| Show WHY THIS DREAD OP OF MORMONISM GEN has been writing again to the omaha herald and exposing his ignorance about mormonism mormonism we commented upon a former letter of his upon this tills subject sometime some time ago wh why y the general should be so exercised on the polygamy question we are a at t a loss to determine how it can possibly affect him it is difficult to p perceive e mcelve he declares that he knows very well that one or two things must happen to the country first that the mormon church must of its own accord put away polygamy second that if the church does not the government will I 1 the general is mistaken he does not know anything ab out it he may max think so and aji his s opinion may mav be very decad ed but his knowledge of what will be done Is as limited as his knowledge of that which he attempts to oppose lie he is IB profoundly I 1 ignorant borant of both gen BrIs binis also self deceived as to the method by which he predicts polygamy will be destroyed by ane government he Is sure that many lives will be destroyer de in the process that taj th latter day saints will fight and every one men women and children will take up arms and to dle die fighting for their religion will be the duty of arery mormon 11 this soldier that wants to shine as a writer Is not aware that the profound falth faith of the saints Is that the lord will fight night their battles and that they are opposed to the shedding of blood and he Is equally in the dark as to the mode by which the army can be employed in the work of destroying polygamy perhaps he will be a little more explicit ahen who a he next rushes into print and will w III ili explain how bow polygamy cali call be suppressed by force of arms does he advocate a general massacre of the 66 mormon people if not how can rifles and field pieces be brought to bear on a principle or its practice the great fear which seems to agitate talethe the bosom boson lof of the gallant general is that if polygamy is not destroyed by some means and in his limited vision he can see only two ways in which it can be doneit done it will spread itself over this nation what is the reason of this dread it is experienced by many more thoughtful persons than the warrior correspondent of the omaha lI herald erald why should polygamy ny spread all over the united states stated unless it Is put down beforce by force we are told repeatedly that the sentiment of the nation la is opposed to it that a little handful of mormons cormons Mor mons cannot expect to prevail against fifty millions of people determined to suppress a practice opposed to their civilization that the few ought to yield to the customs social regulations and established institutions of the vast majority and that the mormons cormons Mor mons are only a little community of cranks out of harmony with the enlightened and mighty hosts of christian civilization why then should there be any fear that mormon mout moni poly polygamy gamb if not suppressed by brute lorce torce will spread over the anthe nation there seems to be consider adie adle inconsistency in the tho dread expressed press ed when compared with theas the assumptions indulged in if our social system is so inferior to that so much vaunted by theologians and writers forthe forth press why should there be any dubiety as to the issue when the two systems come into peaceful contact are not the champions of orthodoxy and modern social ethics able to compete with the advocates of mormon heresy Is there any danger of fair comparison between the two systems and their legitimate fruits can it be possible possible I 1 that mighty christendom dreads contrast with insignificant mormonism cannot the trained warriors and gigantic gle gir antic antie goliaths Goliat hs of the latter day PhIlis philistines tines iines put down the little 16 mormon david by the weapon lo logic gicand and the batteries of scriptural reason reabon why wh invoke the aid of civil and military force force if they can trust to their own armor and have no doubts as to their own position why should there be any danger that tha t 6 mormonism polygamy included will spread and prevail in a nation nursed in modern christian doctrine fed on modern 16 christian pabulum brou brought ht up in modern christian tradition and matured in modern christian customs and practices in a nation so pure and refined refilled and orthodox so enlightened free and progressive how is it possible that such buelli a new and despised creed as mormonism received only by a few ignorant unlearned and slavish folk can have any dangerous effect upon the vast and well trained multi tude lude there must be some masv misgiving iving as to the stability of existing institutions some soine shaking of the knees among th the leaders of orthodoxy some serious doubts in the min minds ds of its scribes and preachers or they would never invoke the aid of physical force to put down a people and a creed which they affect to treat with such lofty scorn and high minded ignominy why not brin bring forth their strong reasons why I 1 not lot demonstrate the falsehood and folly of the religion which they desire to su sup press res 9 by prison and tile the sword aty why rear fear fear t the h e power of this new religion over the masses if it is allowed free access to their komes homes and public places what is the matter we will vill tell them their thein boasted christendom is honeycombed honey combed with rottenness their theories are the mere opinions of men their church organ orean izat ions are human and weak their society Is full of corruption hypie hypocrisy shows U upon a the faces face of their chief men arlo priests ats and people are in fidei at heart faith abides in the souls of but a few popular religious doctrines will not bear the electric light of the everlasting gospel shining in the creed of the latter day saints Thell theil the lives ilves ves of men and wom women nevery everywhere are unclean and nn tin chr atlan stian and in shouting a against the mor mons they think 6 to gain credit for personal goodness and divert attention irom from irom a multitude of sins crying out polygamy I 1 does not hide the ev evils ils lis of ma monogamy ono gamy but it serves as a pretend pretense e of purity to the most libidinous and defiled there are doubtless weak and wicked people who are called by the name of saints there are mormons cormons Mor mons who forget their covenants of chastity and practise evil the followers of 11 mormonism may come far short of its standard of ders cers onal excellence and its mark of holiness and exalted character but their lives as a body of people will suffer nothing by comparison with those of any society of religionists in the world and their creed towers up ul above and ana beyond the dolmas and inventions vent ions of men and bears with it a spirit and a power as high above the man made vagaries in modern christendom as the sun is above tho flickering e will 0 the wisps which lead benighted men into the bogs and swamps of earth in the darkness mormonism is dreaded because of its inherent strength and progressive and implements of war are invoked against its abher bents because its Us truths and spirit cannot be overcome by legitimate methods and men fear its spread over the nai tion because of its vitality and compact organism which they cannot touch with the fair fuir weapons of controversy therefore they call for extraordinary ivill forces to stamp it out and these failing falling la in their madness and defeat they demand its extinction by the soldiery that it maybe drowned out in the blood of its devotees and Is not this dread as well as this demand highly creditable for nineteenth century christians |
