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Show TIIK JIM.MDN n'Ml'W.. Hon. Jehu T. lain- Defends Turin AgUntt llielr C'dliimiilal.irf. The following statitneul from the Utah Deltgnte to Congre.a ap' tared in the l'ltuburg, l'a., th'patc-'t June i:thi "From tho Hist th Mormoui have coutvnutd that the) were nut understood under-stood by tho wurlJ, that utlther their religion nor their touduct waa lineall-gated lineall-gated by thoae liotol thetu, but that judgment wat )atasd uud ixttutlon issue 1 upun au tx ar-ei tutvmont of thoiase. "It wan known that Mormon lo.-lleved lo.-lleved tu and iattlcel pul)gamy, and as the Clitletlitnily and the tlvllKitloll of the age were buth oppoiet to plural in irrUge, what wo term enlightened lnankind turned against the Mormon! without taking tho trouble to Inquiries Inquiri-es lo the exteul of tho to called evil or to nsk wliat manner uf too In these Mormons wereoulsldu nl their marital practices. It w-va atsutned thai all .Muriuui.a were jlyguilat, that thu women were ol the olftlislvo class, that the Orients! harem waa the prototype pro-totype bfour homes, that liuniorallt) waa -revtlenl and lauctlfied by religion, relig-ion, uud that thu ouriieiitoiie uf our laitn waa lust. Yet, ai a matter of fact, (olygamy was - ructlccdbysuch ihinall ircviil age of the -ule as tu male It little mure thin culuctdeutln a gtcal com-miiully com-miiully numbarlLg JO 1,000 souls, rue Mormon homta are and -dwaye have been as pure as thu hornet uf uthtr eole; Mormon wives are us virtuous aud modest au I Moruuii men as re t,arJful of tho marital tows and ubll gallum a tho wives und huibatide lu any other Chrlillan society. tub ri'mio .NOT tsrurtMKII. l'roof that thu Amurlcau oilu aru deplorably nud Inexcusably Igu rant concerning our community Is lurulsh id In thu nteut savage Hssauttuiiou I'ntldent l.llul, or Harvard University. Univer-sity. Dr. l.lioi did not uppltud or Justify lolygainy; ho did'iot even I eik toleraully oi It. Ou thu conlrar), tils addresN was lu thu usttiru of a tun gratulallontolbe country uud In the Mutinous themielvee that oi)gamy had iHeudl.cuullii'ied. He.llU, now. uvtr, aiy a good word to uud lor the Mormons, not ou account of their pot) gamy which no sane man should chargo him with a proving but be came of thosu t Irltual and material virtues of thu Moriuoutof which ordinary ordi-nary eoi!u hevu bo ivrililtnlly ru-lustxl ru-lustxl loltarn. HUtV 1 lir8ll)lM MOT i.l.ASONf II. The doctor saw lu Utah pretty nnJ pruiiorous title! and Ihrlviug towns; lie taw tlattly business blocks anl magnltlcent itslJuucci; he intt mm and woineu who were In uo rtsieit It ferlor to tlio i lucati-d and culturei puoplo with whom ho la In tho habit uf associating elsewhere; lu short, bo saw thai a vigorous joung American com uionwealtli haJsirunguptu thu wit deriuss of u few )eareago, and lie very mturally concluded thnt what he tw could not have buen achieved by a depraved and Immoru! .ople. 11 lakes earuttlieit and Inltgrlt), lion-eity lion-eity and ilevcdlou, brulus am brawn and w lihal a slucerlt) of purpose lo accomplish ac-complish what a -.tucrutloti has brought forth In Utah. I'r.sldtnt l.lioi u new this nnd hu labroal tnough to recogultu these virtues, courageous enough lo arkliowletgo thtui and manly tnough lo tummend aud ap I Itud Ihem. It has been asserttd anioug other things that the Mormon are largtly (jreigiiboru onl are alien lu stutl ilioul. It Is tunicleut answer to this that thu found! is uf tho Church vcru New F.nglandors, moat uf tho tarly lellJen being ul 1'urlUll tlodc. Thu sutteislve teiisut reiortt ijovo tint tlio i-erctntageuf foreign Uiru 0itU tlon lilontr lu Utah than lu tnau) uf Ihonhlur htalui, Ihn tommuiill) la tssetlllally Amsrlcalllu btlth aoduonu tlio less su lu sentiment, training and education. Moidion I'ATlironsx. Within a few hours of thu urrlvalot thu luneers III tho Hilt Like Valley, llrlgham Vrnin,- and n few of his hitndlul cf followers tllmbt-1 a lofty mountain overlooking the tttu of thu I resent Hall Lake City uud trectlug a lltgt all tuereuu, awuii to the brreru the hurt nu J hlil is. Unit mounlalu hay suite bttu kuowu na l.iislgn l'eak. Ihu II tg ol the Mormoos always his been tlio ling i't thu Amerf tan Uuilii It ha- wavtdcuntluuoiiily overall Out bred land since the July day lu 13 17 nheu It Una taken trom I thu box In which It had bten taiefully i tianaturlednvera thou. and miles or trockbss wlldernett and railed In an tnemy't t.untr). The ntlonal ItoltJayi an 1 vetitt lnt lilng eulhusi aim lu Anierltan brtasti havebc.li ilebratel In Utah at tlsewhuo throughout lh Ian I, the commetu I iiilvelonflretburniug aslngli'lyi l"e rannuu rutrlog a. inerril) the n " drtsen, breaming ks dep pfttil ;ui . nud thu in .. "enthusing" and np i Inu Hug ht arillr and ilnten iy as lu Mss.achu.tlls.ir Virginia. All this talk whlth has Uelldluuul Ititothut-artif thu Anierhall eo!e! lortht. Ihiidofftccnturvto the eirect that the Mormoo! are allcni and want-log want-log In pairlollam la malicious slander, I which hat let n illspniven every day, though the evidence has been rejected I y many pro'csilng atrlots. TIILIII HILII1 i.x Tilt aivatliUTio,(. The( oiiatltutlonofthol ultedHiale! lias been tho lainat ol Mormons always. ami ) on will hear from lists nil I'" "' In the luwlltit cottage the confident ex irtaaloiiuflirlltf that the great! at of iiumnii .ma, tmenta Is nu In.truinenl lus Ired i) iho Almighty. Indtid.lt Is tne pttriotlc 111.1 rtilglotisly hell that II la a art of tie mission of Iho Halnta tu preserve Inviolate that mere I Instrument an 1 1 rntect It, hy lorn' of arms, II nnd be, against deset ration. lltlghalu Vol ng waa an A inerlrari Ihiough and through. His aublllou was to lull I a ttlntiioliwealth whli li wuul I incite tho admiration and com nitnd the rrsiait of the nstlon, He laid Iho fuilndatlou lu Amerlcaul.m, andlullt then on to Iho time of his death. Tho structure, hi th-verly ue signed aid with which he made tutli rtmtrkable progress, hat Ucn enrrfci forward uan tho original plan largely under the It-oj Ir ttlon ol Iho foundtr. Tho Utah common wealth, w.ilch li no longer a Mormon tomnioiivt tilth, as somo tllll Insist It the i ass, Is destllild lo become tho foremost, thogrnn li.t and altogether Iba lest lu the great Interior Wist. Aud thla will bo to heoauto uf Iho homily, tbo devotion, the rtllglous slntirlly aod tho broad Amtilcinlsm luwhluu Iho foundation wai laid aud on which tho edlllcu It btllig ertcted. Ittcunt tventa will aoceleralu the growth and development, und lu my utlulon strengthen and Improve the tiructure. poi.miau iiau co.sr. The Mormons, having wlthitood for halt n centur) an almott unltcrtally nntiironlallo seutlmeiil, havo seen tho unwisdom of longer continuing thu coulest and have gracefully yltldi-d They havo forbid len thiral marriages and given ubedltutu tu laws whltli they thought were unconstitutional, tut which they now restct, slr.ee tho nuthorll) to Interpret and decide haa upheld tliotu. Polygamy could no more le resuscitated resus-citated lu Utr.li than could slavery In thu Houtb. The Mormuna havu ac-ce) ac-ce) ted tile decree of the gnat nibltrli to which all muit bow, the law nud popular seiitluiunt, aud, having listed Ihtniaelttt lii their civil ci nelly In hanuo y with their Mlov-s, tho crmmoiiwtalth which thty fouuded and III which all the good eoplt-of Ulnh, wlthoutregard tn creed or pirty, are tuotnl ul membershl,wlll go forwarl with mighty strMts. Ihu uutagonlstla tlcmonls, which clashed so fuilously during thu long contest and whlth had a more or Iris lniirlcii! ellect upon thu Htalr, are lait dtsstNarlng, the former tpoiienta coming logrtlier nnd working harmoniously harmon-iously In the building of tho great Htato uiion which nil our hearts are it I. |