The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1868-07-29

I'VE referred lately to the singular fact
that. out Of some eight or nine thousand
s,I,ssentprs frem The established church in
Denmark, some two thousand are Mormons.
IL is from Europe that the Mormen prose-
lyies are principally gathered, and we see
~ noted that some thousands OF women IN
the old world hare been this year added 70
the Mormon faith, about live hundred Of
whom have recently arrived in New York
on their way to Utah. II, however, orr
own country does not furnish the mass of
the disciples Of this religion. SO called. IL
has the honor oi having produced its inven.
tor. aud oi permitting the development Of 4
ssocie,y which is not very creditable to our
rivilizat,an. Whilst in the Esst polygamy
has been almost universal. it's exclusively
an oriental institution. and aiming Christian
nations has never been tolerated. Even
while 10 prevailed aiming the barbaraus ma.
lions Of antiquity. racl.ss makes mention
al notable exception in q race with which
oar avn Is closely identihed--the Germans
who, !. almost alone among the barba.
iisns, are Content with single wife" The
practice was unknown inr.publlcan Rome
.ar aiming the Greeks pI inodern times. Ia
the slxteraih century Bernardas uchinn'
publIshrd !. Dialogues in Fayo, Of Polyga'
.my,v TO which Beza replied; aud in twu
niher works, IN the same century, one o.
which was published in London. the same
lIoc;r,nes is vindIcaied. The Mormnns
however. ATE the only organization 10 Chris
iendum which has rednced ,hIs principle Y
pracuce, aud il may be safely sad that thu
Is the only country in which such en- expe
rimrnt could be made with any prospect D
succrss. Religious tolerat'on is here an es
iapIished fact, though there are lin Is e
this prqne,pie. For example. there are
snm. races OF men ~ho practice human sa
crlfces as part of religious worship. !
an, 81 them shnul, emigrale hither, il j
clear they wauld nat be permitted freedom
ts"'worsflp 6v,f' IN that way. Nor woul,
any other sect be permitted practices whlel
involve crimes sgainst morality. Inall th,
States poiygamy IS punished by imprisan
ment in lhe penitennary. aud IL Claim I
tplsratlvn bersuse MorInoni.fn assumes !
10 be part of religion would surely no
be sdnitted il practIeed within State llsniis
Tie growth Of this new sect is not yer,
.credIis6le TO the bpasted enlightenment =
nur uwn sge and country. A more igno
rant and sslgar impSsier than rs inven;or
Joe Smith, il nor to be found anywhere.
was TESTIFIED tn under oath. 10 1898. by up
wards oi sixty ol hose represented 10 b
m.,,t respectable cilizens OF Wayne coun
IL, New Ypfk, where Smith lived, that n
Smith family was Of immoral. iaise an
fraudulent character. and that he was th,
worst Ut them. I'he Book III Mormon,
which Smith claimed asa revelation, wa
written by one solomon Spalding, sn au
thor of some very worthless no,eis, VII
wrale a romance TO account ier The pepplIn
Of America BY derlying the Indians irnr
the Hebrews. Tie died soon alter placln
his msnuscript in printing nfice vi,
which Sidney Rigdnn. aftersar,Is Mot
mon. was connected. and il il believed ,h'
q; vas through RigdOn's agency that cop
ai y afterwards got into smiths hands
a Smih At first confined himself 10 tcaciin
she d,'ctrine that the 'millenium was Go.
~ hand. that The Indians were To- be speed
~ converted. anil that America was 70 .
the final gathering place sf the saints
prediction which does not seen at presei
~ avery rapid process Of lulRlment. III
= Murnsn church was 6rS regularly organil
aFed al Manchester. N. ", in April, lss
lin January. 1851, Kirkland. Ohio, was !,
leeted as their new Jerusalem, bur the
soon became odious with The people. Abo,
This time. Brigham Young. the prese,
chief, was converted. and his talent an
shrewdness soon rendered him promine,
IN the organization. Having been force
10 leave Ohio. they settled in Mssour
where, driven from town TO town. they
nally. in ls4I. laid the foundation Of ne
Mormon temple in Nauvoo. M. In le4
Joe Smiths vile having some jealousies
her husbands fidelity. that eminent san