| Show SUCH A bearing in ili mind how bow tew few mormons cormons went into polygamy the above Is a detached sentence from our upton up ton jovn contemporary alio lew who went into polygamy poli gamy gainy mould number just about ou bouc third of the malo population of marriageable ago age again this contemporary says that most convictions havo have boon beet unjust th that atthe alio supreme court has reN orind tile decisions of the utah courts on those these matters again and again that 1 if again abd again was just about twice it lias las decided that chat mogro gated cona actions were unlawful it lias has decided too that a mail cannot bo be con call feted on his hia alfes ires testimony llo standing the statute in fit utah which provides for or a wife to testify choro shameful wrongs have been upon hr her by her bor husband bus band less alss decision doci have been reversed from rom the utah courts in ili tha supreme courtl of the ibe united states than dom any other or territory in the union with the possible exception of idaho and wyoming which territories had very fave inhabitants up to ten tell 3 lean cari ago in tile the yn matter at berof of a mormon between tile iab of this country anti the order of tile tho chief ahl t ot of tile the church tile the penitent penitentiary lary has bas lien li en crowded to oer flowing tor for years ith hundreds of men alio A lie were there flat 1101 bIl bira cause iio they were welp devoted to a principle but because they did not diro dare di lite ho edicts edict of jio church and that nut on oil a matter which all the time tho the delegate of tile tho mor mons moll lit in congress declared was A 11 matter mailer s simply imply lit in the alio discretion of tile men we know that thai when tho the civil var ik was as on and tile president ot of the iho church used to pray for tho the destruction of both sides sidell the anions amens cordial we know that tile sons or of cormons mormons Mor mons educated nt at tile expense of 0 tire alio government have after having taken tile tho oath nath of allegiance to tho the government over and over avor frankly said that lit in the ot of a collision between mormons cormons find and tho the government ot at the united states choy we would look to the bead of the church lor for or orders ders hut but why follow tho cho treaty theme A Is 1 established ca called tied tile iho government of god or tho the Xing kingdom doin of god tho the theory ot of it ii that god coil himself through his rules on in this earth nd ad that tho the priesthood receives dally from koda kodj ad men on giva their allegiance to this government erni nent and it permeates every walk of life it Is riot not confined to a religious gov government ern ment at all As brigham young I 1 veil is 0 I 1 to lo say it gave the right to the iho priesthood to dictate how many butt buttons ions or r hooks cooka and e bics es tho the women ol of tho the congregation Pre gre gation should put on their heir clothes and yet this of a journal says that no obedience irom from tho the Is enforced or taught which only shows how monumental and measureless a liar this contemporary la IS |
