The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-06-14

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The latess intelligence from he Mofrnon co,,nltii
- ccntAinsd Ia bsssrst papsfalo the soth of April
"The Ninth General Epis.lc'' Of the suthoritie
Of that people - pubtiahed in these papers-a doc
ument 20 blasphemous in the ears Of every tyu
Christian that it should not be quoted without th
expression of special condemnation. The name o
the Saviour Of men 10 familiarity and irreverentiy
used throughout this and all other of the forma
publications of the Mormons, whether to expos,
that name to dsrision, or through the use of il
win credence ia the things proclaimed, 10 a pro.
blem We cannot solve
This Epistie represents, after seemingly ~r.v.
preface relating to the progress Of relirion. IN.
domestic manufactures are improving, bot not se
last ., 10 desirable; that 'the large addition 10 the
LORDS storehouse 10 completely" that "the soci.]
Hall was 20 far completed =. -,.II-
~nd for dramatic eMssytsins.ents the
past winter," that "he last accounts from the ell
ders who ~eht out last fall, was their arrival al
St Louis, in sixty days from their departurs-those
bound for China, Hindoetan, Australia, and the
western islands had left on the a0th of October
and at latest dates nearly all had shipped from San
Francisco;" that 'the block of stone designed by
the Deseret Legislature for the Washington mon.
ument has been prepared and exhibited at this
conference, and will be forwarded to washinEtonn
at first conyenience," &c.
The following paragraph, declaratory of doc.
trinal and ceremonial law, is wicked and absurd
enough to be quoted at length:
"To the sisters Of Israel we say be patient. II
your husband has died in the faith. and Won wish
to be sealed to him for eternity, you must come to
Zion to receive that sealing ordinance; and if a
nigh priest or an elder should tell yoa that you
cannot be saved if you not sealed to him, either
rs proxy, for me or for eternity to the exclusion
OF your dead, thrust him from your presence as
Lucifer wac thrust from Heaven for that high
priest or elder will be damned (unless he speedily
repeht) az sure as Lucifer was and he can neither
save you nor you him; but come to Zion, be pa
tent Till you can get here, and the temple is COM
pleted, and your Oldest son, by the husband to
whom you wish to be sealed, may stand as his ia. .
theirs legal representative by your side, and bv
him you may be sealed to your dead husband; for
1t 10 the legal right, in Gods Kingdom for the old
est to minister and obtain blessings for his fa
ther, and act for his father when he is gone into
the eternal world"
The conclusion is in the form of an apostolic
benediction, Us follows:
sAnd may our Father in Heaven bless YOU to
your hearts content in all good things, even all
you need, in the name of Jesus Christ. Amen'
Here, in the middle of the nineteenth century, in
Christian America, this people, gathered from al
most every region of the universe, have formed a.
territory and expect ere long to be received into our
Union as State, organized upon the principles of
social community, and both by their teachings
and practices setting at naught and trampling
upon The sacredness of the marriage institution as
enjoined upon mankind alike by the unerring
laws of nature, and confirmed by the authoritative
commands of Divine revelation
The general opinion that the extravagant and
monstrous character of the Mormon assumptions
forbade the increase of their believers was an error
as the sequel has shown; and the indications now
are that the very excess of their wickedness and
absurdity will prove the guarantee of their sue.
cess, at least for time.
But "the church" as it is styled, has it's trou-
bles. report is published of speech delivered
in the Temple, by P. P. Pratt, in which he says:
"We are now in a place where the extended de-
sert and snow.clad mountains widely intervene
on every side between us and our neighbors, that
they might not tread on our toes, and that we
might not tread on theirs''
And he adds, referring to certain apostates from
the Mormon faith:
owe have obtained our local political rights and
privileges, and have been enabled to preserve them
invioate in the face of all the opposition lies and
ISLANDERS which have been indusriously circu.
lated" ''Sooner than be subject to repetition
VA 'hS7O "iobSo, ~ JW OHc, tCOtUQ TQtnef mQTCh
out to day and be shot do,on.''
So muchio the paat. Now for present Difficult
ties
People have the privilege of apostatizng from
this church, and of worshipping devils, snakes,
toads geese, if they please only let their neigh
bors alone But they have not the privilege to
disturb the peace. or to endanger life or liberty;
that is the idea. If they will take that privilege
1need not repea. their doom; it has been told here 70
day. They have been faithfully warned" oWhy
is it that these aposates wish to cram down peoples
stomachs that which they loath? As to this man.
or rather thing called GLADDEN. Bishop, and his
pretended visions and revelations, know him Of
old. Il never heard OF him in any other light but
as man or a thing that crept in from time to
time among the saints with attempts to deceive
the people with one imposition another. His
difnculty all the time was, that the people would
not be deceived by him. will pot put him on
level with other apostates. Where can we find
one OF them that has not had some influence?
know OF no one that had not some followers for
while, although none could keep them; but l never
knew GLADDEN. Bishop to gain a single follower
among his personal acquaintance"
Toward the conclusion of his harangue. Mr.
Pratt remarked:
sense Of the term; bat God sees that there 10 much
room for US to improve in oneness"
We entertain doubt that God takes cogpi.
zance both of the oneness and pluralties of these
people.
appears from extracts in their papers that in
the Society Islands their elders have been ban.
ished, as also from portions of Italy, where they
taught theology without being described in their
passports ecclesiastics.
OF the secret of their success in making converts
in many portions of the world something may be
inferred from the following extract:
"The perpetual emigration funds are in pros
porous condition, although from surrounding cir
cumstances but small portion s available for use
this season. 1T s only about three and half YEAR,
since this method Of assisting the saints to come to
gether was first suggested; and the report of the
recorder at this inference exhibits the actual
fund, by valuation in part, now on record in this
place, about 1929 00O but considerable portion
thereof is in oxen and wagons and property, which
will take till another to turn to advantages
also, in addition to the above about S IL 900 due
from individuals toho haue been assisted bu the CON-
pany; making total of about $34 ,OO0 independ
ent of what has been gathered in England and
other places the past six months, of which we have
no account
Among the items given in the papers are the
following:
1.-The fare from Salt Lake City to San francisco
is advertised for S 100, including provisions, and
to San Bernardino $50, each passenger allowed to
carry twenty five pounds Of baggage.
Carpenters at Salt Lake City get 49, to S3 Der
day; masons, 81 to So; cabinet-lnakers, So to SO;
team work, SO to 81; common laborers at the
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