Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-09-30

focllnra On tho breasts Of the multitude.
and 20 encourage mobs IN their lnwicss
ana bloodthiraty attacks upon unof-
Tending people. For that there u no
palilation In justice. reason or nccc.si-
ty
There 70 another feature Of the pres
ont concerted onslaught on the majority
~ the people o. this State. that needle
come consideration. II ~ wen known
hero and IN wcll-informod circles cleo
whore, that there are In Utah a small
number Of persons. who arr recognized
on general principles ne good. honest.
pcaooahlc citizens. but who are pecuil-
ariy situated bocauec Of the changes
that have come through the settlement
Of difficulties that troubled Utah Tor
many ycarn. when statehood came.
with the provision In tho state Constl-
tuition required by the Enabling Act.
they wore sull under obligations they
had entered into. whlch 10 Thorn were
Of tho most ancrod character. ny the
terms OF n statute Injected into tho code
at later date. they were placed In an
attitude at variance with the law.
This has been taken advantage Of Tor
malicious purposes. and hue and cry
hus been raised which has been made
20 reflect upon the whole body ~ their
co-rollgiouiats. and a combination has
been formed FOR the prosecution Of those
who can be- legally assallod. accompn-
MED by On ondeavor which viii be tenn
porarily succeesful to place the entire
Mormon Church In a false light be-.
fore tho country.
II may be- ARGUED that n mon break
tho law, they arc nmonablo TO tho
law. That IL correct hut there are
many pornona known 10 be- lawbrcak-
ere against whom no such attempt IL
made. This is not mentioned By way
N Qualification or apology for tho In
/ fraction OF law. but 20 show the In
vidious 0nlmus Of the antl-"Mormon'
crusade. with a prctencc of virtuoua
indignation that H. q burlcsque upon
chastity, tho clerical and editorial de-
fomera OF the "Mornons' raisc great
cutlery over the comparatively few
oaecs OF the character We have de-
scrlbcd. but have nothing 60 say as "a
the Wholesale violations Of law and de-
ocncy that they know abound In every
city Of considerable size In the country
Ana here comes In the point to
which we now draw attention. when
the question In asked why 30 much
Noise and ychomonco and public scan
dal, about some "Mormona" who arc
| living with wives whom they married
years ago, ana at the same time no nos
ticc "a takon OF tho glaring social evils
that honeycomb the nation. the answer
Is ovadcd by the untruth, that a com.
parlson H. made between plural mar
riago ana the sexual CRIMES referred TO
and that an apology for the former ID
made on account of the latter.
There could not be- anything moro
Hophlstlcnl and unjust That IL not m,
contention at all. ~ n not claimed that
one system is substitute for. or %
simply superior 10 the other. or h iusti,
Nod because of ~ prevalence. or has
anything whatever In common with IL
The contention h this; n morality. vlr.
tue. social purity and religious lnHtitu.
lions are the objects " ant-"Mornon'
support, why ~ it that an alleged cvl
IN remote corner ~ the country u
picked out for concerted attack. Will,
crimes of most enormous proportion,
and frlghtful and lasting effects. pols.
onous ana vile, upon the body polite
are left untouched and almost unmen,
toned. There II no similarity between
tho custom so yonomously attacked and
the vlencss left alone. except that both
are placed under the ban ~ the law
and therefore. II tho UNFOLDING OF Law
and the publication " society are M,
rnda IN Wow, nothing but hypocrisy
and malice prompt the crusade ugalus
tho lnnnitrsslmnl disorder. and suffer
ancc u not protection Of the monstroul
and dlscaHo-spre0dlng criminal Vices
which are wlnkcd at by the auu-"AIor
mon" preachers aud their allies Of tn
press.
The prosecutions against which W,
raise our voice urv not tho result u
wrongs committed by the "MormonH.
but OF tho Inventions, cxuEgrrltlon
and malicious dotamau0ns rgaortci &,
by their religious opponents An th
luwloasnoss whlpplnga OF Hldors, burn
ing of meeting houses, shootings of MOI
and women impressions NJ free Hpeccl
and frequent outbutHts OF popular ven