The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-04-12
,on Whitney Replies to
blSD'p Mr.. Cooley.
,ySwgR TO AN ANSWER.
NO Reason for Not En-
4 NOT, eDuraging the Mission
schools.
49, IF THE HERALD:

to SUPP ,sy in The HERALD of March
NJ: mid satisfy that gentleman. 1t
SD' or nv intention to satisfy him.
was -, that would have had to admit,
lou ,rme that his argument was un-
P.robla .nd that felt myself pow
an'" tss presence of SO formidable
efle'- OF which could 1 conscien-
ios, Nor was it my purpose to
l11' pe.ty victory, for the victory's
"in over one of that class of inyinci-
s ' those nil desperaadums of debate,
~S re'sn though Vanquished," can
Nv object, as plainly stated at the
.rtset was to show that "Mormon"
Va .,snts. believing as they do. are justi-
fadiu not sending their children to Gen
III. 4I schools to obtain thorough, Chris
'i.r education. My reasons were and
'.. First-"Christianity, having apos-
tatized and lost its ancient powers, is
E sa' with all its schools, to impart
an education Vi IndI OAai aOIS1' OeC-
aannd~"Mormonism," so-called, is the
onr Christian faith restored in all its pris
t gu nurity, the only system extant capa-
To nj giving a Christian education.to its
uS and it is therefore superfuous
and vain to go outside the church for
a rbat ear can ONLY be obtained inside; also,
that II is ridiculous to assert or lnsinu-
.stbat the Mormon" people are afraid
81 that which they are seeking in the
isce of all opposition to acquire, and
% rr5 they prize as the "apple of the
ave- "-l, > and the immediate jewel of their
s3uls [ cited, incidentally. in this
connection. number of Christian
Jocmas. not simply to show what was
SIiRelv to be inculcated in Christian"
schools where religion is taught, but to
hear out my position that modern" Chris
fanitv" is cropping and groyeling in
snostasy. and that many of its doctrines
are as far removed from the simple,
Main teachings of the Bible, as they
are from reason. consistency and COM
mon sense. l could have continued
tbe citation almost Gd iafnitum, but
desired to stick to the school question
as closely as possible, and so mentioned
IL.
This Mr. Cooley. in his letter of this
morning, calls IAN eVasive reply" and
asks what right have to reason upon
such things, thus assuming to be UNI
pire as well as adversary in the argu-
ment. All can say is that, while sorry |
for his sake my answer did not satisfy |
him, do not at all regret that it was
intended more for the public satisfac-
ton than his own. Neither do I be-
heye, however much 1 respect Mr.. |
COGley's positive assertion, that all |
Gentle teachers, imbued with hatred |
Of Mormon Materiallsm" and inter- |
ested in disseminating christian civ
ilEaion,n if asked by pupil !
concerning Gods nature and where
abOuts. and what was necessary in |
order to be saved, would refrain
from answering those questions ac-
cOrding to their belief and ability.
The promise TO not teach them in their
schools would not bind them so far as
the outside is concerned, but even if it
did it is only step from the mission
school to the church, where such things
are taught openly and undisguis-
edly, a step made shorter still
NrcuIll6
playmates. Would Mr.. Cooley or any
other Gentle feel safe in sending
his children to Mormon" mission
schools, even if religion were not taught
there?
Ny argument went on to show that
Twas no fair test of the vaunted su-
perority OF christian civilization
VVer Mormonism, F." to pit little children
against educated men and women and
1nen prate about ga famous yictory.r
an Intellectual Blenheim, because
me little innocents were unable
70 stand the test" To this, Mr.. Cooley
makes no rep y whatever, and for the
IssI OF all reaSons-there is no reply to
ue made The gentleman had the good
%4Se 70 see this and act accordingly.
! also pointed out the fact, which
aaIclpated me by pointing out itself
!. rncularly IN Mr.. Cooley's letter-that
.le avoWed object of these schools is
70 help pull down "Mormonism" by
IN lining away Mormon" children from
T Je .IeilgIon of their parents-"to do
i sFst me Edmunds Ii aimed at and
NJ I,e y 70 70 accomplish phrase which
J;.' uooley accepts" Now here is the ,
b 'se OF the whole argument, the very
~ I'S =. ana front of Mormon" objection
s5, Uentile schools. What do we care,
net 1,ieS mat much is conceded, about the
Mute Mute OF the Turing" or turning away
r. The whole question at issue
il tb ,n'Gived IN the proposition-Is
,be ue ooleet OF these schools TO secure /
ana Ielecuon OF Mormon" children,
IT, au L So Is that object liable to be
m ,esiuea! To talk about details and
=, t;s -o.'lS IN such connection, is about
I'm IN gGortant as to bubble over whether
vb ar p ~ was hung, shot or beheaded,
J IJeh al we want to know is whether
M N. Zoe zoe Is alive or dead.
vba--' EIooley gave his whole cause away
tbe sa ne ne admitted that the object of
I1; ma schools was only to "broaden the
thew OF Mormon children, so that
rs al: would revolt from" their parents
o1i is.ol OF their own accord. That is
There i i uuch as | desired to prove.
question no no use OF his begging the
scs re-c-aidlIe alter that. His "straw-stuffed
"thruSS{{ SOW OF an argument has been
'iddIsa through and through" and
He baS with with bullets" by his own hand.
des, ana gGIllellml'tted argumentative feIo
sisnd az leIt himself without leg to
NFibirn Is the smile unjust as de-
replv 70 me reverend gentleman's
the 5i- on5 having ignored-not sevaded"
Part D T.du letter of his argument in
. the sn;s;4 to answer it according !
las his PIT and meaning thereof. He
nine way OF doing things; l have
algunoatS3 d. never taught to argue for