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Show "The Honesty of Mormonism From the Deseret News, Saturday. An article bv Leonard Henslowe on "The Jloncstv of Mormonism" appears In the London Opinion of May 20. last. It Is another ovidence of tho fact that tho sentiment in .England is not all anti-"Mormon," anti-"Mormon," as might be Inferred from tho noise made by fanatics. The article Is published In Hie illllonlal Star of May 2u: "Amidst this outburst agalii3t Mormonism. Mormon-ism. It Is woll io admit its honesty. Whatever What-ever else this legalizing and systematizing systematiz-ing of plural marriages may bo called, It was at least fair nnd above board. "Were it not for the edict permitting plural marriages In Utah, thero would have been many thousands of women without a. homo of their own, without a purpose in life, and without a good reason for existence. In the new-found country of Utah, men prospered quickly, the riches of tho land added, riches to their pockets; they married, increasod, and multiplied. "In any other community it would end there openly, but one knows Just what would have, surreptitiously happened under un-der the circumstances. Prosperity and a much larger women population over men Is apt to result In conflict with the proclaimed pro-claimed moral laws.- "Tho Hders of the Mormon church recognized this, and so Instituted, under atom supervision, a restricted permission of plural marriages. "When a man had been married happily hap-pily and contentedly, lie was allowed to lako another wife, and yet another If his prosperity permitted of him taking a separate house, for each, and keeping up a separate establishment. Under no circumstances was a man allowed to marry twlco If his first venture had not been satisfactory. 'Tho marriages were hedged round with the same responsibilities as are those In Europe: the wives were treated with the same deference and respect as here; the children were brought up with as great care. Wh tit ever may he written in fiction about 'favorite' wives and 'principal' wives, according to their laws there was no favorlii.Ju more than for another, om i,,,BS wife had her own ficJSlS and the husband divided hK fc" each, or whom IiIg present Hn qulred-not. simply ieffl WJ ' "Polygamy worked . L . Utah for some gnwntfoi?11 be working as smoothly IfS'? Interference of the o L?r Union. er otatt "Tho Mormons compiled win. J dose wishes of the rest of n"hl catiflo they wanted tc boftl lulpn and reprinted V0.? Parliament, not because IV."1 ill-feeling In their o ,hftCri the slightest hesitation ; L l?1 themselves that thoy W?J M the dictates of Provident dor tho conditions of u"tillJl8 ritory. "-"ling a; "The groat difference Www'? amous community and ' eCn-one eCn-one Is that with th flrm,0, protected by the iSwsf1' respected by her nelghbo- tranquil life. fiilflll! h tiny. 5 r "With tlio latter, ihora u acknowledged wife to caeh tnere Is. a large float In? Yo aimless womankind cirnTnf ns best they can, and thcr1.7 merged class who HVe clonai,.h utter usclessnr-Bs. extent iuT1 minister to the unlawful certain type of man. 'tnMS obvious reasons are not rceciS ognlzed by thol,- more foffi? theie is no teal Joy ln t,,ln are a menace to their offsjU they have any, and ihew-,S into Hie world in unholy u2J taint upon their Infancy and 5s their names. Mow many thni.tJ and children thorn arc In iSSP i difficult to Imagine:" th?ft tence is hidden away from thU world. "'J "Without for a moment i polygamy, it is at least obvlnfi a polygamous community, VS? the drawn blinds and the lXr, pleasure aro unknown y,J "Salt Lake City until th-i settlers other than Mormon most exemplary city in the not only In matters of n other morals as well. ' ; "It was a community of kJ ship, peace; the tithes tint thu roquircd of thorn made ifi wealthy, and without Bills of t the poor were cherished, the W tho down-trodden defended "Of all tho communities1 is5 visited, none was happier or porous than they. Their n? faith, their church were IdtiH manner that shamed mostmi munliles. ? "And the present-day &1t h with which we have now lo different inasmuch as the cUV flooded with members of other U their laws have been chanzS abandoning of the plural tnartS "It may be said that a clmrrt alter Its Inspired dictrinc at S of Parliament cannot be. rcA very seriously, but they qU0-authority qU0-authority the words of the fo Christianity. 'Render unto Cam and I ho words of St. Paul wS advised to he subject to Kiln and rulers.' Tho Mormons, & to join the Federal Parliament tated abandoning plural marria doned it without further ado doesn't discredit the worihlna system, its honesty and strafe ncss." |