| Show THE katl nati oal OAt ANTIOR j MON xoe LEAGUE THE following from the cleveland leader will give our readers some additional insight into tho the character and designs of the secret society for the suppression of mormonism mormonism recently organized in cleveland ohio another mr meeting meeting eting of those interested in the movement to establish a society tor for the suppression of polygamy was held last evening at the rooms of the tho organization in superior street the committee on constitution ution submitted a report which embodied a list of laws for the government of the organization they recommended that the be called the tha national league for the suppression of polygamy 1 the tho recommendation was heartily approved and the name unanimously adopted the rules reported by the committee were in substance as follows that the league be composed of twenty members who shall have absolute control of the policy and dorkof work of the organization that fund of be guaranteed for the purpose of forming leagues in all the cities and large towns of the sta hta state q that the proceedings of tho league be secrets secret except sueh buch parts an aa will be beneficial to the organization and a source of enlightenment to the public that a reserve legion be formed to consist of cit citizens ivans of all religions and nationalities irrespective of political beliefs to assist in carrying out the purposes of the league when the proper time shall have presented itself that the members of the legion shall be honorary members of the league but shall not be permitted to participate in the proceedings edinga of the LF league ague nor non asked to for any cause whatsoever that leagues be established in every city and town in the state and that practical endeavors be made to obliterate polygamy and to prevent mormon elders from traveling about the country for the purpose of spreading the doctrine of their debasing creed the election of officers p preceded receded uw Rd of the constitution constitutions presidents f resident aiuto e an i uld uzo tary disbursing treasurer ing treasurer auditor auditors sentinel and executive committee all the officials are well known citizens letters were read from gentlemen in cincinnati columbus toledo dayton and bandusky sandusky expressing pleasana plea sura sara in the taken takes and pledging the assistance of the writers it waa decided to have some ar range menta mada made by which the public publio could communicate with the league as valuable suggestions would undoubtedly bd ba secured thereby while the members of the organization at present d jem it best beat to withhold their names from the press for obvious reason gla sya number of them are known to the theLe Leader adm the Fres president ident is a gentleman of large experience and is prominent in pro circles the other officers are equally well known some of them being leading business men me n the nature of their work wok mabes makes it necessarily secret to a certain extent and for the time being they propose to work quietly but diligently As we remarked la in treating upon the tho subject previously it is somewhat singular that this thib movement which is evidently des destined tined to become i national as aa its ita name would imply im should havo have its origin in ohio it was not only in that state that the prophet joeeph joseph smith re a revelation pointing to the organization of secret agen agencies cles cleb of that character but there also it was vr as in the Kirtland temple that he received tho the falness of the kess hess of authority of the priesthood in relation to the establishment and opera tion of the kingdom of god on the earth satan batan who is teo tho tather father of the of darkness has jias selected the same region as the head liend centre of hla hia secret fight with tho the powers of heaven we look upon the movement as essentially religious and to P preserve r 8 D r e the unanimity of the organization orga n 1 a t 10 n all religious and political differences are to be sunk bunk or swallowed up in the attainment of the object in view the operations are to bu be done in darkness for the same reason that the wicked always seek abek to hide their counsels from the lord because their deeds are sire evil they are necessarily 0 of o such a character that would bring the perpetrators pe under funder the gated contempt and ab abhor horence enco eneo of all good people everywhere As we belore bezore predicted such societies formed in ia unison with a strong popular sentiment are necessarily an and d branch branches ts of the league are to 10 be established in ev every ery eny city and town of the state stale we were also aho bight in prognosticating that one of the objects would bo be to prevent the elders from traveling or delivering the gospel message to the people this means so BO far as the r society shall have power the expulsion of the brethren from irom the state judging from the congratulatory letters received and inquiries and suggestions made f from om various parts parta of the c country that other states will boon eoon follow suit and per pez perhaps haps the secret combination will spread all over the country until it proves a complete net network woric for so it la is predicted in m the ulfert prophecies of joseph smith and the predictions of the book nook ol of Mor mormon monk such movements necessarily resort to the most extreme measures step by step they are led by the power of the prince of darkness until their hearts are filled to overflowing flo win with the gall oi 01 bitterness and ehg the e spirit of murder jaet let the nation beware it should take warning at once and sup suppress preas an or instituted for illegal cold flooded blooded and barbarous pur purposes poses pases if it la Is suffered to spread over tho the land the sword of the justice of the almighty will descend upon the nation and cries of woo woe snail shall ascend from one end of the land to the othera other for the voice of omnipotence hath spoken it we almost shudder when we contemplate what has been foretold re garding garaging the deeds of these cobbins eions and their consequences th prophet moroni speaking on the t he subject said for the lord will not suffer that the blood of bis his saints which shall be shed by them shall always cry unto him from the ground for weng veng vengeance eRnce upon them and yet he avenge then not f book of mormon page in the chapter of the sad book ol of nephi that prophet gives alvea a vivid picture of the existing condition of the people religiously and otherwise and expresses the situa uart the secret works of many which shall teach after this manner false faise and vain and foolish doc doctrines triness and shall be puffed up in their hearts and shall bhail beek seek deep to hide their counsels from the lurd and their works shall ahall be in the dark and the blood of the saints shail shall cry from the ground against them we have looked the remarkable multiplication of leeret societies cle ciet ties fes whose objects aro arc the securing for themselves ot of P power ower owen and plunder not stopping short of murder most foul in ia seeking the attainment of thebe these objects as aa fulfilling the predictions of the book of mormon but nat it has only now developed that tilis ania secret revolutionary agent la Is about to be ba directed against the saints nd it only needs needa that the blood of bome some of the people of 0 god be spilled by this means to calmin ate the horrible iniquity but should this secret abomination spread over the country shooting out its branches from the ohio nucleus and an underhanded course only resorted to by the barest cowards be inaugurated to prevent the elders from declaring that god has again spoken from heaven it Is the country count rys look out for the consequences quen ces when there Is ia a total rejection of the message we presume the elders will be ready to relinquish their god given labor jabor but they will continue to cry repentance to this thia generation until he who is ia at the helm of this work shall say bay it la is enough I 1 which ho he will assuredly do it the people do not turn a sharp corner and seek the righteousness of the kingdom of god the work which the almighty has established will never cease its progress and those who imagine they can stop its development had better undertake to chain a thunderbolt with a cotton thread as an easier undertaking |
