Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-01-14
rnr cAusn or rrn CRUSADE.


THE CAUSE on TiIE CRUSADE.
The cleveland rlain Dealer some
time ngo. commenting on the Utah
election Tor congressman. remarked
that care has been taken In all the
protects 10 make It clear that the OPP
position ~ not based on the fact that
the Reprcavntativc.eicct ~ "a Nor
mon" Asa Mormon. that paper said
he cannot and ouph, not 10 be- barred
out. because his belief In the doctrines
~ Mormonirm h "a matter n religious
faith and l. therefore privileged. other
eastern journals have expressed q sim.
liar View. This IL sufficient proof that
the entire controversy In Utah IL mis-
understood BY some Of our coniempo-'
aries.
In the summer ~ 1856. through the
Efforts Of some Utah ministers. nnd
others. gatherings were held In ihi'
city several successive evenings IN"
occasion being the prcronco ~ IL mum
her Of Grand Army mon on their way
10 their rncampmcnt On the coast
oratory dcnouncing MormoniHm and
Mormons. flowed like q delunc from
tho troubled clouds above and from tho
dark deep below.
one evening stranger who happened
10 he IN the city asked a certain min
lister for the real cause ~ the raging
storm: he had heard the "MormonH'
characterized NJ traitors ana law
breakers. by gentlemen Of the cloth and
sword alike. ana yet h. saw nothing
but evidences of peace and prosperity
The minister expressed himself 10 this
eject That 1, was the religious ryr-
TEN known NJ Mormonism they we're
after. That system. he said. II from
tho EylI one IT, followers arc 40 de-
iud.d. 20 dnrkencd. "a blind that
truth" has no effect ON them. A. u
neemH unavailable. h. continued. from
any other side than ~ peculiar mar
riarc doctrine. all forces must be cons
centtat.d on that point The country
must be- aroused against that part ~
Mormonism; then the structure VIII
fall. and many Of the MormonH viii
undoubtedly Join our churchsH. This
was his idea of the Mormon Cruz
nade. and he knew Of what he spoke.
Those who have followed develop
mcntn In Utah since then know that
the present storm IL another clerical
attack against hated religious rival.
The Church submitted TO tic dccrcs NJ
the supreme Court of the land and
ceased the Holcmnlkhtion Of plural
marriages. The arrangement seemed
satisfactory To the general public and
an era Of good feeling dawned. durins
which the "Mormonn' became better
known In tho world ana their good
deeds were proclaimed. much 10 the
ehasfln Of reciarlan ministers and some
sccdy politicians whose occupation was
gone. The Gospel was listened Ia by
thousands and many persons embraced
II. That IL the chief cause of the cru-
SADIE. The election last fall furnished the
prrteSt for rcyiylng tho old antl-Mor-
mon antagonism.
when eastern papers speak about
the Church having broken it, pledges
the church dcfylng tho nation; the
Church uphoidlnE law-brrakinE, etc.
they n<rrly echo the cry of the chh-
rrlned preachers. There II no reason
for the tumult. The church has "a
crcdly kept IT. agreement with the ma
tion. while the Utah ministers and their
associates have violated II In spirit and
intent and commenced a new assault
upon the Church, using na "a cover "a
political election. FOR which the "Aior.
mon" Church. aa they well know. was
not In any way responsible.
We are told that the protest" now
entered II not because the people here
are Mormonr. but Tor tho reason
that they are breakers" Was
II not always thus The fury that
klndlcd the fires Of persecution under
the Roman empcrors was not due nlin-
ply 10 the religion ~ the followers
of the NaEnrene. hut 90 the charge that
they were traitors" The victims ct
the ~. Bartholomew massacre were
called "consplrators. and the millions
OF other objects Of fanaticlsm were al,
ways 'law-brcnhru," II their pricstly
nccusers are 10 Boz believed.
The latest crusade viii fail ~ its
purpose. After the present excitement
has subsidized. tho American people viii
be hcttcr disposed than now To hear IN,
truth ana examine tho falFehoods sel
anoat by disappointed scctnrics and
rourcd and defeated politicians. IN,
mormon people Gan afford 10 wall
and they have no anxiety about IA,
final result.