The Dispatch. [volume] (Provo City, Utah) 1891-1895, 1891-07-08
TUATI0N.
JharlNsEllis Lectures In the
Opera House Last Night.
De S5Sws the Liberal Party No Mercy.
and he Way to Kill the HYDRA,
Healed monster.

I There was very large and attentive
audience at the Theatre last evpnino IN
listen to Mr.. Charles Ellis, of Salt Like
city, on The Political Situation in
tan to-day y few minutes after
clock the lecturer appeared before
the audience. and at once started ON
his lecture. After few preliminaries
the leman said: We all agree an
one point, whether we be Liberal. Re-
publican, Democrat, Mormon. ipfidel
! or other, and that is, if we I've in
| Ctal we desire that our fair Territory
snail make progress; it is therefore
legitimate to consider what viii brine
about this progress and prosperity. We
want to consider the past. The Con
stltutlon OF the United States sovs
thert shall be no taxation without rem
resentatlon; there shall be no national
priesthood. Why did our forefatbers
say this? Because the history of
Europe was before them. where mon
had been prosecuted for opinions sake
ana they did not want repetitinn
OF these OutrageS on this continent
Some Baptist. who had been persecutaI |
IN Virginia, went to WASHINGTON and !
asked for additional protection. and .
THIS was the cause of the Amendment
providing for the freedom of rfIipion
Ihere was no persecution for fifty
Years. Then q new sect-the NTor-
mons made their appearance. This
sect believed in the Bible. in common
Wltl other sectS, and yet it had a he
Het In personal and real God. This
was something different to what the
sects believed in They said He was a
Deng without body, parts and pas
slonS; ana what IS that but "A hole i'm a
lrum? Our Republican friends saw
-ht Democrats denied the Mormons
protection; because President Van
Buren, said: Your cause is lust buf .
can do nothing for YOU" This is not :
rue. 1t was Van Buren's coward co 5
which refused them protection }
lnd he happened to be a Democrat. ! =
1ut II Jackson had been pres dent. ( {
'elleve he would have hung the rino- n
eader OF the Mormon mobbtrs. so our +
republican friends must not Law too n
much stress on this point. The Tribune i
avs the MOrmons were exilnd from Mis- o
ourl Tor their theOcracy This is nottrtle. ri
he Irib. seldom comes near the truth ii
'hen talking about MormOns. The a
eople of Missouri did not know enou0b er
that time to define theocracv. They di
hought the MormOns were abolition So
us, and drove them out because they O
ated their enterprise and indie tr
They reached these valleys. tn
nd while their enemies hoped they m
ould die, rumors reached them thai I'm
icy were more prosperous than ever. be
hen the wolves of persecution scaled hi
le mountains TO follow their prey l.;
he cry now was Mormon pOlvgamy,." an
ld while the Mormon people believed
is to be a religious duty, their enc re
les made it their war cry; and i'm di,
81 law was passed making it a crime fin
ne MolmOns made up their mind to 90
Sis this law until they could get a de. m,
;lon from the Supreme Court. to ba
Ilch tribunal it was carried. This no
dy decided against them, which mn wI
EN- In an awkward position. Finally bie
ey saw their way clear to relinouish sai
practice and put themselves in bo,
rmony with the demand of the colln- Law
:; But thi did not satisfy the Lib aw
lis, who really never wished the Nor ino
ms to do anything of the kind. VIII
eheYe polygamy would have been pos
tied long ago If It's opponents had I
been 50 mean. The young men of anC
lay are more interested in making tio,
ney than in raising children. 1t unC