The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1881-10-27
LATTEK-DAY ZION,

-lALlAuAC MOOLNiy iOr OctOD6f.
LATTEK-DAY ZION.
Lust, and Heavenly Hopes-Wlne, Women,
and Gold.
From the San francisco Clronical.
The first celestial mnrriage" occurred by
stealth, on the banks of the Mississippi
river, near N.uvoo. Ill. Jos eph Smith
sealed" to James Noble second wife.
Mobiles first wife soon died of a broken
heart. and the second went insane, and also
died. When Smith married Mobiles the
latter also married Smith second wife.
The first Mrs. Smith clung to the prophet
until mob killed him, and then married
a Gentle, and at last accounts was still
living 1T Nauyoo. In defence of polygamy
the example of Abraham, Isaac, Jocob,
Moses. Joshua, David, aud Solomon, arc
cited. In correlation of the book of Nor
mons we are pointed to the buried cities of
Palenque and Uxmal, in Central America
to the mounds in the Mississippi valley and
to other we'll known vestiges ofa prehistoric
age. When a good Mormon dies, who
has "lived UP to his religion" and has had
dozen or two wives and fifty or sixty chill
dren, he does not become q mere angel, like
an ordinary Christian; he becomes a god,
with a world of his own to reign over. 4
Mormon wife who proposes the polygam
ous marriage Of her husband, goes to hell
and IS "destroyed." \ Norman who ebeys
the mandates of tho church in moet respects
but neglect to go into polygamy, 'becom as
Il mere angel, who must be kind of celes-
tlal servant to the gods and other angels.
oh ho 1,,,,, 1:
fate. The doctrine of blood atonement'
is simply this: That if an apostate's throat
is cut, the spilling Of the blood upon the
ground will save his soul. If he is left to
die a natural death, his soul will 20 to hell.
A great many apostate souls have been
saved in Utah. This, in substance, is the
Mormon religion. Its vaga-ies, howev er
are constantly branching out in every di-
rectIon, and In the course of time IN enor-
nous intellect will be required to compre-
bend and expouud the entire system,
Milford is Il Gentle town in every re-
spect. the railroad being owned and con-
trolled by Gentle company. One of tho
prominent mon Of the place is Judge Ben
jamin Spear, who is one OF the most bit
terly outspoken men in southern Utah con-
cerning the Mormon church. A Mormon
mob once chased him through the streets of
Beaver city, thirsting for his blood, and he
never loses an opportunity to return the
compliment so far as he can do so. He re-
marked to me: These Mormons take great
pains to produce favorable impression on
strangers. They are not so confident and
defiant as they were fifteen years ago. They
would now be glad to have little
outside sympathy. They know the sword
OF Damocles is swinging over them, and
they don't want it to drop until they are
prepared to receive the blow. They arc
not to be trusted, however. know them
of old. A Gentile's life is now safe, if he
keeps on his own 1unghill, or keeps reti-
cient on theirs. This is because the fiat Of
the church has gone forth to that effect.
They would be just rs ready to rob and
murder to- day as they ever wero if ii was
only safe policy for them to do so. In
the towns there is less danger; but no Gen.
tile would dare to 20 into Il sparsely- settled
district and freely speak his mind. In
many of the towns he would not dare to.
Murder is a pant of the Mormon
Teliei0n-murder, lust and heaven
comprise the whole Of it. The mass of the
denomination are deluded; the motto of the
leaders is wine, women, power, and
gold. Rebellion is slumbering III Utah,
awaiting its opportunity. I have no faith
IN milk and water measures. The evil will
never cure itself. Every year the church
is growing richer ana more powerful; every
year its followers are becoming more nu-
merOus; pOlygamy is on the increase right
straight along; every foot Of agricultural land
on the adjoining territories is being gobbled
up by Mormons. In ten years the United
States will have several Utahs to deal with
The Mormon church will never make false
mi vny111 1r ifc l>,.A IL Al
crisis ultimately comes it will amaze out
siders by the extent of its preparations.
Like justice, it travels with leaden heel,
but strikes with 4 hand of iron. The tri-
fling OF the government with the Mormon
question IS in the highest degree discourage
ing to the civilized people of this territory.
Capital will never come in to deyelope our
mines while the present condition Of affairs
exists. There is q vast amount Of mineral
wealth in Utah. There is scarcely any kind
OF mineral wealth which IS not found here.
Our hills aDd mountains are full of it. In
ten years the bullion product of Utah has
been nearly $50, 1000, 900, in spite of all dis
advantages. But what good does buried
wealth do us when over it all hangs tho
shadow OF q remorseless ecclesiastical des-
potism? Before freely investing their
money here, capitalists want to know
whether Utah is in the United States or not.
They know that the Mormon Church is
hostile to mining operations.
From Milford branch railroad curves
around to Frisco, a distance of sixteen
miles. Frisco is one of the greatest mining
towns Of the territory, and within the linz
Its IS the celebrated Horn Silver mine. in
which jay Gould is said to be largely m
terested. The only Mormons in or about
the town are ped Hers and wood choppers.
Judge Campbell, who was Cannon's oppo-
nent for the congressional delegateship, ia
resident of Frisco. All the mining towns
In the territory cast an almost solid Gentle
vote. At the hotel met O very intelligent
gentleman who had passed half lifetime
In Utah, and had Travelled through almost
every portion of it. Iu the oourse of An
interesting conversation he said:
Il was intimately acquainted with the late
Joseph A. Young, Brigham's most talented
son. He was man of noble personal ap-
pearance, and of the most brilliant talents.
l have eheard him preach with an eloqrence
that drew tears from the eyes of his Nor
mon listeners: In the pulpit he was the en-
bodlment OF dignity, grace, and intellectual
power. Then, after the audience had de-
parted, have known him to laugh and
make sport of the deluded creatures who
had been listening to him. TO me he
made no secret of the fact that he was al:
infidef Of the most pronounced type. He
took me into his library once and pointed
out elegantly bound volumes of Hume, Vol
taire, Paine, Volney, and other distinguish
ed writer's Of that school. He believed in
no ex1hng religion. reproached him for
continuing such deception, and urged him
togo Aerth into the world and win the no.
bic nasna. his abilities entitled him to.
'Pshaxv he replied with'a smile. the hu-
body viii get their money, and might az
wall feve . share of it az ANYBODY else. !"
ais u1p0 splendors were olouded by an
unconqde1able vice. At times he drank to