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Show I V UTAH AND ITS REFORMERS. ii 13 y an article in the Salt take Dai-. y Tribune of March ?, 1881, we learn that the "Reformers" of far famed , Utah" think that ''billiard halls, saloons sa-loons and housrs of ill-fame are more powerful reforming agencies here in -Utah than churches and schools, or even tht TnmuNEt" With these institutions the 'reform- ers' propose to lead the 'Mormons" to u hiyher civilisation.' The article further states that 'what the young Mormons "want is to be freed.' Freed ! From what 1 From the union of our parents, yhom we love, I: apd turned, pell mell, into lacivious dens, Without an honorable name, to become whoremongers, blacklegs, vil-I vil-I ' liana, &c? If thio is the 'liberty' and "'higher civilisation' the fcform-:ef fcform-:ef s propose to bring us to, we 'young Mormons' scorn and despise such epithets ep-ithets aud baneful institutions! We v , v are 3?hekJ Free from the poisoning' adder pf 'debauchery! $Vce' from ri'j .drunkard doom! Free to act wise, obey good council, and become virtuous virtu-ous and respectable men and women! We' don't want your 'billiard halls,' saloons, nor 'houses of ill-fame' - wherein we would eke out & miserable vxistenco were we to patronize them! No! we do not want them and will not patronize them, for we believe in. honesty and virtue, and in a living God who reigns above and rules all things, and we believe He will bear ua conqueror through all trials, in . spite of the venom and ill-reports of our enemies. Wc have truth on our side and Truth is mighty and will prevail. |