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Show ture, which it is said refused them the victims of man's lust and a deep II AUD TIMES AND access. Hollistcr's assumption is disgrace to a Christian countryfas THEIR 3KD . quite refreshing; he always tells the truth himself (see his first letter) and that's why he assumes that what W. Penrose, Eriitor the most mendacious sheet of the Age A jT.4 TFORD, Business Manager, says is true. If HollLster expected the papers to publish tho laws in full, ha should OQDEX. UTAH. transfer his wrath from th Leewla WEDNESDAY, MARCH 15, 1876 ture to the papers. Hut we do not suppose thai the proprietors of any of the journals of Utah care anything authorized agents. about what such a person as Ilollia ter thinks they ought or oaght uot to 7 following persons are authorittd to publish in their columns. collect suhnrriptinns and transact any bust In regard to his ba3tly language trJi connected with the "Junction," Office in about the ' Mormon Church he says settlements. their Published every WEDNESDAY and SATURDAY : t. i by the Oodis Pubushiso Compact. Chrlc respective "I know that there are as good men Login, rroridence and Millville, M. D. among the Mormons as among any other Ilfmmond. seot. ' But I believe that the spirit ef W. and Richmond, Park that church, as exemplified in Us pub Smlthftld, Hyde lished teaching, and as illustrated by A. Noble. deeds which have passed into history, L. Webster. Franklin justifies the severest epithet that can be ... ,.Jame$ I'nsworth, applied to it. And as long as good men Ifyrum, Dear oountenatice th.it cburcb, they are io AU lettlementt on the icest sidt part responsible for its influence, and River, in Cache Valley. J. II Barker. cannot avoid sharing ia the censure TViUard, Malad C'y, Willoio Spring and justly due that influence. Samarit, Jot. Tt' Dudley. Hollister ia one of the assumed 0. L. Robinson Farmington, .... lW. Welltville W. If S roppleton "regenerators" of Utah. .... he can Bear Lake Valley A. Shaw find anything wrong in the teachings .E. N. Austin of the Church to which tho majority Coalville James Salmon i'aratws. ...... ........... ,.,..... Voatage IF. Anderson . Eli Whitear Morgan C Address all business communications, E. STRATFORD, Business Manager. BoxS2, Ogden, Utah. I'OOH 'ATTHMPT APOLOUY. AT Hollister half apologize this morn ing, in the Salt Lake Herald, for his recent unjustifiable' and unjjontlo-mnl- y attack on tho Legislative Assembly. Heenys: "I said that U wu a secret session.but I did not mean to say It ws absolutely secret, that ia, that the public was excluded. I meant that it was practically secret, and I submit that it was, since the public to this diy knows nothing whatever or in doings. That is, he suid it was secret when it of the peopb here belong, will he convince them of their error by calling their churoh "bigoted, bloody and beastly," and applying to it the severest epithets in the vocabulary ? of a radical carpet-bugge- r "Good men countenance thatchureh" which ha abuses, in the same manner as good men countenanced the church established by the Nazareno eighteen hundred years ago or more, and which was abused in just the same way by just such persons as Hollis ter. They understand its principles and know of its spirit, while their enemies do not stek to comprehend the former nor discern the latter, but take it for granted that it is all evil, without investigation. Jlollister aud those of his clique complain, beer use tho "Mormons" do not affiliate with thorn, nor stand in . , public, but he did nut mean it awe of their official dignity. How w.iseecrtt, though he said ao. Hol- - can we respect mun, who, being sent Iwfcr wonld have done far better if here to attend to duties for which he hud made a clean 'breast of it, and they are, paid by the govern tneut, acknowledged hiinaslf in the wrong. devote their time and their energies He only jmts himself ia a worse to spread falsehood iii relation to our before ilia public, doctrines and our doings, aud heap light than,ver when he says tho public knows no upon us the severest epithets at their of the of tho, Legisladoing thing command? Contempt b the only ture. The public could read a daily Heeling they awake in our hearts, and account of the proceedings, and if the that they can never remove by such publication of tho laws in full is de- - pleas as Hollister's ' last effusion tayed, it is no fault of tho legislative half apology and half abuse. body that paused thera, but of the Government, which misappropriated the funds usually applied for that THE "SI AIL" AND THE PETITION. purpose, giving them into the hands We referred a day or two ago to of one of Holiistcr'a fellow officean article iu the Birmingham Daily holders, to squander &$ he pleased. How can he charge that the Leg- Mail, which has been copied into islature held a secret session, when other papers It was elicited by the doors the were always open to Memorial to Congress of the women the public, and reports of its doings were of Utah, asking for tho repeal of the law. Tho Mail enters published every day by the papers of Hollistor's own party, which had into a long argument oo the right of representatives preseut on every oc- the United States Government to put casion? The faot is, Hollister has down polygamy, although it forms said that in print whioh everybody part c t a religious creed. The poiut on which that argument knows is a bas and malicious falsehood, and b6w he is trying to creep turns is this: out of it by saying he does not mean Nothing ought te be conceded to in dividual inliberty which is inexpedient for what he said, but hs then creeps the welfare of a State." to it ajain by repeating his accusaSupposing this to be good doc tion in a modified form. we submit that it has not yet He says in justification of his State trine, been demonstrated that the system of ment: plural marriage, which forms part et According loour papers, it refused , aooess to his doings to the representa-tive- a the religious creed ol the signers of of our press, for which I have enly tho petition, is "inexpedient" to the I assumed it was their published wor-1- , trua boouftse I try to tell the truth my- welfare of the State. Would it not self. be far more conducive to the wel- If thee papers published any fare of the State in Great thing, tbey only published their own Britain, if those degraded out shams, for they simultaneously gave casts of aocioty, of "which Bir reports ol the doings of tho Legisla mingham has its full share, who are was anti-polygam- y .. well as sources of corruption and dis- seminators of vice, were members of decent families, mothers of children brought up under a father's care, and filling the position for which great Nature intended them? Very few of those unfortunate creatures would have sunk into the depths of infamy which now engulphs them, if plural were lawful, and the oppor tunity had been afforded them of en tering into honorable wedlock. The Mail says the prayer of the ladies of Utah, ''if granted, would be a fatal precedent to a State's morali ty." This is mere assumption with out a particle of proof. Is it fatal to a Stato's morality to open the gates of lawful matrimony and honorable maternity to all the women of the State? It is generally conceded by statesmen ' aud philosophers that marriage is one of the strongest pil lars of morality, and that with the decline of matrimony comes 'the de cline of morals. It is idle to talk of the relative numbers of the sexes in this connection. Whether tho mar women exceed in number the marriageable men or not, it is an admitted fact that a great many men refuse to marry, and that inclination to matrimony rather than aversion is the rule among the gentler sex. Give them all the chance to enter into wedlock and the number of "spin sters" will be scarcely worth mention- We clip the following sensible from the Galaxy, which, as a remedy fcr ''hard times," recommends the establishment of public and private industries for the employment of labor. in which the Government should take the initiative re-mar- 2 Corporations discharge all the employees they cur dispense with, and cut down lite wages of all they retain, because times are hard, and this is their method of helping to make times easier. Whenever there is an opportunity for a firm to get along with one man less in their employ, they discharge one, turn-in- g hiin oat to help swell the legion of the unemployed, sympathetically hoping that some time, some how, times will be easier than now Public works are neglected, left unfinished, new ones are postponed; for times are hard, and therefore fewer men must be employed. This is economy political economy ! When a calamity comes, add to it. When distress prevails, increase it. This is the statesmanship of the lime This is the public and private policy now pursued Every one throughout this country. talks of the bard times, and every one strives to the best of his ability to make times harder. 'And so the trouble goes on, beoomiag worse and worse, wirh no prospect of relief so long as labor continues devoted solely to the limited industries now existing; with the certainty that the distress will not only grow, but will become ohronie, and will develop the hideous issue belonging to a chronic complaint. The drift is steady in that direction, and if not soon adverted by the beginning of new enterprises everywhere, to furnish employment to the unemployed, the legitimate outoome of this clrroaio idleness by wholesale will be deplorable. The only safeguard agiinst that grii-zlpiny of idleness is a speedy return to the normal condition of industry, with its steady growth, beginning with an immediate enlargement from the present contracted sphere of labor to its fullest ing. soope. And this will include new enter is mora fatal to a State's prises, for the realm of industry naturalWhat ly enlarges. A general business confidence, a genmorality, and inexpedient to a State's eral evils than which the are the resumption of industrial activity in welfare, all its branches, will cause a gentnl reBocial curse of Christian communities, vival of trade and general prosperity. It is so great a work that bo one man and that are tho natural outgrowth can do it, however enterprising No one of their restrictive marriage system ? corporation, ne one State, no one portion The Mail assumes that polygamy is of the oonntry can remove a difficulty the whole. It is a general a'crime. ,AYhat makes it criminal ? which ramifies depression into which the wheels of busThe same power that declares plural iness and labor have sunk, and they can be started again into brisk activity marriage unlawful could, by all the only by a general movement, every man put right it. possesses in this case, make) ting his shoulder to the wheel. marriage in any form criminal Poly ria-reabl- e y . gamy cannot bo cal'ed a crime in it self. Sacred scripture shows conclu sively that it was sanctioned and ap probated by Deity, and secular his tory proves that it has been tho mar riage system of the most ancient and enduring nations. Congress has attempted to nvike a crime out of an essential part of a re ligious creed. In doing so it has tran scended its powers. , But, eays the Mail, "It is U bo observed that the laws against polygamy have not been made for Utah specially." We bg leave to correct the Mail on this point. The law which these ladies ask to be repealed was made specially for Utah, and specially against a practise governed just as much by a religious ordinance as the marriage system of the i4Church of England And there as by law established." is so absurd not fore what they ask as the Mail tries to make appear. That law was made for a particular place, a particular people and against a particular religious practise, which we chiim to be conducive to public and private morality, and therefore should be repealed, and the ladies who petition for its abolition mean what they say and know what they mean. And if , the Mormon people were let alone U work out the so cial problem given them by divine commandment to demonstrate to the world, they would prove to all na tions that it is conducive to sound morality and the welfare of the State and that its effeota upon pterity ate in the highest degree beneficial and worthy of admiration. While the Birmingham Mail U getting this through its wool, tho Josephita organ can ponder it over. Itdlcs tic, or be many vea uujay were Mayflower across the AtUn' 8 in large ft number., shall unravel the berets of this ileher or make plain the mound-builders- 8en story of ? John Osborn, a farmer liVing nc.r La Porte city recently bought a fiQe. blooded bull of which he was verT proud. He went into the bull s stall the other slapped him familiarly on the back and asked him to "waltz over" Aad the bull waltzed JuhQ Osboru over the side of the stalled then escorted him out of the barn yard and helped him over the fence and then serenaded him UBtil toon trying to coax him back. But he would not be coaxed. Burlington Hawkeye. fine-blood-- ub fine-bloode- lLaiid Sale. Tb lu lids of tho UJIOS PACIFIC BAILEOAD CD,, Lying east of the SALT LAKE MERIDIAN, in the counties ef Davis, Morgan and Weber, Utah Territory, will be offered for sale at the Ofilet) of this Company at Qgdeu, TUESDAY, 4th day of April, 1876. Iaud Persons having mads application fer any porMon of said lands will m&Jte payment for the same without de- lay. The lands will be sold on 'the following termn: One fifth the purchase money down, the balance in equal annual paj, ments, with interest at 6 per cent. A discount of 10 per cent, will be made for fall payment in cash at the time of the purchase. O. F. DAVIS, IjUimI CommlHHioner. V. P.' It. It. CO. Sewing Machine. ih Mourn! IlullderH. oT The contractors engaged in ditch ing and filling in Long Lake, says the Alton (111.) Telegraph, have just opened into a mound which proves to be a perfect bonanza ot wealth to the curiosity soeker, and opens up a subject of rare interest to all who aro acquainted with the history of what are usually termed the s ot the Mississippi Lake is situated a lew alley. Long miles below this city, and is crossed by the Chicago and Alton llailroad neat Mitchell Station. Here extensive contracts have recently been let for the purpose of draining a portion of these valuable bottom lands and to fill in a part of tho lake. A day or two since while engaged in this work it became necessary for the party of workmen to cut through a mound about hi teen to twenty feet high. After entering a short distance through the alluvial surface soil, the workmen met a stratum of d hard, clay or cement, ol which extended to a light color, several feet, tapering to a height of point something like a cone, and inclosing the burial place of an Indian ill ITICTORl mouHu-buildei-- close-packe- warrior. The bottom of the "mound" or "vault," whichever theory you choose to believe in regard to its construction, was haid packed with a darktcolored cemcut, and was water tight. This substance was difficult to pierce with a pick, and evidently had been laid with a great deal of care. Among the relics exhumed were large quantities of beads and shells, necklaces, stone implements, and weapons. A fine spear about two feet long, made of clear white Hint, was found, the handle to which was wrapped with copper wire. W as this oue of the tr6phies presented by father Marquette or LaSalie, zvv it not have a much the reater antiquity and ante-dat- e years ago, or may early explorers? The boats of those wao trod the soil, LATH IMPnOVKMENT? the IxMit P' inr!lii of oMtr vm cIiIom. U now pqivt t if Miriir to sny otli-- r ifhltin i o th rna kel. It i th cult much fne baring a ITS WITH with nt It i th lntput Imvrorurl no mall hntw f itprinit t h-- au'txr. It lift tll llllSBt pafBi-- t 8hntil wh'ch threa through .or ftwil points are inai of stoel, cf-quentl- y ita duraliilify in grnt. UttvltiR the fuweflt part ot any Phottle Machine in the market It is cousequeut1? the eanimt miming. Kach machine ol1 makci unlet for otar n they rocemrueud themselves to all who see them ia operation. flood liTely agent wanted In every tctrn in Northern Utah; to whum a good commissiuQ will he paid. Write All r t A. W. BROWN & Gc. Oenerai agents aad dealers in BOOK & SHEET US I c I Musical Merchandise, AJVE STATIONERY. Ogdeu. dab. rtorer.ee, WTeeter A Wilson, Home Shuttle n1 Remruington needle and repairs always on hand. Sewing machines of all kin s cleaned and reared PEEBLES' DRUG STOBiS FIFTH STREET, ; visits of those ebl-Sn- u Offtlcn |