Show THE rao PROBLEM vi c take like pleasure in laying before ento ices the able contained in tho the thin than nhom a min m il utah is better qualified to ilisa dila 3 tile issue now so 0 o prominent before tile arnat people arrom tho the Saon nicalo SALT CITY NOV bov 0 AL IOS us RECORD you gave my fainar fain ar let lct ouch to a courteous fcc I 1 h tt I 1 it ni fitin to t trouble you with titi oLlier you tiKe in ayin abing aying that was first gr t pro aro imel ni in a divino divine revelation ly IT joseph lith in il 1813 af tho the revel rivo lilion ilia pur purports ports haac lave been given to hill nt at that fiat time line but vas ivas not proclaimed it was never iu inen ll 11 led ica liy by Mor lormond mons but tp lc be denounced d denied ie nied until august 29 20 1852 you yon eny that I 1 my case anse in ilia 7 otter but not in m ilia spirit you cannot I 1 tit lit clint the 11 dilli dilliams AlS of tile tho exit 11 0 of polygamy made by ilia Mor murmont moil i Ter iio adequate proof of ilia non exist a 3 of that institution nt at tile time lime now how ta i can you admit their claim the alic tors acors of it I 1 nisin not tile mass of dupe c e bomin that it is ij 1 it l I part art ot of their r gigions faith it surely rests solely upon their own testimony neith is conflicting and thero foro ecla it would bo be uly fully to ahsert you say eay that tile members of the lie of isa were i ignoring ign ol of ilia exi existence tence or of polygamy a pal annl being well awnee of its pres tn t 0 among thern it would io ba equally ciu filly un ull ILa to contend that they framed that law with wilh any ny intention of cf prohibiting or puni punishing hing marriages F kj knitting this tobago to ba to fair alie liike of u mont is it competent avra fur a legislative body to declare nn an net a crime in ill one man and not in another I 1 know the hie ready answer to this alln in the ease case nt it bir it is ilia one mais ma is religious faith ft illi it is the ilia utica eibers ii ila passion pasion that lell to the net flat A fl dg for f that can call lt a mans profession prore stion that lis his religious faith requires lint him to do what tile law defines as a crime be admitted in justic aaion of the commission of tho the clinic the mormons cormons irive claimed that aloud IlE pilling spi Hing peoples blood killing hilling their bodies to save their souls murder in ii bli choit olit is it a I part art of their religious faith as aron tron wrongly gly and nd practically as they have that pAy polygamy goiny is it was preached from mormon pulpits fur years in blood bloodcurdling cardl curdling ing I 1 me lie their published discourses and sermons mons are full of it anil it 1 I las bas been carried out ii al fir it a it WU wai sari safe to bave b ave alia ilia influence of Gan gastilla tilla its and traditions pt pr barth cro suppose then llie a mormon i t i t ij re er i ious fuith what aliat would ie be thought of ilia court coart which should admit tho ilia pl plea that inu jer is not a crime but ain is n virtue unit that li 11 murder when dono doie in obedience to n a religions alith but blood merely mainly yet that is the hie ground upon v bich it 13 claimed that polygamy polye imy adultery alad upon lalich the of utah ruing ting in 1852 1832 declared by bv statute if they did so declare ilu clarc ellich you insist they did in linnit it flat in letter that the same act was lariane lar a itne in one man m an and it a virtue irk in another Is there tiny any defense of such action on the ilert pirt of ft a legislative tody hotly and if not ought u 0 to be blading on con ilia courts J in 1 I ft a case like chia hi where the statute loci does not ot sly say so but doroft it las to be front from alle alleged aj facts resting rast ing entirely on norman testimony aono of abich was introduced on ilia trial lio wever and that in tho the fica face of the sworn repeatedly repe made of tile tho men ho framed the ilia statute again in our Litra extraordinary ordinary care of ilia hie ignas of these religious adulterers cre are wo in entirely losing sight odthe of the rig its und and wrongs of their victims ie tims if we are if kawkins Ilaw hins and men of his class aro are to bo be upon tiny pretext to break their marriage damigo vows thrust tilde aside the wives fivos of youth when worn out in thair er ice turn them out of doore or force them tolle toie byc as in mrs bubl ease cale of tile the very net of unfaithfulness ill other women brought into inlo ilia house lur for that pur pobe in de deblance flance or ofell all troth all manliness all decency all saw law then it moy tl ft ell lc be adcox what protection not to ey eay redress is 13 alTor au crded ded women by our boasted institutions 1 or when tile broad mantle of ro igdon shall hai h li u v beera lecog by the courts as al covering and shielding adultery as rolY polygamy garny lt and murder as blood atonement it is difficult to fro fee ahat further uso wo wa shall have for them sinco since tile tho whole brood of crime can nestle and find sheller ander these iwo we ones biffi toile none to molest or make then afraid wll will it be contended that tle the courts not only may but must recognize this plea its as valid that fur for example in punishing chastity as dell defined n edby by the law they must inquire whether the 0 oin belief of tho accused I 1 enquired liim him to the kofl ilse him in doing 6 so 0 and bo be governed accordingly to uchi a proposition is to answer it and in ulo tho else case of it id should be borne in chind that no evidence was kofl offered cred on oil the tha trial to prove tile exi atenco of n revelation enjoining polygamy C on 11 tile tho mormons cormons Mor mons or that any member of the ilia legislature 1 halh tile the lota statute tutO was a this aliis being go 60 polygamous wedlock not being lawful wedlock and cohabitation outside of lawful wedlock w being adultery how could judge mckean or the court taka taho any but the strictly lsne view of ilia caso case they did suppose 0 lie had recognized the plea plan ica up lip in it favor of poly polygamy gauly that it u is a religious practice ilk iii grand jury bai already pre scouted several leading mormont Mor mons including brigham ighani Br young fur murder on oil their trial they would only holva hivo had bad to mako tile the same tile pica PIC allo llio one indeed upon bobich the murders wore committal to get ecot free tw anil and so orally of any crime foreich theomi habo brought to trial tr i al hut dut you say lie he need not let lave bavo aiono that 10 a hive dismissed tile the cano ns Is brought under tinder the rutih ut ik totA tute and fulk had it brou bro broulet ht under tile act ct cf congress punishing bigamy Ligi my this have ended mrs II awkins chance for far because in A prosecution fir I 1 igney trio mari i ages anast alst bo be proved one la irful the ilia other oilier unlawful and ilia lawful wife difo cannot bo be n witness against lir adult mormon woe veto first married in europe or the bast t and tile polygamous is it ft secret ceremony none but being present it anti ania they licy it if is sworn to ta secrecy by ilia endowment oath whilla with tile the mormon arid and absolves froni from fill all others on all occasions occa ions lohere io they corno come in in conflict experience lins has biown town that it is impossible to prove polygamous maneage in the courts court fire or ox acari n ngo 0 o chief justice titus kept a grand graid jury in it session at it lo 10 snit salt lalo lake six months endeavoring in min ain to find nil an indictment for polygamous marriage the tine it tie tol ife might linow know nothing of these marriages and il if she hould would not bo be a competent witness in a prosecution for bigamy in prosecuting for adultery 0 on 01 1 tile oilier hand but ono need bo be proved and ilia bifia is ii a competent v it tie ness to a both the carriazo mTr marri riago aZo and tile the adulterous cohabitation Lo cooing at the matter from ft single point of view so somo me jut just bloj action may seem to lie against tile pending cuts in utah fur for and lascivious cohabitation under tile tho utah statute but booling at it in ill its many sided n becu in its totality tuta lity what olo elo ia 18 there to do dj I 1 leave it il to n noting public only asking that both tides sides bo be presented to it 0 3 IT OLLISTEr |