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Show "IKIIIIIM." l'KTTlFOtlGIXII. A riiaraclrrlitlc exhibition or Antl Mormon 1 dltorlJl Juggler. The Xtu's of March Bill (ublhlied a joitlou of a lecture by a Mormon Klder on "Joaipli Hmllh aa a true Prophet." Thul.ldcr re told the ao. count of Joeejli Hmlth'a converutlou wllu Kteven A. Douglas In which It v a predicted that Mr, Uouglaa would attempt to aecuru the I'rnldeucy of the nation, lUfarring to thla Iwturcaa though It were an editorial of the Nrntt, the 7K'uie said: ' Stephen A. Ikiuglaa waa an Aliiorlcun taleainaii. r.irinarly he waa a Judgo ou Hie lb ni h In Illlnola. When Hie Mor inmis who ilrll en out (if MUaourl lulu Illlnola, w lib tl.n a Igor w lil( ti was part at hi nature he Inaeatlgated thoroughly their system an 1 rem hut the Irrealallblo mui.lii-.loii that ll waa aoliuttitug more than a creed, that II waa u government diametrically oi ..laM.., Hie llavcrnment of the United riuitc aril when the Mil ula In turn wile ilrl veil out of Illlnola, an I, when rrom thla region tuey petitioned peti-tioned for rilaleiioud, Judge linugtaaln 1.1a Inclalte bay declared tliat Hie inllAl NtaU a lio eriuni lit atiuuld luteroae aud an laCiiiiinllssluii tiero lo govirn Hit 'territory, tnukeil with auniiltut force to eufircullaeillcla.'' I want to call alleutlon to a misrepresentation misrep-resentation In thu above. It waa when the Mormon were driven from Mia-vourl Mia-vourl that Mr. Douglis became tlulr friend, nnd Ultras la nothing noth-ing to Indicate that lie waa not their friend all through their ieraecutloii lu Illlnola. Up to HU ut Knit, he wa. Intimate wllh Joseph Hmlth, and on the ISth of May of mat year Mr. I)ou .(las dined Willi Mr. rSinltU at Carthage, Car-thage, Illlnola, and It waa on thatoo-laaton thatoo-laaton that the imllulou was made that It Is claimed waa a4 Iruo" proph ec) , That was but a ) ear hi fore Mr. Hmllh) Uratlt and Mr. Douglaa slid nothing against the Mormons until 1S.7, fiiurleiioiara after that (Oliver aalien took place. I unhrrmnre, the Mormoua pell tloiuaj for Huitihood III 1 S IU. eight lean tnlore Mr. Ilouglaj optmdlila ilagalnst them. It U clear, llieic-tore, llieic-tore, that the yiomie mlarepriverita Mr. Diuglas, andyetthl la a matttf of lilslon. I taliow a how llttl.i reliance can la laced upon the rn'mnc't state, menu In aojlhlui couurulug the Mormoua. Agalll the TH&i, I ll Ita rrttltuitB-l liir eflort to weaken the force of the ataln. mentamale to Mr. lwulaa by Mr. Hmlth, aays "ll waa ufo lo lell him. b,lbnl he wonl I die, for the iliaitay even ihen wa Upon hlru which kllc"d him, a dla.-aae wlik h waa bej-ond III' afli nee of medicine to relieve " That la to air, the Triiunt rueerla that when Mr. Douglaidlni-J wllh fir. Mnilth on the ISth of May, I"",,"' waa eiitlerlnir from a dlaeaao "which waa Uynnd tho eclciice of nuillclne to relieve" Vet he lived tMl'tctn yoirt after that dlnuer, that wnveraallori and thai prclhllonl It will doiiltlew l-eiicwa to Mr. Douglaa lo l In-forme.1 In-forme.1 thua thai In 191 iliewaaa randy 0 far gone that mellcal aklll roll Id not relieve hint. Thla la only another oyl-deuce oyl-deuce of the TrtmM't aklll aa a l-rtll- "f I wia well known IhatMr. UotiglM dlaapiioliilmenl ha.tined hi death, aa Imllar dlaoprolntment lial liurrleal WeUter Into ihe unknown, aa Imllar illsapiwlntment haateut-.l Oreelrt death. It la quite likely that Mr. Douglaa had for yiara forgotten that continttloiiwlth Jieih rinillh and lied without recalling It. lut, while Ihoirrdlclloniuayliavo had nothing whaleterlodowlth Mr. IDtiglaa' defeat, de-feat, while Ida h llllty lo the Morowna may have In no wise coiilrlbutid to hla di feat, there la no nee.1 to mlsrepreeent the hlatorlcal facu lu order lo niauu-facturepreju niauu-facturepreju Ilia, agalnil Ihe Mormona Mr.lugl.takiiw Mr. Bmllli and Uoublk-aa many more of the Mormoua well. Mr. Douglas knowing more about the Mormoua Ihan the editor of I lie Iti'iune at-rma to know, waa their friend for many yrare, and not until tho malice of Ilrooehua, Drummoud, Magraw, and othera of their kind had iiccce-led lu creating a belief In tho l.at that the Mormona were lu rebellion re-bellion nln.l tho govttnmeut of tho United r)tale!,did Mr. Dougluaaya word against them. Ho had not known them personally for fourteen jears. He knew how Ihey ha I been drlrtn. Iln may have Letleved that Ihey were lu rela-llloii, at charge.!, aud so believing he may have made up Ida mind that they ahould be dr-ilrvycd. rhen, again, Hie outcry against thu Mormoua lu the hast waa very Utter nnd gineral, No man could hate ho-nl tolioilcctrd lo the Presidency of the nation who shoul 1 defend them Mr. Douglaa, II waa remembered, had lieen i he friend of the Mormona. When he thought thu time had come for tilm loaakforthn hlghtet ofllce In the gift of the Ii le, ha may havo ri lleru-il that his friendship for the hated Mormona Mor-mona would lo ralMal against him and hence he woul 1 kill the puulblllly of duch a thing by denouncing them. Huch a thing la not only ima-illle, but Irl human, and Mr. Douglaa waa human. All the facta lu the caao and all thu rtauuit tlona era aoll 1 against the rancor or the 7rVun as shown In Ita allorta to twltt, distort ami mlsrc'ra sent the actual rtlatfou lllplhat exlale.1 Indwell Hletell A. Douglaa, JoeelirimlHi and thu Mormon Mor-mon laioiile prior lo lo7. rtu rn la no reason to doubt that mich a cnnuraatlou did occur,a I reiiortr-J, If the Mormon iivo1h tail It a true I rnphi-cy, w hat la there wrung In tllntf If there wire prophets In am It lit limce, why ahould there not tie proj h-eta h-eta now? Tim 7bouiia dotes on tho iropheta of the j-ast, why ahould It stultify Itself by aaumliig a ioaltlon, the logical outcome of which la that Uod la dead and tliereforo the gift of iirohecyla lost furcurt Ut ua tell thelrutuatid have the event to (line. CiiAiiua l.Lt.u. |