Show I LIBERTY OP CONSCIENCE SALT LAKE CITY Feb 271882 Editor Herald In attending the antiMormon meeting held last night in the Methodist Me-thodist Chapel I cannot say that I was enraptured with the inspiration of the occasion Its opening and closing were the best parts of it The unpatriotic resolutionsmore properly vicious propositions heralded he-ralded by the ladies for cur acceptance accept-ance were anything but womanly anything but fair play No doubt they will appear in due season and then your readers can judge for themselves 0 tempora 0 mores The Rev R G McNiece the first speaker of the musculine gender delighted his large audience with a burlesquing episode in burlesque phraseology ICe had read the Bible in Greek in Hebrew and in English and as a book it was utterly opposed to polygamy V Wonderful discovery disco-very All Mormonism was as rotten as a rotten apple With this spicy comparison he would c give way for better speakers than himself to occupy the time I thought that this was the most sensible utterance he made Governor Murray appeared and after bowing to the presiding authority endeavored to speechify somewhat after the manner ota ot-a statesman but signally failed He turned himself into an ecclesias tical synod He pronounced plural marriage no pare or parcel of re I ligion Would not permit any American citizen to practice it as apart a-part of a Christians creed The decision of the Supreme Court was supreme No appeal from it as it was the greatest court on earth Heaven apparently in such matters in the estimation of this speaker was nowhere Bringing his harangue to a termmaal point he said Possibly he had said too much very tiue and tho truest think he said All the ladies smiled Judge Boreman came forward Was well pleased to have an opportunity oppor-tunity to speak He made a ratling oration the burden of which was to the effect that foreigners were corning corn-ing into Utah to take away our place and nation A Mormon once went to be naturalized made the startling statement the all important impor-tant disclosure that he was the subject sub-ject of King Brigham He could hot tolerate such sentiments in these Rocky Mountains America for Americans General Bane was called up He considered that the Tribune was worthy of double honor It was a faithful exponent of the party The Tribune was the standard of I lost the eulogiun He was greatly excited and he thought it best to sit down so did the writer A vote was called to sustain the I resolutions A large vote was polled The contrary vote was called One man held up his hand long and high A voice There is but one God and one man all will plainly zee Is a very great majority INDEX |