Show OUR MICHIGAN F FRIEND RIZ ND tito grand haven herald has I 1 taken considerable interest in the tile 11 I 1 I 1 Yo mormon rmon problem and its solution 1 11 for some time past and appears to wish to understand more about it I 1 one good feature about the herald I 1 9 is ir in discussing the mormon 11 1 auction it does mot get wild nor 1 fly off at a tangent nor indulge in I 1 abuse nor apply foul epithets nor W invoke the powers of the government to crush out outtie the people in consequence I 1 of their religious peculiarities I 1 of course like many other journals the herald considers the 1 I 1 ak 11 cormons mormons Mor mons aro are living in riols viols violation tion of the laws of tho the united states I 1 I 1 that is those of them who live in the practice of plural marriage I 1 our contemporary thinks it well for its reader readers to know what kind of a people are gathering and multiplying k ng in 0 our ur inter oceanic territories r we indorse that sentiment I 1 for the more the people of tho nation really know concerning us the less prejudice they will imbibe I 1 against us at any rate this ought I 1 to be the case with intelligent people like those of the united states the herald has made copious sex extracts I 1 from an article published by us on tho the of august on utah I 1 mit matters which will give its readers I 1 I 1 some correct ideas of what kind of people are gathering and indrei increasing sing in this territory but one paragraph it copies seems to our respected namesake out of its propriety it appears appear not snot to understand what we mean hero here is the paras I 1 graph I 1 if the government because it is strong enough and in response to fanatical ravings of modern pharisees Pharis ees is determined to proscribe th the 0 mor mons in their religious matters the cormons mormons v will ill certainly leave no stone unturned to test its right of I 1 power ower ili in tuia this respect and then leave it to the of a idebel court than any on the earth and with etli tho the results I 1 of which they will bo be perfectly satisfied I 1 I 1 the herald fails to see the drift of the above extract it says it I 1 seems to threaten not merely disloyalty but rebellion and asks do ise so understand the ogden no our contemporary doea does not understand us if it thinks we intend to appeal in any other than a legal manner to test the cens cons titus titu tiona lity of the laws which pr proscribe oser b us in our religious liberties there are several cases already entered and will como come up for investigation in due time we can afford to wait I 1 patiently the decisions of ortho courts in the matter in the meantime we wo I 1 advise our grand haven friend to have no fears for us tut let his brotherly love continue |