Show MORE resolutions the pre presbyterians rians of utah have at lat last specified their intentions relative to the majority rn of the me people of this state an and agi near as an we can judge of 06 matter tn itter they given notice that thley are tired of ih ib era ot of peace that has pi called during the last five years grimore or more Imore and aye de determined it if they can to effect ff at a chartre char gre it does not tom to them jt A seems deenis whether almost heated wounds ate are agala torn oen or whether the material mater lal In teresta of the are being jeopardized they aeeti incapable of both forg etting ml bent only upon fanning jio to flame spark of hatred that aap we ve in the ashes iro bably they feel leel justified Justi fid in adopt ch a course undoubtedly there ch 4 disappointment on account of oy pr oRrea ot of their propaganda aloe algo wotsy on amount account of the boarch ich of small aroah na and inspired jaloway jal nat naturally kally contemplate a to thene reflections by the MIM fact act pat the eBby terlan synod in seaR I 1 loi at ogden hda a resolution all people everywhere in our cou country who vao favor law order and morality to at once begin the necessary agitation and unite in a memorial to Cun congress gress petitioning that body to propose an amendment to the federal constitution and submit the siame same to the legislatures of the various states denning defining legal marriage as and forbidding polygamy under whatever guise it may exist as cohabitation polyandry polygamy and celestial or plural marriage also that the I 1 synod of utah hereby appeals to every presbytery in our church to overture the next general reli eral assembly in harmony with ith the above I 1 the alleged reason for these thee resola aloria is of course cours e the charge again repeated to the effect that the doctrine of polygamy is being taught in utah as a fundamental doctrine and that it ft to openly practiced in violation of the laws of df the state i it la IV evident from ahls that the reverend arle are trying V to foment a as 8 they an agitation one that shall lead to wh ah appeal to congress for the purposes pur poss of these christian missionaries it seems adems nece necessary seary to have an agitation through which it shall appear that a people known for industry virtue and loyalty are the proper objects of the wrath of the federal government by the way are arc these presbyterian missionaries sent to utah for the purpose of keeping up a perpetual agitation or to preach the gel of o f jesus let the people here know the true character of the angels they sometimes entertain unawares lae charge made has previously received proper attention thor thorough pugh these columns colum ne from what has leen been said on the ache subject it to Is sufficiently clear that if congress takes the matter up in the forni form of an amendment to the federal constitution utah will be among the first states to ratify such an amendment but there Is no necessity for federal interference the constitution and the statutes of the state are emphatic and explicit on the subject of polygamy unlawful cohabitation and kindred offenses the rians propose to reach congress through their general assembly we beg to suggest to this body that before it takes any step in accordance with the appeal of the framers of the ogden resolutions it institute t u te a thorough and impartial investigation into the question such an investigation ti would reveal the fact that not a single case of polygamous martlage marriage to la known to have been contracted in the mormon church in utah since the manifesto of octa Oot 1890 it would further make the peculiar shu situation atton resulting from previous conditions clear it would above all prove that there are facilities in utah tor for reaching any violators of the law and where in the wide world is there a spot in which some same lawbreakers taw breakers are not found agIn the courts controlled by judges and other officers boffl cers of sterling worth and integrity teg rity these facts the agitators carefully conceal for foi the furtherance furt herande je ie their own plans and purposes but will the general assembly of the Pres presbyter byrer ri ans wrong an entire religious community on the suggestion of professed agitators and refuse to hear both sides when the demon of persecution seize a upon individuals or communities some excuse for carrying out its Is always found nero did dd not lack such excuse nor did some ot r his successors there was a plausible ground for a war ot of extermination against the Valden ses kind and and for of the I huguenots Huguen persecution ts always fou lourid ad a cloak of under its ita I 1 loathsome features feature iL the were the ithe rhet hoffs tuey they against again the mormons cormons Mor mons applied to el ib might be found wanting in some aspects we need not tell the reverdee reYer re verree eriL gen that those who abo chay iced place themselves in the huft ment seat against their brethren incur a tremendous responsibility if taft divine assurance still is true that with what judgment ye judge ye shall be judged and with what measure y mete it shall be measured to doiy again nenon |