Show THE REAL OBJECT OF ATTACK tim THE philadelphia american commenting on the edmunds bill bays saye aea A compact community bound together by a religious enthusiasm is dyno dylo means an easy subject for punishment as has been shown nga aga again inand and agal again in the history of religions the story of the proscription of ot the by the russian government and the final defeat of that great despotism iu lu its efforts t to 0 au suppress press them is a case in point thel the law aw against polygamy will be a success just in proportion to the success of the authorities in making the people of utah feel that we are waging no war upon the mormon church but are laboring merely for the tho suppression kuppr ossion of an illegal practice which maybe may be detached froin from the general body of its beliefs and tind practices but it ia is evident to those who the progress of the bill through congress that its supporters are waging a war upon the mormon church ll lust just that very thing bead read the speeches ot of townshend of illinois haskell of kansas llenberger Sha of pennsylvania casidy of nevada and others who have been afflicted with the virulent epidemic nr townshend asked referring rei erring to the mormon church which he declared governed this territory wili wiil will you the representatives of the people charged by the constitution with the duty of seeing that none but lut republican forms of government a rhall shall be established or permitted to exist in this free land will you refuse to strike down this enemy of our institutions this enemy of lt our civilization mr air Shaller shailer iberger baid said when cahen the mormon church nelin rehn luishes all claim to temporal power and ita its members yield a ready obedience to the laws of the land laud it will have the full protection of our flag and hold its ito vagaries if such they be unmolested and anchal edged mr cassidy entertained the house with a supposed history of the mormon church ridiculing its belief in revelation as its chief corner stone atone 21 repeating old stories about the book of 0 mormon joe smith copper plates etc calling the there c mormons cormons Mor mons plotting leaders ig cig borant dupes and making similar dignified parliamentary and suitable remarks in a legislative assembly and wd said such is the mormon church and such is mormonism as we find them today to day en entrenched trenched almost beyond the legiel stive power of the government to dislodge in the mountains of utah and their doctrines and methods are still reaching out I 1 submit that it is time the mailed hand was applied time that this vile monster was checked and placed jn ln course of ultimate extinction we cannot do this by kid glove legislation it requires harder blows somebody must be hurt mr alt haskell attacking the mormon church exclaimed 1 I wish it was within my power in four minutes to lay jay before this house that magnificent organization infamous in its objects infamous in its purpose infamous in its past accomplishments at but magnificent ent ia in its priestly organization and unrivaled by any similar institution in the world I 1 wish I 1 could place properly before this house this mormon hierarchy of utah thac that is struck at by the provisions of this biu bill 11 these theao extracts ara buffi sufficient clent elent to show what is aimed at in the legislation 11 which has haa been rushed through congress in Inthe the agitation that preceded it the clergy of the various denominations took the most active part doing all in their power e r to foster the general misunderstanding n der dez mw nd ing of utah affairs and mormon doctrine and many of their ef fusions in the shape of resolutions were read in congress to k kep beep ep up the heat of bigotry and intolerance i against the mormon church which mr haskell haskoll who had charge of the bill in the house openly avowed was waa the chief object it was designed to attack rational people aud papers like the american repudiate the idea of an canalling alling a churchon church of legislating against are ane a religion of striking a congressional blow against a creed but this is without doubt the purpose of the priests and the real design of the demagogues demag agues who think to gain popularity by py pandering to them |