Show THAT LOATHSOME ULCER WHAT IS IT editor deseret news the latter day Sainta Saint came where no white mans feet ever trod irod lor for the of peace and the free exercise of religion those inalienable rights purchased ved by the blood of noble patriots nU wrested froia us by the th nd of persecution on arrival anival here although beyond the boundary of the tha united State swe we hoisted the dear old flag and it was waved majestically on tue pure mountain breezes although Al struggling hard for subsistence we enjoyed peace and that finerty to worship god according to the dictates of conscience bequeathed thed to us ns as american citizens ci in the land from which we had been driven there while under a provisional government and after our tion as aa a territory during the administration istrati om of brigham troug as governor the saints in these valleys prospered temporally morally morall and spiritually during period there were no liquor saloons no gambling halls balls no houses of ill fame no lewd mery men and no prostitutes children grew up here without having seen a drunkard but after uncle sam commenced sending us governors and judiciary appointees from abro adit was dot long before the moral atmosphere exhibited a change demoralizing influences were countenanced and even practiced eu by men holding official governmental positions saloons were in vogue houses for prostitutes were opened and patronized previous to this state of ef things one of the governors sent here on arst first arrival at a respectable hotel in salt lake city before he had washed the traveling dust from his face asked the hostess where he could tind find a woman the hostess politely informed his excellency that there was no women here of the character to which she suppo supposed ed he alluded the circumstance shows that he like many others did not know how to estimate the purity of mormon society ube the officials imported from the states soon learned that if they must have mis mib tresses they must bring them from abroad and some of them did so one prominent judge had bad his bis mistress sit sil beside him ou on the tae judicial bench when administering in an official capacity a sheer insult to the latter ilay day saints baines some borne years ago when a procession ason I 1 was formed in a public celebration of the fourth of july two carriages occupied by inmates inmates of houses of prostitution were placed immediately in the rear of one m which sat a prominent federal official it was a burlesque on anat time honored day in conversation with one ofay of my lad ladya mormon friends respecting the custom of the world and the dubious character of et some strangers in our midst she very ven prop properly orly remarked that there were exceptions exception t to general rules she bhe said she had bad made tae ane acquaintance ot 01 a very estimable couple a very accomplished gettleman and amiable wife whose respectability she did not question she felt assured they were v sinuous and worthy of confidence they then were absent having baving left tor the east the next I 1 heard from my friend she havin having been informed that those save the mark people had returned to the city aud and as common friendly etiquette suggested she went to call on them when to her mortification and utter astonishment she met another woman the legal wife the respectable blet lady she went to call on OB I 1 and expected to meet was the husbands mistress mib tress and now far away some borne few years ago I 1 met a awayan cousin of president garfield a delegate to congress from washington territory who called when on his way to washington a H he said to me miss snow you have been long in in the mormon church and I 1 would like to ask what good you have seen resulting from the practice of polygamy I 1 told him it entirely prohibited the social evil he replied that is a great thing the social evil is constantly on tile the increase in ane states and it is going to rum rula our country I 1 told him another good result of plural marriage was it created confidence between the sexes he wished to know now BOW that was waa I 1 told him that in plural marriage each wife knew that the other wife or wives were as legally so as herself each had been sealed married to the husband by the same sacred ardi ance an ordinance which god has revealed arid and that in associating with him as husbard and wife they commit no 8 sin and the husband is not defiling hemsell they all know that sexual einterz intercourse ourse outside the marriage i relation elation is ad adultery uld which severs t men an and women from the church ardithe curse of god w follow an ac adulterer cannot be a saint god requires strict chastity of Hig hn people eople how w preposterous the hue and cry of this adulterous generation about purifying utah the purity huriy of the latter oay saints S is w anat h lt 0 our ur persecutors fear were toe mormons cormons Mor mons a people of oms were plural marriage an institution of debauchery were tile the mormon women prostitutes there would be no trouble no loathsome ulcer to eradicate were plural mar ariage a corrupt institution those now most blatant again would hall bail with delight and hold it in fond fellowship but plural marriage when lived in a accordance with the requirements of its eternal author who has commanded this people whom ile he has called out of babylon to 10 practice is sacredly bac pure and to fallen humanity and in connection with it god has placed his everlasting veto on al ail sexual impurity infanticide abortion and notorious practices with the ane would be purifiers pu of the lat ter day saints here in these mountain vales god has established a nucleus and dow the integrity ot of the saints is being tried and it will be fully proven whether they will abide the ordeal or break their sacred covenants and drop down to the leyel level of a godless generation to use the very appropriate expression ot of president cleveland and be like tile the rest that now is a point al at issue his satanic majesty knows full well that these are the last days and that god has commenced a work that will reinstate virtue and chastity and bring forth a pure generation in which to establish his own government of peace equity and goodwill good will on t the he earth Wha tithe world calls polygamy will be greatly instrumental in bringing about this glorious consummation and no wonder that all the powers ot of bell and their confederates in our midst are combined against it satan the arch enemy of all righteousness ous ness Is rallying all his forces inspiring editors judges priests and rulers to dogliat do what to shred the sacred protective constitution of our country that they way may root up and utterly demolish the nucleus of honor ana chastity which god in his providence has planted here which is already a burning reproof to this corrupt nation but all their noise threats clamor and persecution have no bearin ing against Al ulcerous cerous affections and affinities which are contaminating and des destroying troy in the life lifeblood blood of our once republican publican Ke government their their hellish warfare is entirely aimed against sexual purity to so clear the way that unbridled adultery wita all its attendant evils may aide rampant and unrestrained on the pampered steed of popularity now to our starting point that loathsome ulcer what is it it SEXUAL PURITY B TJ R R S 0 S salt lake city july |