Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1883-12-27

The Chicago Times has evolved new
plan of extirpating Mormon polygamy,
which it values 80 highly that it sends
it forth with the guaranty that 1t is the
only plan which will give satisfaction, an ID
that is-to eradicate the religious super
stition through aud by which the tcelea-
''tial marriage" system OF Mormonisul
exista. The civil power cannot do this ;
it can be done only by spiritual power,
acting opon the moral nature of men and
women, dissbusing their minds OF the
pestilent faith. Those who can most
effectively exert that spiritual power are
not preachers OF somewhat different
faith resting on the same foundation, but
preachers OF no faith at all, like Colonel
Robert Iugersoll. Therefore turn Colonel
Robert lngersoll loose among the Nor
mons and let him convert them to ina-
deity or agnosticism, aud the thing is
done.
We "bAAo o1N hheh eho Il tHeS 10y o
out a pretty big job for Ingersoll, but
the bigger the better. 1t would probably
| provide him with occupation all the rest
of his life in a community where, If he
did no good he could work but little
harm, and it would relieve the rest OF
the world from his pestiferous influence.
| We do not say this Tor the sake of Della
wareans, for, thanks to Chief Justice
Comegys, the blatant blssphemer dare
not come here again, but there are some
shsky Christians in other states vino are
not so we'll protected. =.
The scheme reminds US OF little cpl.
sode in the history OF the Sandwich
islands. Prior to 1920 the inhabitants
of those islands were idolaters, and had
been idolaters, We presume, ever since
the creation of the Ksnska rsce. They
were misersbly degraded Sc. of bar.
barians, inoculated and thoroughly in.
grained into the most absurd superstitions
which were zeslously fostered by the
priests of their idol temples. Among the
things that were tsbooed, under the
menace OF direiul punishment If the
taboo were broken, was the consolation
OF the sexes at meals, and, up II
the accession OF King Lihoiiho, nj
Sandwich islander dreamed of daring
the wrath of the gods by joining his wifi
st dinner. King Liholiho, however, 60
recklessly drunk one day and deliber
ately broke the taboo by publicly eating
out of the same esrthen pan with one o
his queens, and, when the qusking by
ISLANDERS saw that the machinery OF tn,
universe continued to move along undis
turbed and the world failed to split NJ
into fragments, they jumped at once h
the conclusion that their idols wer
powerless and their priests lmpostors an,
> proceeded to get rid of both in the speed
! lest way. Thus 1t came about that tn
missionaries who happened along Their
4 soon afterwards found race @
emanoipsted idolstors who were utterl
without any religion whatever. and gls.
enough to snap at the first article In tina
line that might be offered them; and, a
> the result, the Sandwich islanders no,
have schools, churches, paved streets
theatres, daily papers, telephones, and
thousand other oonoomitants OF civilizs
ton, not emitting tariff system and
public debt.
. II Colonel Ingersoll should take tn
o advice Of the Chicago Times, and shoul
Q do for Mormonism what King Liholih
y did for idolstry, what missionary feel
there would be in Utah