Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-10-16

! faith OF the -AiOrm0nsr was rs IN
yielding as ever, and that renewe,
efforts must be put forth 10 win o
force them from their Lcgradia'
superstitions. Now, what ere thes'
suprrsiitioEs fOHl which .he "AIOT
mons" are to be delivered 10y thci
quixOtic champions? Is faith IN Cos
- the Creator OF heaven and earth
and the Father % tine spirits Of al
Z flesh. one. l. d. lief in Jesus Chris
a. His son, our elder Brother ant
the Savior % the world, another
Are baptism for the rcmis
/ sion Of Gins and the laying
on Of hands FOR the gift Of til,
iOiy Guu-t rucu terrible herrsies'
| l. Ii treason 10 believe that God .
Inc rightiul Governor, both mora
and physical, 81 the worlds ii,
las created, aud that the time will
.0me when all the kingdoms Of thii
world will become the Kingdom Ol
iur God ami His Christ: Is It &
rhine b believe that IL is the rigLi
4 every sincere Christian 10 enjoy
the guidance OF that Spirit which
Christ promised 20 Ills faithful fol
lowers 10 "leli them into ali truth
tni show them things b Gomez
Doubtless IngerSuil would pro.
luunce ali this suuerstitiJus non,
sense. Bat it is all believed in by
'uc or other % the sJ-clllysi Chris.
ian sects OF the day. Which OF
hese tenets would they have the
''Mcrmous" Teu0un-s:
The reply used 20 lie. '.NOnc Of
hem. We only want YOU 10 give
Ip pOlygamy." Well, tue perform
lnce u plural marriages has been
abrogated. Are you any more sltis'
led than before No. The CRY j..
hat this concession should have
leeu made by actual revelation from
sod commanding Its abolition. This
s sheer hypocrisy. Had it been 50
announced you would simply have
slUlte.i over IL a. another instance
( the hlriihOOi and b.sSphemy %
the "AiOrmUu leaders" Il has come
yith as much authority aut is con-
silered as binding by the" Mormon"
.,eJple as ifit hal claimed 20 be an
tctual revelation. Every person
Iossessel Of common sense sees and
eelz it was the right thing b. DO,
aud Il could not bU more right ii the
-oice Of God had auiibiy command
cd it.
But the demand nov il that
'hur-h and state must be separated;
r, in other words, that the "SiDT-
mons must cease tOall vutcoue way
'lSSumiug that they ever did under
penalty Of the uirest vengeance.
Now, II men are entitled 20 vote
It all, have they not the right 10
vote a they please? II not they
ere better without the franchise.
Nor is IL % Toe expected that i'AiOr-
mons or a1yhoiy else will vote for
heir euemics-they would bc fools
4 they did. Suppose that party
lines are drawn in Utah as else
where, AMI men array themselves
IuIer their respective republican,
democratic, prohibition or other
tanners. Are the "MormDuS'' % be.
compelled o. vote for one side OF the
,ther, or i a Royal Commission"
% Ice appointed % see that their vote
i evenly divided? Suppose one
party entirely ignores them and
hoes not propose 10 grant them a
voice IN the legislation 10y which
they are 10 be governed. Are
they likely willingly 20 vote
for that party: II the other side
meets them on a common sense
platform and proposes 20 share the
offices on just basis, are the Nor
nous 10 be visited with mob vic
lencc ami slaughtered with shot and
shell II they dare 10 vote for their
own VrltcctiJus Do u1: political
parties, the world over, do the same.
Nor would Sire "Nurmgus' need
ANY advice from their leaders which
way h vote. However, has not
very mau-whether priest OF lay
nau-the right 90 advise, influence
and urge others, by all lawful
means, . vote as he thinks bet.
An political parties 30 this; aud il
j. the duty Of every good citizen
minister or hymau, religious or
otherwise-to satisfy himself rs b
which Iarty he thinks will best pro-
mote the Interests Of tire r1mmuui-
", and tsen win all the votes he
can by honorable means iIr that
fa-ty. Are ..AlJrmDn-'' alone 20 BE-
tented that privilege or is il a
crime for them to vote sUiiily FOR
uf their own?
Whatever may have been done iu
the past, the Lifterest' anti Mormon"
IN this city knows that henccluFth
il viii De impossible for the Nor
nom leaders 30 control the votes Of
their followers, except g the extent
they can do - by reason aud moral
suasiou.
l. il considered necessary. how I
ever. that Republicans or Democrats [
-hoIli vote the opposite ticket iu
lrirr TO prove that they are 'fnde- .
pendent" ami are not controlled hy .
.he advice or dictJtion Of their .
party leadCr-2
But suppose the Mormon lead .
~ Should try 10 dictate o. their .
inllowrrs the way in which they .
should vote. Are over one hundred .
and fifty thousand people 10 he de- 4
lrivei Of all political ami civil rights .
lni 10 Je visited with fire and sword f.
BECAUSE a dozen men claim and al.
eurt O. exercise this yrcrDEativc?
Il i very evident that there is,
Imong a certain class a disposition
70 accord tie SAME treatment .
o the "MJrmlu-' that Rus
ia j. dealing @ the poor Jews.
10 matter how sincerely the present
generation OF young "M0Tmousr are
rying n profit by the experience Of
he past and q place themselves in
.errri with all that j. best aud
highest in the age, the determine
ion seems 10 be . hold them &C.
for all real or imaginary
for which they were I'm no
way responsible, and % treat them
WITH ostracism and contempt uuless
hey prove the sincerity Of their
by entirely abandoning
he faith Of their father and every
u virtue and ieCency aud
descend 10 the level Il the vicious
md depravei. May God preserve .
hem from doing this Tor the sake Of I
he franchise Or uuy other real or
Iuciel privilege.
Amongst ali the men who have
,rowu rich from Mormon" patron
se, amoug-t all the PrOfes-,,i min
sters Of Him who came to seek and
D sa-C those that were lost, are there
lone who have the courage ami
manhood to enter their protest
gIinst the misrepresentation and
llsehOols that are being scattered
rIadcl-t over the nation about tire
Mormous, " ani that have caused
he cruel persecution and death Of
lany innocent persons? Hereto
Nc they could not speak without
he imUutatiJn Of eXcuslug or
az pDlygamy. That
Reuse exists no longer. IL Is
me that the world should know
,mething about the virtues Of the
M0Tmons. :" and that-u9twith-
anding all that has been laid 10
leir charge i'm the plst-ihcy are,
! a people, honest, Industrious,
and laW-abiding. There