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Show H '''". A ur-"UI COMMIS'sIOXEtt'.S PER- LssssH ' i 1 ,-jft. VKKMCttS. HH m I f B j 5i f B fA nisrATCH from Fort Wayne, B' ft M Indiana, to the St. Louli Globe- K J J 5 Democrat, conveys what purport to H j , Ij be an Interview with Col. It. S. LHHH ' . . Robertson, of the Utah Commission. 1 1 E 'le uew"PaICI' "interview" is so B w J I C often iIccctivo anj mi-IeaJIng that H c j 9 litlleconfl dence can be placet! in it. LnninniH 5 Ls Prominent persons are alleged to LnninanS x M have said things which they never ianflH ' ' ' am thought of, somctimesthey have not LnninninH I IvJl am been seen at all by the veracious ? nninninnB I Fk ztl reporter, and at others their views H j P SS are to incorrectly r-taled tlrat the LnninniH I i ; public are deluded w hen they place H f and dependence upon the report. H ' . f However, in UiU 'interview" B ft if there are some remarks which were HHfl I I J evidently made by the Commts- BBI I i, I slouer, and we will therefore treat B ( J; them as genuine. He endeavors to B tat throw cold water ou the declaration g!, publlthed by President Wilford 1 I St wiodnifl, and in a roundaliout way Ti IP attempts to mat the emphatic ele- r fm nlal in that document of the aster- BBflj ' w Hon in the Commissioners' report BBH ! . as to r-ent plural marriages, iluch B 1. I of the intirview, as re-ortcd, is BBJI v ' I wfuo of the mark, and amounts to a BBC very ungentlemanly and csaricin- BBE i sinuatlon concerning President !;' WooiIruIPs veracity. As to tltat fe we are perfectly willing to have the J reputation of the two individuals 't for truth and honesty comjared, ' L and have no fears for the remit, so , 1 ' far as President Woodnift is con- B i ) cerned. We do not believe there is BBV fj an nntI-"iIormon" of any promi- BBB f ; nenco in Utah who believes that he BBB - would publish anything he believed K 1 j ; to be untrue. B ' Passing this by, with tho tlmple BBj J , comment that Hich low rellcctions BBB ' ' Indicate the sort of person who cast Ba I . them, we reproduce some of the BJ I closing remarks of the Commls- BJ , 5 I tJoner as reported In the UloLc- immmm j Democrat: ' j "It hasbsen hrewdlysnffffdtoi;to ppH . . 1 President Wu'NlruU' ooncladed Com BJ f -, I misjloner Koberton, 'that itwonld be BBj I - : cxceedinglyprofltabloforhlm to hive HBBW another revel&uon, declaring th&t the BBJ doctrine of polygamy should be no BJBJj longer adhered to by tho Saints. Such BJBJf I a revelation would greatly assist his BBB I W. case and pot him in the llht of ono willing to abide by tha Uir thitseekt )ths extinction of ths horrid crime of which he is the chief apologist I5ut no revtlAtion has as yet been forth-mmlo?, forth-mmlo?, probably because wusout the institution of polyAtuy the Mormon leaders mint Ioo tho power which OmakelJectsubecUontor thousands of Ipnorant and bigoted persons, and , the vast revenues of tho Ctinrch BBB ' I might then be expended in directions B dK calculated to upbuild the mon- BJBb jS strous institution ol which WoodruH BJJB 3 is tho 'inspired' lisil. Plural inir- BJaB Jftt rlasare et entered into beyond a HhBB s doub and ths Mormons coutlnua to BJlB F hold their conferences and hurl do- BlBK i ft lianee at the government and its BBV M agents. " BJ 5g The euggettion which tiic Com- H ' JR rnlsiioner thinis I- "threwd" ia BB i j. gj neither original nor sensible. It has BBB i J ' M been ofTered mazy times for several ggB If " . W years. It is an evidence of the BH 1 ' j ;g Uiougutlees aud Uippant manner in BBB l ,';iS which antl-'-Mormans" attempt to H I ' m reguhte the creed of the Litter-uay BJJH i ' jf'; Stints. A ciuotatiou here from the Bj . ' ' Kt Ktw Testament ought not to be BH j W considered out of place, especially by gBjBl ' X,s persons who profess resjiect for PBB -f Christianity. It is this: BJBJj 1 J "For the prophecy came not in ld BJBJj 3; " Umeby then ill of nun; bat holy men BBB i B? of Qod spike as they vrerj moved by BBB 'I 1?P the Holy Ghost." im J ' Y Revelation, whether it retains to BJJI j t 'i the jiast, present or future, is not at BJJB ' J i ' j tker command of men. If Col. B""" t Reberfeon kncVs of any mtaus . whereby the Almighly can Iw com- , s r,,l1 ' p-veal something that will f J suit him and other persons who make this demand, we would like jL him to ue them without delay. ,f Disbelievers have the right to K 1 reject anything purportin; to be BJJ ' revelation that does not appeal to BH j. their reason or tludr faith. But H I they havent tin ni;ht to expect a H , f revelitln to ordc-. r.or ta find fault BJJB ! i bjcause such an ab turdity is not H (4 fortheomiu;. On U10 o'iier liand, HJjJl iM bohevera liavo thorilitto tlicir con- Ht 1 , i& iclionsanl to bz.icve that which HBV 'itB oommen Is itself hi their Judgment BB pB or uvokes their faitn. They sbojld H t Jj ba protected In tha right, and not Bj iW be subjected to the Fticeri and rf- H 'S baldry comprehcndnl in CoL Itob- H ertson's stale wit and cheap pla BBB bl glarlsm. H Vhea President WooJrutT re- H if ceives anything from a Divine H si source for the Churdi over which he HJjB presides, lie will be sure to deliver HJHj 5. tile message. An I there is no HJJB It power on earth tint can compel him H If tj rui'ieaoojuterfeit, or prclcui to B if anything which to him is not as H fl .' genuine as the pure light of heaven. H J. As to what would l-o '-profitable," H f in the sense which seems to appeal H x to the eoul of CoL Itobertson, we H t? know, and si do the whole H I holy of Latter-slay BalnU, that HJHJI t ', '- such consideratloni have not B c the slightest weight .with our B I '" venerable Presid-nt. His whole H i life Is proof of his di'lnteres-ed and HJjB f-jfi uny-lfisli nature and motives. And H I ' before be would put hi) name to HJJB n anything untrue, nrdescrnd to such H tfv , mis representation! a appear to be JH ,1 indulged In by some of the Utah Commission, he would endure the j bitterest pangs of poverty and drain j the cup of ajverslty to the dregs. 't Five thousind or five hundred thou- HJHJ I Band doIUrs a jrear would not tempt HJjJj 9 him to malign any ople orperson, HJB A B and to retain a "pro31able" post. H H ' jB tion he would never pander for an B .. m instant to the prejulicei of the hS w - tlmej- JH ty SU?"" 'H Tlle "a,ev"1 subjects" which B U t B exlit in the mind's eye of Colonel H I ' Ve Robertson, or rather in the words of H It his lips, are not to be found else hW where. We will not accuse him of uttering anything original. The words are but an echo. But they embody a falsehood. It Is one that sulU hUjMirposeand is likely to And favor. Itut It Is utterly without foundation in fact, whether he knows it or not. The Commissioner is not acquainted with the people of Utah cr with their faith or condition. Ho has been here, he has been told the usual tales, he has drawn his salary, but he knows no more of the "Mormons" "Mor-mons" than if he hid never seen a "Mormon," and Is no more competent compe-tent to discourse concerning them than of tho dwellers in the antipodes. anti-podes. The closing sentence of the re-remarks re-remarks we havy quoted, contains two pcsillve falsehoods, from the obloquy of uttering which we challenge chal-lenge Col. Robertson to free himself. If there are any plural marriages of recent date of which he is cognizant, cog-nizant, let him furnish tho evidence. evi-dence. Marshall!, grand Juries, prosecuting attorneys and district courts are watching and waiting for such informitlon. If dcfUncts of the Government are being hurled, at conferences, they can be quoted and tnui proof can be produced. pro-duced. If lie does not bring forward rami cases of polygamy, polyg-amy, and some citations cf defiance of tho Government, he will stand accused of wilful falsehood. We charge him with it, here and now. We say nothing of his motives. We merely deny his words and de-maud de-maud that be produce his proof. It is by just Mich means as tills 'Interview" that the country Is deceived de-ceived in regard to tho ''Mormon" question. There are no words too strong that can bu uttered In condemnation con-demnation of such a course. Only politicians, using the term in lis lowest signification, hirelings of the pulpit and harpies of the press would be guilty of such iiroceeding. When tho tone of society is raised they will very soon disappear or bo utterly contemned. Against the interested utterances of the Utah Comiilssloner we append ap-pend tho following. This is from tho Sacramento Heourtl Union: "President WoodruflTof the Mormon Church has issoed an address in which be alvisos the Church membership member-ship to obey the law and cease from pi aral marriage. Ho denies warmly that since tho aClrniaUnn of the constitutionality con-stitutionality of the anti-polygamy law by the Supreme Coart he and his church havo advocated plural marriage, mar-riage, or de&incs of the law. Wo believe be-lieve Woodruff to be sincere 13 the advice ad-vice ho gives his followers. Ho is wLseenonghto understand that it is useless to attempt to defy the United States of America, and that submission only is left to the Mormons. lie prefers pre-fers that it coma with peace rather than with fores and arms." And tliis from tho Denver Meter. "President Woodrnff In the inot solemn manner declares that tho charges of the Utah Commission that forty plnral marriages havo been contracted con-tracted since June last, and that in public discourse tho leaders of the Church havo tanght, encouraged and urged tho continuance of polygamy, is false. We are not teaching polygamy or plural marriage,' hs rays, 'nor permitting per-mitting any person to enter Into its practice.' If they wero. and if such marriages wero solemnized, the law makes it the duty of tho oulsers of the United htates tn arrest and bring such parties to trial, and it fonnd guilty to punish thsnu A declaration of innocence inno-cence on tho part of tho President of the Church is sufficient unttl the contrary con-trary is established. Ths burden of proof is on tho government. If the latter cannot establish its chsrees they mutt fall to tho ground. Xo pariy can bs adjudged guilty until after a fair and impartial trial." |