New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-01-31
TALK WITH 4 MISSIONARY.

What is MorHomi-In ~ asked reporter re-
Gently of the Rev. Dwight Spencer. HaPust min
ster who has been for t"o years nome MISSIONARY
ficrnonisin." was the reply, is relic Of
A,.alc bIruarisu. II i5a system OF higo ~ with
ont an equal. IL is hostile TO every form 81 govern
n,1I winch II does not control. Its followers may
obey existing laws rs mere matter OF poilcl, nut
ucy.rasa duly. Its strength Is in lis badness.
poIyC3my is is chief cornerstone, without winch
fhr whole structure would fall. L is crime
against civilization, is ann beng 10 fetstah!sI thc
baibarsm of The pas centuries .! "tstpliINE me
institutions upon which the stailniy 81 the Natoh
dcpe.as MorMunsIn is NOT religion, but crlme
against itl .on. II has no cDustcuCy aud 30 sense
OF sin il - npiety wearing rtHgiodN garments
and vice disguised IN n sanity robe. Instead OF
cur o.. thc animal passions, u teaches 'HIt men
p1atIcaiion ls the highest evidence "i growth In
Lace. Ii ieIics wee los destroying 'Iruc. Mar
iia.e the family and the home lie cannot cAIss
where this terrible curse prevails. Ii IN guilty. oi
every form OF UncicdnInr.a. oil crimes WhIch
heather nations would nor tolerate. r. IS treason
AGAINST lie Government OF the United States. for IL
Is founded in di>oFaltJ ana only waits LOT SGihciehi
strength before proc EDS 20 cary oui IT'S do' trne
tina, al nations must eventually pet'Ic sun'c4'i-
Mat is Utah"
a Mormon kingdom. with q settled government
and public sentiment already SNAPPED, me Hcnlio
population Is only a mere spcck al that Territory.
The Va TmOHs own the stores, tdc churches ana the
schools, and they are rapidly extending their bane-
,u Iuhueuc. into other Territories. hen we con-
slider that the lrultor az cuNf IN area do large rs
that Of all the States H. the Union We see Tie vast
TWENTY-FIVE years ago The SYSTEM vas weak, but It
IS become no mean Antagonist IA Utah. II has
prescu, aunua. income OF neatly F3UOO'OOJ. Ihe
increase of its pOpula.i by immigration Is about
thousand month. II has bccOm power not 10 be
laughed at. Settled IN the yerJ heart OF this great
Nation. il is making itself inlt.
" lat is the remedy for this cVilG'
LEGISLATION and light. but legislation first Let
Congress pass law making pOlygalny crime, and
let Uio leading pOiy gausts be scn- 40 prison, and
their property bc placed IN the hands OF trustees for
the support Of their wives aud children, and Nor
m0nlsin would not he heard Of in ten years. IL
can oniv Oc rooted ont b. an enactment OF Con-
gre,s Having "a statute # this kind IN Govern
meut lhould enforce it, and then send ieachers to
educate tie children and the problem J., solved.
- is missionary work encouraging I'D I tan
ION the contrary, II is very Clscouragug. Nor
mouism units a persons mind for eytryth else.
Ii even dem ralizrs the Gcntiles, as the nom
Mormon population - called. he Mormon, dance
and lnzzie beer like the aeuizcls OF the Bowery,
bur lake the curse oil their bacchaAalian perform
alces b. Op ming and closing them with pra5cr.
Inc Gcntiics, seeing religion thus degraded,
and Us pure garments bedIa-glcd IN the
GIlh and Sums OF sensuditJ, come AZ length TO
reject il aitogcj her md elth'r TEES. satisfied with
heathcn morality or iall mo The wees Ot the pen-
pie among whom theY i've.