The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1872-04-08


years OF his brethren In Ulan, he selects IN prefer
ence to them to-day any one who promises aid: but
tale Cannon at their head Mr.. Cannon Is an elo
quent polygamist, has three wives at home, ana as
such he could not be admitted within the halls Of
Congress. Brigham has. therefore. nominated
Hooper and Fitch for the Senate, and Fuller 10 the
slrucled, to promise the withdrawai OF poIyeamy.
u thereby Utah can be admitted INTO tne union.
mission, ana promising here and there and every
where tnat the M0rmons VIII abandon polygamy Tor
,ns DOC. boom send you the following declaration OF
Tue most popular oil their apostles, Orson Pratt
With conscientious upon subject would be
the same as God His Jesus Christ.
erventy believe God has revealed would equivalent
with ali this before he% cSnsess gave US the
e or % Or DsHs GO
WITH We chose to opey COO rather than Conseas, and
forsakng our religion In regard to poysamy any other
may violate the freedom religious worship
may pass with greater penalties still e. no Iae Latter
from Bible institutions to themselves from dungeons,
may lmprson atty thousand people,
TO s g Pay the NAV nss %
oeTgary and degraded slavery they hunt lives
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Here is language not spoken In haste, pus writ
ten with Calm elaboration ana published IN their
own Church organ and circulated broadcast among
the MormOns and these are not the sentiments
either OF day or OF any particular year or period OF
their history, but they the written declarations
OF their whole pOlygamic lie, To promise now the
abandonment OF polygamy Is but The language OF q
desperate. lying man, who elevated ialsehood,
prevancaLi0n and discrimination TO the position Of y
fective power Of the Mormon priesthood. No one
acquainted with their history can forget that the
scores or womcn--unmarred and married anke-ln
NauvOo and denied p0lygamy up 10 the day oil his
MS death, publicly ~ Wen Us privately, while ne
4 nAw
listened 10 mis- puDllc denals knew that he was
deliberately lying. YET such was the force aud
| power OF The lanatlclsm with which Smith mad sur
rounoed himself That those "connding people" stl
continued to believe IN his strange story OF angels
which they could personally know nothing, while
that OF which they d1 know they could hear MN
Utah know that Brignam Young Is peddllng through
ms nnod 81 N on Az Rapaoe sse
admission for Utah into the Union.
PoLYGAMY IRREyoCABLE.
me anos,e @n@on mny M, nnnn
senators ana congressman and now much tney
may believe IN nis personal sincerity ne amounts
only 30 lar as he echoes Brigham Young ana Inc
moment he dares TO come IN contact with nlm has
plumage would be shorn All the papers that he
may exhibit with Bnghanl's name appended are Of
! no value III the lace OF facts. No sane man can
trust another whose whole lie mas Deen living lie
| Brigham Young denied The polygamy Of Joseph
Smith for years. ana tna TOO, while he (BilgnamI
was, as he asserts, In possession OF the ''reyeia-
| tonn and was also computing with other women
besides ms own legal wife.
Seven years ago, when Vice Presideut Coliax ad-
vised HIM to get q revelation Tor abandoning poly
gamy, ne was III The zeniln OF his power and
swayed an undispuled scepre Brigham tnen
could PROMISE hoIhlng, but with smooth ana oily
tongue told the Vice President now pleased ne
wollu have been mad polygamy never existed, Tor
! II mad been sucn very severe trial 10 HIM POOR
fellow lie could do nothing then out 'oDey the
Lordn The nation had Just then ended terrible
war and mad the South to reconstruct; the Pdclnc
Railroad was not bult nor were rne rlca
mines Of Utah discoveries; oas now the nation
the hands OF Q strong man. Gentles are
Brigham sees the government slipping Through his
! fingers and the United States federal judiciary
holding him to answer for u blood more canning In
! Its stain and more tornlenlng to his soul now
\ than the cotted lileblood or the royal scot upon
the hands OF Macbeth. That Is the secret OF the
Brigham Young personally Is despised bv thou.
sands and tens OF thousands Of his own people, wac
would reJolce 10 follow MIN 10 his graves Tor he has
aposlatized from the first faith Oh the people and
done nothing for years but build up dynasty and
, amass all the wealth and secure all land
throughout the Territory that he could conveniently
get ms name over. But ne Is tolerated because
those who dare TO think OF him are poweress ana
are now looking with solicnude to the Congress OF
the United States 10 protect them against tle hand
that crushed every one who dared to dispute ms
word. Any promise, therefore, short the publica.
ton Of the revelation suggested by Vice President
Coax Is only deluslon and snare into winch
Brigham is allurng Congress. If ne has got that
revelation let him publish H. ana The nation can
give him credit for sincerity
from the pen OF Mrs. Stenhouse, the author OF the
expose Of polygamy, the day after Brigham made
his people pass through the farce OF voting upon
constitution OF the proposed estate OF Deseret."
that lady urges the women OF Utah TO rise up IN the
dignity OF their womannood protest against the
I falsehJod winch Brigham was trying 10 palm upon
the nation-a lalsenood that might gain MIN re-
men IRON the dignity or wives, as ne had Taught
them, TO the degrading position OF concubnes OF
/ convenience. memorial 10 Congress setting forth
this iaci signed by several hundred ladies, Is now
here.
WHAT THEY WILL DO WITH THE "sTATE OF DE-
The HERALDs opposition to the admission Of
"Deseret," and the clear exposure OF Brlgham's
plans, meet with universal commentator, and
c0nnimatory OF the HERALDs statements. send
you an extract RON paper that was published IN
this city by the order OF Brigham Young
1t desire to Utah organized State.
M as may the be o by and
enjoy eqqal privileges with the Christian in their domestic
nsttutohs which at present are denied them IN all tho
ton from many nations These anBible and anti!bera
she becomes State will herself such
esTay but thai she WIN sna The banner Of liberty
nations without competing them to break up their families
6igoted institutions Of apostaie Christenaom ii
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upon by religious bgoy that no ibera laws are enacted
Years after this declaration was made there was
letter published IN the HERALD, April 10. 1898,
| which TWO apostles stated that tney could not be
senator stephen A. Douglas told them "tnat it
would be better to burn our memorial and consul
/
under the present hostile state Of feeling Congress
and throughout the country; and that II any man
! attempted to advocate our admission the measure
would be voted down, twenty TO one, by the whole
people" These apostles added:-''rne only obJec-
ton to our admission into the Union that came To
our knowledge was our peculiar religious institu-
I tions.u
| AT this very time Brigham was laundering out
! against the nation ana preaching 70 the Morlnons
Ill Utan:-"lf the women Will turn IRON the coln.
/ manGments OF God and continue 10 desplse the
order Of Heaven tpolygamy. VIII pray that the
curse OF the Almighty may De close 10 their heels,
anu that IL may Following them all the day ong.n
sNow any OF you Will DENY the plurality OF wives,
! and continue to do SO, promise tnat you will be
| damned"
| With such language as this preached from his
! Tabernacle and published Dy his newspapers what
CONGRESSMAN today dare advise the nation to listen
| TO the half-expressed promises OF Brgha Young
10 abandon polygamy2 Brigham dare not abandon
H. Tor that act would be the reputation or the
founder OF Mormoaism and the Acknowledgement
OF his corruption. Joseph Smith once regarded by
his people as fraud, tnat would be the end or Nor
monlsln, and Brigham knows better than To adduce
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