| Show IN SOUTH CAROLINA kindly give me space in your coli cola aunins to show the nest uen of sume aume of on our r enemies in sauth carolina the NEWS has some circulation in the ibe south and through its medium would be a good way to get the true fauts facts before the people I 1 have written to two of the papers here but they are too one sided aided for any uee seemingly they are afraid of the truth concerning the latter day saints one of the me citizens of harry county south carolina made anat tack on mormonism I in the harry berald which is misleading and the cause of ren renewed wed persecution I 1 attempted to reply to the article wherein the writer dicou focused hocused sed us of preaching polygamy to the people privat privately ety 12 of putting our converts under iron bound cathe 12 and swearing them to eternal secrecy also holding in our doctrines soul 2 anil and the that women have no only way she can avoid annihilation to is to immediately form a bond of union according to the mormon church that those who have accepted the gospel and emigrated emigrate ds dare not send a letter home to friends without first submitting it to a vigilant vig ilent committee and all objectionable matter stricken that we elders are agents employed on large salaries by the mormon church to play upon the passions of the ignorant and a great deal more such stun stuff as that which to Is utterly false and they have refused to publish anstin anything ing in favor of us ue aare here to is a copy of what I 1 sent to the p paper per named but the editor instead ot of publishing it throw threw out aut more insults and lies about us editor of herald harry Co bosc SC I 1 feel in duty bound to make a reply to a piece recel recently atlY printed in yur paper on mormonism and I 1 trust to your honor as a gentleman that you will publish the panne earn and render bender therefore unto caesar the things that are re camars Cee sars and unto god the things that are gods 11 this is a free country i its tion was framed by inspired men and sealed with their blood and why do men who pretend to be christians try to prohibit the t ot of freedom in religious mattera matt erb why do they try to take from us that which our parents nobly fought and died for our par f dinits to came from the jd ad countries to escape the hand band of oppression and here found bund laws law guaranteeing th the righetto right to everybody to worship 0 d according 1 to the dictates of conscience and those who try to prohibit people from that exe exercise reise are are rebels unto the government under which we live the accusations made against the Mormon Mor si are calumnious and libel our and it to is not I 1 lust on the he pirt part of any person to judge fudge and condemn a man or a community without hearing bearing both sides we do not preach any doctrine we are ashamed ot of and I 1 will assure you we are willing to pass it around and herald berald the good news abroad give as a chance and we will herald it anil and from us one can get the truth about the mormons cormons and their doctrines but from our enemies or from the enemies of any people you can expect but little truth in receiving the history of christ do you accept t he testimony of the u unbelieving ing jews or the testimony of the believing ones and his frien freenis fri enis as the testimony of the believing ones or his followers you accept then why not accept the evidence given by our fri friends endL yes the united states did enact laws jaws prohibiting the practice of polygamy anywhere in the territory and the Mormon oDB sJ being a law abiding people abandoned that practice the mormons cormons Mor mons believe in being subject to kingg presidents rulers and magistrates in obeying honoring and sustaining the law when the law was passed prohibiting polygamy and proven to be constitutional the mor mons honsl also passed laws in their church a manifesto which de barred its members from practicing that principle therefore making it a church crime why not give the cormons mormons Mor mons sl credit for what good they do if they are not a good people why not take steps to convert them from their evil ways and not them because down but lend them a helping hand god will forgive you your trespasses as you forgive those that trespass against you mormons cormons Mor mons do not nor teach polygamy in public or private but hold it as a dead issue and boulo be willing for it to remain buried i circuit riders and some liberal 7 politicians would not rake it up more than that it is unfair to condemn a people for what a few have done we do not put our con verts vertra under an ironbound iron bound oath and they are at ai free to accept or reject the gospel as the people of any denomination on earth there have been upwards of seventy join the so culled called mormons cormons Mor mons in this section of the vineyard have been baptized public publio at baptisms baptism where hundreds of people have wit eased it and no swearing to eternal secrecy took place we do not claim that the cooj women any soul the accusation is utterly false and without foundation women converts who have emigrated to utah or other localities are free to write what they will to friende frienda or relatives in any country there are hosts hosto of people in utah who are not mormons cormons Mor mons and I 1 wish to say also that utah Is in the united states too I 1 have had people who pretended to be intelli intelligent gents ask aek me m how many days I 1 was on the water coming to utah and some think the vessel only sails from utah abd every six months we are not sent out as an agents employed by the Mor mormon monO church to play upon the passions of the ignorant we come to preach the gospel of jesus christ unto the people and warn the wicked of their evil ways and do good to our fellowmen fel fol and 01 1 I can assure you we w bear our own expenses expense and look to the lord for our pay and not to man the 96 disgusting ro roman manceb ceh on mormonism are written by our enemies and if you want the truth go to a friend and not to some enemy we appeal to the world for justice and fairness to be meted out to us and all other people in our great republic if we are a free people let us prove it by our works even here in this enlightened P P country people know but little about the latter day saints outside of the exaggerations and misrepresentations resen tationa of our opponents therefore I 1 ask aak you to investigate from an unprejudiced standpoint into the mormon 1 1 que question for mormonism n as it to is called calif d is actually the sae game identical gospel that was taught by jesus jesue christ exactly the same as the apostles apo atlea were sent out to teach which caubet so BO much contention strife and opposition they were everywhere spoken evil of whipped imprisoned their names cast out an aa evil and many other outrages heaped upon them always misunderstood by the majority yet they accomplished what the lord sent them to do and it should be a reminder for people today that christians dont persecute but are the ones who receive the persecution and it they call the master of the house bouse beelzebub how much more shall they call them of his bis household HENRY 8 TANNER |
