Show WHAT afat THEY SAY OF US e e commend 0 n d the folios following ing lug article alne from t the h e I 1 admi era of oct ath to tiie tile the perusal of our readers it is honest manly candid add aud well written the ara gra is a most ably conducted lit literary journal in every way worthy of or its large circulation and characterized by a flow of wit alid and freshness fresh nes ne of satire in dealing with the prominent follies of the age that is truly ref refreshing din win in these days when fried froth frothi is too often mistaken for humor that it al also aiso also reaches readies a high standard of excellence in the serious mood tour lour our readers can ee beey seey mcleod mcleod 0 ON X the ghe rev norman mcleod preached avery a very vecy powerful discourse last thursday evening professedly on the resources of utah territory nir mr air mcleod Is a fine speaker he ue indulges in declamation but his artica dation is so clear his emphasis so cor hect his periods so sor beautifully rounded that in this instance declamation is eloquence his style reminded me very aluch much of mr james cooke late of wi wilbon I 1 bon son Zo Zoya yaras rals circus i K asa rhetorician he is immeasurably superior to the sensation preace preacher er bof mar excellence language in hi his s hands As is not like a flail in the hands of a boy bos 0 I 1 quite as likely to hit lilt his own head he d as s aaby any one else faa 1 I shall take some excretions exceptions homr to mr discourse on oll t the e mor mormons cormons mon mons not he represented things as he gaw saw them but his position there as a preacher of a faith hostile hosti leto to their own kasnot the best beat for impartial observe f tion c people he said were seduced into h k mormonism by the false represents k eions of their preachers their preach P ers say that such and sueh such is the will of agod it god they promise their followers an place in the kingdom of lH heaven theaven eaven representing themselves as the apostles of anew a new creed and the mor mons as a people chosen by god a the medium through 0 ii which his vill viii shall i beki baki be known lown iown doubtless this is so the practice howe lio iio however wever vei is liot mtr confined a to mormon p preachers r eachers it is nothing uncommon to hear from i the pulpit of this city the fra fraust ost positive and dogmatic 4 assertions asta what is the ivill 0 of f the almighty under another heading in this column I 1 chave have given one instance and similar ones may be produced in any desired quantities i d 1 readily admit the danger of placing too much faith in the tile declarations of any man who professes to tell ns us pre bisely what is the will of god in matters of i mere religious belief certain instincts V of right and wrong are arc implanted in our hearts and are common to all humanity these instincts may be by education but they cannot ca be rooted out they are of m mans maus s wi nu tu ture tuce re wherever lie lle may be e found in regard to the peculiar religious be lierpo leco the mormons cormons Mor mons this com community muni has nothing to do if that church chuoc K should send here berei we should have a right to combat what we would regard as their heresies her esies but we have no occasion to f ight fight them while they mind their own business As a community we do not believe in a plurality of wives xii Jil I 1 am sure I 1 do not my observation of society has haa shown me that thit the man who Is a faithful husband of one wife does all that can reasonably be expected of one man he ile may not thereby secure salvation but if there is anything in work iwock I 1 I 1 apart from faith I 1 should say that iio lie he ought to be recommended to the mercy of the court on the last day but because we do not believe in a plurality of wives is no reason why we should gln gin join an in the persecution of those who do 0 kb 0 man is is the keeper of another mans conscience nor can any man understand the process by which another arrives at his conclusions mr mcleod would not like to be denounced because he wants but one wife or because he wants none as the ease case may be if he says gays that mormonism is destructive of morality the mormon will answer that is a matter of 0 opinion pinion I 1 I 1 I 1 trust no one will understand me as defending mormonism I 1 defend the right guarantee guaranteed aby dby by the organic law of our land th the e right 0 of reli rell religious gigus freedom in regard to the material condition of the mormons cormons Mor mons mr mcleod prein presented ted a dark picture he doubtless intended to pal pai paint nt a falth faith faithful nui lul piet picture ure but it is not in accordance with facts given to the world by gentiles who have no sympathy th with the mormon faith the he uniform testimony of impartial men is that there is no poverty in utah as that word is understood understood in all large cities the the uhe very emigrants gash gathered er ed from the poorer classes of english djs h and continental manufacturing citi cities e s are provided with comfortable homes and put in the way of getti getting hig fig a better living than they had ever had in their lives it if the government Is a one man mau government ern ment it is paternal if it is a tyranny it is a tyranny of mind over matter brigham young has ua no army one thin thing speaks volumes dor for the mormons cormons Mor mons they have the friendship of all the indian tribes be between the two great ranges of moun mountains taina taing the mor ifor mons are always at peace with the race whose soil they have llave ap appropriated ate d while the gentiles are at perpetual war probably the best solution of the indian problem of the day would be to contract with brigham young for peace giving him a gertain certain sum to preserve peace from which should be deducted a fixed compensation for all outrages committed by indians facts upset theories our clergymen preach a sublime religion but where whore ver they go there follow war contentions and bicke rings no christ christian laii lall community with perhaps a single famous exception has pre pro preserved nerved the conn conf confidence idene q and friendship of th the tho aborigines of the country so long iong a the mormons cormons Mor mons mr mcleod is here lwi e to tb stir up in this community beelin feelings s hostile to the peo i plo of salt lake joes boes oes he lie forget that thab that is the gran grand d half halfway w way ay house hous e between california and the east that but for the mormons cormons we would not in twenty years sears have railroad that if a serious difficulty di should arise with that people we would e reduced again to ocean communication with thel mhd atlantic states 4 gentile testimony is almost al 14 ost anani 1 to the effect that the mormons cormons are scrupulously faithful to their engagements mr james street t contractor and builder of the overland telegraph states that all the contracts entered into with brigham young were ivere perl peri per formed with a fidelity to the spirit and letter of the bond as refreshing in these days aa as it is rare now we all air belle beile believe belleve vein in 0 giving avin rvin I 1 th the deap 1 ear frills il his due brigham i hot ilo the devil but that thair is s no reason wh why lle life should be treated worse then his sauie saule majesty but le the great charge A against mornion ism is its treatment of the ile women let us admit the truth of all that Is said gaid on this point and then look at home every year in this city hundreds women pass from froni the sight and knowledge of the virt wirt virtuous bous JT their sex into the haunts of vic vice e iet let leino leuno no one imagine that all these unfortunate fortunate fortu nate date are naturally depraved women who see seek life areas are as rare asnien as men who seek tie the tle gallows there is now and thel therl a moral monster there are an a great naan IV lie ile are IV weak eak eal a bre greata krvatin atin many an y wid g be e I 1 brayed but bu t by ly aa far ear the larger part are driven to vicious V practices fact ces by tia the e stern t rn hand of necessity it is easy to say that every woman who is willing to work can earn her living every woman who has tried it knows to the contrary some women can with a good trade I 1 constant employment and a little delicate assistance from friends a good many women do get along tolerably well but how many there are who have no trade how many who cannot get employment I 1 how many who have havo no friends to help them in a time of adversity ver sity it is true we have our society for the relief of our indigent women it is true also that its treasury is IA always empty while alle agitators are perambulate ing t the e state begging funds to relieve the degraded women of salt lake city or british india for my part I 1 wonder how a of christs gospel auls nuis can go before an audience auis anis in t this h is cit city y and beg money for distant charities mr scudder wants to do something to better the condition of the women in india mr mcleod wants to revolutionize society in salt bait lake both seem afflicted with a mania for fog that kind of charitable enterprise ter prise which may be subjected subject ea to ta taxation mation for necessary expenses in the ip hureh church on the evening of mr mcleods Mc McL mel eods Leoda gods lecture I 1 saw a plainly dressed young 0 ung lady who I 1 know I 1 has hag had a ja hard rd struggle to live hones honestly tj y during the last three years her feelings were touched by the speakers description crip tion of the condition qt of the women of salt sait lake and being a woman she did not stop to reason there were girls worse off oja right around her as she well knew mt mft it was not 0 of f t them em the lecturer was speaking so when the contribution that uyi uti avoidable unavoidable S sequence 4 of all missionary haran harangues g came around she took from he her r not overstocked over stocked port a half dollar and dropped it in how far that half dollar will go toward the amelioration of the women 0 of f salt lake nake I 1 do not know mr mcleod eod cod is very welcome to it I 1 am sure but there are few men I 1 think law in whose pockets it would not burn it is to be hoped that mr bir cLeod mcleod Il will reconsider his purpose of stirring up strife wlter the mormon mormons dor Mor mons he cail can do better to remain in this city As a speaker he compares favorably with almost any auy of our clergymen he has a splendid and inexhaustible topic A revelation of the secrets of mormon life would be sure to take it would bring an increase of popularity 2 perhaps if rf hed hem been a practical polygamist him self as then he could speak from the record but we have no mormon apostates of marked ability so there is no one better adapted to minister to that prurient curiosity which ia Is one of the strongest weaknesses of poor human nature it is a wise rule ruie that requires us to put every man where he will do the most dod on account of certain reasons chich I 1 am I 1 need not mention it may bo be impossible to follow that rule strictly in in this case cafe but all will agree that the next best thing is to put a man mail where he lie will do the least harm olt oh that principle I 1 trust that mr mcleod will afi be palled to some hurch church in this eity city where his anathema anathemas nna ana themas 4 agni ast mormon society y wi wiil will 11 ser serve v e limply aply to while away an idle even evening n g I 1 |