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Show A BRAZEN SOUL. The letter which appears In this morning's Tribune, signed by "Manor Born." concerning the Smith church Insurance In-surance company. Is written by a well-known well-known devotee of the faith founded by-Joseph by-Joseph F "s uncle. Our correspondent Is actuated by a sincere desire to make correction of wrongs perpetrated by tho hierarchy He thinks the faith has been degraded b commercializing process, he believes that an Instant check Is necessary; nnd he would strive for a remedj of wrong dune and an establishment estab-lishment of safe principles In Mormon community guidance. The Tribune sympathizes with his grief, with his rebuke, with his pur-pose; pur-pose; but such sympathy will be as unavailing un-availing as his effort to stop the career of the Mad Mullah of Mormonism, who Is as Insensible to the appeal of righteousness right-eousness as a graven image Is insensible insensi-ble to the prayer of a pagan. No argument argu-ment receives consideration at the hands of Joseph F. Smith, unless that argument is founded upon some material mate-rial and selfish advantage to accrue unto Smith. He knov B all that the revelations rev-elations say, as quoted by our correspondent. corre-spondent. He should know that his course of life justifies the opinion In all observers that the whole system is a fraud; that there never were any genuine gen-uine revelations; that Mormonism is a man-made affair; and that he proposes to feather his own nest before a crash comes Not all the attacks of the world upon the creed of the Mormon people have been so effective In creating disrespect dis-respect as has been the conduct of the present hlerarch. The man who can show any sympathy for the present government of the Mormon church must be lacking In Intelligence or sense of justice. While e.j-rv word stptcd ,hy .our CXLC. respondent should have weight, he will find that the knave at the head of the hierarchy, the besotted favorites who affiliate W Ith his puipose, and the dupes who contribute their substance to his profit, will continue In their crime nnd folly. As stated hi these columns on other occasions, the remedy is not In an appeal ap-peal to the brazen soul of Joseph F. Smith, it Is in the law. Smith has already al-ready perpetrated enough fraud; and if State statutes can not protect Innocent Victims, the t'ongress of the United States will some time take this question Into its keeping, and the whole system will be smashed to smithereens |