The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1889-08-04

attempt at concealment of their ungoldly and
outrageous designs. With them the wish is
father 10 the thought" They not only coyei
and want the civil offices of the territory so thai
they may at Will plllage the several treasurers
but they also want our possessions, and to gel
which, by hook or by crook they will leave nc
stone unturned WIN they look for pretexts OIL
subterfuges or excuses: Not much; they are as
proIlhc OF these as they are in plots, counter
plots and contemplate, disreputable methods
for stealing elections. They must be closely
watched else we will lose all and become
totally oereft TRUTH.
FURTHER EXCERPTS.
a. Is it not time for the chiefs of the {Mormonl
organization to determine upon one of two
courses, either to leave the United States or to
place themselves frankly and fairly within the
Just laws OF the Republics Their prom.
erty Is in jeopardy, their people by hundreds ara
prisoned impoverished their property in
jeopardy and the lives of the people made miser-
able Dy unrest and despair. 1Ti5-
tis, February s, 1883.
Search out on the mainland or on the islands
OF the sea some new home for them (Morrnons)
for their troubles will continue to multiply until
ire Ire becomes tntolerable to them in the
The Mormons are placed in the same test
win Anarchists; people not worthy TO become
cluzens OF the United States
: w men II Will be impossible for them TO Obtain
title to another acre of land in the Republic
Mormonism Is saturated with a spirit which
has kept the Mormon people in a state of fer
ment ana unrest for years past, and which will
continue TO bring to them more and more
troubles. EDITORIAL Tribune, February e.
1882 "
THE Tribune repeats what 1t has been saving
FOR years. the saints must either come within
the Lawson must find some other spot in which
10 carry out their purposes To what other spot
can they got Has the world any other place for
them! Did the saints ever stop to think
that possibly their prosecutions have not vet
really commenced There is not one of them
who Is real citizen OF the United States
suppose that the next move shall be TO DENY
the saints the right TO enter lands and to attack
the 10000 Mormons in Utah do in case q real
contest comes between them and the 60 600 600
or the republic And the responsibility of all
this rests upon the chiefs, who are running
fearful risk, as the government through the
machinery OF the law, may outlaw and diSinherit
the Mormons.-Tfi6use editorial, March &c, 1889
'Mormonism is opposed by decent Americans
because of polygamy and the intoler-
ance of the institution which holds the masses
as the AFFECT slaves of the chiefs These will
both be given up pretty soon, or the power to
locate and own land in the United States will
be taken away from Mormons. + = This is
the programme laid down by Senator Edmunds
SIX years ago II mtlder means would not an
swer. Editorial Tribune, April r. 1889
The theory of the (MormonJ system is that ii
IS guided by revelation. Its struggle is to gain
political power. The first thing that should be
done Is to take all political power from it."
Then IF desire is felt to stop Mormon con-
yerts, the thing to do is to make it impossible
Tor any person among them to obtain title to
lands in the United States. r The ma
stomach. The perfect Justice of such
proceeding viz. to deprive the Mormons of homes
will be recognized by all civilization Editorial
Tribune, April "a, 1889.