Show I 1 VARIOUS VIEWS I 1 A great number of men seemingly X in 9 ly intelligent 1 men appear to be 1 inspired with a spirit of infatuation y on the subject and seem bent on oil its destruction if by 1 I 1 means fair or foul they can encompass their end wo we do not think they t will succeed neither ought 1 they to succeed in their attempts to overthrow the religion of their neighbor 14 especially when it docs does not fil infringe upon them no matter 11 how absurd tho tile religion 0 of the cormons mormons Mor mons may appear to other I 1 people to its advocates and adherents it is of vital importance which fact has been demon demonstrated str abed 1 I 1 I time and often during the last I 1 half century the best thinkers and educated I 1 I 1 I 1 1 I men of the age age have investigated i 1 this system theologically socially I 1 and otherwise and as its far as they e I 1 have been able they have calculated I 1 I 1 its bearings hearings and results on I 1 the world a large 1 1 1 they have been unable to refute it socially they have confessed that it I 1 I 1 4 is beneficial to the masses and generally that it is in every respect ap 11 superior to modern christianity I 1 1 one of tha the great thinkers in this y country said 11 is the religion 1 Z of offeree force in modern times theother the others I 1 1 1 have lot loft their vitality if they ever eve r I 1 possessed any I 1 mormonism lays hold of the 1 I convection co of men and women it 1 I 1 appeals to their judgment and intellect telle ct it appeals to their reason I 1 4 and they arc an thereby enabled to weigh the arguments in favor of its 1 I 1 truth which so frequently results r 1 I 1 in or convincing tho the people that mormonism niam is more inore good than 1 1 other systems I 1 that it is a solid fact I 1 that it is of god hence the cause I 1 of its great success and hence 11 also the reason that the wisest a and nd most intellectual men of this age I 1 I 1 from the president of a nation I 1 down to tho the petty parson have v been unable to overthrow it all have fought with this intent I 1 I 1 I 1 and everyone of them have failed 11 it i is s is said tha thal god N H seen in the 1 worlds success and anti if that be true 4 then god must boin bo in mormonism I 1 I 1 for it has proved to be the tile most successful I 1 1 system of theolog theology cy of modern times still men will fight it I 1 the they y are fighting 0 it now I 1 from a recent dispatch we learn I 1 that hon ilon jamea james freeman I 1 joseph 1 wilson and charles gebhardt who belong C to a secret society in cleveland t went to washington Washing tou the object of the institution is the extinction 0 I 1 I 1 I 1 of polygamy ft 1 of their present visit is to organize I 1 a branch society in the national 1 capital it is their intention also to visit denver leadville gun I 1 I 1 nhon and other towns and cities to I 1 es establish branch societies in those places during the present week As kwe w c observed above it is a secret society I 1 1 and arid the reporters portera re in washington 1 in ton were unable to ascertain I 1 1 what transpired in the meeting held by the committee the sessi session oll was private and no inkling of tho the I 1 discussion could be obtained further 1 I 1 14 than that it referred chiefly to the increase easo of mormon population in colorado and other places 1 1 0 among other things the r society proposes for the tile annihilation of I 1 mormonism in utah is the pas sage sage of an act repealing the ed munds law and placing the territory under tinder the jurisdiction of a commission with unlimited power and supported by the full military I 1 arm of the government in other words instead of moral su suasion astion apply I 1 canister and grape this proposition surely ought to satisfy the dindot mind ot the pious pulpit of brooklyn and should inspire him to preach another eer ser inon urging tho the government to I 1 adopt thid this peaceful Q policy without I 1 delay dclay this however lio wever is not all that is proposed by the clerc cl eveland landers cra tho the recommendations made to secretary teller by governor crosby of montana Ion tana were lauded and resolutions of sympathy were ivere passed these recommendations wera were in effect that polygamous mormons Mor mons be not only it chased but that they be deprived of I 1 the government land lande I 1 74 1 I 1 I 1 1 11 I 1 1 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 11 I 1 if thereby checking the spread of 1 mormonism in the territory lie ile recommends that they bo be deo dl barred from making t pre emotions or homesteads not only in utah but in any any oilier other territory or state of the tile union this seems to strike some of the ea eastern journals as ilc the first practical suggestion that lias has yet been of feied ed and that it is likely to solve the difficult problem th the c chicago inter ocean indorses endorses indor ses this policy most lie heartily artely artily that jour nal thinks it is the only way to put an end to the difficulties with the tile cormons mormons Mor mons and break up church hierarchy winch which it stigmatizes stigma as an enemy to the united states the chicago I 1 veirs falls into line and ia h in strong sympathy with governor Cros bys recommendations enda the TheAl etva says 11 II goes without saying that under uner t er the present bamby pamby policy of the tile govern government ment in n dealan dealing with polygamy thoi evil lias has increased 0 and gi grown own stronger with each futile effort to restrain it it has from a handful of people driven arli en a few years ago ago P by a few determined men from nauvoo in chiq state become a menace to the government itself simply from the temporizing policy that has been adopted in lit with it governor Cro crossby bys s suggestion is a good one for there Is no reason in v liy hy the government should furnish lands for homes ionic to its anost maill malignant billant ene enemies niles if the above policy were carried out the cormons mormons Mor mons would soon be like the great master was without a place to lay his head licad but these nefarious schemes are neither carried out nor consummated yet 11 man proposes es but one greater than man disposed disposes the cormons mormons Mor mons came to utah because they were compelled to do so they were deprived of f hundreds of farms and thousands comfortable homes in nauvoo and hancock county illinois when the they y reached utah they found it desolate had it not been fur the them M it never would have been preempted or homesteaded homestead ed it was in a barren and worthless condition mormon industry has made it what it is is today to day it is now fruitful and yields abundant abunda na for man mail and animal aai inal tho the cormons mormons Mor INform mons ons hayo haye bought the laud land from the government and haye 1 paid aid for it and they will not tamely timely submit to be deprived of their hard earned homes or have any of their property taken from them without due course constitutional law they will also resist legally any attempt that may bo be made in the future to prevent them from preempting pre pro empting or home unoccupied public lands there are aro thinking manyet left in the nation men will protest against violence being used towards even the mormons Mor mons I 1 or their being condemned without an invests investigation 0 aaion of the charges enado against them the san francisco ballein Bul lem lein of the alt published a brief synopsis of opinions ofa of a number of prominent clergymen ou on governor mur rays statements of utah and the cormons mormons Mor mons among them were dra drs new man collier talmadgo Tal mago armitage II 11 NV beecher and acre the latt latter ergen gentleman takes the right view of the matter and cfall others would speak and arid act with aa a much deliberation andrea and reason as he did tile mor hor mons would be batter better understood and their motives better appreciated there would bo be less ly haste to deprive them of their homes and the right to practise their honest religious conventions pero pere HiM inthe said I 1 mean to visit utah and learn if jr I 1 call acanthe the louice of the stra uge potter power that has reared up tip an ail i imperialism under tinder the E shadows of lie tile rocky mountains the question ia la one of great gravity cri vity and one on oil which I 1 feel hesitancy in lit expressing an opinion in utah ill there ere is said to bo be less crime than in in any 0 other ther state or territory inthis if this bt be true do wo not owe ONO a largo large share of tole tolerance ranco to the community 9 how irow few thero there be in the anti 11 mormon 11 ormon circles who reason thus sensibly and view the subject so justly such sentiments are ap precia predated ted by a people who have go so often been robbed despoiled of their property and witnessed the blood of their best men and shed abed for their religious convictions come on father rather and induce nil till oilier other good and true men to come also investigate tho the condition of things in for yourself it is indeed as you say a question ot great gravity A fair investigation will demonstrate that there is indeed less im crime in utah than in any other territory ferritor y or community of milar size and also that nearly ninety per cent of the crimes are committed by tho the non I mormon Normon part of tho tile inhabitants of this territory the timo time will come when justice will be done this people and they can afford to wait |