The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-03-19

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claim upon once having eaten hi:
frugal meal upon the Temple Block
and listening TO coyote music from
the hills above. This, of course
would give him a good claim tt
represent the coyotes, but American
citizens ask higher qualifications
and the people in Utah have a:
good a right 10 regulate and be con
suited about their social relations a!
those who h$ve no interest in the
| matter.
Every religious persecution i;
~aged in the name Of law. Christ
vas accused of treason. But how
do the acts of these assumed lover;
of law agree with their pretensiOns
| When the MormOns had all, except
about two hundred, left Nauvoo, a
mob of thousands, publicly called
together with the full knowledge
and tacit permission of the authori-
ties of Illinois, for three days waged
IN attack upon the city with can.
non and small arms, but instead OF
crying for law, they sent the Leader
to Congress. Was the law honOred
in the murders at Carthage Jail
When that innocent and notle boy,
Joseph Standing, was willfuliy muir.
dered by dozen church members,
ministers and editors toasted that
Georgia was a hard place for Nor
mons. The murder was as unpro-
voked as malicious and wicked as
that of James a. Garfield but in
the one case the whole community
called for vengeance in the other
it was only poor Mormon, and all
right. May he ever remain the last
martyr for religion upon American
soil He who loves justice and
truth will wish the laws enforced
to protect the humblest citizen, as
well as the highest dignitary.
1t is stated that there are petitions
for 400 divorced in Cincinnati, and
that IN some of the states the di-
vorceS equal 80 per cent. of
the marriages. This shows a fearful
state of morals, and that they are no
better satisfied with their own mar
riage relations than with those in
Utah, but of course they cannot
afford to pay popular preachers their
present high salaries, to treat upon
surrounding evils, when it is so
much more pleasant to hear of those
1000 miles away; but the only diff
ference l can see in the marriages
is, when man in the states wants
new wife he divorces the old one,
while in Utah he keeps the two.
The truths or errors of Mormonism
have nothing to do with citizens
rights. Religion is a matter of
faith, not Of TACT, and no one can
doubt that the MOrmOns sincerely
believe in the divinity of their
creedS. All religions are founded
upon miracles and revelations, and
if any sect was required to prove the
truth Of their creed before a court
of law they would signally fail.
Catholics establish converts, to
which great number of females
are withdrawn from the world, to
serve their religion; no one should
doubt their right to do SO, but it
affects the supposed equality of the
sexes just as much as if they mar
ried their priests, and therefore
equally wrongs the 100000 of
tramPs, loaferS and bummers that
prefer to hang around loose in the
world, but who claim although they
have and don't care to have any
thing else, that they own a woman
apiece somewhere.
Any one who supposes that op-
presSiYe laws will weaken or dim
inish E people with the intense
faith of the MoTmOnS is sadly ig-
norant of history. For 1900 years
the Jews have been terribly perse-
cuted and oppressed, but they are
still distinct and wealthy people.
The Russians are now trying by
force to RussianiZe them, the same
as the Americans pretend that they
must AmericaniZe the MormonS.
The Mormons, during the first
fourteen years Of their history,
were broken up and driven from
their homes four times; some were
killed, some numerically w hipped
and imprisoned; little children had /;
heir brains blown out for fear they
would grow up like their parents :
md still in that time they
from six persons to 150.-
100, including children, while since
hey have lived quietly in these
valleys, their increase has been COM
slow, and if it is desired
O give them a fresh start and in
rease their faith nothing will do it'll
quicker than a little persecution. [
'ouch one Of their leaders and you
will see the tenacity with which
hey will cling together and
felen'S garb would be toI
i'm badge Of honor. Our
tx outside churches, with their
ourishing day and Sunday schools.
ave every desired opportunity toll
lstil ali the high moral and reli- 5
lOus principles in the community
hey could ask. What more can :
hey wish? Do they not know that
7hen force begins reason and per
lasion cease? To enforce theirl
Jews must they appeal to thatI
lost cruel and vindictive of ali tv-
ants, popular prejudice? Have
ne followers Of Luther, Knox and =
Wesley no higher aspirations than \
he Acknowledgement of a few HIM L
red opponents?
The article in our Constitution
Congress to make any :