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' that a moral lecture from a journal- BBBBBB1 Istic source from which could issue saBBBBBB BBBBBf te ""- ' 's(3a riBBBlBniiBBBBl a theory so utterly and horribly repugnant re-pugnant to every sentiment of pur-ity.is pur-ity.is simply apiece of unadulterated hypocrisy. The same paper, In this morning's. iuc, makes an attempt to set up a defense. 'It seed not be tald tliat it Is toUlly abortive. II Is more thaa that; It illl! lurtber proves the main point made by us yesterday. We here insert what it presents as an apology for ad vocat lng a curriculum selected from the programme of vice to enable young "Mormon'" to graduate into "Lib-trait' "Lib-trait' freedom: - "At that time a hish officUl of tbo Mormon Cburcb, who had been a prominent member cf ttie Mormon communltyfor many years, was con: victedinapiicstly court of a series of crimes so loalbsqme that it Is impossible impossi-ble to s'-a'.o what they were. Ho was convicted in a Church court, maJo to Kiro op bis office, and sent out of ths city lie ought to have gone to the penitentiary, bnt hbr crime was -concealed until bo gt away, as is o very otber crime among Mormons when it U possible to keep the matter atflC That there was an instance of immorality im-morality on the part of a local Church official is admitted. It is also trie that ha was put upon trial for his fellowship before a Church court in the locality where Cie oSense was alleged to have been committed. The court which investigated in-vestigated the Case adjudged that tbo charge was sustained and the accused was excommunicated from tbe Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. The action was oftl-chlly oftl-chlly published in the columns of this journal, as can be proved by reference to its liles of the date in question. The person referred to had resided in this city, but was at the time the ol!ene with which he was charged was committed and subsequently a resident of another part of the Territory. He was also indicted and tried under the law In the district where he was located. AH this was a matter of public notoriety noto-riety at the time, nnd proves the utter falsity of the Trtiune statements state-ments quoted above regarding Ibe case. All that paper has proved by alluding to this Incident besides showing its own propensity to fal-I-fy Is that the "Mormon" Church does not tolerate immorality iu Its members, and that "high otllcials" are not exempt from this rule. Falsehood is both immoral and coward!y,and wo will quote another nllejtd incident oflVreJ by the Tn'junc as an excuse for advocating the grog shop, the gambling den and tbe brothel as the means by which the young men of the ''Mormon" ''Mor-mon" Churrh should sink Into the slough of 'Liberalism." We again quote: 'About the samo timo a woman was brought here, and under tho process pro-cess of tbe court the question was asked her who the father of her child was. She declined to answer. She was sent to tho penitentiary for contempt. con-tempt. Sbe was made a martyr at once. Tho'Nnw was furious in Its denunciations of the barbarity of courts that would send a woman like her to tho penitentiary be.-ause there was so much womanhood in her that showonldgo to prison rather than givo evidence which might convict and send her husband to prison. Tbe good and charitable Mormon people sent ber bedding and fruits and lowers low-ers and delicate food. They made all of the case passible until it transpired that the reason she would not tell tbe nams of the father of her child was because tbe father of tbo child was her own father.'1 Tbo unadulterated diabolism and brutality of the foregoing causes one to be inclined to the opinion that there may be individual instances which Illustrate that the doctrine of total depravity is not entirely groundless, and that at least one specimen in point can be lound in the offlcu of our groveling coterapo-rary. coterapo-rary. There were several icstanccs associated with cases under the Edmunds law of plural wives who were placed on the stan J by the prosecution to give evidence ngainsl their husbands. When such was thecal it several tjotes occurred that the witness declined to tell who was the father of her child, in order to screen ber husband. She thus simply exhibited a womanly trait, a characteristic of her sex, planted there by the Creator, and for which she Is not responsible. A true woman will defend her husband tbe oljcct of her affectionsat af-fectionsat the risk of her own comfort and safety. Hence several, in some Insiauces accompanied by young babes, were sent to prison. Hio .vile and utterly villainous statement to the effect that there was any such reason for refusing to answer as to the paternity of n ChllJ, a) that stated by the advocate advo-cate of drinking, gambling nnd prostitution as reformatory agent", is destitute of an atom of foundation. founda-tion. Tbe court aud prison officials are aware that we now speak tho truth, and cannot but regard the pjblisberof a libel so infamous with abhorrence. We thought at the time, we think now aud always expect to entertain enter-tain the opinion, that theimpthson-ment theimpthson-ment of women not even accused of crime and in some instances of infants, in-fants, was, under the circumstances, a grave departure lrom civilized usage. We have never sought to disguie our vlewa on the gut jeer, and we happen to know that they have been an J are shared by mtuy thoughtful and consistent noc-'Morinons." noc-'Morinons." Tbe same article of this morning contains otber statements of a similar simi-lar nature. They have no element of truth in them, but space precludes pre-cludes the practicability of taking them up ani demolishing them tn'aftm. The filtli-seafced scribbler goes on in this fashion: "And a man who bad been a Mormon, Mor-mon, who had been a Mormon missionary, mis-sionary, who knew all about tbo institution, in-stitution, ono morning, meeting tbo writer in the TVitanr, declared that it would be a mercy and an act of saving grace for young "Utah to take up tho vices which pertain to humanity and practice them rather than to be involved in-volved in such c cursed work as was gulng on around us. Ills words wero dressed up and put in print with some comments. " Yes. The man had been a "Mormon," "Mor-mon," and had even been a "Mormon "Mor-mon Missionary." He bad drunk tbe reeking cup he prescribed for the young members of the Church. He had swallowed tbe horrible decoction de-coction which the editor of the Tribune said was gooJ medicine, and was cut ofl" from the "Mormon" Church. He himself was a terriblo example of his own theory, being a human wreck, and he acd the Tribune editor call his condition freedom. What a calumny upon tbe sacred name of Liberty ! The very remedy which such characters char-acters would apply as an antidote to "Mormonlsru" Is a high compliment to Its morality. The claim set upln Justification of tush advocacy sets all tho rules of reason and logic at defiance. It means that In order to cure immorality you muat seduce thoco who aru Immoral into the paths of vice. It means that in order to Increase moral purityyou must swell the proportion of immorality im-morality In Its moat repulsive forms. The secret of such advocacy lathis: Tht young "Mormons" who are seduced from the paths of sobriety and virtue, as a rare, join tho "Llb-erRlTsntactKl "Llb-erRlTsntactKl are received wlttf open arms by the Tn&imc gang. |
