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Show H v lMeLcmeln F.t$anjf B We have rccputlj received some papers B from Dustable, England, which were H .sent us by Elder Mark Austin. They B contain eoi'ho urticlCs regarding the work B of the, ciders in that district, Ucoausoi B of the many Lohi people who have come B from that district we ahould bo pleased B to publish the articles but space will B nob permit so we will givo some extracts. B The lirat article is by II W. Lathom H and follows: H "I iiun broad, but I am not brond H enough to wolcomo the so culled Latter B Day Saints, and 1 iwn it with grief I H flaw placards about Dunstable that B ' this sect was welcomed actually by our B public governing holy, and allowed to B use a public room in the town ; it surely B cannot be known by all what the doc- B trines of the Latter Day Saints arc. B Can Brigham Young, Utah, Salt Lake B City be unknown to Di n til lo? In their B own city the followers of this sect havo B perhaps the linc'st place of worship in H the world. Lit tnein keep there and B not seek to obtain converts nero. The B distinction most obvious to the outward B eyes between the Latter Day Saints and B the Roman and Protestant Religion is, B of course, the question of marriage. B Marry many, say the first, marry one (I H apeak of the priests of the different H xeligions mostlyj say the last, marry B iio one say the Romans." H The next paper contained the follow- B ingcditoral: 1 "Mr. Lathom's remarks in his last H week's 'Jottings' anent the Latter Day B Saints in Dunstable, appear to have B aroused the ire of those gentlemen, and B several independent readers in various H parts of the country have shown n dis- B position to take up the cudgels on behalf B of the Mormons. We hayo selected two H of the communications received, and H publish them in another column. We H do this because it i3 our invariable B custom to allow all sections of our readers H, equal opportunities td cypress their B views; and we shall next week be quite B - as ready to reservo a reasonable amount B of space for loplies from the other side. B 'We aro aware that tho letters published B this week uniy be the commencement B of a warm controversy, and if 6uch B should be tho case wo proposo for the B present to liold n neutral position in tho B argument, although we have our own B' strong views on the matter and may B giyo vent to them at some future time. B In the nfcantinie perhaps these gentle- B men from over the water may bo able to B put themselves on a better footing with B us, and to mako attriilemore clear their B real object in visiting Dunstable. We B have listened to sevoral of their addres- B ecs, and have carefully piiisued some of H die tracts which they distribute, but we B havo to confess that heretofore we have H not obtained much of the light which B they have come to shed in our midst. B "We heard a speaker at one of itbeir B meetings denying the insinuation that B they had come to Dunstublc to induce B some of 'our young women to strengthen H the Mormon colonies. Now wo would B not go so far an to make such base B insinuation, but we are of opinion that H ' if these Lttttor Day Saints have come B here purely for the purpose of eonvort- B ing our etuid Dustable folk to tho tenets H t ,t Brigham Young, nnd to induce thorn H to v.iiigrate to either of the Mormon B settlement, they will discover that B the Dunstable folk will requite quite a B Jot ul converting." B ' The publisher enow n npiiit ol fnir- B nies in this matter whicli is cominundn- B ' We. The two articles referred to are B - ' rcivc'ii, one being binned by Mark Auitiu B W. J. lMi.ti.-r and Heber Swuinttone B . uml the tuber by "Broadguago" of B Liverpool. They nro both explanations ! B . a concerning the Mormon people and'tho B vconditions as thoy really exist here. B We have oftou been much surprised B " t the ridiculous stories told and H believed by the English people regard- K ingthepoople and affairs of this section. B 1,,l publication of tho truth by tho H newspapers will do much to give tho B people over there a correct idea cou- B coming this region and people. |