Show 4 I 1 1 z I 1 A V fr fafa I 1 I 1 1 1 1 I 1 I 1 MORMONISM IN parliament I 1 in a recent issue of the london Telegraph which lias has been forwarded ed to us from one of our friends in in the british capital we find that tho the IlU mormon ormon problem lias bas forced itself sel into finto tho the house of commons the article is in reference to 1 a I question b by y hon sir ir puleston ston member of parliament for devenport and the tile reply is by hinr court home secretary in relation to reported mormon acorin enrio riot ts at hackney london tho subject of mormon iru imm migration is also disca iad in which poor ev evarta a rt s is left lef t 0 out lit in in the cold the discussion demonstrates the liberal spirit by which the lawmakers inal ers and rulers of the british 11 nation towards religion all denomination denominations and by which they accord prot protection ecton to all alike notwithstanding tho the protestant religion as taught by the church of 1 england as by law a w established is is ostensibly tho the religion 0 of the nation r following arc are extracts from the article in ques question din the riots we may speak of hereafter lie tile house louse of commons on tu tuesday esin sir mr rn Po leston asked lie the home secretary whether his attention bad had been called to tho the Al mormon brinon riot at neyl and ind to previous disturbances at mormon normon meetings and whether as the ille united states government r lit had declared polygamy to bo be illegal somo some means could not be found to prevent the emigration to utah of youna young women and others who might be ignorant of the american lawson laws on the subject when lie put this question tho the honora honorable lole member from devenport unaware that lie was referring to that which the tile government of the united states lias has ali already ready and unavailingly requested authority au authority thorit y in this to do three or four years since strong representations were made by tho the american secretary of state to 6 tho tile british government with a view to bringing about in england somo some kind of official vial prevention or discouragement of the emigration of english Mo mormon proselytes prose lytes to utah it is obvious that tho tile washington antl authorities I 1 themselves are to use any coe coercion relon towards the immigrants who land at Castle Garden Gird cn new york so long iong as those persons have complied with the provisions of the laws regulating ei emigration gration may ho be c easily il I 1 excluded from setting foot in american terri territory tary if a la law has beon been passed for their exclusion be because anse by his ilia yellow ski skirt his small eyes ins his simper and his hig pi pigtail stands self confessed but how are the offit ers of health or of at an all atlantic port to tell whether a shipload of emigrants from great britain under tinder the charge of a couple of mormon ciders elders arc are or are not actuated by a polygamous a animus there may ho be prima prima facie suspicion of their being mornion but there can be none none of their intending to enter into the condition 11 multi multitude tudo there are thousands of cormons mormons Mor mons who are content to have only one wife wire there arc multitudes of respectable men and women who are out not Mur Mor mons at al ab the road to the ilia city of the saints is open to anybody who has money enough to pay for ilia lii fare the erie eric and anti the atlantic arid great western railroads take tho the pass passenger e n ger to chicago thence the great we western s tern of ohio conveys him to Oni omalia alia lip ho makes a two days journey across the rocky mountains by the union pacific railway tu and if there 14 ere a train on the utah central is ia waiting to take him fura fora plea pleasant little littie jaunt of seven beveland and thirty milea miles to salt lake city A serious family may have sailed from liverpool last saturday the of july and anti by saturday tho the of august tile they may be comfortably settled down in the new zion sir walter Ilar court after dell denying yina in in general terms that liat there had bad been any mormon riots at hackney or clae could only tell mr puleston ston that conr constant tant efforts were being made to impose now duties on fie home office but that he lie had no authority to prevent young women from proceeding to utah or any other place or to inquire into their matrimonial views or their ignorance nee or the tile contrary odthe of alio A american ine rican laws against polygamy laws aias by the way lyl which liell tho mormons cormons Mor mons continue to treat with consistent and unmitigated contempt such a reply would cally he lie the only one which the tile secretary for the homo department could proffer to the tile united states government were fresh requests made to him to discountenance english cani gration to utah at the very utmost perhaps could tho the home rome secretary cause the docks at it Livar liverpool pool to be placarded pla carded with notices setting forth that polygamy was v contrary to the lassof laws of tho united united states but this tills might bo be met by a reminder thata that a P plurality of wives wires is also ISO a violation and always ys has been of the tile laws of england beyond taking such auci a c course 0 u r s e as tho the foregoing and the i 11 p 0 li c y of taking it under any circumstances must be at once evident tho tile homo office is absolutely pow powerless grIess to prevent the english exodus to utah this fruitful session lias has not warranted the bringing brin cing aing into parliament of a measure ased on the recommendations odthe of lie lords lorda committee for the tile protection of young girls but supposing that such a statute were 0 passed assed would it be possible to introduce o into it a clauson making it a criminal offense on the part of any mormon othe of tile mormon community to entice solicit or persuade any young english girl to emigrate to utah 7 As we have already remarked there is no legal lecal proof whatsoever t that fiat a young woman embarking from froni E england to tho tile united states and avowedly bound for ut utah ah ia going there for the purpose of i leading e a ds ing an all immoral life by cons traction of marriage with a person who is already married poly polygamy p I 1 n among the cormons mormons Mor mons is not comour 1 eory it i purely optional again adaina a young female who has as been converted to mormonism prior to tier her departure from this countr country y might plead that she had not the slightest intention of ente into bigamous bil anious relations with any male mormon or indeed that she did not lot in mean call adget to get married at all I 1 I 1 I 1 1 jac i A ia 1 |