Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1884-12-19

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.y q tns tensee o. thoir fat1h. Tue
s1s % o!o0d asoncment. which
.1 y p openly aosooaseo and secretIy
- peen - fux1ou1ly attack
s.1s tno Cnnrs1 nas PIT forth eoUe
" - soscss speaxern nnd writer's TO
kove sn1 tne eileEenoug are false.
80 - % snene, speak1ng- in this city q
eve1infs 40, admitted thn4 the
y n nsQ neen eMunht ~ Brigham
xounE ana oseess but oenied that u
ssef aSssoee. ne unGextoek b
geeve ~ sne CnKmsIau b1blo that fbsre
saen = tain9 - blood afouomenk.
a1o MSS enoo fate was the only hope
y sone 1uos o. elnnekn, yet be main
t.inco tnas q nad eyof boen tho policy
oL tne Cnuroh % postpone the adoption
- ooctxInA-
in sne eouree Of hisaomarks be quoted
D..9.sm 1c9nE - 3oo1eUs.
know wnen y0u heax my brethren
taikinG eooue eues1nR peopte on from
ne e.ssn eoas yoa eonmder . y strong
coos1ne uus n . 20 savs them, not 30
esssfoy tncm. Inere are sims thai oan
~ etoneo fof ~ a. eneFInR upon IN
aisaf, - - early days, and there are
slns tnas TIE blood Of lamb, or Of .
caifs o. o. turtle doves cannot remit.
ous tnoy muse bs Atoned Tor BY the
o!ooo oT man. could refer you TO
plenty q instances where men have
peou f1knteously slain - atone for their
slnA nave secn eooroe and h0ndreds
81 people Tor whom theso would have
oeoL cnApeo u the last ses0rreotion IL
tnear i've had been taken and their
oaooo spilled upon The Rround - .
smoking tuoenqe 20 tno Almighty, but
VINO are now angels 70 the devil ! have
known great u'Any men Who have left
tnis cnuFoh Tor whom there h no chance
wnaeever Tor exaitst10n, but Il their
blood had been spilled u would have
been Better for them. The viekednees
ana ignorance OF the nation forbid this
prlncipIo being In full force. but the
time viii come when tbs Law Of God
VIII Be n full force"
The explanation nov given Of these
remarks 10 that at the time they were
spoksn ths men and women OF the
Cnurcn we're full of tfanagroosiuns and
thas Brigham was threatening them
with the law. IL u held that the pun
ishment for marder, adultery and bias
phomy y death, and that that II all that
The prophet meant. The present com
mentat0rs cite the Bible - authority
TOR indictins death In cases Of murder
and blasphemy against the Holy Ghost,
and the unwritten. code Of the United
states. which holds QuiIklees the hus-
band Who kills the destroyer Of his
homo. A. 10 the remark by Brigham
that he could refsT to plenty Of in
stances where men had been FiQhteously
slain 10 order to atone for their sins,
the explanation now given IL that be
meant the men Of Biblical times. In
every way possible the Mormon mouth
pieces now seek 20 show that while the
doctrine may have been preached in q
mild form, it has never been put in
foros. To'givs the statement from the
Churoh's standpoint greater force, Ii
10 even asserted that there never was
such an order a. the Danites, and that
the Mountain Meadows massacre was
an AFFAIR over which the Church had NO
control.
One Of the exponnders OF the Church
has jsst stated its position as fellows
We are not taught 10 resist our enc
mics. We are temple buiIders, and want
TO keep our hands clean. Tue people Of
this church have horror Of blsodshed
and they therefore sometimes 90 beyond
K~~-~~ !. @@e@ K>@-<~.~t@ S<e<<E~1 - - =
virtue. The doctrine OF blsod atone
ment 40 We believe IL is that there are
crimes whtch cannot be atoned TOR IN
but the time for carrying out the doc
trine practlcaiiy mas NOS arrived:
On the part OF the dentiies 10 10 urged
that sac inurderous oscsrine is 1ust %
macn part OF the mormon creed to-
DAY - y ever was tnat " was prac-
tised until the leaders OF the saints DO.
gan 70 ieF ina, tnsy would DO tried and
hanged oy the Federal Courts, aud that
tho time spoken OF when y would DC
given fali foree 70 when Utah is ad-
mitted 70 the Union as State and can
make its own iavs' Inc execatien OF
Lee Tor tne part ne eock IN the NOM.
TAIN meadow oatcncfy maoe tne MOI
mons very conservatase IN the mattel
OF blood atonement. a. one time u
looked as thocgn all toe leaders OF the
Churcn wonla SWING TOT snat atrocios:
slaughter, aud some OF them would II
they had NOS turned states evidences
and pushes Lee forward g q soapegoat
IL is argued that once intrenched oe
hind the priyileRes OF 9 state she Nor
mons would immeoiatsiy ENFORCE oioou
atonement, ana taas all apossstes wonif
then 10 put 70 DEATH while prayers -
eended Tor their forgivenees.
Some instances OF blood atoaemen
are recorded oy tne oentiles, ana CIV
them without unoersaxihg 70 voocn 70
their truth or faisenood. IN addressing
500 Mormon women IN sne old .aoer,
nanle one day, Brigham Young renuket
them for their murmurinRs ana com
plaininRs, ana said Les me veil yoo
II you should 50 some morning . 90
running down the street WITH your naa
bands head IN ms mourn 70 Keep you
mouths shut"
James Monroe vas piooa ,stoaeo
BY Elder Howard n9sn, VIA wnos
wife, very osautifei woman, monfo
had been on familiar terms.
| A DR.. Vaughan was ktiied 20 sson
for some ain committed oy nim, an
two brothers named AIKEN wsfe jail .; !
ooediencs 20 the osuess W : 1s'
held Ia Nephi- .
i A man whose name e nos noN y
called. once n passing toe ressosncs y :
Btehcp Loveless. o. ftos3, ~ ~.
at the window ana took solo Oh s1e M - -
Of one Of the sisnops wiss@ ne 49, -
pat Away By the aveneers IN ofusr wa
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