Daily Davenport Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1864-1874, 1865-05-27

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notice that new sect mas come into exist
encf It nvc years TOO late, tot, during
the iest I've yeah while tl.c nation IA bsen
sesuegling with the Southern rebeIlion, ],
with many otherA have been. engaged II
an endcavcr to srrvst the progress Of sUtsh
Mormcnism- II might be inferred By some
tlla3 was in the Territory Of Utah. wnging
this dispute with Brigham while the truth
y have never been west Of Omsha, Nc
bruslnA. s0n 'hese0avUey - een 1B Mecca
Of modern polygamic believer
am not aioae IN this confess, for rising
OF ten thousand earnest minded men md
women are united at the present time in 1
faith a. fatal to the creed Of Brigham Young
snd feilow-beiicvcr % was the command:
Thou shalt have NO other gods bcfofe me-"
70 the it1l3tfoee worshlpejS Of inc day in
which the word. wev. altered.
~ .W~cses, scsttered from Maine ,te, .the
WI M eIssce In Shcswest sho6el W Osii
fornia on this lsnd md ovxrthe sea. whence
have come the many thousands Of tl,os.
who have rouc to Utah. We are earnestly
striving to make head aeaipss the pcfveri-
crs Of the doctrines of Christ.
Lest this letter should become too in
trusiyc. | will briefly state some points of
differences ,Ntween our faith and doctrin,.s
and thai Of Brigham Young. Ut
We worship God, and mot Alan.
We believe this 10 be gathering dis.
tcstLs Salt land. NV 'e'' :" e"''e
We believe that LOYALTY Is becomiuv to
the Christian and do not believe that re-.
bellion and edition are iueftNalle in anv
people whose rights are auarsnteed 10
them by a beneiicient government.
] now quote from q book publisl.cd in
and since rc.publishcd by us in 1891. Il
is book called tho q Doctrines and Cow
enants Of the Church" and is to u in the
place Of a book of disciples. In an article
on marriage it - deolareds .Asav
"That We believe that one man should
have one wife. end one woman but one
| dnSband exce,E ~ cass OF death, when
either is at liberty to marry again"
This was published by tho church dur.
| ing The regime OF laws under which it was
existing at my fathers death. which took
place in June, 1874, and TIE difference l,c-
tween myself and Brigham is easily meas
ured, when affirm the foregoing quotation
~ being my belief on that point. :
In the Book of Mormon, which hes been
20 cumnsonly known - tho aorinon Bible
and which is by all socalled Mormcns'
resolved as good authority ~ nooted cues
tions. there occurs the following emphatic
language, rsl -
Behold. Dnvf0 81D0 solomon truly OoQ