| Show edl EDI editorials TO R THE MORMONS AND THE CHINESE WE wh clip the following from the sacramento record union which seems to have a pair of scales that can accurately weigh the ex ek pastor paston of the washington church with the chimes dr newman the other day accused blaine and sargent of having neglected to do anything to put a stop to mormonism which he then proceeded to misrepresent and ca caricature rica ture in a way which would have been called flagrantly dishonest if a layman had been guilty of it if dr newman knows knowis anything about mormonism he knows that there la Is an element of earnestness and sincerity in iii it quite as real and genuine aa as exists in connection with nith any other creed if however legislators are to be blamed for having left mormonism alone then every man who has sat in congress for the past twenty years yeara ia is equally culpable with sargent and blaine for it is notorious that the issue has been bys systematically avoided by congress and for reasons which dr newman ought to but quite possibly does not understand it is rather curious that it ia Is scarcely ever in any other kind of talker than a clergyman that we find the recklessness of assertion and the willingness to slander whole communities which characterizes dr damana nem Nim dw mans mana recent lecture he evidently does not know anything about the chinese question and yet he is ready to misrepresent the people of california upon it and to strengthen his bis point he attempts a parallel between the chinese and the mor mons which only a wanton indifference to truth can explain dr newmans New mans mana lecture was fitly con eluded by an exhibition of trained a consideration were quite willing to represent themselves as converts ty they charmed their audience by playing their native musical instruments and they sang what they call hymns it may interest dr newman to know that in the opinion of clergymen who have lived among the chinese and who have BO no personal interest in pretending that they are amenable to evangelization all the talk about converting them is the shine and principally for the reason that they cannot be made to concede the superiority of the christian scheme to their own 6 this is an obstacle which has haa attended missionary labors generally 3 we are well aware but it is peculiarly stubborn in the case of the chinese and therefore the presumption ia is that dr newmans imperial troupe of celestial converts fo to christianity is neither moro more nor less than a troupe of arrant impostors only fit to gull credulous old women and of green kastern eastern parsons PAY AS YOU GO ao 11 THE tian bridgeport connecticut standard after thinking over the couise course taken by the managers of city land baud and aud state affairs for some som eyears years past has come to the conclusion that the soundest financial policy ia is john randolph golden rule pay aa as you go the town and city debts of connecticut amount to the interest on which helps to make a big load of th taxation mation the improvements which coat the most moat of this large sum were no doubt highly appreciated by the people but they were made at a time when wages waves were high aid money commanded comman ded big interest and now the weight of the burden of debt is felt to be very oppressive commenting on this aud and regretting the policy pursued tile the standard says true we should not have had the quite so soon but then most people would willingly wait a while rather than assume ioime such a burthen barthen as now troubles the taxpayers so far as acau mutating mu lating the m oney Is concen edit would have been easi easl easier easler er to raise it tuen then than it is to pay the interest now so now our creed is let us have all the improvements we can cef but before making them raise the money they will cost and pay as we toe go un under er the tho present laws there is no dan danger gerof gerot of the municipalities of utah contracting large debts or levying high taxes tp pay heavy interest ahe the charters of the various cities prescribe certain limits to their borrowing powers the salt lake lako city act of incorporation which may be taken as a sample for moat most of theophers the others provides in section 60 that the interest on the aggregate of all borrowed and outstanding shall bhail not exceed one fourth of the city revenue ar rising rials g from taxes assessed within the corporation during dunnig the preceding year 11 this confines con nines fines the possible debts of our cities within very narrow bounds and will prevent plunging into the seaon sea sen of troubles troubled in which most of thet the ohna towns ands anda and tates states of the union are now struggling to keep afloat if there therol is any sany needed ampro improvement ve which would justify a large outlay of money and the exercise of the borrowing power to the tho utmost extent of its ita chartered right we think it is the project now under consideration by this city for an adequate water supply it is no fancy adornment nor rich mans hobby but a measure that has become a pressing necess necessity ityl the benefits of which would be immediate and continuous accruing to the citizens of today to day as well as to their posterity yet we hope that sufficient wisdom will be developed in the discussion of ways and nd means for its accomplishment to show how the demand of the times can be supplied with a due regard to td the policy advocated by the standard and which has been exemplified in the past career of this territory pay ahyou as you go 90 21 antl ANTI MORMON inconsistency WE wn are peri perl permitted ed to make the following extract from a letter latter recel received v from a lady in michigan by a friend in this city city the writer ia a member of if the M E church please PI ease accept my thanks for your information concerning mormonism it gave me some new ideas let let iet me assure you that the mormons cormons have been and are a much abused and persecuted people I 1 have no doubt what you have said about the persecutions the mormons cormons have endured during their residence in the eastern states has awakened my Bym sympathy pathy for them I 1 think that if our public men at washington would lead pure and upright lives themselves and would try to set examples worthy of imitation by our young men and try to break up the dens deng of infamy and shame which abound in all our large cities to such an alarming extent the nation would have greater cause to honor lionor them than it will if they do put a stop to the practice of polygamy by the cormons mormons Mor mons I 1 think it would be fully as becoming if our public men would not raise such a hue and cry about polygamy if I 1 were going to practice poly polygamy gamy I 1 would be open and fair about it I 1 think there are many things more to be feared than polygamy I 1 never thought much about mormonism until lately and probably would not had bad not the subject been agitated so much of late I 1 am ana sure for myself that I 1 should never fancy mormonism but those that do believe in it have a right to their opinion I 1 like consistency dinall in ail all things and it seems to me the height of inconsistency to see men trying to break up a community composed of people who are peaceable and who have more real religion than their persecutors inasmuch as they only practice what they preach while their persecutors preach monogamy and virtue and practice polygamy and vice I 1 could not believe in polygamy and would not marry a man who did I 1 should be too selfish to share a husbands love with another woman I 1 know but if other peo pie choose dolivo to livo live in that condition even oven if it keratin were i in my power to do so I 1 would not prevent them in all ages of the world there have been dissensions arising from a difference of opinion on religious subjects and in all instances the stronger varty party seemed to take delight in persecuting the weaker st paulb pauls benediction and now a ow faith hope and charity but the tho greatest of 0 these is chail chali charity ty contains as much truth today to day as when it was pronounced in the church at corinth long centuries ago and it ia 13 one ono which our virtuous 2 congressmen could take to heart when considering the mormon question questions with a great deal of propriety A NEW SHIP oal CANAL CAL 1 1 1 tue the THE tun project of constructing a ship canal through tho the isthmus of darien has been hilta keita agitated ted at intervals for many years several routes have been surveyed and although the obstacles in the way areef are of no small magnitude devit yet it has b been e en shown that they are not insurmountable lieutenant wyse of th the french navy nivy has figured prominently as an explorer and surveyor for the proposed canal he has decided hir fir in favor of the airato atrato river biver route A convention of those who are interested te in the scheme la called to tp meet at paris on tho the of may when wyse wybe will make a full report othis investigations and mind their result the advantages of a short cut from the pacific to the atlantic will be perceived at once by every thoughtful mind trade would be stimulated at once between chinn china japan the pacific coast of north i and south america and the pacific islands with the american ports of the atlantic the canal would be a powerful rival for the carry carrying ing trade against the central pacific and union pac rac pacific eifle bail Ball roads and the country would reap the ben benefits eilts of the competition we hope tobee to see bee the plan brought to a consummation and will be ready with our congratulations on the marriage of the great atlantic and pacific sear sea we believe in the canal and expect to record its completion ion r r THE RECORD OF OUR ENEMIES THE tun notice published in the NEWS a time ume bince request lun the saints to gather up aud and forcari for forward kari to elder eider A M musser all the authentic information they could obtain in relation to the authors of persecutions and misrepresentations ortho of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints and its leaders and members has attracted bome some attention outside of our borders the cincinnati times referring to rit fit it calls it cra a new phase of M myr ar monism this is quile quite a mistake itis an old phase revived A great amount of bf information of this kind hind with partle particular lilar reference however to the persecutions in missouri was placed on record in i nauvoo during the lifetime of the prophet joseph josepn smith and it is by hla hia direction now reissued re ie issued by president Preside ht john taylor that the work of comp completion leilda is to be recommenced the remes times thinks hai mat hat there is Bom something ething ominous in the language 11 asks ahat what do they want with the names if they have no sinister designs and remarks it looks as if the gramme pro of these people might include sensational stirring events neither the times nor any other paper or person need borrow ally any alarm in regard to this matter we W want posterity to know who have been our friends and who our enemies and desire that our children may have an authentic and reliable record of odthe the sufferings ringa of their parent parents if for the truth truths a sake we have full faith also that eternal justie justice will mete mote out to all the tho measure they have dealt out to others and we want the names of our malig ners and defamers detainers def deta amers iners and those who have aided in the mob bings and murde rings the violations and robberies of the latter day saints to be preserved for refer ence that the world may know the fate late of those thom who fight against the zion of our out god history has hag already shown that none who have havo done this permanently prosper but that those who wilfully beek seek to injure this work and aim to destroy the anointed of the lord invariably come to grief and prepare a pit for their own feet defeat ch chagrin acrin azrin disaster and disgrace have covered the names of bf many noted men who have figured in the various attempts which have been made to crush this church arld and people and behave we have havo excellent reasons to anticipate a demonstration in the case of others of the trite saying history repeats itself there need be no alarm as joany sinister designs on our part we are occupied too much in watching the sinister designs of those who ara constantly plotting for our overthrow to leave us any consider able tima for retaliation bueme we maritto want to have our foes known for many of them will yet pretend to be our friends and it is briten fearfulness Fearful ness nesa shall surprise the hypocrites and when they come cringing and crawling for favors in the days of our prosperity and power it will be just as well to fulfill fulfil the scripture by pointing theato them to the tho record As to the 91 sensational stirring events the temes times is right light in its conj conjecture for such are close at hand but it will be the almighty who has declared deci ardd vengeance Is mine I 1 will repay who will be theauthor tho author of those sensations which will cause some to 0 o cry dry to the rocks fall on onus us and to the mountains wide bide us when the avenger will sweep away their refuge of lies and reward them double for all their iniquities meanwhile the latter day saints should keep in mind the instruction st of the departed prophet and the living apostles and gather up all the information of this character within their reach BO so that the elder appointed to make the compilation may have the materials at cor eor command to make his work thorough and complete I 1 CURES RECENTLY there have been quite a number of df reported cases of healing healing without medical aid in various parts of the united states the method adopted is becoming known as the prayer cure curp several persons claim that they have been healed in a remarkable manner in answer to prayer some through their own requests offered in faith some through the in I 1 of others A colored woman named mrs vine connecticut is credited with several successful administrations by anointing with oil and the e laying on of hands she iq opposed to medicine does not charge any fee for her services but has faith in the lord and seems to be able to inspire falth faith in the hearts of others the comments that are made on these cures are interesting to those who believe belleve in the restoration of the gospel in the latter times some writers attempt to throw discredit on all these reported ported le cures taking the ground that they are contrary to natural laws and common sense others who believe that such healings attended the ministry of the ancient sier rier servants of god doubt these modern mani fes actions because the day of miracles is past and others who believe in both take comfort from the fact that they are not confined to any one denomination but have occurred among the Cath catholics ollea congregationalists Congregation ansta aUsta methodists etc as well vell as among the mormons cormons Mor mons and therefore do not testify to the superiority of one sect above another for our part while not abla able to vouch for the arnth of these reports nor to bay eay that they are not exaggerated we see no reason to doubt the fact of their occurrence it is one of the principles of our church that the birns signs promised by the savior will follow them that believe in one ab age as well as another and if their manifestation among vailous valious sects does not prove the superiority of one sect above another as we rai readily admit it does prove that this tenet of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints is true and it should be born in mind that one of the chief objections object lona iona against joseph smith and his followers in the rise of this church was their |
