Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-08-14

contain some Of the meanest and
haseSt calumnies that were ever
heaped on an unpopular people since
the rahble shouted at Christ, Away
with him. away with him-a friend
Of publicans and sinners, a glutton-
Gus mana stirrer upof sedition anu
not Mt 30 live"
It's time to stop anu ask II there Is
any good or any amusement even Ia
continually misrepresendng the
Mormon because lac Il unpopular.
Mr.. Editor, you say "Cagliostro
never found dupes rs ignoant as
Joe smith with bis golden plates"
That i an easy and flippaut way Of
/ Gispdsing Of n subject 20 which
thousands Of men Of brains, zeal and
piety have devoted their lives, n
I subject / am sorry 10 say as little
understood 10y the average news
! paper writer a j. the subject Of the
source Of the suns heat. IL Is
l fact that thousands Of our American
| citizens swallow whole the most ab-
surd stories provided only that they
are about the Latter-day Saints, n
| ins.auces-the story abost Joseph
Smiths walking on the water APP
parently, but really on n plank just
under the surface
Utah harems''-'sNo schools for
/ females in Utah" "MOrmOn exc
| Ius 10 Afexico.'i "Disloyalty Of
the Mormons." This story Of the
cDanlts--'' or Destroying Angels, -
which ludicrOus absuuiity never
existed only in the minds Of men
rs poorly Informed rs Mr.. Gregg.
/ can name a score Of other sim
liar fabrications cut from whole
cloth that are believed 10y thousands
Of the reading pIbiic, and can
agrce with you when you say Mr..
/ Gregg's prophet Of Elmyra" .'un-
folds a romance 10 which the Wild
ct ielusions Of the middle ages
were as chili's play"
Several anti-MOrmon hooks are
on sale, which appear on
their proper shelf only when
placed beside ''Gulliver's Travels"
Happily for the Nom0ns aud for
all who dislike 20 s.blush in iguoT-
ance, change i being worked 10y
the efforts Of Observing aud broad
minded travellers who step out Of
the custom Of flying tourists who
spend one night in salt Lake and
come away and tell n lot Of stories
ab1u; Utah which they got from
"Hell on Earth" or some other re-
liable work on Mormonism,
In your last line you characterize
the faith OF the Latter-day Saints 10y
I HHnwaHH mHnHa TsHHH la
th0ughtless phrase: "The lowest OF
all religions" By the side Of this
let me place some OF their chief
articles Of faith:
I'VE believe in Col, and in His
Son Jesus Christ and in the Holy
Ghost
That is the frs, article.
1--WE believe that through the
at0ncment OF Christ all mankind
nav lie saved by obedience
70 the laws and ordinances
Of the Gospel. These ordinances
are, faith in tine Lord Jesus
Christ, repentance, baptism 10y i'm
mersiOn for the remission OF sin, lay
ing ON Of hands for the gin OF the
Holy Gh0st.o I'VE believe the
Bible lobe the Word OF God - 1--WE
believe in being subject 10 presi-
dents, kings, rulers aud magistrates,
in Obeying, honOring and sustain
ing the law"
1--WE believe in being honest,
true, chaste, benevolent, virtu0us
and In doing good TO all men. In
deed we may say that we follow the
admOniti0n Of Paul: we believe all
things, we hope all things We
have endured many things and
hope to be able 20 endure all things.
Ii there i anything virtuOus, lovely
or Of good report or prlisewOrthy We
seek after these things"
This j. the 18th article entire.)
You may refer 10 polygamy. True,
until Congress passed the Edmunds
law il was practicei. About two or
three out Of every hundred 81 the
men had taken more than one wife,
which they did with the knowledge
aud consent Of the first wife. Since
the passage Of the Edmunds law
the great majority Of them have
served a term Of from six months 20
two years in Jail, and paid fines
ranging from SlOJ b. $500 for follow
ing the example Of Abraham, Jacob
anu David. They cared for and cd
ucatei their children, aud Dill not
send them to infant or founding
asylums and compel their neighb0rs
20 pay taxes 10 support them, a. is
done in some distant regions that
might lie named.
II the Latter-Iay Saints were let
alone. II newspapers and Congress
men would strive 10 get the truth
abOut them, and If there were not
20 many cIrpet-hsggers whose sole
means Of existence j. a salary from
the government paid them for I'LL
ing Offices which shOIld be filled by
the men who killed the snakes and
were tine real makers 81 the Terri
tory. Utah would he admitted into
the Union Of States, the "AiormOn"
question would settle itself and the
present outrageous attempt 10 rob
the people % their Church property
under cover Of anti-American legis-
lati0n and 10 make Of the Territory
a young Republican czardUm would
bc denounced and detestci by every
true American AMI lover Of libcrty
and Justice throughout the earth.
Very truly yOurs,
SAMUEL II. ALLEN, VI. ID.