Show TC F 1 V UTAH STATEHOOD 1 1 telling logic from prom the pen ren of GLO R 63 ARKS I 1 co coals als the doctrine kot not tood comments Co amenta by a on tile pot ost Edi editorial trIal ID one ne of italis lt ills inuss and constant cone friends sir george ticknor curtis aa as follows to the diew new york m erti im 11 1 roil oat in in relation rel to tho the butali state controversy I 1 to he the of uie tile 14 a ren ilig post SKI siti me to say hat fiat t ide idea a of requiring he the ilori church I 1 in n utah formally formale for mall to renounce its r fa legious on oil the of plural mar biages lefore of the tile peo ii of to be into tile union us a it state cart bo ile considered si i ono one that ali it the people pool ie of tile united ought not to adopt such a requirement would convert ii po lotical question a 1 purely civil question qu astion into a religious one it would milio make a it precedent for inqui inquiring rii I 1 R into the religious ioui beliefs of a majori ini jonty ty of the tire people of a territory before their claim to become A state should be allowed a T the he abstract ab religions faith of the tile Alor mormon nion church on the of marriage will be of no practical consequence uha teve r provided provide 4 the mormon citizens 0 of I 1 atall as citizens shall give to tit the 0 country satisfactory assurances assur inces that under a state constitution properly pro perly frame J they can an and arid ft ill put an end to the practice pric tice 0 of polygamy one of your 5 our city contemporaries a leadin leading morning journal is is laboring l hirl hard to convince con the tile public thit that the mormons are ure inning aiming to trick the popl a 0 pie unit government of the united gt a tes I 1 know l now of no more intelligent and in 1 well ell informed men than th w perera end of the ile t id ijadi ng ulio u ito hie have initiated 1 the piment p tit n radons inclement movement n and whom I 1 know quite intimately tint that such inai I 1 I 1 e that i they L in u i play liv si it arii irick k on the tir pw people pie of urn iti un try and delu dejule to co coless norms ss into allow allom inet in a condition of affairs lit chich there will mill be no honert efrost to do to m aliat bat they profet a diiro it i ire to do to is is ridiculous rican in rh ao 40 nun men have I 1 c omo I 1 hit that their welfare mit and it tup p pines pine s ind and the ieli mel iro are anti an 1 happi nem 4 if all the tile of the dry monn ins tin ani 1 gentili alika ilik require them hein t to mik m ik an otter m vitia na to aport und it bide h by a state con cn alit ution prohibiting poly gainy it is ne neither I 1 th or fur nor se ns illa to charge item with ith it di dishonest purpose your our C temporary insists that ili ahey sire lot to ix ile trusted und and ro fro on th t leit h it d dis atall I 1 t ih ia ia to te be kept and governa governed d 14 i bernton an arid 1 congress a thich in ii t me respects is w a lody hody not well mell litte 0 1 to leali late on t lie I 1 ie social con 11 i t in of or my any community is is to keep i I 1 it subject hat that had 1 tar i latte ile remitted to the tile leopla of the 5 in a Lea atun of their 0 ov under i roper proper il go tn i i mt tit t nl 1 in lilted I 1 t 4 11 t ft ln lot I 1 it doto do to require C iril nn loi 11 to 0 o the I 1 it wo i ii d citrine of pluvial blui il marriage lit in it e I lintl 1 tl lid and it L c tor pot p 1 I I 1 ID tl 1 ihn to i linit it ilal I 1 t il is t i I 1 1 atut sin i pl pi iri tro ratin uro cole 11 1 moul i there bo to prevent nt the ln ir i irom in in restoring tile dilie doclie t anno ri und and rewriting reit riling it into the emed em ed after he tire lull full panoply of statehood ind and goern inept had been put on bv hy the tire loav 1 in this matter of 0 making states ates anit anti cons titu lions me behul had better leve leave the tile ons a beliefs of people iline there ire very few rm am in in thih this country m alio ito are q u ali I 1 fi n t 0 it 1401 fairly hat tile Morin monnon cin teaches or ever har has on oil lie tile m marriage relation be a catte hero them is and h hta 14 been so infix h io 01 I 1 aud and m t u ii it gross g ig 19 I 1 finx the ilor nion re binion und hie teachings of the morn lilt inon church Cli A year anil anti a half ago a I 1 had to arg htow u e a caad in the tile supreme mirt of lie the united states bt itte which h re qi q anre irel 1 me to how t from authentic source what tile mormon bell belief e I 1 about marriage w is I 1 found I 1 h hat a t the library did not riot contain until I 1 placed it there II 11 single copy of lie tile of doctrine Ix trino and rigid covenants which is tire authorized of the text of the Alor mormon nion treed creeds or any other book chich would aaront proper information on he the PUb cuyjet jt ul d though there are a great eat many man puch such bookstand bool book sand f and thegean alicy ian easily be pro cured 1 found too on loil king into th the a great deal of hilt orival inac cumey ind and dv trinAl presentac presen tat ion n po hor mons fid heir their I 1 do to not be lieve I 1 teve I 1 hat thero t lie e lic have been live men in either cither house of ae for the past ton ten bearg mho iho coull t te brulz rolv und and acc hat them the Mt winon church hold ann und teal hes in regard to marn ariage aie un aal 1 it any one number member in un A honest dt ilire rire to inform himself had thit that ho lie coul auh I 1 tile have found in the lie u hole capit capital il a at emlo single look book unit that mould hae enlightened hien yet ct our worthy 8 and arid aites h alive a for or years 8 been on it whit it is 1 closely clos iely inter woon im v uli ith a ro ligion ion tatt th it is is the most remarkable rein trl ihle phenomenon of its kin kibit 1 in the modern history of the tile hunan hun hum an in mind it A 14 lery vary easy to debbio a h lief lit lit thia this or any other re iiron us as a fanaticism lint lilt the statesman nt the legit lator or tha tile pua a lil biet bit who ho pronounces any tiny belief a anat leisin un and 1 on that a assumption undertakes to shape I 1 agi lation or da armine quention quer tion ion of uvil cl 11 affel II in ing the wl fAll UtiP 1001 that he lie hid had better refrain from there aro sire some doctrines ni n n some wine pru tinoi in III llie tile roman catholic church beli belief ofin in which a kond good many Proter con aidar fanatical d Aur auricular kular confes t lou tor for eduin ta to la is by most mola 1 iro ro test tes antH taints 64 i a d miro roua roas Nr niclous and an I 1 emmond patie pra tit e if it i majority of the tile people peo leof of it a territory were ere heinan Cath liolis olieF and anti were to ask ad into lie file union as it a stale state and were to be tol told t that their application coul cou t I 1 not lie ile considered urtle their A I 1 il it rhoid I 1 firk eon on denin aur kulir condition liv by borno formal act I 1 rathor rather think thoo I 1 bo be some thi thedr dr herd heard in in the p lotical lilli ill sky 0 certain deadina and 1 important nor mons have h e come forward all ami framed a blite state t pol poly I 1 and 1 nith ith thu it t is I 1 proposed to 44 ifor tle the iian of I 1 utah tah aa state some of tilt io men I 1 know to be 1 awai f oare ts o ii 0 in lit irria gei boru ore ted im lall buforo there m ai is 9 il a law of he tile united states u bhuli h ich uro ro habited hibi lii bitel ted plural i lunil and arid A V ten the tile people cr the united states m aih full thy ing iu in in 14 th give gave tiny tit aas bet I 1 u barit tot rd I 1 0 it whit vf kt n wont out I 1 beahe he evanso 1 ro q arring thone these men to digo honor cleif 1 air d dawl 1 p arents oro or 0 bensur their livin rolat I 1 it tv ciul ii ul i it for wt mern bert 0 of the mormon hunh church hun h to jn jiin in some fotina fo renunciation of il their religious belief that oa 01 marriage a if I 1 ier per V W 41 glI vine vIrge law lad beir inear prophet prop liet wilon lyn in um uti elti sw tew at 0 o willine willing to ectal 1141 a civil iamer that will 1011 be authorized and 0 to o luehl ali tile marciago mar tiago reis rois utka in hutli bout alio llio I 1 ito united uniel M Sta tot col Ci bilut 1111 lut cit that ta is 11 to it the elvid po e r may in ay I 1 rOL Tbt anil alia aull ll 1 J 1 P 11 I 1 I 1 I 1 1 1 4 I 1 1 14 I 1 k belief that the conduct Is innocent in in the sight of god the civil power tan can not rightfully I 1 y touch baether that toner xa er nys la wielded ale led by a congress con rass or ora a state Legle tatu ire I 1 am air Editor respectfully your yours bics tics wu july bilth upon mr ho the rat nabe makes tho foll following oming editorial odit orul coin ment THE MORMON DILEMMA mr ir george ticknor burtu casad lias id dressed to us a letter m aich appear in another r column olumn oln mn tim a hulmn ini g pion ion of utah ill into tile union its il instate tate state S m ith barlit ular reference lo 10 ot ho tile recent of alie ItI shonnon onnon con consention ili in proposing to submit to the people at practically irrevocable article of ip tp state constitution by the of which li arid poly Kain aro arc forbidden and dec Ureda to be punished by fine and imprisonment imprison alil mr curtis thinks dulit to satisfy everybody lie ile ur that it boull woul 1 lie ile ini improper oper to ore require quire the mormon cl chuili u rebr form illy to renounce its it religious iou s tenet on lie the subject of plural marriages aft an antecedent condi tion of a 4 a or to compel mormons 11 to di dishonor elionor their dead Iv arents or to ten cn eure sure their anin living relatives by maling making it nry for or them as members of the mormon hurt it to join in in boino soine formal tian of 0 their religious iou belief that plural marriage iia n permitted by a divine law revealed through their prophet chenk as c iti citizens it izene zens they are hilling willing to fish it civil power a that will ba an authorize thor igei izei and obliged to make the ignarri ago elation relation in utah what hat it is 11 throughout lie the united sattes st itce and lia lie says the abstract re religious faith of tho tile morino church on tho subject of marriage vill will boor be of no dl consequence u whatever bate er provided the mormon citizens cit izene of utah shall civo to the country satisfactory tor ances that under a state constitution con sti tation properly framed they can and ani will m ill put an end to the practice pr caico of poleg polygamy anny surely thia this ie IS all beida be ida 1 tho tire mark how flow i 3 the new civil pomer to bo be lob obliged liged to make the tile marriage relation in in utah abat bat it is through tout taut the united states aid ard ai ar d bat what ure are sadiq futory f a c y assurances mea tit that at o 0 1 le a tor and A ill put an end to the briw tive of pol abny alion Ni liall the practice ith them there is according ui to A it religion nw lenet tenet sir mr curtis says inen have beano convinced tit tint I 1 t their welfare e cifare and an happiness hippi new ind and the el fere an and I 1 happiness luppin exa of all he tile inhabit fautt of lie tile territory Mort unil unit gentiles Gei ge tiles alike require to do to abandon the practice 1 of 0 plural marriages num aites i 0 no to make an offer oner lilt citizen sto t sit eup p port a jn nd 1 abide ayt b i state co constitution nt iret tro prohibiting h biting boligan y to charge aa bliem with honest burpoe in this otter lie ma MS s 14 N cir r fur nut nor t ken sible W e do not see it etere ii IH aen genetive Us ngo etive five pa asiago aio from a I 1 mormon dormon morus dorus mo p organ thu the silt at loke I 1 ake herald what docs doe R statehood mean it means that it nil 11 locc matters will tx be absolutely within the control t of 0 thi tile aa of the territory that tile iw laws wi e of the their irown on tanking anti the tile theiron their jovn shooting choo ting llie tile incubus of a foreign governor with autocratic power ain I 1 kindred aill cose and anti in their places will ill be tw erected a of the tito people paol for ile peocla and hv fly the pe copl cpr of course tin 1 I is indans more to tho the mor mons than to those it lio ho oppose o them because the former are a the mormons themselves toribid confidence onu dence unit anti compel ducruet ahey u that in their belief polygamy poleg tiny win is acord ry bordin 11 g to A i diann IM law revealed reve alid through their prophet und then ilie tile y t polygamy poll gamy shall by th emeel e te he forbidden all lei lared a mewie and und thit that they can aud and sull mill lut put an till end to it distrust Dih Dib trust bollons I 1 tull ik of this I 1 fashion through thron gli the tire operation oie ration of cotin toi ninon nort sense what h it are me to think of the sincerity nty of the belief mier or of tho tile sincerity cincent ein cent of the tile 0 o offer if the Morn mannona ions believe that poly polygamy lamy it by dume divine ordinance to be pra iced they cannot ineat to put au an ell end d to it ur or eife if f their ht ir oter to PU epolt and abide h by prohibition of it id is siti Lere the religious conviction is a prentence pre tence or is ill mr curtis lute will be of it bract i 41 consequence o 0 it may be that they y de tie mn ien to trado tr ado their fin i actions n tiona and practices tives tor for puli filli lieal advant advantage ige it tie be cither either film or forhing lying aid anti tins this i ix a than larig WK in adv nv iafe ca se lut hat of 11 mr r 0 artia is a opeal in in 1110 of libert liberty erty but there 1 is a confusion on fusion about lie his a argument on heat head he faila f uli todis to dis tin betm een considered aa its a theor concerning on erivin the tile dimne divine a nature or government a ai r c j g tho the doctrine of thi the trinity or ol 01 tile sata ment of penance pen inco awl au 1 belief cred as a an lilt of 01 duty is is etling in in conduct o 0 affecting other persons his ilia lith tance of i ater a iry full of A roman Cat holles antho ft ho I 1 not be admitted to the tile unior unlike their chart li should 1 first firt bv by some formal act coride coridean oni lemn mn tho the of privately confessing conf wein bine hins to a i neit nei t is rather should 1 lie suppo suppose o full bullof of koman roman w alio I 1 10 a ilynn that they hid had h id I 1 divine comm 1 ailing them to lill kill hem tiesa ain nl I 1 mho ho in in consequence e of belief in ill that law A dl dd freely murder protestants everybody Every boly 13 know knous hitt would happen ili in that tuso ease rr tho the united court ourt foul coul I 1 not altogether and at once put dov it the piraL tice itee of murder but ve 1 Ino not 01 account turn oer over the aratt reet and trial of it a case I 1 a to Wit grid s judges und and juries compiled compi med of o 0 met who liell frel I 1 to in urcer as 13 a 1 religious duty on their e that they could and would t put an all end to it paragraph I 1 of air ui aich ne we are tire now is ith the III 0 that a leni leitl tvr 1 aull not find in abo library of congress congrow tha tito alook of duc trine and COQ cove bents 1 and anil that the tile contain doctrinal ul rooplal wp etin ng the tire and their belief I 1 let does not inurn concern tile falt fact of I 1 polygamy Oly gamy and bi ann gauly ill chero ere is 13 no or uncertain lv about tho the nd lure an ana 1 01 winces aa against a U am iho the apropo ad utah constitution provide provides thai hat the anu anti see gioi ion i hrell ahalt not be arrien dad r or r in vav chanced ili hinged milhous the tile aal pf roval r vu N and wn J r III cuelon of congress Lon res NV V e 0 do 10 not belicia th that it any sui such h bargain v will ill anve e have lia no DO idea that tile i leolla aoi la of udall mn can conclude conc ludo lo 10 their u in ur or that cot or gr 0 haft aa poster pomer to prevent ally ny |