Show aa THE G OA A it THE MORMONS AND A ND THE BOSTON GLOBE U ah it 0 aBts s of legislators to support tile ov iiii of the united states the fundamental doctrines of free maronii Maso nii which accord religious religions liberty r ty to all it requiring only a belief in ili a su supreme being and iu in a resurrection from the grave the pronounced pi a caples of civil and social societies which nil all with will reli religious ct igus belief joao of these is a barrier in the wily way of oppressive or proscriptive ire action towards tile 1 the alio legislator will violate bli bh oath of sul support port to the constitution the mason forgets the most sacred solemn and fundamental oaths and doctrines of his order and the members of ibo social orm a niza tion wha whatever tover its character Is unrestrained by his proclaimed principles ot of religious liberty when called upon to act or express an n opinion regarding the cormons mormons Mor IMor mons here is food for thon thought glit what is there about the cormons mormons Mor mons which leads kadi the mm man of 0 the world to violate lit in ills hia course re regarding garding them tho the rules principles anti and obligations lie he may hive havo adopted as his guides in life why should the legislator forget tile the constitution when lie makes laws for their government why does tho basou flo lon longer er remember the ancient and basic principles of his order in ia his treatment ot of them why do the officers kofl acers and members ot of various social organizations religious secular or secret make of the mormons cormons Mor mons an exception to rules which arc with t that hat one exception of universal application those thoughts find and queries have been called forth by the address of commander in chief vandervoort of the lie grand army of the recently delivered before the national encampment tit at denver the llie G A 11 is an organization composed of northern soldiers part in the war of 0 the rebellion it includes every variety of religious political and social opinion that could be found among the soldiers of the northern army consequently tor the continuance of harmony harmody mony among its in members embers nay flay for the continuance of its very existence as ful an orga organization niza tion the G A R was forced to adopt and stand upon it a platform of principles that prohibited it asan s an organization 0 from pat patin ingin Sin poli political fical social or religious affairs AM irs or movements but like nearly ill all other oilier bodies in thia country secular secret or religious ligi ous that have bare ever assumed any distinctly defined position towards the alic mormons cormons Mor mons the G A R lias has viola violated ted its fundamental principles in its attitude towards that people I 1 that is it if its commands lu iu chiat ch cef correctly represents the views of 0 its members bers this individual to briefly define WIG hit alti attitude has imitated the example of the methodist priests of tile country who called upon their followers to demand of congress prescript ii e c le legislation respecting the mor mons mr rt would use a 1110 like o influence with tile members of 0 the GA G A R all or nearly till nil of whom are voters and mho ilio number tens of 0 thousands and are arc scattered throughout every northern state regarding that portion of 0 mr iff van speech in ili which be ventilates his animus towards the cormons mormons Mor mons the boston globe makes the following comments it la Is to bo be told that the G grabil raud army Js ij free from polli political leal Alf fIll lions and gives the ilia larest lar est liberty to all the commander li la says in ili all political arid and rellious rell ious ioui affairs we will bold 0 I 1 d our indea c 0 ct f iho thought and ud 0 our ur conscience 1 as ls eth we will W nil not surrender to an any order in Us laud ad ahat 1 hat le 14 adail ALI C out un fortun atey mr r vandervoort does not accord to others the ol of conscience couE Clence chidi lie he tie de amandd forthe grand gnad army anay without any good cause caucci he becomes excited over its hio marmon question and the grand Cri nil army anay to demand d fiat no DO morvia lo ruia ahall to tote to ar hold any aluce whap whatever ver that lit holding boldly any offices bebau be remay and th attile tho emigration afre 0 recruits to build up this dAn ining crime batall be stopped at once and Tore forever vcr commander Vau vandervoort says we ine crushed yand purified pur ined the flar we made ono one country arid ud one flag a living alv nig reality aud and it Is our duty to to tile 11 who have a structure as unholy and tiame 10 ing g an aft very that the men who wore on abatt theeo b aeo holy efforts to on oil our toil aoki the cilufo and hideousness 0 lupen the ark are alore we ar out polygamy Is if undoubtedly repugnant to lo the moral 0 of 1 I the ii iilo of tilla country fr y it Is also I 1 in A loLli afif ht alir coun U IV ta i t the be states state so rise also are arc other or social codal evils it Is not within the proper pro province inee ince raf at the grand army rm as a an organization to meddle 0 octal or Itil morale ol of people not connected with III alio organization ra li Is a religion find and as a tuch such has a perfect I 1 ight to elisi calit in this coultry 1 abc I he religious liberty and free 0 of A Hori Tiou are arc cabit ili as eacret marrcil under tinder the organic law iw of the unitta states as the religious opinions ol of tile GA R 1 and when mr amr Ian vandervoort advocates Punish iniz men lor for being llor ifor lions lie ii lil 14 not giving largest jitter ty ly I 1 ty Q a all U on oa ilia evil arary lie land 14 aarli oil ing re cution cormons mormons 51 armons ro not DOC nil all by stir means inc ins and eben it f they were mere it n quid koeno be DO bubla oss of the grand anny to out t a A crusade against them Poly gArAY will disappear nathe M alic social conditi condition sot ot chabe and education elevates alio deorie fron 1 ito ignorance in w aich the abc pr la Is looted ancelet once let ile get alii kotlou lou that thy they are matov inart TM arid nd the abry y wll ivill poly gnoy tim AIM tell lold foll alit midi from tile 0 pol ideally class tha tint isthan 1 libat red voble t has mistaken the le pur poso ol of the or of 0 n idell lie 14 the head aal 1 course eforo iro chils not wathla the a ol of the grand annly ile ho should abil billi combe and ant jet hie MM innas alone the observations ol of the globe ire arc sound soiled anil and its advice to the G A IS 13 good that body might easily make itself an air exceedingly potent element clement in any political politic al or boci soci docial 11 ia alic united states but tet ct it once stultify the basic principles leg 0 oila its organization ly by libertin lix ax ertin erting its influence for dortho the oppression of any religious denomination in ili this tin s couilL country ry ci cen on the hated bated kind feared 11 ilo imons nail and it lays 1110 ax AN rt at tho the root os of the tree v ft lose hose fruit it subsists upon file mormon question is tile apple of discord which is producing division schism departure froni fron 1 principle and a general contusion confusion among the most stable of nil all human organizations A it is tile the rock upon which tho the ships of states ling kingdoms doms and social organizations threaten to wreck themselves and viewed in ILI nil all its aspects it kiil napp appear ar to tile the social philosopher aud and historian ono one of tile tho most elements ever introduced into human society 1 I 1 |