Show negative argument A great deal de al of stress is always laid by mormon apologists biologists upon the C they liivi wrought iu in the the appearance of thia territory bince e ther the r coming coining hither hoir ov from froin an arid and desert their industry ind has baa tile rice of nature into ft A smiling clothed with verdure and douce avith happy 1 homos this is a deligh ful subject ceci on which the hoy never tire dilating aben hen certain other trifling mit at V ar 0 of if dif difference czi ence beav between cen them and 0 the o balence of are arc hinted at and sooner is is the voice of accusation raided than straightway straight r vay they evade th ho point in controversy by a flank movement and launch hunch out in glori fic fid atio n nw W of something else of quite a different character seemingly ob li vidua of tile fact that the possession elonor of some redeeming 0 tit aWil aguish them in wise wie from ier belr fello fellow irs does docs not in adv any sense acris c or degree excuse others of oi a nature tending directly to the disturbance of ef the public peace the addre chofu botnan and clience li ence lo 10 tl the demoralization tion of all the so lcj laj cial 1 now this thia negative ii line ne of argument is ia always used by skillful y pleaders plea lva der ders s when their the ir case admits if nob no cAter hatter defense and is efte merely rely an evidence of tile the of him who attempts it 0 o r cluse lie he lias bas espoused it ia an afT cu octto iring bring out aut ill in relief all that is attractive at orbito hide or rendor less co Sill clatus s the more captures tu res of the picture pic tine so a criminal on oil trial fur for his life when han tho the evidence is clear against him vi and td on oil clift score can an bt be aund in his favor with the jury his advocated advocate if an adapt loses little time in useless efforts to overthrow it but ende endeavors avas with all tile clu quence lie can command com matla to enlist their sympathies in behalf of his dint clint by enlarging upon his better qualities and scriv ing ng I 1 to make them forget the ques jan ain in point by raising ra 1 idill new and more favorable issues in their minza mins so the cunning cannine cun nine painter relieves I 1 the it lie rugged a mountain M or of its reau I 1 give aeve by clothing clot liing its savage aides with forest grandeur and ita sunny slopes with vernal luxuriance uri ance but still the stubborn fact remains the mountain is IS none the less a movin mountain tain arid aiki hard because its ats steeps are arc mantled with verdure alasu vesuvius i no cless a volcano 0 because there are clustered clu at its base jo for there are also pompei and herculaneum Herculan Hercula cum to remind us of the ruin it has wrought and may bring again a ain better that these valleys had been beca peopled people dp that they fley I 1 were still the eso of tho the wolf band the indian than that licie here should bp be planted with gome borne of ali the vf civilization ansti tut ioni which are arc a disgrace to tle the enlightened age in which we live and fruitful 1 of evils whose curse remains to be plucked in af er years yc rs what lionor can be claimed for subjecting the teem aug earth to cultivation and ban bail the reign of or original orf bior ginal inal barbarism ba r bar iam ism inthe new ordel order r of things lie be infected with a deadly leprosy poi poisoning sonin the very fountains of morality and which if left to work its ravages in tile the social system duld soon reduce society to a condition of civilized barbarism bar baribin kind of chinese civilization borse worse se even than tile the savage solitude of nature it ia hi a significant fact that those who practice polygamy 0 a my or never except e copt among themselves clems 1 l es attempt to defend afi heir V crime by direct argument in ita favor virtue girtue ir tue decency and fa all plead too strongly inh in human timan lica hearts arta not utter utterly y depraved deprave depra vc for much icess to be anticipated bitici horn from ruch appeals appe aln the 0 instincts revolt rought ought face to face with facca of a nature 10 ar e 1 I cli as aa those inhering in ill the tiec of polygamy hence choie who practice it find then mill iu it iti w v apologist i instituting anju unjust t corn com pati tile lie most favor ablo side or of their own offense nud and tile darkest shades 0 of f boci soci social al life as seen in in the great commercial centeio cen leis teis called ca ailed the centers of civil civilization our large ci tier anil and hence also tile thousand and one other devices to resort showing i if which v hiell they show clow anything r c 1 ly that they is as represented ly by themselves se lIes ire are not so bad as they might bo after all the comparison comp irison of salt luke lake city in in point of morality mori lity avith the great cities of tim llie is simply absurd nl nt 13 deciding 11 anything thil in I 1 the questions latissue at issue the flie differ elice of siti situation lation of size of density of population of everything in short which p properly roi enter into the calculation are arc so manifest as to be apparent to every one and therefore do not require to bo be pointed out all of these sophistries sophis tries are arc nacre subterfuges deceiving no one ol of illy any Int intelligence i ellig ence least of all file persons who use them kiy gamy efam Is is tic no less a sin sill because sanctioned by cli church cano canons 11 9 no less a clime they wil ahu U practice it are arc also possessed of or common to 0 ther oilier men winch show they abc not altogether ll 11 depraved no less prostitution tit ution because of all this and because prostitution is practiced elsewhere no m mummery fujil ot of priests no enactments of whatever allt authority hority call make that aig liblit lit which is essell essentially ta 1 ay ani n by nature giong vion vi on false prop prophecy licey may render it in ill some sense rc ie spec pec table but cannot cannoa muke of poy polygamy bainy anything else in fact than locally legalized pros titu tion |