The National tribune., 1889-05-02
MORMONISM.
An Apreal FOR National LegisIatlon Aenlnst Il.

An Appeal for National Legislation Against 1t.
EDITOR NATIONAL TRIBUNE: The GAR.
and all loyal people here feel very deep
interest in the proper settlement of the Nor
mon question. Many of the Mormon people
are, in spite of their creed kind neighbOrs and
law-abiding citizens but their religious doc
trines, as printed in their Book of Doctrines
and Covenants" and as taught and practiced
by their highest authorities are, literally, hell
turned loose on American institutions; and
The NATIONAL TRIBUNE speaking for the
GAR, should speak out and let the truth and
the dangers be known before it is too late.
They teach Government of the priests by
the priests, and for the priests They call it
the Government of the Lord, of the Church,
and of the Latter Day Saints; but when you
see their practices, any honest man will tell you
it is a quasi-rebellious Government by the
priests and for the priests.
Every Mormon in the Endowment House is
sworn to obey all the orders of the priesthood.
To the priesthood every Mormon owes his first
allegiance. You can prove this by hundreds
of the most reliable men and women in this
Territory; by every reformed Mormon. The
priests all call them "apostates." MormOns
will deny it, as they have no regard for truth
or oaths when the merits of their Church is
discussed. This, too, is the opinion of every
reformed Mormon. Brigham Young, the
sainted Turk of SO wives and eoncubines, their
most popular prophet next to 10 Smith, and
Orson Pratt another high authority, both
teach not only that the rule of the priesthood
is the highest but that all others are Illegal
and at enmity with God. Then they always
put this in practice wherever they have the
power. They nominate none but Mormon
priests for office; but in horrid burlesque they
call themselves the peoples party. They call
convention of the peoples party. When as
sembled, one leading Mormon priest suggests
the name of another active priest for office. aud
it is always confirmed unanimously; so for all
the offices of any value Occasionally some
Gentle fgurehead whom they can handle is
put up for some little fourth rate place. Then
they all turn out on election day aud vote for
the priests thus nominated, unanimously. 1t
would be very wicked to even question the
doings of a Mormon priest, and any active OPP
position would be a violation of the hOrrid
oaths of the Endowment House to obey the
priesthood in all things. Thus it is to-day-the
reign of the priesthood for the priesthood. and
a Legislature of priests votes them ali liberal
salaries. In this sanity land no GAR. man
can get little shOrt-form deed recorded with
out paying some Mormon priest three prices !;
so with all official business. And this is called
/ the reign of the people. Every Mormon is the
political slave of the priesthood. The mass of
the people are just as free in Russia or Tur-
key. See " Brigham Young's Journal Of Dis
courses" page Ii, and "Orson Pratts Kingdom
who has had the courage to leave their politi-
cal tyranny and immoral nastness. They are
far more un-Amercan than the Chinese and
a hundredfold more dangerous to free Govern
ment.
AS to polygamy, they have abandoned it
just so long as there is a United States Marshal
in sight. No Mormon authority, no one author
lied to speak for them as an organization, has
pretended that they have abandoned or will
or can abandon it. A Mormon can no more
abandon polygamy than Methodist can aban-
don the four Gospels and the teachings of John
Wesley; no more than MoSlem can abandon
the Koran and the teachings of Mahomet
Read in their book of Doctrines and Cove
nants, the later edition recognized as the
highest authority by all Mormous and Endorsed
by all their most popular High Priests: THUS
saith the Lord to John Smith" fSec. 1872 o.
466. verse 49, The sanity polygamist, through
all eternity, shall be above angels aud Gods, as
a reward for his Turkish cohabiting. Then on
page 473, verses 81, q: If he espouse 10 vir-
gins" and the more the better for the unetu-
Gus Turk, he cannot commit adultery" Any
"saint" may have hundreds of virgins if some
High Priest has laid his blessed hands on them;
and as reward for all this polygamy he shall
have all honor on earth and through all eter-
nifty. But the most d8mnable part of all is on
page 474, verses Ga. 3. If the wife of the p0lyg-
amist-the lawful wife-does not submit peace
fully to this Dissertation of the home, she shall
be destroyed" And am told that this doc
trine has undoubtedly, in some cases, been put
in practice. Why not? Well, such is the
THUS saith the Lord " of the Mormon priest
hood. Who is going to repeal the - Thus saith
the Lord? Some sacred APOSTLE? He has
no authority, unless it be one of the polyamous
priests, who is above the gods; aud if he does
sacriligi0usly attempt it, cannot another, if he
be polyamist, re-enact it the next day? All
talk of honest men that the Mormons have
abandoned polygamy comes from an utter ig-
norance of their doctrines, teachings and prac-
tices.
Before the Edmunds anti-poIygamy law,
polygamy was just as much badge of nobility
in Mormondom as slavery was in the South
before the war. Every Office was filled by a
priestiy polygamist. Since that law some
fgurehead is put up to fill the Office and a
polyg is put in as assistant" at high salary
There is but one remedy; that is deprive
this un-American outfit of all political power
until the Mormons have been naturalized.-A
j. CRoPsEY, Ogden, Utah.
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