| Show A STRICTLY RELIGIOUS CRUSADE crusade THE COUNTRY RM BUM X by ZA the present crusade against the latter day saints Is well known to have originated in fit raft A hireling local ocal clergy mall mail made the most untiring efforts to obtain the coop co op cration tt cf their fellow religious traffic traffickers kers kerR throughout the country and obtained it of priests mado made it it leading object by the basest lies and latious lations to cremea cr caca popular furore against the objects of vf their unchristian and malignant bate and gained their point popular sentiment was suspended over the heads of senators and con congressmen gre esmen esmon like the sword of Dam damocles ociee ocleE hence the present unconstitutional measures I 1 intended n t e nd a d to crush an honest upright and virtud virtu ous people to effect tile tiie unity ty of the religious hirelings of the nation nations the following circular wab was sent to every overy secta rian clarg clergyman iman throughout the length and breadth of the united states SAL BAIT T LAKE CITY november 1881 to the wini Kini ministers stera of the church in the united Sta states leti ceil dear brethren the undersigner undersigned under signed ministers of the various christian denominations in sait salt lake city hereby ear earn earnestly estly neatly ask your attention to the following important statements concerning mormonism 1 ou out t of or a total population of or in utah about are ad 1 ou t a in utah about are ad berents of mormon minority only a small per cent ren render derus ua active aid in our en endeavors to establish christian homes in the place of the foul system of polygamy which prevails in utah ari arl cewe we greatly feel the repel 0 fv 11 prayers and end efforts 2 mormonism 14 no longer confined to utah but already holds the balance of power in idaho and has haa gained a strong foothold hi in wyom ing arizona and southern colo rado ratio I 1 3 although there has been behn a strict law against polygamy gamy upon the united states statue statute laok for more thin eighteen yel years only two persons persona have been convicted under it and it Is practically a dead letter because of its defects 4 in this matter we believe you can rive give na us valuable help the anti antl polygamy law of 0 congress in order to accomplish its intended results needs to be amended in the following respects 1 I 1 bo so that the living together of the parties or cohabitation a legal term shail shall be the proof of 11 bigamy amy or polygamy instead of the carem ceremony ony any of marriage because the latter iatter la Is performed in secret within the walls of the endowment house hoube in the presence of faithful mormons cormons only and no one of will ber testimony to the fact I 1 2 so that polygamy shall te to a continuous crime instead of being allowed as now to expire within three years by a statute of limitation t 3 sq that the women shall shail to equally punishable with the men for this of fence 4 bo so that the to the polygamous marriage shall be equally punishable with the principals 6 5 bo so that the jury nat hat may be increased to 8 6 so that adultery re seduction ducton lewd and lascivious lag lav elvious cohabitation and kindred of fences ces cea may be punishable Isha bles blev as in the states and other territories iles lles of the union now may we ask that you will help us by seeing that these facts and considerations are brought nt at once to the attention of the mem bers bera of congress froin from the various districts district a in which you live to the tha end that they may be interested in securing for us a ae fae the ap approaching P roa cain chin g session of congress such legislation egl egi elation as will at once and forever put pat a stop astop to the further spread of polygamy yours in behalf of christian homes and american amer Amet ican institutions daniel DAHIEL B S tue tur knitle bishop of gf utah R t M j kibby libby pastor of st marks maths yip lip episcopal church L scanlan of the catholic church in utah I 1 D J bupt presbyterian cission Mi salon work in utah 0 D B R headmaster head master st maihs maths school schools RG onie MO CN pastor first presbyterian by terlan terian Chur church cila clia I 1 LEWIS LEWS A RUDISILL pastor paston of methodist church D adli IA LFONA RIv ris bupt Con congregational gregal miss mibs mission lon ion work in utah timor hilus B HILTON PreSide president Ut salt lake Sa seminary CM CAL pastor Bt St malka Maika episcopal church |
