Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1889-11-26
Written fof ,hs oSferi pemccTs,.
SOWING SEEDS.
NJ, H.


seeds Of MOrmOnl.m. This church u.
said a. d. the most complete aud compact
organization In existence. One of every
fiyc of It, numbers l. an official; IT. pow
| er Il so completely centralized under one
head that hls authority l. absolute aud
universal. and hi commands are bllndly
and checrfully obeyed. We are unable
to see where the Mormon people have
aay Que thing In common With our frrc
Institutions. Their polygamy, as we'll
a. the whole theory anl spirit ~ their
Government. I. IN open and notorious
opposition to ours. II i not simply .
church. bat state. set up In oar milsi,
ami a. essentially q foreign one a. Nor
way 90 Sarien.
That thcrr may b. no doubt as to the
desigus anil Intention. ~ the Murmons,
lri the testimony of their llishop lsini
be- quotcl. \ few years ago hc sfid
I've look forward With pcrfrct confi-
dencc to the daV Nheu Ne shall hnli the
r'ins of government of the lniird states.
That u our present temporal aim. We
do not carr for thesc territorial officials
cent out 60 govern us. they arr nohodlrs
herr. To-iay W. hold the balance of
political power Ia Idaho, We rule Utah
absolutely. ani IN VERY short time Ne
Will holt the balance ~ poWcr In Ari-
Eona ani Wyoming. \ frN month. ago
l'uc.iisut SNOW uf II. George 1t out
With haul ~ pric.is, for an extensive
tour through Colorado, New Mexico,
Wyoming. Montana, Idaho aud Anfonn,
o. pro.elytr. lu the past siN months We
have ssnt more than i.uDo people down
through Sc,ier valley to settle in Ari-
foui, and the movement still progresses.
uur vote l. solid. ani Will remain 30.
Il will D. throNn Wherc II viii do
the mosi good fof the church. our
people are oilriicui, and when called
upon by the churrh, they promptly obey.
They ssll their hoases, lands and stock,
ani remove o. any plri ~ the country
the church may dircCt. You can imtg-
Inc the rr.ults that Wisdom may hring
shUut with the assistance ~ church
organization Ike ours" have not the
slightest doubt that either II our great
polltical parties would not hesitate to
pay q million dollars fpr such an organ
lFailon io colonifr aud mass voters.
The Mormon prrsiieui eau colonifc a
county herv, ~ mass his voter. therc,
With scarrcly more trouble than gen
crl can his truops. ly this course
Ni.ely and automatically pursusd over
q s.ric. of yrars, thcy have gained Pos-
session 20 Vast tracts ~ land. and nos
hold almost sll the .oil fli Tor agriculture
frum the Rocky Mountains o. the sierra
Nr,ndi. or an AREA uf not les than J'n,-
uun square milcs. which l. one-siNth II
th~ entirr acreage hctwcrn the Mi.sl.-
.lppl AMI Nlt.ka. With a view ~ send-
iug enough settlers into this Nast terri
tor, to cuutrul n, the churvh sends oui
yearly from two hundred to four hum
drt,l missionsTirs. most - whom ltiior
in Europe. IN lsia they founded an im-
migration fund to All any conNeus Who
wrrr too poOr to reach Iion unaidesl.
During The fr.t ten years afierNari, The
annual average Was s5n. the next ten u
was 900, aud f0r the last iNs the mum
l.cr has ranged FROM 3.SO a. l,up.
The growing power of rapidly multi
pl,lng mcml,.r. aud the exceptional O.
rilliir. fnr money making. make this
people an enormous and rapidly growing
l.oN~r. ~aii Ilclier 4 kimhall. formerly
one ~ the APOSTLE. "lhc Wori ~ our
Leader aud Prophet l. the word ~ 10i
a. our people" The pastor. II chnrchrs
and principals ~ scho0ls In salt Lake
City. In sn address a. American citiSrns,
ssV. 1--WE r,rognlfr ihs fact that The So
called Mormon church, ln u eNsrcisr ~
political power, l. antagoui.tical Z"
American Institutions. ani that there ..
an irrvprv.sible conflict between Utah
Mormonism aud American republican
ism"
We Wlll noti,r some ~ ihs .c'sl. of
socialism which arr being planted and
crfmlnatr,i in this country. This l.
legacy lett by Continental Europc iu
America. n came to "a frum Germany.
lt 4. easy a. .r,' how the despotism 81
the few and the Wryirhclness of the
many Ia. produc,-l socialism Va mon
arrhitl countries. bat II u not so easy to
se. Why Il .hould take rout ani thrive in
a lsnd of plenty. Ihi. !. t"cau.- the
man lmpr,s o.. faster than his condition;
AL. wants incrrasc faster than hls means
d. /. denie,l some of the luNuric. his
usighhor has. hence J. dissatisfied. The
ds.irr. of the mechanic ~ today have
heeu 80 maryelOusly expanded and his
wants 80 multiplie,l. that BE- !. poorrf
TO-DAY with his two aud half dollar,
than hi. grandfather Nas With Que
dollar.
Their arr two partic. ~ .ocitli.ts IN
the United States. known a. the ">ocitl-
i.tic Labor Party" and the "luisfn8iionll
Workingman'. Association" Dr. strong
savs that Oue !. the thin, the other the
thick end of the socialisiic wedge. Both
seek 20 overthrow existing social aud
economic Institutions. Both prupo.e
cooperative form ~ production aud cN-
change a. substitute for existing capl-
tali.tic aud competitive systrms. Both
expect a grrat aud bloody revolution,
bat they dlnrr widely IN their policy aud
extreme doctrines. The former party l.
opposed to anarchy the latter aud larger
l. extreme and violent. Therr /. no bet
ter way of getting At their dc.ign. aud
Intention. than to quote from their press
aud speeches. In the manifesto unani-
mously adopted by the lnternaiionals AZ
Iitt.hurg, ocvurs the following; The
church finally seeks io make complete
idiots Of the mas, and to make them
forrgo the paradise on earth, by promis-
ing them q iictiiious heaven" "Truth,
printed Ia San Francisco, says; "When
the men understand that the heaven
which they are promised hereafter l. hat
a mirage. they will knock az the door of
the wealthy robber With a musket ia
hand. aLd demand their share of the
goods 0f this life now" In another
is.ne this paper said "War o. the pail
ace. peace Ia the cottage, Death "a lux
urious idlenes., Arm. say, Ia the
teeth. for revolution j. upon YOU" In
Herr MO.t's blasphemous paper occur
such statements az the following: "l.e-
/ ligion. authority aud state. are all carved
out of the same piece of wood. To the
Devil with them," Private property
must b. abolished II .c have tO use all
the dynamite there l. and blow ninety
nine hundrcdth. Of the people otl the
face of the earth"
Pagr after page could b. adlel of
their public utteraDces breathing out the
same blasphemOus and brutal spirit; but
this u sufficient for our purpose. The
knights of Labor are Ia sympathy With
them 90 far "a the labor question l. con-
ccrned, but are not In sympathy With or
responsible for their code. The Central
Labor Union had parade Ia New York
city September 5th, lssJ, Ia which from
ten to fifeen thousand laborers pIrtici-
patrd. Some of their banners were In
scribel, l,-"'Ihe wage system makes u
slave. ;"-''Prrpare for the coming rcyo-
luton. u."-'Eyery man must have a
hreevh loader aud know how to Use IT,"
That these were NO lille threats, the rail-
road riots Of ls77 abuudantly prove. Al
that time there were comparatively few
socialists bat Il cost many lives aud not
less than a hundred millions Of property,
aud o. quell IL, ten States, reaching from