Show tiie THE QUE OF THE nic lyo iyo i ilg UK thoughts on th mollies nii art aIt anai andi Tactics oi of the Cru eru crusaders naders maders and ho the attitude of the saints editor deseret heuss news the present time may appear to natural eyes efesto to be a very dark period I 1 in U deed lor for the latter iatter dav day faints they are environed by their enemies on every over y hand they rhey are confronted by nifty fifty f t nive five millions because forsooth thel they thet have espoused an unpopular colie colle code 0 of theology TILE tine GILT EDGE OF THE opposition thatis that is arrayed against them is that they practice the awful crime of living with supporting add aad caring for the offspring of more than one leviti 1 living and wife for this purpose that notorious noto hous con congressional abort abortion ibn iun known as the edmunds act was enacted in the enforcement of that measure which was enacted professedly sedi y for the protection of morality as well as aimed against fl Momon mormon polygamy those who have manipulated the machinery of government in utah in behalf of the fifty five milli millions 0 ns of people aforesaid have manifested the zeal in prosecuting one class of offenders tinder under the said edmunds act while other flagrant i violations of the same enactment have it would appear been studiously overlooked and in some cases have met with the most earnest apologies from those who are blood and thunder on the suppression of mormon polygamy dodge we have seen abortionists seducers and other libertines go scot f free ree of any of the penalties ot of the law for this class t the he law has been allowed t to 0 remain as a dead letter the whoremonger the pimp the procuress the deml demi mande the adulterer and other adjuncts of so called christian civilization roam and contaminate our lovely mountain vales unmolested lin la the least degree by these pious plop reaf regenerators OF so far from them being so much as censured by the party ot of ref reform 0 rm they have been held up by bald party as exemplars ein eln for our boys and girls to f follow ol 01 they come out from under the restraint of your fathers never mind if you are brought up in good homes and under wholesomely whole instruction so long as you are foolish enough to listen to your arents trents parents you are slaves come out and belike beelike e like ilke tt us destroy your bodies and souls in the tie brothels saloons gambit hes aes etc ete never mind the excesses if through them you can be come tree such Is the christian counsel of those hose who thunder forth their venom jf against the latter day saints As one of those who have been born and reared of latter day saint parents I 1 think I 1 voice the sentiment of tens of thousands of those of like honorable parents parents when I 1 say that from such d damnable anable heresy good lord deliver us furthermore our enemies have gone outside all law and wholesome re regulation gula guia in order to convict honest and honorable citizens it appears appeals to me that it would puzzle a philadelphia lawyer to keep trace of the ahti mormon rulings of the utah judiciary they seem to be twisted and turned in every eveny conceivable manner in order to meet the requirements of the particular cases at issue iss ue I 1 know of several cases pending just now in those kinds of transgression gres sion I 1 am astonished at the assurance people seem seem beem to have of the conviction of any and every mormon formon A who may max be held heid to answer for the enormous crime of living with his wives and holding them out to the world worl dag daa as such it appears that conviction isas is as much a fore foregone one conclusion with tae masses as it is with th the persecuting sec ing attorney 11 etc and in the I 1 light I 1 of recent rulings it would be absurd if it were otherwise I 1 remember well the reynolds test case it was commonly remarked among our people during the various stages of that case that tae the law under which it was prosecuted would certainly be declared unconstitutional when etwas it was taken before the supreme court of the united states it was coni fi dently predicted that that august tribunal would not sustain the lower courts decision nor that the law of 1862 was agreeable aggree able with the true genius of the constitution but in this we were disappointed they did decide contrary to amendment one of the constitution as I 1 honestly believe 1 in this opinion I 1 was recently confirmed by the assertion of the new york world an eminent authority in answer to a correspondent that the supreme court had bad by its morr mormon non i ireme creme decision ec isloa practically ANNULLED AMENDMENT ONE OP THE constitution it appears tome to me that this is the only sensible definition of the decision n from that time things have gone from bad add to worse it is notoriously seif self juries are packed with the special mission of convicting any and all mormons cormons Mor mons who may be charged with polygamy etc etc if citizens least ancil inclination n aaion towards believing bellavin in mormonism they are immediately immediate ry disbarred dis barred from acting as jurors they are especially required require a to testify that they are in sympathy with the prosecution whoever W oever heard beard of such an unwar 4 ranted injustice if it was sought to be perpetrated V upon the negroes of the suen southern states the republicans from maine to california would be ablaze with the mormons cormons Mor mons only being the sufferers who cares notwithstanding the the confessions ot U S officials that we stand exceedingly hio hig higher he r morally than those who call so 0 lo 10 loudly ly for the abolishment ot poly polygamy am ma I 1 th the t e war still goes on many ily liy 0 of f our best men are confined in felons cells for no other crime than that they have recognized 1 the voice of god and have sought to obey obes his ills law lawsond sand will not violate their i sacred covenants or disown their loving wives dud and children who can but admire the heroism of these braveman brave brav men emen it see seems m to me that if our relentless persecutors have but the faintest spark of humanity remaining within them they cannot but admire such unflinching integrity for tor eor how can c a n man die better than by facing fearful odd odds for thea shea 9 of his fathers and the temples of his is gods the fact is apparent now that those who are persecuted and cast into prison and subjected to pains and penalties penal ties remain unmoved their example inspires inspire q the young oung people among the latter day saints with a desire to be true to the principles that cost so much true brud manhood to maintain they realize that the fathers must have intense sincerity to endure so much for their religions sake they beadil readily perceive that unless their fathers and mothers were imbued with the divinity of the work it in which they are engaged how easy it would ube ibe to compromise one by one every principle they have espoused and for a brief period gain the favor of the wicked and the mercy of unjust judges etc I 1 do not consider the present crusade AS AX UNMIXED EVIL it is truly roving proving the latter day saints some have I 1 am sorry to say sayi yielded to its pressure and for present security only have renounced those solemn obligations that would brin bring them eternal safety others hav have Q shown that they are willing to endure pains penalties imprisonment and even evely death itself rather thau compromise their conscientious convictions tens of thousands of the lat ter day saints are bestir bestirring rin riD themselves and drawing nearer than ever to god their unfailing help in time of need it will not be long iong I 1 before some of the burden of the persecution will be removed from the shoulders of our 16 polygamous brethren all who dare be called latter day saints will share directly in the results of the crusade it will yet be a grievous sin in the sight of modem pharisaic demagogues for a person to profess belief in any intervention of almighty god in the affairs of men me n the mask is bl being eing fast removed the thin gauze is being taken away rapidly from the anti antip p and high K moral I 1 war cry of the rapacious crew IT IS PLUNDER AND spoliation IN IV DISGUISE it is our union that is troubling our enemies they fear that organization more splendid than any other on the earth that is established in these rocky mountains they would fain hope thattie that thal the plan called mormonism Is a delusion and as such sooner orlaver or later laten be brought to naught but they sense an inherent power in the system they are fearful lest it will ultimately survive all opposition and triumph in the land they are not in a mood to accept the proposition of the ancient sage to let it alone lest haply they may be found to tight fight against god their capital is public opinion 11 and as ion lon long iong as they can keep that well fanned by llin their thein false reports and missionary zeal and demagogic jugglery so long their nest will be feathered and their pockets lined that is the desidera desideratum turn the summum bonum of the devices ol 01 of ouren our enemies emles their patent gilding and oily tongued tongued misrepresentations to the contrary notwithstanding yes the struggle will go on our enemies will apparently flourish like a green bay tree the constitutional barriers that have protected the destiny of the united states will be torn asunder demagogues will continue in power for a season and WHILE THE WICKED rale nale THE people WILL mours MOURN af but it is an exceedingly long iong ion lon lane that has no turning their race will be run in due time our glorious constitution ution was framed bythe inspiration of god and he will not suffer it it to be eternally obliterated by wicked phew stewards though their name is legion after his purposes are served the saints will emerge from under the cloua stronger and better for the chastening cha truth is ii mighty and will prevail all we have to do Is to do right fear god and keep ills his commandments in all humility and the triumph will viii be achieved as surely as the day follows the night SEARCHER I 1 |