Show expressions drom FROM tiie THE PEOPLE rolyda POLYGAMY IY WILL IT BE ABANDONED pol poi polygamy gamy a question which for po effect has been agitated for years among amoss the people of america and the bitter opposition to which las has has been keenly felt by the saints who origin originated atea its practice in the nineteenth century now seems to have assumed a new phase entirely if reports are at all true the christian reformers are now predicting an abandonment OF OP tue TUB PRACTICE of this to them very obnoxious doctrine or tenet of our faith some are even quoted as willing to stake money upon the issue the matter is treated in common conversation and discussed in the public journals in a manner that indicates a woeful ignorance of the genius and spirit of the religion of the latter day saints even the more conservative and tolerant are now fully satisfied that if mormonism survives the present attack supported as it is by the united voice of the american people pl fleit eit it can gnik live hereafter bacom by complying with t the e condition demanded which Is neither more nor less than yielding up polygamy with all its associations ciati ons including the wives and children that have been obtained outside of legal enactments polygamist men though are not expected to abandon entirely these wives and children to the mercy of a cold and cruel world for they say who make the demand 1 I 1 suppose in mercy to us you can continue to provide for them yet all these marital relations that are excessive must cease for hereafter one man and one woman shall only be recognized as husband and wife and their children 0 only 1 shall be legitimate nyne I 1 the whole matter is treated as A MERE B BUSINESS transaction affections kindred ties and those bonds that grow out of a holy union with the sexes coupled with tiie tile love between parent and child according to their reasoning can be severed at pleasure in a moment such separation need ivelio concern to the parties most deeply interested the bencan men can then go about their business and the women also unmolested while these polygamous children can grow up among us and be tolerated as citizens of the united states and their parentage will never be questioned what magnanimity of sout soul what wise statesmanship what profound wisdom is here displayed I 1 such sentiments are only worthy of the libertine the seducer and the vile wretch whose niner finer feelings have been blunted by continuous tint ious lous and unlawful excesses excesses eXcess ei and whose boasts are only bythe by the number of his castoff cast off victims a thing without feeling without affection without soul without honor without withof t manhood all all destroyed hopelessly irretrievably lost let me here ask WHAT WOULD BE GAINED by such an abandonment for surely the stupendous efforts that are now being made must have some reason to support them and that reason ought to indicate some good not only to these misguided people but to society generally as well weil as the country at large j are these polygamist men and women essentially bad are they bad neighbors are they bad citizens no not t if the right rev D S tuttle episcopal bishop of this diocese spoke ane truth concerning them in his public utterances aces in the east some time ago for he te stifled testified to their good qualities in these regards and his bis long residence amon among us enables him to speak understandingly ini upon the su subject eject will I 1 ill iii their ge general n e r at intelligence compare favorably with that of a like number of monogamists of the same nationalities as themselves we invite ir THE TUE comparison are the children born of lc le parentage any less intelligent than children or is their cal development at all below par pro fessor fowler and other scientific men have expressed thein themselves selves most emphatically upon this subject and that too in our favor while accord according ine inz to their view the union of one man with one woman was the most natural yet they were forced to acknowledge that I 1 they failed tailed to see any indications of r deterioration in our offspring viewed as a whole either mentally or cally and we now venture the assertion that the continual practice of polygamy poly gainy as taught by the 11 mor mons would so materially improve the race both physically and mentally as to place them a century hence beyond all comparison how do they compare in morality with our christian neighbors we answer there is no comparison mormon credit is at a premium in the mercantile world their general sobriety Is known to all while virtue to them is priceless tn in short no christian people upon earth teach and de demand mandof of their members the observance of such strict morality as do the latter day saints now I 1 ican lean can hear the enemy laugh and say sneeringly 99 POLYGAMY INCLUDED 9 I 1 sup sur SUPPOSE posic 11 1 I answer yes I 1 a thousand times yes I 1 for as high as the heavens are above T the earth so is the polygamy polygamy of the latter day dayi 83 kamta ints ants h higher aher gher than the loon toon practices of the tho christian world 1 I humbly ask pardon of ta til women of us for mya men tionne the two in connection for one is the very antipodes of the other and I 1 only do it because of the present necessity in the comparison between us and them having made this explanation I 1 now turn to the subject and ask Is there immorality existing among us U 9 and answer with sorrow yes acs but ba is 18 it due to mormon teaching or mor mon practice I 1 proudly answer N na 04 I 1 turn to professors pt christianity therould the would be REFORMERS OF UTAH and charge them with its introduction among us in all its phases what better evidence of this fact can cad be furnished than that the drinking in saloon the brothel the gambling tumbling heil bell hell heli were not here until they brought them or in other words they f followed 61 close upon their very heels and their continued existence Is due largely to the fostering care of the class mentioned for have they not laughed behind their unholy altars when they have looked upon or have been made ac acquainted fainted with the defilement of the aarmon A mormon ormon youth in the language of holy writ they have looked upon zion and said let her be defiled their representative sheet in this city has published the echo in the following word sunder the title of UTAH WANTS 1 I believe that billiard halls saloons and houses of ill III fame are more powerful reforming agencies here in utah than churches or schools what the young mormons cormons want is to be freed 0 I 1 rejoice when I 1 seethe see the young 1 oung mormon hoodlums playing alij billiards ti ards getting drunk running wit alth I 1 ba bad women anything to break the shackles they were born in in and that every so called religious or virtu virtuous ous influence only makes the stronger Is there one Chr christian irwan lidan minister or member of any church that has ever made a public remonstrance against these hellish suggestions NOT ONE why this studied silence for more than five years unless it mea means a f full fuli ull uil endorsement dor of the sentiments again Is the large increase of native born citizens the result of these plural marriages any injury to the state wise statesmen have always encouraged the increase of native population in prefer preference ence euce to that which is imported viewing the former as more reliable especially in emergencies than the latter are the mormons cormons Mor mons loyal aye to the very core blatant demagogues pothouse politicians and carpetbag carpet bag han ban hangers bangers erson er on s have yelled loudly fo for years past the words treason church and state priestly ruleph rule ruie polygamy the growing political iAl lal power of the mormons cormons Mor mons etc etc without cause without reason without proof we stand today to day before the nation the most pronounced defenders of constitutional rights and privileges and we will prove it to all the world ere long but we are NOT MEN worshipers and because of this we have been and are today to day condemned if in the foregoing we have omitted an any comparisons let them be furnished an and we will willingly try them in the crucible all we ask is FAIR fain PLAY AND AID E EQUAL RIGI rigl iTS what would the mormons cormons Mor mons gain by any exchange whatever we have proved by comparison our superiority in every every particular hence to viell one point would be to us a serious loss we therefore prefer to retain our possessions intact I 1 now askin ask in this connection will the nation either of the political parties a state or a solitary individual gain anything by fighting the mormons cormons Mor mons or their religion if past history may be taken as evidence and if it is any index to the future then the answer is most decidedly negative many years ago when the LITTLE GIANT P stephen A dauglas was fast growing into power joseph smith the prophet spoke to him in this wise jude judge you will aspire to the presidency of f the united states and if you ever turn thirn your our hand against me or the latter day saints you will feel the hand of the almighty upon you and you will live to see and know that I 1 have i tied fled the truth to you for the conversa tion of this day will stick to you through life tilis tills occurred if I 1 mistake not inamay in may 1843 1813 before judge douglas had even reached Cen congress gress he grew to eminence and would undoubtedly have reached the pinnacle of his ambition hadiye kept faith with the prophet but the fatal words cc CUT THE LOATHSOME ULCER OUT referring to utah in his memorable lexington Lex inston speech sealed his doom again the declaration that the TWIN RELIC meaning slavery aad aud polygamy must be wiped out was very ominous slavery is abolished we will now atit and see whether the prediction concerning CC aning the last will ever be fulfilled wo we claim that polygamy is of god while slavery was instituted by man herein is the difference the republican party have wrestled manfully for twenty four years with the twin still remaining and what are the facts polygamy as a principle of faith haa baa a firmer hold upon the hearts of the people t tf lay than ever and unit I 1 would here ask dacre ough ouch a faith extitus exists can it be WIPED OUT on the contrary will it not show itself at every opportunity run ruu running I 1 the gauntlet again and again acain despite despite all ail 11 opposition it is an eternal truth that nothing not even death itself can destro destroy a living faith I 1 might might mention many other instances of defeat traceable to the pame came ca cause use astvat as that that decided judge douglas fate but space will not allow al and I 1 will merely add if any people or individuals imagine the they thes can gain pain prestige or position by by figi fighting ting the latter day saints or their dock doctrines they will signally fail fall let t the he prosecuting attorney of utah take note of this the folly of entertaining for one moment the proposition TO ABANDON POLYGAMY is so apparent ap to a true latter day saint that it is hardly worth mention it was not joseph smith nor brigham Brig hanl hani young neither was it john taylor that gave the revelation on celestial marriage it was god himself and be he has sald said said my aly word shall not return unto me void but it shall accomplish that which I 1 please and shall prosper in the tiling thing whereto I 1 sent it 11 the entire church and all ali allot of its priesthood with the presidency at the head bead might motion and vote against this principle until doomsday with just one effect namely to vote themselves away from the fellowship of the holy ghost most from the possession po session of the their r priesthood and to find themselves very s speedily edily outside the church and king hing kingdom of god white while be he would raise up others that would lionor and observe his law but the question is asked could not your president I 1 RECEIVE A revelation so authorizing him thus assuming no responsibility neither involving ally any consequences to himself in the matter I 1 answer if it the people of othis this nation the congress of the united states the president with his cabinet the government officers in utah or any other have the ear car of the almighty they had haa better ask the question themselves for he reveals what be he pleases to prophets and when he please sand never revokes what he has said those who are so anxious forthe for the revelation might dictate the almighty but a prophet waits gods own time to speak and reveal his will and that prophet or that people who wl will it not hearken unto his voice will be cut off these are arc his own words I 1 listened some time ago to an INGENIOUS ARGUMENT upon this subject one speaker claimed that god gave a revelation to his illis church that if the th enemy should hinder them from building a temple the L lord 0 rd would not hold them responsible but would re require aire it at the hands of the enemy lle ile he remarked that the same rule would apply to polygamy or an any y other commandment that we would therefore be justified in abandoning polygamy for the united states and the federal officers of utah would gladly assume the responsibility if we would avoul only yield the tho point ourselves now this was very generous and spoken with apparent good feeling but there Is quite a difference between these two things while we are commanded to build temples yet under certain emergencies a pile of stones atones s speedily erected as jacob and others of old did would answer for an altar and be acceptable xo to god for it is the authority and not the place that possesses 03 the virtue the temple fa is as naught without the priesthood and that same priesthood call can sanctis y a crude altar as well as a gorc gorg gorgeous ageous T temple em while we are commanded to observe the law pertaining to celestial marriaga marriage e in our own person and that too loo at the risk of our exaltation if we have been hindered dy by our enemies from building a temple in which to receive the ordinances of celestial marriage there is still no excuse far us f for or a cru crude de altar can be erected the ordinance performed and the altar left stan standing dim or destroyed it havin bavin having served its purpose god has never made any provisions to relieve us individually gi from the responsibility resting in upon us in connection with the law P pertaining rus to celestial marriage neither have I 1 the slightest idea that he will revoke the law though nifty fifty tive live millions of people in the united states should so decide no not if all the christian world should unite in one grand petition and tell him as this na tion has done that he must or they will send all the saints to the penitentiary it is not john taylor and the government but ill in the language of the departed mckean it I isa tisa principle of mormon theocracy Theo racy vs the federal authority in other words it is the united states vs the kingdom of god we wait wai t patiently THE ISSUE being powerless to interfere there rosy roay be a few halfhearted half hearted souls among us who seeing the loss that fiat business in utah must sustain if this raid is continued and not being desirous nor even willing to make any pac pae sacrifice for the tr truths sake who would say sav let polygamy go for the present ihen then ihen our business interests will not be jeopardized and our real estate will continue to command a good figure etc preferring to sacrifice a principle of eternal truth rather than lettle a property to such I 1 would say our aim alm is Is god his ordinances hib his laws and the h of truth upon u an the tho should it coal coat life itself az asa aaa a baeri bacri fles flee I 1 |