The New York herald., 1871-11-10
NEW RELIGIONS.
Tho Wnihugiord Community im Denial of
N"fM"m'st p'actice--No Marriage W.. Too
q
Many Mrsy'pse-.

Tho W"il'ngiord Community In Denial os
N"ra'"nis' practicc---No Marriage vs.. Too
Many Mr.,'rse-.
The New Haven Palladium published The follow.
Ing report some short time since:--
speelal t9Sn meeting called for principally ~
clne's reslliig ~ the Yalesvie district, held
al the Town hall last saturday afternoon. It ap-
pears iho' salt citizens were not please with the
OF the Iosiord bridge road the construcuon OF 4
bridge over the proposed Community dam, &c.
hence The reason oi their desire another meet
Ing that they might, II possible, the resclnd.
ing Ol said action,
Tha moat lively and perhaps the most Interesting
part ol the debate occurred between McAars. Powell
and Hubbard. their subject beng the wanngford
Community, as moral and religious society Tne
former gentleman thought that the town OF Wal
lingford was making great mistake by extending
aid and announcement 10 the Community, IN their
EFFORTS increase their manufacturing interests In
this place. Their religion and practices, he said,
were worse tnan The religion aud practices oi the
Mormons. ana now that the government were en-
dcavoring 10 extirpate poIygamy from Utah, why
should not Wnllingford rather discourage than en-
socaton OF persons ike the wallngford Commu.
nityY Mr.. Hubbard, In replying, said he though,
the gentlenon's remarks touching the morality and
peculiar religion o the Community were entirely
out 0i place. this was free country, where all
kinds Of religion were tolerated. Our forefathers
came here he SAID. to escape the tyranny OF mon
archcal government, which denied them religious
freedom. lIo d1 not endorse the peculiar notions
entertained by The Community anu would not be
Understood as being IN the least IN sympathy with
their religious views. Again, the remarks oi the
for, inasmuch a. they had no bearings on tie sub.
lects In witch the town was much Interested
namely, the construction oil large dam across the
Qunnipiac, ana the consequent increase OF manu-.
mcturlng facilities IN that vicinity. IL was enough
for the people OF Walllngiord TO know that such ~
enterprise would greatly benefit the town In varioH
ways.
Tho oneida newspaper organ OF the Community
publishes = reply TO the assaults Just made on the
system, the writer denying that 'MormODIsn and
Oneida Communism are twin relics.v lie says:--
Tho ravorite method OF assailng the Onoida Com.
munity has always been TO conlound is with some
unpopular scot with which we have no affinity,
and thai Is founded on principles widely at variance
with our own. We wero pcIted for tile SINS 0f
The New York perecti0nists. We have shared
the lnfamy OF Tho spritnliss and FREQ lovers. The
not mixed up with these loose people. ana enabled
| us to make the distinction between ds and them
cloar to all men. More recently attempt been
made, by harping On the name Communist to put
us INTO the condemnation tIat mas come upon the
was too feeble II manmuvre to require much atten.
tiOn. Bul now comes chance TO hustlo us into the
s some way Ike tnem and could be tried along with
thol, by tiIe same court ana lOr INC same 0ncnces
This confusion cannot 90 far. FIRST. look at thc
most glorious revival ever witnessed In this coun-
try, and is based upon the Bible IL was while
school, under the instruction OF stuart Robin.
son ana rGr .nat 1 the founder ,u ia oi ysa The
@ Sf sssia SsT ah u Saaed ." the oos S,o Of
M0Fm0nI WhtcI, IL Is claifneu, ~ IN eSHcL tTaIi
script from certain golden plates which Joseph
smith prcfessed 20 have discovered In hill In On
ariO county, m The state OF New YORK, by the ald
OF q revelation, ana which smith was enabled ~
read by the help Oi stone spectaceS claimed to nave
been found along with the plates. These claims
are all prcpostcrou5 ana nave been proved false.
The Book ~ Moimonu IL known to naye been
originally written by one Spalding az romantic
account Or the original peoping Of America.
What ever thcra may he tnat Is Coumen,iable
in the present aspects OF Mormon lie, ana however
! earnest may he The Mormons themselves, u cannot
be forgotten that the system of MOrmoni5n NJ based
on fraud. secondly, look at the histories Of Nor
| what part have We with the M0rmOn5 m our SOCIAL
principles ana practlCes2 The ODiy poiar ol resetn
biance II the fact thai both nave deyiatcd from
| the customs o. ordinary society 90 nave THE
Shakers deviatCd. way not hustle them into the
| trial OF the Mormonsl We are really more
nearly related TO the Shakers than TO
| the MOrmons Whiie tho MorMoa3 20 for
more marriage than the world generally, zoe gO
tcfth the 3etAels fOr' no DtdtTtOge dt nH rhe
M0rmons go hack 10 polygamy-an INSTITUTION thai
TO Communsm--an institution that the civilized
world In all its Joint stock companies anl opera
lions and public beneces, Is striving after. Poly.
gamy IL monarcbcal like Tho Old World. Com
munsm Is republican ike the new. Mormon.
ism and the o. q. have both devIated; but one
away from civilization INTO the wilderness literally
and spiritually; the 0thcr has persistcntly placed
ITSELF In tho very centre OF CIVILIZATION determined
10 abide the verdict Of science ana Christianity.
These cases cannot be tried together anu ought
TO be talked Of together. The nation has found
grammc POlygamy, bad as 1t IL, cannot be
specially coupled with slavery theory or IN prose.
cutlon Marriage Itself Is more likely to fall into
that category