The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1888-04-23
TILT MORMON DLSPATCH


The moanness OF tho dispatch which was last
Thursday smuggled over the wires from this city ms
an Associated Press dispatch, needs little further
ventilation. In the frst place Il showed coward
ly fear Of the eject which the truth would have
upon the county, and, (2 perfect willingness to
defeat the effect II possible by shameless and out
rascous falsehoods The dispatch Is known by
every man, woman and child who saw A. In this
city, TO be but tissue of faschoods, and II Is Just
swell known that Il was sent ont by church au'
thority, and paid for with church money. What
does the average Saint think OF a-religion which
depends upon backing like thiS How do the
words Of McssA Richards and Caine, before the
Senate Committee correspond with the proceedings
Of the Conference, and then with the Dispatch
This creed here prctends to renew on earth the re-
llgion taught by Jesus Christ In there any record
TO show that the Messiah taught lying and perjury
MS fine art1 Did lie, while on earth, teach hypoc-
risy and talk with double tongue. meaning one
thing TO His Apostles and another TO outsiders?
Did lie ever counsel his friends TO try 10 SNUG
gle OF dispatches and mako them read as
though they were the testimony Of tho Romans
whose leglons were cnnped up In the foothills
back Of Jerusalcml Are not honest Mormons tired
OF this jugglcry, hypocrisy and ialsehoodl The
dispatch was not only string Of falsohoods but In
effect the man who sent II ont was morally guilty
OF deliberate forgery lie sent II out not ms the cx
preston Of lying Mormon slave priest, but as the
DISTINGUISHED testimony Of an Associated Press
agent The object was simply TO break me effect
Of the truth. The slaves who heard the thunder.
ing In the Tabernacle had gone home with the TO
ncwed impression that they must live up to their
religion In all things must pay their regular tith-
Ing must implicitly obey counsel; must hold the
Government OF the United States ns their mortal
enemy and as rapidly Nc possible mnst go into
polygainy. -Four days Inter, after they had gone
home with their defiance Of the laws renewed
Within them and after they were snio whore they
would never see the dispatch, some priest Of the
church framed that dispatch TO throw dust into
the eyes Of the nation aud committed forgery In
sending IT, What kind OF religion must II be
that relics upon such agencies Salt Lake Guy
Tribune
II anything was needed 10 confirm the
doubt in Mormon truth and honor that ey-
erywherc prevails, this expose would do ii.
The infatuated men who lead the unfortu.
nate and ianatical people OF Utah have re-
sorted TO every dcvisable scheme of duplc
ityto dccciyethe people Of the United States
and hull them TO a sense Of security so ial
as they arc concerned. They have moi
stopped at the forgery thus exposed by
The Tribune, but have had recourse Il
murder TO silence their victims and pro
vent exposure. But with II all they have
failed, aud they viii continue to fail BY
deceit no matter how adroitly conceived o.
covered up The Mormons must Obey
the laws; they must conform TO IN,
constitution that is the safeguard Of III,
nation; they must utterly suppress polyg
amy they must stamp II out, or the Staici
will stamp II out for them with a fore,
they cannot Withstand, or attempting t.
withstand must expect TO DO crushed
beyond rcsuscitation. Polygamy is III,
last lingering brutalism Of a scmi.barbaroui
age, and Il must be blo,icd out.