| Show D dafo r affo fao ar I 1 A L S sa MORMON WL 1 1 annexed from the cy tal dite tat and though W all ail 11 its sentiments in regard reald re ald woke system of plu piu plural ral rai wa cummens its itys strictures and coln ments menta on jhb tho social practices and bpi oil sparil 11 t of f the world who oppose us to the thoughtful consideration of alf who are concerned when there is among us a violation of the fidd moral co cude code eh the farst first impulse of the ameta american n mind is to betit seth bet it right light through punishment inexperienced people wonder r that a harilah par bish ilah inquisition was rw isible we have among us elements men ta in their rawl statts statis q quite alte sufficient af for la first class clam inquisition E especially capable are women ministers or of the gospel papel and reform bergt erst era 4 to ilire care fory foxy fo other people and arid crim crid cram convIct convictions ioui down i their throats to erect gallow gallowa sand and build penitentiaries aries foroff enders endors against a moral edt lepf their own construction M duties eutie s th they ey are ard delighted light q am to nii polygamy g ia 4 of course y a beastly beastly practice thau that degrades men ren and debauches women it ig Is matal fatal to therome the home andoe and of course antagonistic to chriatian civilization bal bat BO so is adultery which is the same thing without the mockery of marriage the average congress congressman ma n I 1 ma and the average minister of the gospel has haa his intrigue tri trl e buano bone tone proposes to stone sucu such immoral people to death nor are they hung nor consignee to the penitentiary why then should uhe the polygamous be llever believer in the prophet smith joe singled single d out for natural naturals nua nus anathemas ana themas s and aud condign punishment it 0 the ep inmon mind as if wai vai w as in the larri tArri marriage age th taj tb the adulterous congressman congress mau mah aurig and lwe LWI licentious minister er t too mayve may ve be tolerated if it they neglect or refuse refute to marry the women with whom they cohR cohabit bit years since a bill wa was 3 bafo before re car adultery a pen penti peni pent 1 i in any hoy territory district or reservation wherein the government odthe of the united states has hag control A member mamber of the houte hou houf j moved to amend so bo a as to except thel the 01 district strict of Colum columbia blai as he said adduch at duch buch fuch law would leave them wit bilut a quorum halt half the time andt anat maue mAke members of congress coq common to the status pr than to eithen either halt aall of con g goefft t the bill was wag voted edwn of course i f af stoat would become of congress ss a law enne enacted ted led tao tap confusion of ideas connected with was not cou cau to cod Con congress grebs grees of 0 course courso the average Congre congressman aaman especially the solon salon of ibe the senate is not expected 0 to o have a clear conception of anything any thing connected W with his duty and he be does not disappoint t expectation that laws hift should ha be pa a from sit ting liggon 0 abury because he did not believe iet let dil did believe la in of moses in respect to iffie al marriage 1 I ifill age gurp surp surprises rites no one bat ahat the tho supreme court of the united should hold that pol thy la merely adul by ie religion ligion was bigamy anuj could be punished us n such hid bid md ald surprise a many who had not learned learned that this tribunal wab was meru merv merely k today to day a curious exhibit of mo motu moin 1 eaten gowns handed banded down frodi frodl ChI let lef justices marshall Marshal taney aud and that certain old gen gan tl tiemen effiA wear on certain occasions very much as small clothes are kept for the public un deril derel glass caserto the patriotism of legs as the gowns show the legal lore of the fathers however the surprise comes in on ilia he fa fact CA that this his confusion has haa read reached Tied th eState department and onet bonef our mot moat eminent jurists hass habs sued aued a circular calling ah on foreign elac governments 0 ants to discourage the emigration on of people charged with of holding widing certain ioni ions fj these foreign powers are IR hat amazed for the oD opinions inions referred to are religious rell glou ai and nd the circular cornes cornea m es from a government I 1 hat hav 1 baw its bai bal ballestin leftin the f freedom of religious opinion for a century althis is directed against the marln eav ans a hody kody of fanatic j thap hway in human rones bones through the tho wIlderness tanzi alkaline P ert ort on the borders of salt lake bake where the Lord nord commanded them to abide with with the express understanding understand ing lag gia gla the par part p of the philistines that they were to perish they did not perish on th the 1 contrary they turned the desert de ser t into inton a garden and flourished in jn apko 0 philistines and tind grasshoppers they made calfior ala indeed the entire pacific alope slope possible sud and when th the siar star of empire tool toolkits rits western course so 0 much bung eung lovei over and orated upon it rea rest 8 and lid tid rec recuperate i at salt lake in aalia the bosom M of the polygamous and somewhat njg headed mormons cormons Mor mons the star of empire aforesaid in its proud march match was pulled along by mules and oxen driven drivon by rough fellows in boot boote sand band sud accompanied more or lebs leas wi with women arnd arid the tho ague neue but ut forthe resting testing place afforded by the pigheaded pig headed who had the god of moses their god gods and the star I 1 pt empire their profit the said star of empire would have rested until oakes amee ames the hon JE hooper of boston hon ron brooks of newyork new york and other honora bleb blea stole stoie money enough to build a railway across the continent it is now claimed that all this lother pother made over the mormons Mor mons originates in their our ovar dear friend sir edward thorn ton pronounces it practice aly ply galay gamy but it is to be observed that the prosecution or rather persecution se bf 1 the tiie mormons cormons began long before their divine revelation that thac commanded them inac in accordance cord card with the law of moses each one to take unto bini hini himself self belt as many wives ashe asbe as be might need to support him handsomely and this divine cop eop command amand was accompanied and cid clad with enough sil io dhere here and 1116 jo there to make a bible biblo in fact they were gere delv driven i en from hom the states into the waste places of the earth where each mormon had but one wife if anys any and never dreamed 0 f adding another it was not and is 16 doot that the pigheaded pik pig headed beaded polygamous apostles of and joe smith had more wives ives than thelah allow allowed ej but thu tbt they had and have more mere property of a tempting sort than the philistines allow them the gardens orchards meadows the tho cat tio aloon on a hills ino uno rich ilch rich silver mines and the gorgeous temples that resemble re exaggerate pumpkin pumpkins s cut in half make the tho mouth of the christians to water with desire and lift up their pious Eben ezrs and cry out what a bhame it is to cavemen have hav emen emon men mon marr marn marry their concubines instead of linan having vy some brothels as we do smite em oh lord hip and thigh and confiscate cate to our use their houses and lauds lands likewise their pumpkin shaped adm Aim dimples temples pies ples likewise their horses horbes and aud oxen oice 6 their theli kibies aesha and kwid mules males their man servants and maid Beri servants ants and oh lord likewise their gold and silver mines amen there mere is today to day a larger population of prostitutes in baltimore or philadelphia or new york or boston than polygamous people in utah but thia la 19 in accordance with the christian christ fan lan dispensation of brother newman and other cler cier teai leal lights and is to be disposed of by befog being ignored there is Js no man possessed of a thinking apparatus in that b bulbous U to his backbone called ft a skull hull but knows that beastly and utterly abominable is the practice 0 at polygamy 3 yet these in it as of divine co command of cours ethis being the fact inia only way to eradicate the evil is to elevate the race through education to a higher and more elevated d plane this being douer douet done doue polygamy will disappear mon girl or widow is going to accept a piece apiece of ofa a man for a husband when under finder our dur christian dispensation able can have an entire man to herself we cannot get the pumpkin shaped temples nor the silvor silver mines in this way but we cangel ean can gel get our christ christian lau iau civilization 61 0 one husband and one WIN wife with tho the divorce law attached and a seducing old clerical gentleman in the pulpit there is however a widespread howl for violence end out an army persuade the elders eiders with bayonets we hope this will be tried and and aud wei we desire delre such an tok for several reasons pigheaded polygamous followers of Mosea akl agi smith will whip our hypocritical a government so badly that it wil will be a lesson to the hot gos gosp pelen pelem elers elera and swash bucklers for all time tillie to come our Oar railroads across the would disappear in thirty days A million of men man would not keep that railway down and i then would come ahe dreary mar marches ches cheb oy ov erthe waste places where ma man u and beas boas would perish and i tho the transportation of bac each h ba barrel barrei r of flour would coat from afif nifty fifty ty to fo a hundred tho thousand ug dollars the war would last thirty yearb years kud iud t lil jil the defeat of the cormons mormons Mor mong mons but destruction of our government jc cradit credit beings Be inza inga patriot this jasi jast ast is for what we pr pray ay we never can have hail a republic based on self govern mentho ment so long ai as ig an administration can borrow a bent let us destroy the credit of the government and then we wel can glye give to our posterity the republic given us by the fathera fathers 1 0 0 IN THE MINISTRY THE following lett jett ietter or appears in the hilkin gal fal star oar of sept sepi lat it Is written by a young man raised in utah now on his brit firs t mission to E europe drope and who la Is a son of our hunter it needs no comment but shows that the young man Is earnestly eh e engaged h g aked in id th the 0 W world 0 r ik ot 61 the ministry ATHERTON augue dear brother brothers last katurd saturday ay evening I 1 had the privilege of baptizing four more into this branen branch and there is abood prospect for baptizing more one that wasi was bg baptized wa was 19 an old lady by ithe the nanlee name of ann lummox she walked about three miles and ahalt Grange for me to baptize aize her Shede she desired Edred to be the first one im immersed immer mp eri erf ed ped her age is 81 she was going to walk all that way back the bame same night buelt but it was thought wisdom that she age should stay at brother hilton nil Hll tons until morning and nod then walk home she felt better when n she came out of df the water than tharl when bhe she he went in this makes thirteen I 1 have had tho the privilege of baptizing since my first trip and nod I 1 will attend to more th the next time I 1 come around NV wenelda We helda elfeld a good outdoor out door meeting at bedford nedford Leigh There were about present and very good attention wag paid we promised we would z 1 2 aa a A 1 T i leigh in two aweeka from sa sunday bunday nai ay president Parting tons branch is increasing rapid rapidly lys and the saints abet there e are what I 1 call alive I 1 find where tile the preside president ut magnifies b hib his i ls calling the branch ia is generally walking in th lwi thi same bame osame path I 1 stayed in leigh brancil branch last week went to the farm houses and delivered tracts to both high and low wherever they would accept I 1 deliver many tracts while traveling from one place to another and whenever leverl leveni J get an it a point to tell the people of the glad tidings of the gospel 11 I 1 was downin down in a the manager treated me very kindly after I 1 came up I 1 thought one kind act deserved another and eo so I 1 preached a termon to him and the colliers balso 1 I also aiso went through a factory the managers were very accommodating and showed me through the diu din erent processes process ei and workings of cotton I 1 also prell ched chud to 16 them i ana and nt lett left them some tracts they were well pleased about three week weeks sago ago ngo I 1 wab waa at a primitive methodist meeting my young brothers br othera and sistelia wanted me to go and see eee how they pretended to worship god I 1 could plainly see the difference between true and false faise worship it was all sll only have faith in jesus and we would be saved they asked me many times if I 1 had got a word for jesus I 1 thought 0 the w words ardi my father oather kirve kiive kave gave to his sons if they ever even went want into a place of worship to behave and observe order I 1 waited until they had bad got through r thenarose and asked ivl IVI if 1 could have the privilege of speaking a short time times also telling them I 1 had a testimony to give for jebus and had come miles uhe the same they were very well pleased and seated themselves quietly I 1 spoke a few minutes on faith which suited them exceedingly I 1 quoted them james 11 II 14 2026 26 faith without works is dead as the body without the spirit is dead I 1 also spoke a short ti time me upon baptism I 1 then bore my t testimony ea to them that joseph smith wag was a true irue i prophet of god one of the head ones jumped up and said he perceived who I 1 was that my heart was wis not right before god that I 1 did not quote the scriptures right arid i it t was not 1 I As many as the lord our god goa go d should call would be saved but as many As as would call upon god would be P P ga bayed sayed yip tip d J j t then he n found the pa passage enge antl and had 0 one beof of their own read it and nothing moro was vas wass wasp aidon aldon that subject after I 1 got through brother geo feo partington made a few et re marlis raa iks th the tho minister was not present at the meeting we told them that we W e x j en e N to hold hoid an outdoor meeting at mosely common and invited hom hem hern to come they concluded they would give up their meeting and I 1 hear us it jailed and we were disappointed in holding our meeting 1 did not go to oppose them but went to bee see how they pretend to worship god but being invited 0 so o many times timea to give my Xea I 1 diaso did so being blessed by the spirit of god in sq doing I 1 find tho the only way to enjoy our mission here ia is to get the bpi api spirit of it and be leve elders eiders in the minis try I 1 also notice those among the saints th that at are living cons consistently latently paying their ti thing endeavoring tb lay jay up little by little for their emigration are the one t hat that attend their meetings and can fl nind find n 0 work god will that will keep his commandments the saints in my district as it general thing are feeling well and ano carapa calapa can bay say y that they realize the great necessity of j being what they pro fega feea fes fee to be I 1 iveel feel weh wells and find tny toy desire js is to warn aa many aa ait comedo my way that ii Is what weare bent sent here for andia we will do our best the lord will bless ue up I 1 your brother brothe in the gopel gospel ascar F HUNTER it 1 0 THE EMBARGO go bruere has been BO so much said about the circular letter can c r man immigration jalm Jaim bala t to V have a e issued by secretary evarts that it may seem 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