Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1885-05-31
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P0kYaaMOUS ZION.
AhIa$ Of the Latter Day Saints
in Utah.
y Revelations Made BY a Minis
Employed by the Home
Missionary Society.

L sh, Nay S.-Not long ago you
Wished q letter from me descriptive Of
.ggsmy in this town. 1t may be said to
: caused On earthquake here. There
5 movement ofhidden forces, = mutter-
and a rumbhng, accompanied with oc-
ional eruptons, which quite astonished
u humble correspondent As nothing
said OF this place in that letter which IS
perfectly vel known tothe town at
re. | have been not a little at loss to IN
stand the Indignation manifested overit.
Ow appears that the people here think that,
never true the facts mentionedin the ard.
llnay be, they should not have been pub
ID to the world Yet the very men who
his know that tomorrow the Mormon
be throughout the length and breadth Of
And OF Z.On are to gather in their various
|kfnacles 10 sanction by mammoth mas
k6ngs q protest which is TO be sent to
kident Cleveland and the United
Tee in general protest whose ayoE-
purpose Is 10 declare yehenently
wrongs which the loyal industrious,
God fearing people are suE.
hing from the tSrannical conduct OF Fed
officials" They know, too, that every
Mormon account of the real state OF
bgsin Utah which is given in geReralterms
IN so far as il initiates sg4ius: their
hem. be promptly aud e~mphs,ical'y pro-
|tnced q lie, thSt being the uniform meth.
of disposing OF unpalatable truths. Un-
y such 4 STAKE of things It would seem
lar to the dul,est thinker, even though Of
Ilntly propensiries, that the only way to
|ksent both sides OF this matter before the
hntry is TO give the simple, ~undeniaale
ITS.
But | would not have any one suppose
liz the dark, shameful picture wlich |
W in ny former letter represents the
Emons as Q whole. 1t applies to Dat a
al class, numerically Of the Latter Day
MS; but that class IS the dominant oae,
! that class represents the legitimate re-
Is of Mogmouism. The polygamis!s are
men who live their religion the men
O hold the Offices in the Church, and are
ksd up to as destined for the highest ex-
alton N the future world.
4 turn from this revolving side Of the
tier Day kingdom to add a few words Of
f. lple Justice concerning the average faith
believer. He is usually a man OF
APPLE, honest nature, and Of q naturally
4 pious and somewhat credulous dlsposi-
lie Is not strictly ilhterate, for he
IA make some Roadway in reading his
bic and the Dessret News, but his edpca-
IN is decidedly limited. Here, as else.
ere. it is q GtLle knowledge which Is q
ugerous thing lie believes with all his
Art that through his Church alone is
ne any chance OF e~Naltstion in the
L. to come, but, except where
Il outside world opposes the
,sgress OF the kingdom, he has a kindly,
~aeyolent interest in it, and while
wing its lack OF enlightenment, he is dis.
sed to find a subordinate heaven, q sort OF
| uge TO the celestial glory in which 1t may
permitted to bask in the radiance stream
? from the true believers. He is genes,
" OF Of a courteous bearing, upright in
3 commercial dealings, really industrious,
d, in matters unconnectcd with his reli-
On, . man OF yeracity. | remember well the
rdict OF two Scotch Presbyteriaus, stlnch
n. Morm0ns, O~tcOurse, 10 the effect thstin
cir business dealings with the men OfSalt
Ike CITY they foundthe Mormons far more
4 IN Of then word than the Gentiles. In,
4 ed. It has been said BY non Mormons more
an once that the average Latter Dag Saint
superior 10 the average Gentle IN Utah,
[ any one c~onyersant with the facts Of life
d morals in the mining camps, where the
eat majority 0. Utah Gentiles are found,
Isl confess that this is saying exceedingly
tie The picture here drawn Of the aver
e Saint is that Of the Mormon who has
en- converted 10 the Latter Day Gospel
[ brought up under its influence. The
/ .ond generation which has grown up IN
On. the strictly Utah product, with some
idable exceptions, presents much fewer
sturss for commentator. For example,
4 temperance, which obtains but little among
y older Mormons, is getting a NEST de,
lrable hold on the younger Saints. This
ID OF the superiority ofthe converted Saint
the indigenous article, together with that
Ter n that the Polygamists are the most
lsistent Mormons, the men who Five their
sigion," brings US to q conclusion which
might easily have reached a priori; the
Ri characteristics OF the Saints are largely
effects Of Mormonism: the good features,
sich fortunately are not few, are attribute,
to early training in q better moral aud
ERious environment, and to those native
tircts which God has implanted in the
man breast. Were the MormOns bu;
cd from Mormonism, aud especially from
lygGma, there would be few more desira,
) e~migrsnts.
10 day the whole Latter Day kingdom,
IN Idaho to Arizona, is in q ferment be-
lse Uuited States law has not only been
pertinent enough to concern itself with
} marriage question, but has actually
I its strong hand on polygamy with in
{ to crush it. The polygamist is in sore
lplexity and distress. The very sight OF
sranger fills him with apprehension. \
iited States Marshall would seem to have
i,orgon's head mounted on his shoulders
% the terror which his presence inspires
some breasts. His appearance on the
eetS is often the signal for a polygamIst
impede; his presence in q settlement
tans the absence of the choicest
ats, and ct his approach men
all -sz near.
-h6ors- As nSrshalS are quite NJ
ous in Zion at present, the prominent
! in the priesthood have left for parts uu-
wn-have found imperative business
ing them elsewhere. Some went on
sions, not a few apparently 20 Washing
where they sre repUted to carry on very
ortant missionary Eo-k in rooms not
ant from the rotunds Of the Capitol
whatever the destination, the fact re-
ns that the chief officers in The Lords
ydom" have silently stolen away. In
the officers Of Justice knock at the
ous houses of the Latter Day prophet
his c~ounsellors. The most vigorous search
to discover q trace Of the great men
so recently swed both the true believer
the unregenerate Gentle with their
Ehty forms. 1t is estimated thmt in a
BE ofmonths $50 residents disappeared
Salt Lake alone. One leader is re-
ed to have escaped in the disguise of an
XIV female, while another reached the
t.oSn atafion nv riding thithar IN a dry