The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1897-09-14
Tries to Defend Himself.


out some time ago and sends us lengthy
article in which he tries to defend him.
self from this unwarranted attack upon
people who worship according to the
dictates of their conscience. We publish
the article below but it's arguments do
not cause us to change our former
opinion Of the man and after reading
what he has to say the large majority of
our readers will agree with us. A man
who wages war upon peaceable people
with no just cause is not a true Ameri-
can and lacks the essentials Of true
manhood.
Editor BANNER In your issue of Aug.
"a you do me an injustice. which
trust you will allow me to correct in the
following dialogue
Editor BANNER.-A fanatic who in
entirely out Of place in the 1911 century.
but should have lived in the Dark
Ages
Livesey.-The Dark Ages were those
OF persecution The rack and the
fsggot fourished then and the man with
new idea in philosophy, or new ex-
perience or revelation in religion was in
danger Of both. White am exposing
the fallacies OF the Mormon faith, am
at the same time putting myself at
considerable trouble to defend them
from the beatings they have had
rendered them throughout the south.
1 believe in allowing them entire free
dom OF speech and in demolishing their
arguments with the same. OF their
bodies, would harm not a hair of their
heads, and would give them to eat at
my table, but would at the same time
advise, rs ! have done, some of the
ignorant mountain people TO shut their
doors in their faces, as these people are
not capable Of exercising q proper |
discrimination. (He had better leave |
the Mormons alone and take up labor
with these Ignorant" people.-Ed)
+. Bile knows but little of the
Mormons and his writings will count for
nothing among intelligent people.
My knowledge has been imbibsd
from lengthy correspondence with q
Mr.. A. z. Kesler, OF 80 Concord st.
Brooklyn, and from the Salt Lake Oily |
Mormon papers. Editors and Others
have proclaimed my plan of dealing
with the Mormone The wisest and best,
and whenever proposed, has had the
immediate effect OF stopping the !
prosecutions OF the Mormons. They |
owe me debt Of thanks for my services |
in that direction alone. If they cannot
stand before my facts and arguments in
a religious tine, then they have PROVES
to themselves that they are not the
possessors of the truths they claim.
p. Bile says LET us 60 u Utah
with tho press" as Though we did moi |
already have the elevstiDg power OF the
press here. II he comes out here we
can show him some OF the brightest and
most intelligent people he ever saw.
Ives. it is the power OF the secular
press in Utah that lie already driving
the Mormons from their church, the
same as the press everywhere else ia
driving people from the other churches.
Judge G. G. Goodwin long ago acknow-.
lodged this in the North American
Review. When / say 70 to Utah With
the press, meant to supplement this
work already there by further demon
stratisg chat the Mormon religion o.
form, ceremony and authority liz entirely
ayerse to the intelligent reasoning al the
age, and thereby expect 10 zee it still
have sn increase OF spostates' from
it.
E.B.-in another place he says: "A
a proper demonstration made against
the Mormon elders through the local