Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-03-10
JOSEPH COOK on "MORMON-
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in fremont Temple, Boston, o
ssThe Decline Of 'AIormonism.'
That concentration Of America
egotism, Rev. Joseph Cook, wa
the individual who aired his ignol
ance and sophistsy upon the thread
bare subject. 1t has been popularl,
supposed and commonly predicte'
for sixty years, more or less, tina
''Mormonism" was gradually slid
ng downhill TO the region Of ire
trievatle oblivion, while all the
time It has been manifesting as
toun ling vigor. Now the com,
plant alleged TO have seized the
vitals Of the system is nothing short
Of a galloping consumption. The
Projectors Of its approaching extiuc-
ton have not, however, properly
diagnosed the case, as the pulse and
respiration Of the patient are nor,
NAL.
This notorious economizer Of the
truth, in the earlier portion Of his
lecture, in his Overweening anxi-
ETY. to put himself in the role Of the
dashing and courageous hero-a
! osition directly opposed to his
nature and Neutrality-suspicious.
himself IN unmitigated coward, as
viii be seen by this extract:
1t is more than ten years since I
began the study of Mormonism at
Salt Lake City, as 1 returned from a
lecture on the topic Of polygamy, my
wife holding one arm, my right hand
holding q revolver. In those davs il
was necessary TO be a little cautious;
perhaps I exaggerated the necessity Of
watchfulness. a group of friends was
around me. Years later, speaking
again in Salt Lake City on Mormon
ism, took little pains 10 90 on; Of
the crowded lecture hall with United
States Officer. No one attempted TO
hustle or jeer the anii-Mormon pro-
cession that poured out of the hall. I
had no weapon I suppose I needed
one. But should have needed both
weapons and friends il Camp Douglas
bad rot had its guns ready in the
sagebrush pastures on the slope COM
handing The city.
There are only eight pronouns of
the first person in the foregoing
Paragraph, relating to the man who
protected himself against his imagi-
nation and disturbed conscience.
by having his wife on one side and
4 revolver on the other, on one
occasion, and by the presence of q
United States ofIicerlwho must have
aughed in his sleeve at the child.
Ish timidity Of the great sectarian
oraggartl at another time.
The lecturer branched on TO the
notorious investigation before Judge
and gives this version Of |
he falsehoods testified to 10y the
'revaricator Warien, when he pre-
ended to be describing the murder
I William Green, near Green
River:
Ones When? Ans. In 1862.
Q. Where? y. Near Green River
@ On wha; occasionY A. When 7
7as with an emigrant train bringing
ecruits to Salt Lake City and the
Priesthood.
@ On whom were these PENALTIES
Hecu;ed7 A. On such and such a
nan who was the owner Of two q, the
'agons, and was driving these We
ieles loaded with merchandise.
q What was done? A. By COM
iand Of the officials he was taken n
tile aside from the road, and disem-
oweled, his tongue cut out. his throat
1t, his heart removed from his car.
ISIS.
q Who witnessed thisf A. Give or
Y others as well as myself.
z Did you make protest? A. Yes
q What was the reply to the pro-
st' a. BE quiet or You will suffer
10 same fate and your bodies will he |
rown 10 the winds"
1t will be observed that this reyer-
end counterpart Of Ananias must I
I'VE been familiar with the testi. {
ony given at the Investigation c
t instead of giving the name oil
e person alleged to have been 7
'assinated. he omits it and puts ,
TO the mouth Of the lying witness (
e Vords "such and such q man. ,, @
by was the name Of Mr.. Gpsen.
E alleged victim, purposeIy con- i
lied, he being the solitary indi- f
iual whom the ''8formons', could .
accused of numbering after scrap- :,
every scandal together that could s,
ciutched, covering a period as old d
the Territory? Because his name r,
'ears on a document which proves ii
blood atonement story to be n V
'Ned anti-"Mormonn fiction. Mr. T
zen, designated as ''such and such W
nan" by Cook, who should be NJ
bed Wardell number two. Is alive e,
well and now a resident of III
nish Fork. The following aft. ii,
1t from him furnishes the reason or
the wretch who cooked War
s testimony for his lecture. qu
ting the mention Of bis name: m,
RIToEY OF UrAs, cls
COUNTY OF UTAH S. fol
lillian Green, being duly sworn
rs oath says: I am an English. tw
by birth. ifty-fve years Of age be,
now 3 resident of Spanish Fork for
; Utah County, Territory OF Utah the
'ssed the plains in 1862 in CAPTAIN par
e's company; I knew a man bv in I
lame of wardell; he crossed the or
IS and came to Utah in the same trio
Any as / did. We Travelled 10. VIII
IT until the company arrived at a tori
near William Kimball,s n cb sue
lriey's Park. where I left the sucl
ahead Of the company, being to ,
'us 10 meet my wife, who was ton
in Salt Lake CITY. She n
lg Travelled over the plains :,
same season with Can,ain :,
8 company. have lived in lisc
axe City and Spanish Fork CITY 'he
l came to Utah. was the only repe
by the name of Green. that ! natu
OF, who came over in CAPTAIN that
s company. No man was kilIed has
II company by the name nj rega
; or OF any other name, nor did as t
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