Show mormonism in washington washing toil it is is a peculiarity of our chat every sect must have Us its organ we have wing pae s and democratic Demo cratit capeis and neutral paper wid and we i leave i likewise score scores or of public journals dedicated in 10 toe the defence of tire the catholic protestants P presbyterians rians baptists israelites Isi delites and other religious I 1 there then at die e moreover Tin eram P papers 1114 bhelt published ex elpes ay iy as lille he of extra mundane onland which d else than pre umed levelar revelation strom the tenants eid uti ot oi tile the I 1 I 1 tomb we have it a v C inuss inu sica ca pape s and literary jouin aia ri ii abundance jn iii short tle tile periodical perd ical press ie presents I 1 an ii inai finito ante variety of pj ases s and takes special co cao D zance of alln almost 0 st every eer hobby it ii which vatch tile the hum human all mind thinks proper to indulge I 1 0 oae 1 I night I 1 I 1 magine imagine that will suh su h a sanpei fixation of j jou nal 11 isna the catalogue would be not so however tor for behold Alor monism the doctrine of latto latt day that lat strange medley medle of material philosophy ani and tiar transcendental invented invent fd by JOE JOB SMITH J and since with success by his its Tol followers lowers c baigis organ I 1 I 1 is is determined to assert its excellence spread afar its tenets by the established agency of a i newspaper elder PRATT on of the shining rights fights of the llie I atter latter pay day saints an individual whose name has been constantly minded with the accounts of the singular doings of the brethren breth reu at utah is the editor of a new sheet v which aich ip i published at washington and bears the appropriate title ol of t the he SEER 11 it seems that brothers brother pratt has riot not dundei taken this thi e titer prize upon ins his exclusive responsibility tor for according to the republic he brings with him a duly ace acci edited leter leei of appointment signed b by y BRIGHAM C KIMBALL all and WILLARD certifying ib ij bior ahson PRATT one of the apostles of the church chim h of latter day Sai has been appointed by them thein with tile the of especial d conference con in ni silt sat like city on tile the of august last iasi to preside over avei the ot of tile the church throughout tire the united states and aritia h pi ounces evinces in in north america this letter is la contained 9 in in a agential genet agene ial al epostle aiom brother pratt as di he i is s called 8 to t the he saints scattered throughout the countries mentioned with such authorized sanction brother PRATT can of course go may upon countenance and support of 4 all tire faithful devotees of mormonism who may be found on the cismontane cis cis montane side of deseret Dese iet we presume nevert herless that their number is not very consider considerable aW it being being P a special feature of this sect that those who join are ae always ill in I 1 a desperate hurry to get tp to the city of the great salt I 1 lake in order doubtless tobe enabled to carty out I 1 practically certain fundamental doctrines of mormon ism which might pei adventure venture encounter decided opposition from those antiquated fogies bogies dwelling in in i the haunts of civilization and who in in the depths of their ignorance bof not only fail tap 0 appreciate the be sul sublime tenets of JOE SMITH saimi arid and the golden book but bu ta t entertain a mar maikel ked aversion aversion to polygamy and such like cardinal usages of the th Mor cormons mormons mons whether the temptation of a multiply of wives wives will makr maka many I 1 C coto avei veits ts among it trion us bul side barbarian barbari alts may well be doubted as we have some reason i to conclude that a RIO dosity the man led folks oft lie e fi 1 bile are fully satisfied sati 1 a ti r tied fied thai ahat wives should bould be tk taken tike kl e lami edwis pills with especial proviso that ona a dose I 1 our Oar readers may fancy that in in announcing annoti the I 1 lura lity bf wives as an essential of mimon mormon faith we are sporting with wilh their credulity or gi giving circulation to a hackneyed libel far be it il from us to calumniate such a monstrous delusion as that of mormonism Mormon sin sm the dogmas of the ilia new church have weight enough of sin sin and wickedness to answer for subjected to the opprobrium of unmerited slander polygamy is a practice affirmed and vindicated inthe m the first number of the very paper to which we allude it contains a chapter marriage a revelation an on the he patriarchal order of matrimony or plurality of wives 5 purporting to have been given to JOSEPH S SMITH SH H the seer in nauvoo baui oo 00 1 I I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 on the lath july 1843 followed by an argument it n favor of poly gainy in in which tile the practice is ed to be justified by scripture and the power of cot coff gress i resi oi 01 ever even of aai an state or territory Tein lory to pi it is is denied v k A stoking illustration of the wisdom of mr jey JE phong pho nm that error mav ma be bedoe tole abed ahel reacon leafon i i left free to combat i it t may be found in in ta 1 fact that p per espres ly as the ol 01 gan ft i i of this ale v ie lit linca jesy infamous cihi vl m 1 preaches reaches a cro cief ea more false and 1 I 1 mentions licentious cent ions thap ihan ta t sensualities of which alli fres nett nef I 1 phyles by direct appeals pj cals to the basest ps passions art ait entices ignos ance by bv tile hie idaj ins of and the al tr traction actions of il splendor should be pet permitted milled ti it rear its hiete hideous ous front and diff diffuse luse its iti venom lenom a word of remonstrance or an effort to put pat it doat and indeed moped contemptuous disregard di repaid regard is is perhaps th h most efficient means of rendering it innocuous jr 4 se cution might give it respectability respect ability neglect will I 1 speedily sink it into 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