| Show T THE HE MORMON PROBLEM tile tiie I 1 I 1 mormon problem I 1 has again become a matter of interest in certain quarters one newspaper writer thinks we adeon are on the eve of a solution another believes that in two or three years it will solve itself upon natural principles 11 others uh unwilling willing to wait the tardy movements of those natural principles are inclined to force a solution some believe that the advent of a large number of gold seeking t emigrants would soon revolutionize society here others would turn the power of the entire nation on us if they could to crush and exterminate e us or co impel compel us by force to forego our conscientious belief and hopes and accept their peculiar notions and views as the standard of right and wrong and the religious belief to be received in order to secure salvation the tyranny that enslaves the bodies of men formed in the same divine mould as those who exercise it and having equal rights with them by the immutable principles of justice is de tessible tes tible and worthy of all execration but what shall be said of the tyranny which many would fain exercise that would rob a community of the right of conscience dictate what should be believed or disbelieved by them at the behest of prejudice and ignorance and compel them to daily act a living lie by repudiating what they know to be true and accepting what they know to be false or be crushed out of existence as an organization periodical attacks oil on the mormons cormons Mor mons have apparently become chronic at certain intervals the same old song and the same old chorus are sun sung to the same old tune we are called a great many hard names endure a vast amount of vituperative slander and are lied about most monstrously OB OH our heads during these periodical attacks is poured the full stream of that maleval malevolence ence with which contending political parties deluge each other during luring hot election campaigns accusations are heaped upon us charges the most base and wickedly untrue are made against 0 us by anonymous scribble scribblers rs or lying apostates and then a sn solution lution of the mormon rmon problem is lo 10 looked for as being very imminent we area are a peculiar people 71 we own io to the impeachment without reserve or hesitation but we would be a more peculiar people than any that ever had residence on this planet as far as history affords us evidence if with the industry peace harmony and prosperity that reign in our cities and settlements we ivere were guilty of the wickedly concocted concocted charges leveled against us but calling bad names is not argument giving utterance to untrue accusations is not sustaining them by proof if we are religiously in error convince us of that error let the strong arguments be brought forth that we may see wherein we lack knowledge there is talent learning and eloquence in the world it would be a great work to perform a noble conquest to make to convert us from error and correct our opinions that are deemed so heterodox if we are ignorant and do not understand teach us we are willing to learn this territory is free and open to all men as it ever has been people can go and come when and how they choose the most perfect freedom has always been enjoyed liere here by every law jaw abiding person since we settled these mountain valleys we have permitted and still permit people to reside among us unmolested who have pursued and yet pursue a course of the most outrageous outraged u s and slanderous lying against uk who from ni mallee malice aiice alice spleen and sheer wanton wickedness have outraged and do continue to outrage every principle of truth and honor that they may bring evil upon us we know this and they know that we know it the mass of the people are represented as being enslaved and coerced by a few as living in bondage why then are they so anxious to bring their friends and relatives hither that they send means to aid them in coming and furnish teams and provisions to brin bring 9 thein them by tile the gathering thousand from the missouri river to which point very many of them are brought by means sent from this territory by the very i persons thus said to be in bondage life is declared to be unsafe here t that there is a danite band ready to pounce upon the unsuspecting and unwary who may be obnoxious where is this band baud to be found who wh 0 compose it we have lived here for years and we know nothing of it it has no llo existence except in the groundless imputations in of lying men we have law courts here presided over by men duly appointed and authorized to administer justice here are officers able ready and willing to maintain the decrees decree of those courts we do not hear of any heavy calender of crimes being brought before them and it is our special business to get news and publish it criminal lawyers have but little to do among us they find it very slow business if it were not for a few of our friends 2 who would like to introduce among us a so called civilization of which they profess to be the representatives the lawyers lawyer might turn agriculturists and the judges go to keeping school we say calmly thoughtfully and deliberately without fear of buce successful contradiction that in no other part of this nation can the same number of inhabitants be found in which fife ilfe is not ten times more insecure than it ia is here with an additional percentage of crime that is fearfully alarming what is there in the mormon problem so difficult of solution choser thol le who are tro troubled about it see us united peaceable and happy Is this wonderful we say these are the fruits of obedience dien dlen ceto to the everlasting gospel the savior said the same that these blessings should be enjoyed by all who obeyed it those who are surprised at our practically showing their possession y profess to believe in that gospel have they ever tho the savior spoke the truth that the almighty would keep his promise if the prescribed conditions were obeyed by his creatures that when his angels sang glory tow 40 god in the highest and on earen peace goodwill towards men I 1 the gospel ivas was vas i designed to produce that feeling a and nd that desirable condition of socie society v can they not think and thinking aap ee U that the very things which make u ua peculiar people and produce what Y hai hat they call the mormon problem a are lre re the very things which the scripture 4 s in which they profess a belief s say bay a y should characterize those who receive the gospel and fulfill ita its require requirement mend t it Is not the mormon problem iria that t has to be solved but the gospel pr J lem we are solving it daily tor tour four own satisfaction demo demonstrating aratin li ilo llo the world that is wh what makes a es iho tho trouble the christian world orl ori thirk they possess what they lack and ande gee ing us possessing it they seek to ascribe it to something else the chaia charges es made against us lack foundations foundation and cannot be proved they are untrue 41 and the inventors know they are untrue but in attacking us as they do and the principles in which we believe tiie tile tiley yat attack the very basis of their own professed faith and yet apparently khi know dw it not blinded by the power odthe adversary they strike at the raoof f everything which they claim to bobea besa bera cred ared the language of gen doniphan to judge king when joseph smith SM rh was before him for trial on the charge of treason could be applied to them with equal force king said jose joaeph h was guilty of treason because he believed in the establishment of the kingdom of god spoken of by daniel when whan doniphan remarked judge you sou had better indict the bible so can ovay evay desay ofay to those who talk of our treason disloyalty and crimes they had better hetter qa indict the gospel f |
