The University daily. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 18??-????, 1881-06-07
MoRaANToWN " "a. T0EsDAY NC, y1NE \ 1891

Il marriage IS ID the opinion Of this
court they sf6hlI he, under the eS-
listing rules of evidence, testimony
sufficient 10 convict for polygamy IN
Utah II hardly sattaiaa6 Ii. : Ii i
4 esident, therefore, that before the Law
Il passed IA eighteen hundred and six.
j. ty-tWo so punish and pfesentsthe
practice Of poly gamy ii the Terrific
i RES can be enforced. polygamy
must BE- proven to exist However
absurd this proposition may seem
nevertheless the courts must be sat
i isfied with sufficient evidence Of i
crime before the criminal can be pun
rshed. IN order Do secure conclusive
| proof Of the crimesof polJgamy, let
Congress pass q law relating.to that
crime and the proof thereof, wherein
lin any trial FOR bigamy Or polygamy
in the Territories Of the United
States, cohabitation with, and recog-
milton of, more than one woman as 4
wife shall be sufficient to establish
tile charge Of bigamy. This il a law
in most OF ilie states Of the Union
and there is no valid reason llwhysit
should not be made to applyIalso to
the Territories. This can be accom-
1plished by',an act of Congress, and
such 4 law would be virtually l death
warrant to polygamy. for it would
confront polygamists with evidence
that would be certain conviction.
+ But many writer's upon this ques-
4 tion take it for granted that polyga-
my is the evil to be considered, while,
in truth, il is only one Of the fruits
Of 4 system that is pregnant with
principles notoriously antagonistic
to the spirit of the American Gov
eminent. Now in order to crush po-
lygany entirely, these connecting
evils must be considered.
| 1t is well-known fact that apos-
| tacy is the most terrible sin recog-
nized BY the Mormon Church. The
penalty, to which they subject them.
SELVES " salspp esshe erlous
aaent ouss i ~ 'ihsddine Sf heir
blood" Notwithstanding this, since
the construction Of the Pacific Rail,
way, hundreds of them have opened
their eyes, become apostates and fed
| from Mormondom, but many Of them
very many have met the "Aveng-
/ ing Angel and .'shed his blood
Let the NstIiaG Government guar
antee full and ample protection tosall
dissenters and apostates, and thou
sands Of those, who are y How kept in.
the Church through fear OF their
/ lives will obtain divorces and come
forth fromtthe ranks Of polygamy.
In order to guarantee this protection
to sustain the decisions of the court
and to enforce the laws it win be
necessary 70 send . strong military
force to UtSh When afforded this
| protection it is evident that many
willins,witnesses will come forward
and prove that many times the mor-
mon leaders '.have both instigated
! and sanctioned the taking Of human
1 life" as was proven ii the case Of
John D. Lee Of Mountain Meadow.
| massacre fame. Let the people all
be protected In their refusal to pay
the church officials, the crushing
tithing; for unless this il dpne but
few Genti1es can be induced to i'm
migrate into Htah. AS 1t sElas pres
ent the reigning tyranny has every
facility for the commission and con-
cealment Of crime, so that when Gen
| tiles and apostate Mormons are in
jured, they are powcrlcss 70 detect
and punish The guilty perpetrators.
Let ample protection be given, and ii
most certainly would not BE- unwise
for the Presideafto send snch pro
lection to that unhappy people, and
the ranks Of polygamy lfof polyga-
mists suffer the most from the evils
| Of Mormonism) will be materially
weakened by desertion, and deser-
ton will form 4 large element in the
solution ofthis dark problem.
Bnt Il Is Dseless to talk of execu
cutting the laws against polygamy
when alniost every public officer from
the Delegate 70 Congress down to-
| every Justice Of the Peace Is polyga7
mist. Their Sheriff. and their Dep
uties are poly gamistsS M it's their
custom MOTTO administer Justice and
punish the crimes Of their brethren
but to protect their brethren ID those
srimN1, Hence the humiliating fact
is brought before our eyes that the
Law is practically dead letter in the
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