| Show WHAT SHALL THE DO WE recently aly noticed noti cedat at bome some length an article in n the tho he omaha herald requesting aei ael the P asir I 1 11 to put polygamy in tho the theater mr adds aldi referring to our rep reply aj j has bag the following in its iss issue u e of lithe the people of utah kno know w how sincere and kina and abw entirely uninfluenced the 0 omaha herald has always been byi popular clamor against them in the past and we pre bre are glad to percel perceive vb that the NEWS discusses oan our appeals lu to them with a full appreciation of our continued good will towards them there is ene one point made by the NEWS that calls for prompt and ump emp emphatic hatic hatie answer which la strongly PU put in the tha following ls un and d wo would ince lfeo to ask isk tb tho herald herard what men are t expected to 10 di arlio daver caver married two iwo ot or more wives by bv katung con consent seal seat under tha sancha of church oo venant op ail an we ube hold bold bd pas cred who haa has alv d with thum them la mhd aud Is tho the luttier of ther ohl cht dren who retains heir peir addee affee fon ton and estee imy imp und and is held as E their provider aim piot doc dor ho put from him all nil but dut butone oue one wife hrand brand the others alle vile name and admit that their child ren rea aro dabi babi aids the tho answer ia Is ten ton thou thousand sand sanA times limes no vilt witha habig big N the omaha would bave have no polygamist isi in ILI utan utah who ia Is the head bead or of polygamous families do any such thing norta noria there any buy need need o such cruelty either upon ent or conscientiously guilty let the mormon people renounce all future marriages by an open and honest declaration and there are not a baking dozen of decent people in amer america I 1 c a who would ask eat hat any a brand as ia mentioned by the NEWS should be put upon the women and chil ehll children kiren let it once be understood that wa the mormon church had solemnly renounced plural marriage as a part of its teaching and ani practice in the fu alid abid there theril la Is nol not a doubt in our th that at thep thop copie cople orthis country would tolerate the allt n ing order in utah among that if they could feel eure thet the ution of polygamy had beet been in the way of early extinct loa ioa ti solemn act and decree antho on thil of the church authorities andr ani and na rk pie of utah we wo fully tally appreciate the teb ibe ili kli ilk feelings of the jgerald and the t 4 tent lons ions lof of its talented edito 4 wards the people who have za thia this territory tory tors but we ask all nil how the church chutes jei jel jesus u be christ brist of day y i can corneli consistently take m sach each kap kai hap a to tion as they request lir irr they the 1843 joseph smith rectum lectia revelation on celestial which ham hay become te of the lne sacred records of our out chad eias AM au aud and d the doctrines and aud comzy in which bave have beba baba rew gew ly accepted by its ita V I 1 vine in 1852 those doctrine publicly announced to thet andone and one of our leading ak AJ went to washington aud and proa ed d them at the very seat keat of orca gi ment il it was not until ten tend alter tho Congre congress avi ol 01 thi tbt the ed states incited by fanatics urgen urged on by adventurers dema dewa making capital out of that m might ight involve law framed against this thi iati ment of our religion bhatia there has been a tween the govern ceat lct As mormons Mor mons nW on tha w we jve have bave raised 1 liba tiba with the Govern me nuh fit itina be ted red ull a tits dispute on tei tui is ter jez 61 with the latter latte behave we nave been repeated repeatedly lyt what the church proposes I 1 about it we have so no make As lap imi articles tuia is an lind find blik ammil affair ir god bas haa given the tim la ds day Y saints a law jaw U mihall not obey it or that it in I 1 we shall the punished with fora orta pains and penalties it latter laiter day dai reint to act atam responsibility and ve i J of re respect or dab pk tho the law of god or dr disregard dis dia regard to the lawo faw jaw of r mut if 11 the church were V t 01 I 1 I 1 with the suggestion of tit V 11 I 1 and olber ahoi rieta ri eta speak from ese exe esc pentti kle would astuy chaj eidi am if the thel authorities of of the tho OB were to take auy aul au such stand us as a trie friends possible 6 enunciations renunciations would in all f p ability be repudiated the people it is nul nut the sapid of cehi men however clothed with arid feddern this churche 4 than the voice of Godi godl litt d whole body bodo has the risha righta N to recognize and 0 belted as the binding w chulch church hau 1 all things in this chu lt be doner done by common cowle cabs cass cor eor cording ding t to levi revealed baled antl and ird irn church cove cave covenants nants the corli lord and the w wui wul III of the tha both recognized ia in jtb its gohei it combines the democrat demo crt theocratic qualities 1 XI J J depot iem lem it ia is not allar all body tody but bot a perfect byr FIR E Y parts of which must dust be anul and neither the greater nor the lesser can bay may to 10 cc we have no need of the e 1 it of the opinion a th we are arienda who are anxious 11 unction ine lne inc tion of plural ioanis io anig V the he church t as a t 0 a tion look looking irig to such euch aril arll will be greatly would be the very helg heig height cl and inconsistency for th ue 00 to 0 take such a course it humn in power that I 1 enact acted eft edt and intentional against an Integ integral mi pirt part ofa f 9 I 1 deion ion to enforce its that hat is all there is of the tha gsg far as human law ia is theford the lord is able to vin dicia V self and sustain his own owl pl 10 purposed troi rol ur pose sep oha tha result 1 is iiii 1110 1 aby IN the position I 1 paper has been alluded ed ija t j it neither do we consider to el have advanced aDy thirl thill el do relation to it the theu ol 01 of the church ia Is well weli w 1 4 t it has not been c i 0 or ir pr quence of tild till the colle lion tion for fon a timo time a lity of the law against pa poff va legal question bo was an open the c 1 it has baa 1 been een decided by I 1 trl tri tribunal bunai bunal of chis country 10 therefore itla beyond con leo in pa itis bi bagh every who breaks that law ia Is individually liable to its penalties this ia Is unquestionable but in stating this tact fact we concede mo nothing thing we only define we do not in iii making the statement admit matthe the justice of toe law jaw or the logic of the ruling neither do we modify or in any way insinuate a change in the doctrine policy or counsel of the church we ve maintain the divinity of the law on ou celestial marriage aa As a matter of belief liefie we still dispute tho the right of congress to enact a statute against it aud and also the arguments if they embe enbe caa can be dignified with such a name rg 0 tha iha supreme court in its decision on the validity of the act ct but while wh lie ile occupying this ground wo we leave each indi vidual to act for himself and rik the human or divine as Us we haxe bave always sawaya done nothing less lesa nothing not nov mug mote more if there hete bete ia is neither right light nor reason why the mormon church should solemnly renounce plural marriage fany aaby finy more than baptis baptism na for the dead or any other tenet received and established aa as part of its acknowledged creed tho The doctrine is proclaimed its practice ia is and has been an individual matter and the persecution or prosecution of those who break the human law ia is a matter between them and the executors ot of the law over both of whom ia is the jehovah in whose hands are governments aa as well veil ag as persons and to whom wu mia submit our cause for final decision |
