The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1870-08-09
THE MORMONS.

man and party have been received with
marked attention by the Federal generals and
other Gentle residents of this city, and they
created a very favorable impression. Mr..
Newman has held a correspondence with
Brigham Young, which closed late last eve
ming. Mr.. Newman informed Brigham Young
that he had arrived to debate the Bible doc
trines against polygamy, in accordance with
the challenge he had received from Brigham
Young. Young disclaimed ever giving
or knowing anything about any chal-
lenge. Mr.. Newman expressed disap-
pointment after receiving Youngs
disclaimer. Mr.. Newman accepted an invita-
ton to preach this evening in the Methodist
meeting house. Meanwhile, Orson Pratt and
other apostles called and incidentally re-
marked that Newman could preach IN the
Tabernacle if Orson Pratt could do the same
in the Metropolitan church at Washington.
Newman made no reply. Afterwards Young
wrote, inviting him to preach in the Taber-
nacle, but Newman, having made other ar
r~angements, declined. It is universally con-
sidered that Brigham has backed out, for
Newman would be too much for him. TIL
following is the correspondence
MIR. NEWMAN TO BRIGHAM YOUNG.
''SAIT LAKE CRY, Aug. 6, 187o.-To
President Brigham Young-Sir:-In accept
ance of your challenge given in your journal,
the Salt Lake Telegraph, of the Sd of May
last, to discuss the question, "Does the Bible
sanction p~olygamy?" | have hereby to inform
you that l am now ready to hold a public de-
bate with you, as the head of the Mormon
Church, upon the above question, under
such regulations as may be agreed upon for
the said discussion, and 1 suggest for our
mutual convenience that, either by yourself
or by two gentlemen whom you shall desig-
nate, you may meet two gentlemen whom l
shall select for the purpose of making all
necessary arrangements for the debate with
as little delay as possible. May 1 hope for a
reply at your earliest convenience, and at
least not later than 8 o'clock to-day?
Respectfully, j. T. NEWMAN"
YOUNG TO NEWMAN.
"SALT LAKE Cry, Aug. 6, 1S70.-Rev. j.
P. Recommendations of even date has
lust been received, in answer to which I
have to inform you that no challenge was
ever given by me to any person through the
columns of the Salt Lake Daily Telegraph,
and that this is the first intimation 1 have
received that any such challenge ever ap-
peared. You have been misinformed with
regard to the Salt Lake Daily TeEGgrapb. 1t
is not my journal, but was owned and edited
by DIR. Fuller, of Chicago, who was not a
member of our Church, and I was not ac-
quainted with it's columns.
Respectfully, BRIGHAM YOUNG"
NEWMAN TO YOUNG.
JAIL AAhG 1AL AiuS' W, i''O' 1COl-
dent Brigham Young Sir: Il confess
my disappointment at the contents of your
note in reply to mine of this date. In the
far East it is impossible to distinguish the
local relations between yourself and those
papers which advocate the interests of your
Church; and when the copy of the Telegraph
containing the article of the Sd May last
reached Washington, the only construction
upon it by my friends was that it was a
challenge to come to your city to discuss
the Bible doctrine of polygamy. / have
chosen to put a different construction upon
that article. To take no further notice of
it, you could then have adopted the
said article as a challenge which
/ either could not or dared not accept. That
l am justified in this construction is clear
from the following facts:-The article in the
Telegraph of May 3 contains these express
sions:-Alluding to my sermon, as reported
in the New York Herald, it says:-'The dis
cussion was a heightened argument to prove
that the Bible does not sustain polygamy.
The sermon should have been delivered in the
new Tabernacle in this city, with 10, 900
Mormons to listen to it, and then Elder Orson
Pratt or some prominent Mormon should have
had q hearing on the other side, and the
people be allowed to decide. DR.. Newman,
by his very sermon, recognizes the reli.
gious element of the question. Let us have
a ldlI COAICoO VI pOuCOlil dfRQuoub. hlu
let the best side win. We will
publish their notices in the telegram and
report their discourses as far as possible, use
every influence in our power, If any is needed,
to secure them the biggest halls and crowded
congregations, and we are satisfied that every
opportunity will be given them to conduct a
campaign. We base this last remark on q
statement made last Sunday week in the
Tabernacle by President George A. Smith,
that the public halls throughout the Terri.
tory have been and would be open for clergy
men of other denominations coming to Utah
to preach. Come on and convert them by
the peaceful influences of the Bible, instead
of using the means now proposed. Con vince
them by reason and Scriptural arguments,
and no Cullom bill will be required.
/ understand the article containing the
above expressions was written by Elder Sloan,
of the Mormon Church, and at that tim
associate editor of the Telegraph, and that he
was and has since been in constant inter
course will yourself. The expressions in the
said article, as above cited, were the founda-
tion of the impression throughout the 'coun.
try that a challenge had thus been given
through the columns of the TelegraDh' and
as such l myself had no alternative but so tc
regard and accept it. / may add that 1 an
informed that an impression prevailed here
in Utah that a challenge had been given ant
accepted. Under this impression 1 hav,
acted from hat day to this, having myself
both spoken of and seen illusions to the
anticipated discussion in several prominen
papers of the country. 1t was not until after M,
arrival in your city last evening, in pursuance
of this impression, that l learned the fact
that the same Elder Sloan, in the issue of tn,