Show I 1 AMERICAN horse house POSTON MASS I 1 jact to the tte editor of the Deseret News dear sir I 1 have read with a great deal of interest the speech of the lion hon schuyler colfax delivered deily deliT ered in salt lake city oct 5 containing strictures on our institutions as reported in the springfield republican wherein there is an apparent frankness and sincerity manifested it is pleasant always to listen to sentiments that are bold unaffected and outspoken and however my views I 1 nay may differ as they most assuredly do from those of the hon vice president of the united states I 1 cannot but bet admire the candor and courtesy manifested in the discussion of this subject which though to him perplexing ng and difficult is to us an important part of our religious faith I 1 would not however here herg be misunderstood I 1 do not regard the tho speech of my mr colfax aa as something indifferent or meaningless I 1 consides Icon leon eon con sider that words proceeding i from a gentleman occupying the trie honorable position I 1 on have their due weight ehla I 1 re remarks ar s hill hili waslo they and a polite oil were ere era evidently 1 cal alvi y hed and cautiously uttered aji ali and athal they i earry carry with th them ft sie sig significance I 1 cance which 1 I aa a bel bei believer lever leter in Mormonism or monism am bound to notice and I 1 hope od with ith that honesty and candor which characterise charac charae terise the remarks of this honorable antl m mr golfis colf golf is 1 shaye shave no strictures to ommer offer aa as to your creeds on any really religions religious question 1 0 oar our ar land la is a aland alana land laud of civitano civi tand religious liberty and ana the faith of every danisi a matter between himself and god clod you have as much right to worship the Creator through avles avres a president and twelve apostles of your chure church h organization as I 1 have bave through the tha ministers and elders and creed of mine and this right defend for yon you withas much zeal as the right of every other othe desemina lon tion ion throughout I 1 the lano land I 1 this tius certainly is magnanimous and oven evenhanded justice and the be sentiments do oo honor to their author they are ne that might ought to be engra venon on the tu beard heard hear of every american citizen i ile lle he continues but our country is governed by im lawand rid rio assumed revelation j justifies any ally oni in trampling tramp lingon on the law at first sight this reasoning Is very plausible sible and I 1 have no doubt that mr colfax as sincere and patriotic in the utterance teta cle cre of the latter aa as the former sentences all due deference permit me to camine these words mordi and their thelt import that our country is governed bylaw by law we ail all admit but when it is sald said that no assumed revelation justifies any one in trampling on the law I 1 should respectfully f ily lir ask not if it inter luter interferes feres with my religious faith which you yo ustate state is a matter between myself and god alone aiono allowee allow me sir here to tor state that the assumed revelation referred to is a one of vital parts of our religious faith it emanated from god and cannot be legislated away it Is a part of the ther everlasting covenant Covena utIl which god has given to man our marriages are solemnize dby proper authority ant hority a woman is is sealed unto a m man an for time and for eternity by bythe the power of 0 which jesus speaks which seals on earth and it is sealed in leaven heaven with us it itt Is celestial marriage lake take this fram frymus us and yu you rob us of our hopes and associations in the tho resurrection resurrects on of the just this noti not noh out ou rell reli religion ion lon YOU do not see ai wedo gedo ve do mout mour yo narry for time only 1 I until death does doe ayou ayou kyou part we have oto ote eternal anat covenants eternal unions eternal associations onar I 1 cannot in an article article like lift this q enver enter tar should ba based pleased bi on a proper occasion to 0 o do I 1 bated ca these thed remarks to shew that habit it is considered si basu hasu by us apart T art act of our religious faith which I 1 have kveno yio ylo tio doubt oabe did you understand it aa wa do you would defendis defend yiu ayo as yon you ustate state slate withas with as ciuch taue zeal aa the right of every othera tion through litt latt tho the boland holand land permit ere ero to say ray it was t A 6 of T sax say assumed that jj joaeph joseph had fial lw avar made mader them I 1 ok P por jesus jew s as which flee I 1 beirth I 1 of Herod who mho was WAA enking ba young childs life T ift A d to aps L ep dili d th I 1 P d do wran in pro jesus from froin the tho law but herod nerod was hyra tyra r oyt t tha that makii makis mak po no dille difference rento rente i the la law bulte abel ild tid iid d andja flave flaye yet the tho d difference eren cren cebe between on a tyrannical king anda and a t tyrannical coign congles eballe taik talk af lawn either case that means fairce te forke force hayand hm army yand acdan an army y ad means eans deah death nowa am atsu sufficiently not v versed ased in tb to discover khe the 6 dif 1 fl feb fek elcain leffers 31 i elop betheen bet veon veen 1 s d of I 1 C cleopatra mee fee dagger oe t t f brutus he ap chalice chalico a ce 0 t tab or the buile hoile iab or df aa ad morle marlc ant aft d ler lor 1 I 6 have havo sir sit IV Written 1 ih the e kilo above ao 40 p itic k aw arenc of some s which follow i 1 I do not concede that ilia 8 institution you jou lve hivo hive established here and is condemned iby the tha law baw ia Is A a question brelig I 1 iNow with th alldre all ail 11 duo due deference 1 I 1 d do 0 if ar colfax had bad carefully care fally e ex xa our religion faith falth he would have strived af rived another conclusions iii iri the tha absence of 01 this bir mr colfax a judge of my religions athy ath 7 I 1 think he be has his stated that the tle the tho faith of every man is ft a matter between himself and god alone atone mr colfax has a perfect right to state an 4 feel that he does not believe in the revelation on which my religious faith is based nor in my faith at all but has he the right to dictate my religious faith I 1 think not he r does not consider it religion but it is never i theles smine L I 1 if a revelation from god is not a religion what is his not believing it fram god makes no difference I 1 know it is the jews did dottl not h believe in jesus Jesua but mr colfax and I 1 dod dog their unbelief did not alter the revelation revelations marriage has from time immemorial among civilized nations been considered consider edW edv s religious ordinance it was waa so considered by theteus the pews sews it ia is looked upon by the tha catholic clergy as one of their sacraments it is so treated by the tha greek church the ministers of the episcopal church say in ini their marriage formula what good god aas has omed owed together let not man may put asunder and in some of the protestant churches their members are ped for fon 1 marrying what are termed un believers so I 1 am in hopes one of these thesa times should occasion require it to td call upon our friendt friend mr colfax to re redeem deem his pledge to defend for us our religious faith with lis ils s much zeal as aho he right of every other denomination oh out the land tand 11 1 1 I a ote but ta you ho do claim it reply that tha the law you denounce only re te enacts tho the original prohibition of you rown bockol Bo okol mormon on its ifa listh page and a j your book of doctrine and covenants Covenant sin in its ai chapter on marri marriage ae ini III regard to ae atterol atte these I 1 would state that it was only comisi considered dered a portion onor 0 fy I 1 the of our was looked upon as a revelation it was waa pub dished in tbt hc appendix to the beok of doc thine trine and covenants long before the r revelation 0 iop ion concerning corl cori berning celestial marriage Mar riego irge was given that of coarse course superseded superseded the S former the quotation from ther book of i moi mormon mon given by mr colfax is only S partly quoted I 1 cannot blame the gentle 1 man for rog this he has many I 1 en engagements a without examining our doctrines doctrine s aisup I 1 aup pogo pose this was handed to him had ha he read aj a ittle little I further lurther he would have found it stated swed eor fot POT for if i I 1 willo will saih sath the lord of hosts ra a up seed unto me I 1 will command myc myr my ipie p tup e otherwise they shall hearken unto 1 I 1 so settlings things v irl ill answer to this I 1 say sy the lord had has and we obey the command I 1 again quote if ana and yand yet while you assume that this later r to revelation e apiou gives you the right to turn I 1 your 0 ac on our old faith and toi to disobey thela the tho du would not yourselves tolerate others in assuming su fi slots hights rights for themselves fj s under re revelations ti a they them et might ight claim to haab i received or SL under e religious religions they might profess I 1 v mr colfax is misinformed hure here hera AM all religion sare tolerated by us and j relations elat ions or assumed revelations we taka tho the liberty of disbelieving some of the them tn J but none wre are interfered with and in rela reia 1 tion alon to Us turning our out back on our oid old old oid rell reli religion golf t we have never done itt it c ar concerning our permitting the p tb burn their thein widows it is difficult to say should do 10 lo The British govern 1 ment has tolerated booth tooth polygamy and thet burping of hindom widows in india if then Hin doos were converted to our religion they would not burn burns thair their widows they are not likely to td come to utah without af whose rights h here hene to iia lin havene ewe interfered with whose property have havo we taken whose religious br or po political meal faith ar rights nave been curtailed baui by us hone none we have havo fi neither interfered with missouri norIl lial nois with kansas neld Nelo nebraska idaho nei ne J 1 vada montana california nor any other slate State pr territory 11 1 say the same of others I 1 hope we shall nou not be condemned for crimes we ato are expected toi tol to co commit nimit it will he be time to atone fa foz for them theia when done we do da acknowledge if haying lately started co operative stores JIFf th this clatice Fl g anything now new in englard england germ germany anyn france atice or the united states we t think ink we nave navo a aright as well as us others to totcy buy or bell sell of and to whom we please wb we ad d not inter interi l ri ruit others inn selling 1 1 if thy they can tan badget get cus cog tomo toto ers we libster hay e to 1 dear deaT 11 I 1 I 1 with th our th friends en ds I 1 we do main maln rala tala t f ar j agid in the tho of law I 1 f th theft ft gambll gamblin Dg debauchery add and other 1 pi cli sized I 1 vices Is thit this this a chime crime if gowel bowel so we pil plead lal sad guilty f A iu 1131 hut hui pe amit me nereto cereto re J reburn return to tid rd re t illious part 6 ifor if oue OUT are ate religions then atia confessed I 1 CM ta ajit tilt congress has ag la in chism case else and th the tha argument la Is at atan atah baft f end 41 mr ir webster J felines 11 ennes religion iela aa ans any system of faett and worship wora hep hip Mp as the tha religion I 1 of Christi christl christians aris atis 12 itt 4 pil lodd ih ifa M W an any other figh ligh tI 1 l dd do not mr 00 calfa at fax paig b d nl ly digested the sutlief T Y it af 1 when en h benaia laid t tl ido 4 amt adit here i c aud and which is 1 lwi iwi are r apo woo or 01 ul I 1 balthis T that mr 01 1 created borlo what w at is s elig loti iod arid atud and whitis not lup up what at I 1 Is t true e rell religion ion lon and what is talset false 1 if and what authority is he hwa rated ted jud judge zet geT I 1 I 1 am sure surer he hot has noti not I upon thet bearing of 0 this K l sis is of ot he would not have made such buch ati an at utterance 1 i p 0 |