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Show INTI-nilKMOVI'lltllMl'I III. MIDI MI-DI LU" Tur 11mlaf Commons will la-kM by ami Morln ii ngllalor to t-..iiYl lorltion mlsl lll lea In 1 Itsland to aleiilnn f'lyBaiiw u Mfmntsm r Icmellna! Ilrllaln Tin ful that Mor ' Inon rnl-slnnarlis are -till periling polygsmou- loetrhlii I ugtaul It n mnptlie evldinre thai the rofm-l ins of obnllenee to the Unlk-I HIslM law by the Monnimt lu Utah are not genuine, nn I the t ngllth ln..r in. in III In a wel f-oma aid to the 1 nltnd mates In upro.it lug the Inrainous pre. thv ' Thaforcgolng la from lha New Vork l"rtu It reminds us of tha sl)le of "argumtnCalopted by a lotil scrllrt wlnse "hglc" has become a sutject of common derision. The fact that "Mormon" missionaries are still I reaching prlygamout doctrine! In l.nglaud," la not n "fart." It Is a grotiollcM atsuuitlou. Theru Is no evidence to support IU Die "presumptive "presump-tive eivllunce" does nolexl-t, an J the conclusion Is not warranted by any nclual premise. The whole -auagrat h Is ctiiracterl-'.la of antl-"Mormon" rea-untng. It lias never teen the rule fir "Mormon" "Mor-mon" nilsslonalroa to go aWut the worl I preaching .lyganious doctrines. Hut It has been nee-ensary sometlmea loext lain the truth. In reference to the sutject, In order to meet the many untruths which preachers, lecturers anl e-dltora set forth as facts. Hut whatever may have lieeu donu lu this rieia-Lt lu tlmv-i past, It cannot bo truthfully said that the l.ldera abroad or at Innie elthir - iroaeh Jioly-gamous Jioly-gamous 'oetrlm-s now. Wa have seen Hie story, cabled from l.nglan I, that some over leal ms anil-".Mormon" anil-".Mormon" preachers contemplate ap-Ieallug ap-Ieallug lo I'arllamsul for the expulsion expul-sion of "Mormon" missionaries, but till not think It worthy of repeating. Home American (tapers, however, ap-ar ap-ar to be ( leased with It bet.auso It looks Ilka airuethlii! unpleasant for tho" Mormons" Hut they will find that there la nothing In It. It Is iiulle unlikely that any nolle will lie taken by the House of Commons Com-mons of thla nonsensical aud sectarian movement lu oue KuglMi town. Hut If It should bo th. ugul of autllclc-it Importance to require ofllclat action, that body will not bo worked up Into a furore, as the American Congress has beeu stirred occasional!-, by Hie clamors uf vengeful priests aud the cries of scheming nlventurera. It will luees-tlgate luees-tlgate fully before action, ami make sure there Is a wrong before attempting to apply a remedy. Hucli. efforts a this Nottingham torn-t-uat til a tt npot have been mado before andhavogoiiuoir lu harmless vaor. lumlry woull show that the alleged ground for this ropoatttou to prevent tree sfech had no vxlstenca. It would also show that Inability to nuet by fair argument and scrl tural reasoning the l-.atl.- ut ..rtl. t.m ll llln-.n..,l Kldeis, was the primal cause of the at-tenit at-tenit to eiel them. The sectarian I rcachera want to shut them out, because be-cause they i an not shut them up. II will not work. I.ngland Is too free a country for any such Intolerance to giln ground. It breaks oat lu spots, lilt II dies not materially atleel the the body of the nation. The New Vork Vcss woull do will to make sure of Its facta before It ) rocceda to draw Its Inferences, lock to tho ground before It Jumj a at a con elusion. Tho "Moiinon" inlulouarli-s In l'.nglaud are law-abiding men and will not taken course to Justify auy harsh treatment towards them, whether by excite linol-s ilecelveJ by e antlug priests, or ly measures that lake the form of law. The -(Vest seems to be ai bally Informed at to tbe ".Mormon" slliislluu In this Territory as In regard to It lu l.ugland. Head up, frleud, aud kerp paco with the limes. |