, 1866-08-06
THE mDAMDN8.


tyrnnnous than that If the Arabian Prophet
A commonwealth Of pdestcraft and chtca.
nesy, In Which the passions and ignorance of
one mountebank preacher assume the form
of divine oracles; now thnnderbolts Of Joyc
striking down rivals In Mormon love now
and 'crags hurled with Titan arm
against the Gentle Olympus, and anon be-
nlgnant enilcs and gracious deeds radiant
com His High Anghtincss, the Eloh1m Of the
Holy Zion. Can the readers of the TaInrSE
believe its twenty-five hundred years after
thc failure of the most powerful hero of an
tIqutty to rauk himself among the gods as
Zeus Ammon, Brigham Young, a rcd-hcaaed
e1axior from the hills Of Vermont, Ia actually
dcited By bis more Jealous disciples at Salt
Lake City In these days Of science and doubt
On the crest of our continent, xhesc
the world clAsps her eirdlc,
there lives Il littlc Napoleon,
who has made the dessert blossom as the rose,
who holds In his hand the lives and fortunes
Of host Of devoted followers, who lpasts
that from his underground treasury "he can
drop dollar for dollar With ony sovereign In
Europe. !" who appoints himself Governor of
Utab, dictates terms to the Government of
the United States, delivers verbose uroc..ma.
tiops from the throne Of omnipotence. puts
Ills sacred thumb to bis nose during service
in the Tabernacle aud gyratcs his apostolic
finger at the poor Morrfsttcs, svcass at tho
officers of the General Government In the nc.
roration Of his IS Thus.saitt. the Lords ;" he
Is the hero of more lore intficucs than
Charles II. OF Aaron Burr; be has the best Us.
sorted hsrem this side of Turkey his wives
youthful and sooner cast aEaF th.n those of
the best tobacco-chcEers. yhiskey.drinkers
mcn,s homes IL matc roorn fnr rta concn,,tros.
Rcra1.tor -, ~ ~ ortho H.rsn, !, s.r,oh1n,
or Head God - "1rand Arches NJ The Oracr
Of the Gods y and n tfc Mans of h;storr the
greatest ort1,e earthly coda scdncer Hvno.
cite. Liar. Cheat Imnostrr srind,cr Farns.
drnnner snv Onn;essor 19r,abnm Fanna
Normoni.,n IL an 3nf.n,nns fs1sohooa liz
with contr,f,,ction. . II. Nv 5asf1r, .rao
lie by yery numerous t,lsIu,ero.tca' TItnessss
under oath. We presume sou,a fr,ction of
every generation i doomed to be impo6ed
upor bv fa,.c eofls and ,ronhe.s mi ali mon
study tbe human mind ononuh tn hecomc
fhefr own rricst1. with tbc eIrcero a,Int.
,rho a7ve ~, t1,0;, ,,<,sa. ava t1,.,r Lr+,,a -
The uiah Pone. xs ieen1v symn,thi,e. Int m
thesc nasrpW.m.naed. honest aupe. arc mt
Mosmonism, but Its yictius. In this s.ism u
or rather In spite Of II, there aro Ideas true
and useful, for in human uature there is
beauty, and II will crop out. A strange, az
clomcrate religion has taken root among u.
Aormons have personal deity as truly s.
the Hebrews, and all tho Aonothelsm Of the
Semitic race. Their doctrines are rs full Of
Dualism - those of PetsIa, and theIr Ttin>
itasianism rivals the Trisds Of The
Egyptians and A'udoos< In their' In
carnations. they arc Bnddhists, ind
h thciE procEeation. continuation, tsansni'
grntion and c1altAtlon ofsonl, they are Py'
thagorraus. In Their aensnous spcenlatioue
and their su'stnuu. bo'.sa they are Epicure'
ans. They arc Fetichists In thelr ghostly
notions snd p'atonlsts IN their helictof NOV
Ing principles Or ideas. They are Aussul
mans IN thelr saews OF the resurrection OK the
body, In their polyg1my and degradation o
women Like Jews they bate Gcntiles. and
merge all civil liberty In the despotlsm O.
theocsncy- They arc Christians In sotne small
degree, for they base their faith In part upor
| the Bible and they arc Ax9ans because they
believe Chri4t wa4 ''crcAture." With tht
followers Of jesus they hold to tho fall o
man, the atoncment, regeneration, &c. Like
John of Patmos, thcy believe In millennium
| 10 provo which they pore oyes tho dream
of the Apocalypse. Their priest
| hood of the order Of Melchisideo have bor
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