Show iffe life amo aifong n the mormons Mor mon mons written for the wisconsin greenback 1 f BY k 11 CRO USE in a late number num benot berot of tha the green bacal backi bac lead that since tho the atlle ment of utah over murders have been commuted by the order ef of the mormon priesthood now as a gentile reside resident lif of utah for nearly three years have bad an extended acquaintance with all classes of people and have studied the mormon character with a mind considerably biased by misgivings buti but I 1 never yet heard hearda a mormon priest elder bishop or apostle once express himself in favor of the blo bio blood cr of any innocent human being the that hundreds are still living in utah notwithstanding their numerous random estimates as ti mates Y and slanderous falsehoods which they circulate against the tho moral integrity of the mormons Mor mons mona is proof that the professed followers of joseph Sini smith thare tharo are neither vindictive nor bloodthirsty blood thirsty there are many people in th the eStates states that bro are q horror stricken at ibo iho mere mention of the awful depravity 0 of the mormon but no honest truth loving person fully determine determined d ioto to do as he wishes lo 10 be ddn done 6 by bacan can ean here remain long in ignorance of the causes pf af this prevalent ill will apostates and malice loving sectarian partisans here pervert and exaggerate every thing that happens happen persons from all parts of the world come coma here maby of them come merely lo 10 improve thip their r pecuniary status pretend to believe in the mormon doctrine which to them is nothing more than a mere cloak which in time naturally becomes worn out such religious cloak having become useless by wearing exposes the innate characteristics acte of the wearer may have been a thief murderer or most notari notorious 1 ous monster villain living upon suitable sul eul table tabie opportunities these pseudo mormons cormons return to their former evil deeds for which the whole mormon church ia blamed the injustice of such whole wholesale sale saie jale condemnation ja i appe arent and should be denounced by ally all ail honest truth joving Amet american amerlean ican citizens how often we meet met in in our popular newspapers lyea ivea of some popular methodist parson or baptist preacher offering a prayer in hii pulpit to the throne wf f grace a prayer a mile long iong and loud enough to tor shake the 8 on the roof bf bif d meeting housely housed who who will have a confederate engaged in stealing the horses of some of confiding church members meni lierse and others of having seduced ther thedaugh daugh teror some other member of his flock and aad then abandon her because ho be has already a faithful endearing wife at a his big own fireside nire fire bide tide now to be consi consistent with the popular prejudice against mormonism all non should condemn the teachings of john wesley as inciting its professed ants to horse stealing and licentiousness ti if mormonism niam merits condemnation for the of fences of its members then democracy should be condemned hor jor for john wilkes booths assassination of president lincoln tares grow with wheat in utah a as read readily ilyas as in other state ri tates the mormon church publications are replete with excellent moral max ims and whoever professes to be guid guld guided edby by these teachings and belles iles lles his bis profession by his conduct le i a hypocrite whether living jiving in utah or wisconsin mormonism dinners differs from all other religious belief beliefs at least in one particular ti the mormons cormons affirm that they know that their religion peti gion is iq true during my brief residence in utah J have heard hundreds of professed Morn mormons ions lons solemnly declare that every true believer in the mormon faith if sincere in his hia repentance epen eJen tance and baptism by immer gion bion lon ion and the reception of the holy ghost by the laying on of hands of the apostles will positively know that the mormon doctrine is true now isow every true professed mormon solemnly illy rily promises eternal fidelity to this thia one only true gospel of jesus christ and solemnly testifies to its heavenly origin in public meetings and in private life now after all such solemn professions and public avowals avo wals apostates will i boldly and solemnly declare that all their former certainty of knowledge ow in the tho excellency of this thia alleged godly wisdom were all dro pretended lies and presumptive delusions now what can be iwho thought of the veracity of a person aho vho wiil will solemnly testify that he has told solemn falsehoods in church and jn private life for foe ten twenty or thirty yearb Is such a professed liar likely to tell the ahe truth invariably now or in the tlde autu future r e can einy elny any person feel certain that such euch an apostate is not nov 0 even evell now telling a premeditated premeditated falsehood to take taue taka a biblical apostates we can ean cannot not but class them then with thedoe the dog that turned to bia hla vomit and the sow BOW that was was washed ailed to her wallowing in h the mire 71 thus it can ean le peen seen that apostates have forsworn perjured themselves my own personal pers olai oLal intercourse with those persons who profess to have hate once been mormons cormons Mor mons has baa almost invariably tended to e establish lah lih for them one uniform reputation they have no respect for the truth nor for the rights of or the person pers on nor property of their fellow meni men J all truth loving joving 1 gentiles should hesitate to td confide in an apostates apostate s estimates as to the murders committed by the mormon priesthood for they are in no way trustworthy arthy persons persona morbidly fond of terrible tales of murder bloodshed and violence would do di well weli to refer to the scenes of border ruffian warfare on the frontiers of missouri and illinois nois a w where here the tho mormons were assailed sai sal led with ith massacres massacre lc persecutions and baniah baulah banishment ment thirty and forty deais agg age why do not apostate mormons tell uhe the murders committed by the missouri border ruffians flans rum ruf at hauna MH caldwell co mo anci and of the little littie boy hid under ia blacksmith bellows begging to be spared his lia lin linns but denied because jelts make lice wh y y not speak of the mormon wives and dau daughters tied tred to td the school house benches b a and brutally bru t or of the mormon preachers arrested for the silly charge to keep them from aiom deceiving the people A and imprisoned and offered the human elsh of their thein murdered brethren for far food but mormon apostates aldthhe and the of popular sectarianism ism will demand demana tiie tue rua mantle 11 t 16 of chari charity to bo be spread over such mild deeds of erring humanity jf if the honest truth loving and liber ty loving people out side bide of utah did only know the slanderous falsehoods and the terri terrible big bib deeds deeda eds of persecutions of which the cormons mormons have been the tho victims since sinco si cie cio aex 1830 they would not wonder that occasionally bonalli an over over ice alous exasperated and revengeful john D lee should take the law into futo bis big own bands hands much though it is to be xe grette 4 by all hight right minded persons mormons cormons orgen orge ni tiles in utah uth or br elsewhere 1 |