Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-03-29

within reach, q musket. and many bullets for
it. never doubted But he wa, not afraid
Nor iii ! joula the guilt Of brigham Young
IN the completely Of many murders | am Ger
'ain, In my own mind, that the Mormon chief
judged aud put to death many men, even
whole trains, in the early foundation and
desire to- revenge the death OF their prophet. -
Brigham Young and his elder. as he told me,
I based the action Of the Mormon Church in
I these natter, on these line, from the Bible
Dan shall Judge bis people as one Of the
tribes of Israel
A, the Momons claim that the book Of
Mormon was written aud preserved by the
children nf the ten tribes, it held that it had a
right 90 sit n Judgment on those who came
that way and iuoh part in its possession And
again
" Dan shall he a serpent by the way, an
adder in the path, that bitelh the horses,
heels, so that their rdcr shall fall backward. -
The Momons held iha, they were "thc
serpent in the way" g. the adder in the path 8
of those on their way TO California and else.
where. And they claimed the right to
" Judge all and they pneliccd that right.
too. And when they found those that were at
all concerned in the murder Of the Smiths OF
any Of ,hen people the Danites destroyed
them. Had ! not been entirely certain OF
this, never should have taken the responsi.
bilty Of writing either the book or the play Of
" The Danitcs
But YOU must beat in mind these murders,
and they were many and bloody. too, took
place long ago, long before Civilization had
taken much hold on the strange, fanatica
elders long before there was a school in the
city Of salt Lake, while the Mormons taught
the faith, rifle in hand
We must no, forget that the Mormon church
was founded in blood. We shed that blood
The fanatical elders, flushed with much sue
cess and defying the armies of the United
States, VIII tell you as often as you please tc
talk about it that they are quite prepared &c
perpetuate their church in blood, as W,
began it.
| claim that we must not give these foolish
and lanatica Guiteaus that privilege The,
should not have the glory Of martyrdom at all
But the industrious, honest sober and Amos
blameless people behind them are worth
saving. Let us begin at once in natural anc
human way to save them. How1
, II thirty years Of contact with even a rathe
l rough element has so modified the views anc
principles of the Mormon church as 10 SWEEP
the once dreaded order of Danites out of exist
ence, what is the lesson1
We tried bloodshed once. What was thu
result1 Then we tried peace. Peace ha
, destroyed the order of Danites which that yer,
bloodshed brought forth; and the Mormons n,
longer COMM, murder or claim any right t.
, Judge" any one but themselves. Well, then
/ | think the solution is clear
| Set a schoolhouse on every hill in Utah, /
necessary. Plant university in every valley
and educate these honest and ignorant people
Simply take them away from the cranks.
and the "cranks" will find some other EN-
=, ployment.
The United States can afford to take ever,
male child from the farms in Utah, even pa
the poor parents for his time and put him t,
school there, and keep him to school for tel
, or fifteen years it necessary, and make a MAJ
and Christian Of him, rather than go To war
and after his education let the Guteau crank
OF 'elders" influence him il they can. Thi
, would be cheaper than war. And then tn
Momons, by their endurance, valor, patienc
and self-denial, deserve something better thai
butchery and os,rncism, even were it wise
possible, or just to butcher them. And il yo
keep on irritating them bloodshed and butcher
must come.
These schoolhouses must be built sometime
Let US build them now. Let us make Uta
the most educated spot in this republic, max
} Salt Lake City very Boston. We can bette
y afford this than either the shame that is or III
war to be; and my word for it, Mormonism
u like the old order Of the Daniies, will be n
i more
We need a mighty school Of mines-two
u three, four. What better place for it than tn
heart Of the mines' We need very Hcdel
berg. What location better, more natural
u What healthier spot for it than the heart G
utah' Five millions1 Yes; ten, twenty
thirty; throw in SIoo, 100000, il necessary l.
I educate these honest, well-meaning, poor bu
q mislcad people. They have earned it lie
, them have it. They are poor, very poor pa
a them for their childrens time and educat
o them.
And this is the way to dispose OF the ''Mo,
= mons and the whole matter These indus
(, trous people have made great country there
1t is worth to the United States all the mil
i hons and millions that could be poured in Their
J. for this peaceful, jus, and intelligent soutio
OF the Mormon problem. II will not hurt Il
{ a, all to have one spot in the great West we
II educated. II will hurt us greatly to either IL
n this shame remain and continue 10 wrangl
u with it or destroy it by the destruction OF th
e people. Joaquin .Kiilry. in c&icago Times.
> RoSE-huED PICTURE.
c To illustrate the daily life OF rural Latte,
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