Show FRIENDLY ilon tron MORMON Mo relon aaion CORRESPOND correspondence ENOE THE ashton ash ton Be deporter porter an english journal which circulates ext extensively ansi anai vely in lancashire and cheshire contains lengthy letters from its american correspondent over the signature of S and entitled iwo two notable religious sects in the united states the subject of mormonism is ia discussed in tho the theis it sue suo before us from which we will make an extract or two because the correspondence shows bow how the subject Is i viewed by many intelligent persons who neither believe in our falth faith nor endorse the crusade against us the latter opens with the annexed paragraph 99 surely burely we may search in the annals of time in vain for anything that will bear comparison with the sudden budden rise rire and progress of mor monism inthe in the united states State sand Baud this new religion has spread and flourished abundantly in spite of persecution ution atlon the most cruel and fierce which began at its birth and Is yet continued in a certain form then comes a succinct relation of the rise travels and of the church from ohio to missouri thence to illinois and on to the valleys of the rocky mountains occupy ing Y too much space for reproduction in these columns the letter concludes as follows bachold now tah alae e desert of 85 35 years ago blooming orchards and gardens greet the eye everywhere every where comfortable for table cottano and farmsteads as well eur Fur further the utah has a city un ri for it iti lii i sudden growth this city of the mormons cormons has a tabernacle which will comfortably hold people or more when stan standing aing room Is taken up and the g great re a t temple when finished will probably b a bly be the most stupendous eccle blas bins edifice on tha whole continent nature has been the steady friend of the mormon bince since his entrance into utah she has given him mineral wealth as aa well as lavishly repaying the agriculturist who has added unwearied industry and energetic enterprise on his side the result of all is summed up by a reliable gentile when bearing testimony for the tha mormons cormons on a special occasion excena for the good counsel prevailing among the mormons cormons Mor mons and the control of brigham young over them the worth of property personal and real the accumulation of 22 years might today to day have been ashes and a desert and the suppositious wealth in this territory would have lain hidden bidden in the mountain ores for over half haifa balfa a century so bo sald eaid G A townsend in 1870 every ninth mormon it is said bald owns the house honeo he lives in the r mormons cormons care for their own poor t I 1 and their women have the bunn huff rage education is well supported support ej and in utah all religions sects are toler s abed about A bout one tenth of the in habitants are gentiles Gentl les ies worshipping wor shipping god in their own way always a loyal people the mormons cormons Mor mons on bei ing told they were expected to fur nish a battalion of so sol soi lefers diera for the mexican war did so BO although the i young colony could ill ili spare the able bodied men required require t at that time but they went while white on th the wives and children of many devol derol devolved v the heavy labors of atie farm while the head of the farm was absent As a reward for the moderation and loyalty of the mormons cormons Mor mons the gentiles are prea preferred berred before them and appointed to all offices of emolument and trust such as Bec sec secretaries marshals judged prosecuting attorneys land registrars recorders surveyors general clerks of the courts commissioners post office mall mail contractor contractors postal agents revenue assessors and t of indian aca acca affairs irs irv ri indian agencies indian supplies army contractors and a governor with abbo abac lute veto power in fam fact all offices I 1 in 14 the power of the united states government to bestow are filled by gentiles from the small minority of one tenth surely such treatment as the me mons have been subjected to must be pronounced by all thinking reasoning people to be unjust yet more of the same yet yett remains behind by the provisions of the edmunds bill five commissioners of the united states appointed by president arthur and with the advice of the senate have been sent bent to utah to crush out tte tle plural marriage system which is to be done by all polygamists what a subterfuge and a sham on the part of the president the senate and all concerned in carrying out of the edmunds bill crush out polygamy yet make it legal by the easy compliance of the american divorce court what a piece of duplicity is this thin cloak of a moral conviction and te verely severely virtuous sentiment when such stemma stems as the oneida community and other branches of the same exist where omni gamy has for years been winked at unchecked by the laws of the united states government the real object of the united states government in thus inter ferking with the polygamist is a an insatiable desire for plunder bing ring robbing is the order of the day in this great country and are openly allowed to accomplish their ends wl without phout tet jet or the evil grows and grows and utah Is wealthy therefore a fair maik mark for the law protected swindler utah is too tempting a bait to be resisted and depriving the mormons cormons of the rights of citizenship outlawing them in fact is tile the means to an end which gives a fair open field to the legalized robbers but a day of reckoning is yet to come wealth Is power the mormon is wealthy numbers give weight to power and utah had in 1880 Mor mormon mons and their numbers have largely increased since then yet for all this 3 she may be obliged to bend to the power 0 of persecution for a while but for how long jong mormonism la Is a power in the united states catholicism is a power in the united states the last have thriven by fostering the first hns has grown and spread under persecution this seems paradoxical y yet e t it is q all ali a living V fact and both t these thebe h e a e r religious e U a s sects e c t sare anre are destined destined ere ote long to L become olne oine independent powers in the great republic of america |