The Dillon tribune. [volume] (Dillon, Mont.) 1881-1941, 1881-12-24
TRIBUNE DILLON COUNTY MONTANA DEC 1881
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and must be taken by every rule OF re-
sponsibility, as NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Mormonism.
LIARS FROM THE BEGINNING.
Considered from their own stand point
what manner ofreliance can be placed upon
their most solemn asseveratiOnse are they
not confessedly and indisputably foul con-
federacy, making lies their refuge, who
love not the truth, but take pleasure In un'
righteousnessi and all this In the name o.
Conf and under the color Of the religion
lied band Of conspirators against the truth
against the law, against the government
and against the lives If her citizens, are the
words Of that same Jesus, whom these sac
| religious characters assume to repre-
aye are of your father the devil, and hit
works We will dor With the same
vEHRMENcE or INDISPENSABLE FALsEHoor
these men deny their union Of church and
state-in which, indeed, they have more
show Of FEASIBILITY; for instead Of ssios
Of church and state, IN the common ACCEPT
ance Of the term, the sta:e Is abso'
! subversive Of civil power. The only con.
junction they recognize Is that between the
church asd Kisgdom. After the Mormon
Rebellion, IL 1857, Alfred Cumming, who
was sent by the national government to
supersedc Young always admitted that he
was "Governor In name only-Brighan
Young is my Governor" Brigham after
declared. "The church is but shield for
covert for the Kingdom! until It [the
kingdom] shall attain power to assert and
maintain it's supremacy" Then, Of course,
It would be all church and al! kingdom, and
every knee be made to bow to the higt,
priests OF Mormondom.
On the Sth Of July, 1858, Brigham de.
clared:
"'rhe kingdom of God rthe Mormon
hierarchy l,;1 will control the kindoms of this
Apostle Pratt in June, 1885, proclaimed
that 1.-THE kingdom Of God Il pure theoc.
racy, being in form a republic, whose sub
jects are obtained by the testimony Of truth
(lies] and whose territory is acquired by
the oppression Of the wicked" Gentiles
and apostates].
He will exert the very power of Heaven in
this last dispensation, to give His saints
to.vev, vxle and domisios In the EARTH"
John Taylor, on the goth Of Aug, 1857,
defined the term Mormon Priesthood: 1.-THE
legitimate rule Of God, whether In the
Heavens, or on the earth!-and 1t Is the
only legitimate power that has right to
rule upon the earth."
And here let be understood, that every
male ascaw6er Of the Mormon church is o..
dssi"ed to, and holds this t,1esfAood. Such q
thing as Iayman Is unknown in the Nor.
mon church! Shades of the
SPANISH lNQUIsITIoN!
what havoc would these devotees Of Nor.
mon make with Christian hearts and hopes
were all their aspirations realized !--if the
Mountain Meadows Massacre and scores al
kindred ksNdHesses to strangers and sojourn.
ers in their midst, when they were in the
full tide Of power, are criterions from which
to form judgment. Said Brigham
Young,
THE RED.HANDED TRAITOR,
referring to secession: "Had the leaders Of
the Southern Rebellion been sharp as they
ought to have been, they would have
fought their battles under the stars and
stripes"-thus turning the guns Of the Re
public, under its own colors, against its de-
tenders!
THE BLACK CATALOGUE
Of atrocities committed upon American cit.
liens during paltry twenty years reign
of this hierarchy In Utah, history both
written and unwritten affirm to have been
perpetrated under the orders and bv the
reeking hands Of the Bishops, Elders, Abos.
ties and Presideats Of the "church and
kingdom Of God'-who are the c;zsz, axiz,.
kary and Political leaders of the Mormon
people, and the most beastly and diabolical
horde Of organized despots, covert traitors,
and enemies Of mankind the world ever
saw, with unlimited power, what would
they not do? This whole
FORMIDABLE ARRAY
Of priestly machinery Is under the ALSO.
lutte control of some fifteen or twenty men
the First Presidency and the Apostles el
the Church. No person conversant with
the rigid discipline enforced; the searching
system Of surveillance and espionage that
prevails, extending not only to the most
trivial affairs Of the humblest member, but
also to the discovery, by the leaders, Of the
names, avocations, financial standing, re-
ligion, politics, private views, feelings and
associations, ofevery person within the Ter.
ritory, whether in or out Of the church
the unrelaxing, servile subsection Of the in.
ferior to the higher orders Of the priesthood,
Meadow massacre, as John D. Lee In his
confession averred, as also all the dark and
bloody deeds enacted during that twenty
years reign Of terror In Utah, were Tin pur.
suance Of our leaders," And this
LEAGUE WITH DEATH
and compact with hell has its emissary In
| the person Of Geo. @. Cannon, In the Con
gress of the United States-a veritablt
Catalina, sworn to eternal hostility TO THU
government; prone creature Of Brigham
Young; who for ten long years, or more
has fiannteh his felony and treason ane
flung his full defiance In the face Of Con
grexs; and still there are members, "hon
orable gentlemen" who hesitate abou
hurting him from his seat! Cicero ex
claimed: 10 tempora! O mores! Senatu
hRc intelligit, consul whit! WHIT? lint
vero etiam in Senatum VENT, fit public
consilii particeps, notat ct designat oculi
ad caedem unumquanQue nostrum!" an,
his words resound In our ears like those O
one
RISEN FROM THE DEAD!
To disclose the treachery and malevo
lence hidden behind that perennial smil
this emissary Of organized outlawry and CO
vert treason puts on in the presence of Con
9ressmen or influential citizens Of the re
public. Gods! can an American Congress
long debate which Of the two to choose
slavery or deaths Shoud not the commu
nifty recognizing and supporting such lead
ership be Invested of civil and politica
power? And does not such an organiza