The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1899-10-18

which tho said viccgerent suspended
tho practice Of polygamy. There Will bo
abundant evidence presented to congress
to prove that Mr.. Roberts has persist
ently dehed those laws ever since lie was
imprisoned for this offense in 1889, and
that his case has become very much ag-
gravated since his imprisonment, because
nc has since that time taken AN additional
wife, and because of his continued,
willful violation of the solemn pledges
which were made by him and the other
Mormon leaders in order that they might
regain what they had lost by their past
defiance of the laws of the land.
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These and other fasehoods which are
being industriously circulated by the SYM
pathizers of Mr.. Roberts cannot do him
any possible good. He will not attempt
to stand by them himself when his case
comes before congress; and the persist
tnt circulation of such glarng misrepre.
sentations cannot fail to react against
him when the real facts are made known.
Mr. Roberts is being fought because
he is both a covenant-brcaker and law
breaker down to date, not excluding the
time that has interviewed since his cleo
tiOn. He Is moreover today recognized as
the most forcible, most Jealous and most
persistent advocate and defender of
polygamy since the days Of Brigham
Young, John Taylor and Orson Pratt.
If Mr.. Roberts is not expelled it will not
| be the fault of congress, for congress
stands ready to do the bidding of the
American people. If they will only make
| known their wishes, so that congress may
understand what they want done in this
grave crisis. If MIR Roberts Is permitted
| to remain in congress, it will be because
| the moral sense of the American people
has become so duh during the past few
hot h..v L. lnn
| sult offered them by the proposition TO
| force polygamy down the thrOats of the
| American congress" the very body which
| once, in response to the moral sentiment
| of the nation, so robly stood for the mon
| ogamous homo. which is the nursery OF
| liberty and the cornerstone of our repub-
| lican institutions. If Mr.. Roberts is per-
| mitted to remain in congress, and we fail
| to get a constitutional amendment pro-
hibiting the practice Of polygamy this
| anti-AmeriCan institution will faston it.
| self upon this inter-mountain region,
| whence It will ultimately spread through
| out the country, until some day the
American people will have to rise in their
| might and crush it in order to prevent
| this nation from crumhling into dust. In
| the meantime thousands of hearts will be
| broken and multitudes of souls will be
| sacrificed to the demon of defied lust
| while the very name Of this fair land
will come very near becoming a reproach
| i'm the eyes of the civilized world The
developments in the Drcyfus case have
demonstrated that no nation in this day
can afford to run counter TO the moral
conscience of Christendom.
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In a crisis like this the effort to de-
grade the campaign into a partisan
squabble will utterly fail. The American
people are a true and patriotic people
| In the face of a deadly foe, all sections
crecds and parties will rally as one mar
to the defense of their cherished institu
tions. This campaign will demonstrat tC
that this holds good not only in the pres
once Of a foreign foe, but also when the
foe springs up in our midst, especially
when the attack Is made upon the home
which, to every true American, is th'
dearest institution on earth.
| Feeling sure that you will be glad e
give space to correct the misunderstood
ing which exists in the public mind II
regard to the important issues involved II
this campaign, and thanking you in ad
vance for the favor l am,
Yours for the welfare of the land tha
we love. VIM. x. Campbell.
Salt Lake City, Oct. :.
The letter from the Salt Lake Minister
ial association is as follows:
sept. 20, 1899
"Rev VIM. r. Campbell Box 1861,
salt Lake City, Utah.
MY Dear Brother: The Salt Lake Min
isterial association, including in its mem
bcrship the Methodist Baptist, Congreca
tional, Presbyterian, Epscopalian an
Lutheran ministers of Salt Lake City an
vicinity, hereby sends greeting to al
Christian ministers of every nam
throughout our land.
| "Earrest tly protesting against tn
threatened pcrpetuhtion of the practiC
? of polygamy in Utah, and in behalf o
the Christian home and the fair nam
Of our beloved land, we ask you, If 20
can consistently do so, to preach a ser
mon in defense of the Christian home o
the last Sabbath of October, 1899, and I
see that a general citizens mass meet
ing is held in each county the follown
week to arouse public sentiment in favo
of the expulsion OF Elder" Brigham i
Roberts, of Utah, from the House of Rcr
resentatives, and in favor of a cOnstitu
tional amendment prohibiting polygdm
and pOlygamous COhabitatiOn in ever
state and territory of our Union.
by order of the said Ministerial assC
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