New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1883-12-22

bought the liberty OF the common people,
and because art down laden with the supersuons
and lies of antiquity. the Puritan sat himself AGAINST
them. He believed that the lowest man. being stlnuat
ed and educated could be lifted up into dignity ana
knowledge~true powcr-and he came to New-England
for the sake of experiment But ne prousme
the ignorance that belonged to MS s,oth oGs
OF experiment and he fell upon those by which men
to this day undertake moaity-orce and law-and ui-
derook in NewEngland therefore, TO expel dangers he
eses all manner OF new notions IN me n eSncat
ibe TO being unfolded and educated should be
and not simply by coorcve laws All laws arc twofod-
they either restrictive directive In regard TO Inc
Is higher than that they merely the opponents OF the
experience Of mankind pointing men TO what Il ne sais
and bes; path for them to walk IN now the III w.
not make this distinction. They held mat an nams
should be restrictive man must believe ,I nus be-
q high tariff man -llaughterl-le must ,oro MT'
be, meant forgot in the enthusiasm OF the moS 6
the presence / was talking to- lApplause.I Iney
undertook 10 do by cOecive and restrictive laws what Tue
Pilgrim first cminently aud gorously came TO u and
intellectual instruction and therefore the Pilgrim stooS
higher, just the blossom stands higher than the ea
that 1t birth SO the Puritan the best Specimen
OF the Pilgrim gone to blossom and to rut-hot 10 sceo
Well small section nomlnally OF those that settled
NewEngland were avOwed Pilgrims. Ihey dld NOT per per
called Purans-I mean Pilgrms.for the rurI nirit
did lie brought with him the universal SAL 5 hRrb
and training Whether the Pilgrim was ranked win
the first settlers In Plymouth or whether ne De0ngeu
lectual Influences brought higher and brought TO
Of this to our own times is not hard to find
ate by applying the Puritan standard, and
not the Pilgrim standard In so far as
intemperance niames the passions Of men aud works 0D
viousy and openly against the public veal IL fas nndcr
the government OF restrictive law, and the work OF law
degradation OF ntemperance unless you can raise
their understanding, their social purity and Their moa
Law good deal, but it cannot do that and you
cannot raise any large section OF taTgs nnd thcT
moral SENSE APplause IL Is longer work mx. IL II
harder work Il Is work nat Il not YET nh'eTs o
selfgoyernncnt Ia the foundation OF our Government
and no man can govern hlmeI wn8 yet Az a. i iro
passion and resides IN the moral sense and IN the spiritual
nature OF man. Applause
THE PROBLEM OF MoRMONIsM.
We tempted another case, which is like brcr and
thorns the present day. We called upon to limit
IN way and to e2termlnate the moral leprosy OF
MoIInonism. God forbid that should say one word that
would encourage them II IS not question tonight, nor
anywhere TO the moral character Of system which s
substantially prcsty aI,tOcidcy Oi the most compact
There can he no question that after the experience Of
nor the cati0n the experience Of the human
But how are you going To handle III by restrictive law
msh,r Jaws can give ~, us iaf lOINuI L,,' In
bur let me tell yoI that y5n"nos surround great com
muniiy Of quarter of million Of men Who believed
you do In your religion laughter you cannot
MT them mp out OF the soil by the
is proposed that polyramy shall be made crime, asst s.
already vice. but how are You going TO convict II has
get hold Of ~ Dd you ever res cat try to eat wnspf
ILIu-hterl That Represent the Government at Wash,
1gon trying 10 cat thc Mormon question. iaughterl
she mumhrs al IT. she darts at n; put on the whole, she
doesn't chew 1t. Prolonged hughcrl II Is
the District OF Columbia. liau-htcrl Tho firt Of such
government has NOT been such a. T. greatly charm me;
but u there bc any advantage ~ II, ~ the name Cf
hSWcycr i nothing hut mcchancni force hr1rl mi 10
bear against the intellectual and moral convictions OF
quarter Of million OF men. 81" no way am open %
conviction by any sugrestiOn-bnt TIT, 10 say That
this question, Ike every other moral question,
has got 10 be treated 10y moral means aud not
10y the law Of violence Every that wants 10 cXtir-
pate any form OF i.akcu belief In poitics iu religion
by law and structure and force j. Puritan, pure and sim
pie. Every man that want, 10 cXtcrmnatc belief who
fith humanity ana 10 reason and conscience
that he Is willing 10 leave 10 time aud wat 20 ct II Ice
b, this higher mtaus-hc is Pilgrim fAp.
pau,c / AN a Pilgrim. lApplau-cl / an not a
stranger Now IN regard 10 tns matter. these two ia
stances all that give could empty good many
muchwc all totally GrpIaycd, n may beg ypur par
10 do cIcr thing in The spirit n cou6atiycncss and de-
II Is hr.t impulse, and admit that
since took my military honoIs am most rugna-
cious my ncighhor-.
am glad to ,-aud know thi, without any charge
that This evening have up one grade In the mill
a7y profession. Nv muk IA the Brooklyn 18Th Is Cap
tain and not thaIiaiu-I am now MAJOR. llAushtnrl
tbcrc. n"tuny hand from which am otc glad 10
receive my elevation than that Of General Grant.
Laughter What We want ~ our time more than anything
Else II the continuance, the Increasing faith u the
people In moral intellectual means 10 accomplish
ANYTHING that ought L. De accomplished among mon, and
he glory Of TINS Government Is the faith IN the common
pcopIc II takes time MY non- Of people to turn
over question and look at II AL sides. There has
ZONE ou all right; Int tho part Of nl governments
u Is % have patience,o LEI men gerninae. grow
nwtrdiy. But you cannot do anything ~ great Rcpub
he Of mixed people Of every nation and people" u you
undertake 70 ride fonchshod over their faults over Their
errors over their evils Oy hc even cutting OF the sword
the law by any other fun OF absolute violence You
haze gOt to walt with things that bad, with things
' re evil with things that are heretical with things
M are wrong until such time as by reason and moral
'a son you can h inca ~ toa higher Plane ana men
IAN hc lifted up 10 thr plane all over tho world
hey will only come TO Am rca aud stay here long enough
Now, tni. Is about all ! can give you that
ext Jnst now sir but i have ye,, s az" G thing
rom which my successor Dr. Newman, graduated /
jr rather, perhaps should say, evolved. lLaughtcrl
After the sermon IN, been preached u Is the way Of tho
hurch 10 have cXhortaon, and therefore shall give
he residue Of my time-while ] am not ungcncfohs To
viii initiate his excellent example, and as have nothing
urthcr say. viii say nothing aud hand II over 10
Brother Newman. Applause and langhterl
SPEECH or DIR. NEWMAN.
When the applause following Mr. Beecher's speech |
iad partly subsidized Mr.. slliman said that the per-
ou who prepared the next toast" Utah What OF |
Ter Antirilgrm Methods 9"--implicd that IL was an
,pen question whether the Pilgrim or the Utah |
method was the better. He called upon Dr. New
nan to respond to tho toast In doing so Dr. New |
nan said in substance:
A great special aud political evil confronts us tonight
Sc rclpnS the fruits Of procrastlnatlon We have
alicd with evil for thirty yearsan evil which should
AVE been cXtcrnnatrd 1T the beginning This evil |
OnfOnts us at this hour We propheslcd that II would
Nc shOrtlivcd esteemed # ns u standing Joke; we
aughed at the many wives OF Utah. The carcnturst
rcatcd fun by his pencil. and the humonst excited
hOuts OF laughter by his wittcisms. But that at which
aug Cd thirty years claims the serious attention.
OHigt OF the most earnest statesmen I'm this Republic,
ngo-scs the mind and heart Of the Chief MAGISTRATE Of
he Nation, and, tonight, Congress Is considng what
han be done It fOTetOld that MornOnism was an
nOmay out OF accord with the spirit OF the agc where
this cyi genius has remained and hurled defiance at
he genius OF our civilization Then IL was said that the
vii would succumb under tho march Of civilization; but
Utilization has gone around the OWL, gone 10 Nevada |
one 10 Nebraska gone 10 Montana and 10 Idaho and