill thi rity city Is haaf at least 70 per cent greater titan than it has been at any tirre previous ous this in connection with the fact of the mail be ilig brought lit in on time throughout the whole hole winter should at idaa entitle the contractors to the respect of this community who are reaping the benefits of a mail 1 route established expressly tor for the use of the army ardithe citizens of or the united states row now in an enormous expense the present wealthy contractors have been doing business for forthe the gover government for many dearsan ye arsan arsand abere re ia per fe r baas no company in the west who retain ane confidence of the mail and war departments to the same extent they have been anxious to serve sene the public in this service and when the service was I 1 reduced to a temi monthly they offered to carry it weekly for the same ducr anait bisno doubr bolke tl influence and knowledge of one of the I 1 contractors ore that we ow indebted for a weekly a serice darlng dc brig the tog coming to g sea e ai a i san and also an express that will place us w athin 4 or 5 days communication with vuth the atlantic and pacific tace th cae remarks are very much out of PI place a e coming fron from fro n the source they d do 4 aan and d show plainly that they conie com efrom irom a spirit still chafing under the smart of disappointment and want of confidence in the department ebo wilf will not trust the mail to Mori mormon tion contractors th this is however is natural and we advise our f to be patient there is is a good time coming the lord will lead his people out of this difficulty as he has out of many others that is to say he w would do so BO it if his h is confidence in thin them was any an greater than the heads of the post office department ONE WHO is interested I 1 |