Show INSANITY OR OB MALICIE MALICE THIS morning a gintle gentleman dintleman man informed us that a prominent american lady of national repute had in his presence related a remarkable anti mormon statement it was in a as follows the lady referred to met three lady teachers of the party who were here about four weeks ago the they y had just come from the tabernacle grounds they stated that while there they were approached by it a woman who represented herself to be asan an emissary of the mormon church she assed them if they would not embrace the mormon I 1 faith and take up their residence here where they would be provided with good husbands from among the elders all the they y needed to do was tj aft signify their wish to be married to one or other of the elders and the matter would be arranged as according to the creed of mormonism no man associated with it could refuse to enter the marital relation with any woman who asked him the astounding part of this ridiculous affair was that our informant stated that the afo aforesaid resal prominent and widely celebrated lady appeared to place some confidence in the story As she was still in town this morning a reporter of the NEWS was sent to ask her whether ghether such was the case she verned the relation about abbat the four teachers making the statement to her but told the reporter that she was of opinion that the woman who approached them must either be an insane person or she ehe was an enemy to the mormon people taking the statement of the three teachers as correct hew could any sensible person adopt any other theory than that tatt ot insanity or malice the idea that the church should take such a a step te P as that indicated cannot be belle believed v ed boreo by people a hairsbreadth hairs breadth removed from I 1 rom idiocy in the first place the idea that mormonism and polygamy are a synonymous nony is a fi flagrant agrant error and ake the assertion oft repeated that the elders are move more anxious to have members of the female than the malo male sex converted is totally untrue that they have an undue anxiety for any people eople of any class to embrace the faith faith of the gospel beyond a desire tor for the batters lai lat own welfare is a fallacy and all must come in at the door by having faith in a risen redeemer betag beins baptized by immersion at the hands 0 of f one having authority from god for the remission of sins and receiving the holy ghost through faith and obedience of the two theories suggested by the prominent eLt lady referred to that of malice is the most probable if a woman of the kind spoken of by the abe lemale female teachers approached them as they described she was io in line with a certain class of backman who are required by those who employ them to stuff tourists with every species of anti mormon falsehood she was also a unit with a clique of anti Mor moB all button holpus it is not improbable that the female fiend it if she is not a myth wad was employed by those whose chief occupation is to spread lies and defame the character of the mormon people that under the popular prejudice thus created create d they may prey with ftp impunity unity upon the latter day saints we would have given the name of the lady of nations national repute to whom we have made reference but from respect to a request from her that we should not we retrain refrain doubtless she knows if she reflects a 2 moment what is meant by anti mor imor mon buttonholing button holing if we are rightly informed she has been somewhat subjected to attacks from pe persons r who exhibit an over anxiety to impart anti mormon information the wise and I 1 just not on every question will however never base a judgment on a one sided story |