Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1885-05-30

law-breakera, is to bind the people of that
church the closer together. who asks
Mr. Goldman, would persecute or interfere
with Mormonism were polygsmy elimi-
mated from i'll Nobody would care about
their belief in Joseph Smith, or that ride
ulous but harmless tumble Of Scripture
imitation, the Book of Mormon" He
holds that to place Utah under the strong
arm Of martial law would not diminish
polygamy. Martial law could accomplish
nothing beyond the reach Of the Federal
Courts. The Law Of evidence must re
main, and convictions ear only be had
upon evidence. When Congress passes
the necessary laws TO make the criminalitY
attach to women as well as to men, the law
will have reached the utmost extent Of
its tcthcr. So, then, with all possible
tolerahle laws in force IN Utah, what Is
next TO be done to break up the Poiyga-
nous practices? Mr., Goldman replies,
Try moral auasion." And there is very
much more in his idea than at 6rat up
pears. Convince the Mormon tina. Joseph
! Smith, in whom he has believed from his
childhood was an imposter, and you
undermine his belief in all Christianity.
He believes that the stone tables Of the
law we're given by Jehovah to Moses and
the golden plates by His angel to Joseph
Smith. lie has been taught TO believe
both-that if God could reveal Himself to
Moses, 50 He could 10 Smith. So the
Mormon viii remain 9 Mormon or become
an inGdel-a conclusion that a retrospect
justifes, and to which comparatively few
exceptions are noted. How, then, shall
the Mormon be reached by moral suasion
First, IS we understand him, he would
have the Mormon enligrant met on
his arrival on the Atlantic coast,
and up to which time he has heard moth
ing Of polygamy, and warned Of that per
niciou5 doctrine. The Mormon mission
aries cannot prevent them from hearing
the truth. He believes many would revolt
at once and find homes elsewhere in the
Union. But Mormonisn need not be SIS
sailed 70 work the desired end. There is
a branch Of the church--oc rather il is the
original steni-which refuses the polygany
revelation. The eldest son Of the " Pro
phet Joe Smith IS at It's head. 1t put
fishes weekly paper. It has some $1,000
members. Its leaders live blameless lives;
the religion they preach IS Mornloni8m,
and it in no wise antagonizes the people
among whom these Mormons i've, or bringz
upon it the odium Of the criminal law It
denies that Joe Smith ever received a rev
citation Of polygamy. It charges that Of
Tense to be a device Of Brigham Young.
Now let this schism in the Mormon Church
be used to full advantage. This IS the idea
Of Mr.. Goldman The truth or untruth Of
the doctrine Of the Church will concern US !
very little. It is enough to know that
here is 4 church Mormon in all essentials |
and differing from the Utah article only in
the doctrine Of polygamy. It IS led b. the
eldest son Of the " Prophet " Snli,h-one
born Of his loins and upon whom It may
be claimed the mantle Of the father has
fallen. This original church IS poor, but
it has q lofty aim-to bring back the
whole church to It's original state Of purity
That Is, Nr. Goldman might better say, its
aim IS to break the fatal hold Of polygaray,
and he believes that the ycvy best instru-
ment to use in abolishing polycamy Is,
without relaxing the laws against it, to aid
the Joseph Smith Mormon Church to
fairly do battle in the field Of proselyting
with the Brigham Young Mormon Church.
TO the Christian men and women Of the
and, in a lervent appeal for the Smith
ties, he says; Anybody and everybody
nay now 20 anywhere and everywhere and
preach what they please without let or
Iindrance. At all events, these Joseph
ties are willing to incur the risk They
viii accomplish a work beyond the powers
# all other Christian sects. BY preaching
he Mormon doctrine is they claim that 1t
was once delivered to the Saints they
viii convert men from the great sin which
ve all deplose, without driving them into
.theisn and despair. Thus, if Utah can
lot be Christianized exactly in your way it
rill be taught a religion vastly more pure
han the one that now prevails and we
hall speedily behold the end Of the twin
elic Of harnarisn y