Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1899-07-07

ls said 90 Dee puly gamiat having tnIe.
wives living 90 the present time. All
d ia SAID that an cnort WIZ ne i ml.e ~ y,
exclude him. Thus 70 happens that we
question that confronu me persunalIy
Or also before the nation. ana usNt Dee
rrmhar may De widely. perhaps huEfllHi
discussed. What shall We dof Whit
shall J d0g
noticed In the Telegram nm account
NJ the MOrmoua from recent visitor
who spoke ln high terms 0f them ns a
people. ! noticed. too. the address OF
fal Mormon Elders Boo Worcester, ana
wrote thcm to Inquire " thgy were ace
uuhlntcd with my cousins Thoy wrote
mD that there are a number OF our
family On Utah. making especial men
lion of one. They also wrote. I'VE
have tracts and books on the Gospel,
nH we believe g. 10 which you are Wci-
come"
pf ooursc could DO mo- less than re-
p'y that ] should Boz pleased tu examine
their printed matter though usually
such thinra 10 into the waste-baHket
About two weeks later two good
looking young men called on me na the
Mormon Elders. though lu writing !
had naturally supposed ! waa address.
Inr more OF lees dccrepIt old men. ]
read 90 them from the Felt geucnloEy,
and had most interesting cpuNefHa-
ton about Ny cousins lu Utah. whom
. have never nssn. the father being
dead. aud from whom / have newer
heard u syllable, but yet may meet in
che near future. ! was able iu say Co
tha young gentlemen that had exc
tmlncd their pamphlets and frankly
t1ll them that ] dIu not Hen polyEumy
mentioned They said that was thing
nf the past. That there hud been mo-
plural marriages since 1900 and that
tha few now cNiHiing were contracted
before that date. ana 10 was agreed that
those cases should not be disturbed.
ls 10 not h.ttDr Go lct u die out. as
slavery ut the North died out. and
would have died out at the E0uth had
not the cotton culture been introduced,
since Tho adoption of the Constitution
NJ the United states which the cotton
KIN, Invented within the original limits
NJ Marlboro. the part thun and now
called WrHtuurul WuuD o. NtfA pfuUis
able crop, and furnished an excuse for
porpetuHtinF slavery Perhaps some
thing la 90 be gained hy prosecuting
Congressman Roberts, but ! cannot see
IT, any more than ] think 10 would Dee
wise 90 porEccute Gen Wheeler and biz
daughters ana otherConfvdorate officers
and their families No loo visiting My
cousins u Utah 7 ought Go keep the
Vim of polyFumy constantly before me,
j might try that plan. but u.s. with
slavery "uNiu relic OF barbarian I
feel that we must forgive and for-
get"
nut these young Elders made O. point
which ! think all Christians should
consider yiz.3 that the sin OF polyEamy
i8 held up against them when they are
entirely Innocent They urs forced 90
boz vlcntious sunerer' I noticed "a
gathering OF representatives Of all re
ligionH in uu evangelical church, but
yot UnlturlnuH and unIycrHalisH were
Invited This was recently, and in
Worcester, Apparently every church
was represented. except the grvut
evangelical church which ] presume o.
attended by my cousins iu Utah" ana
which has been for years free from
the vim OF polygnmy
Let uH consider this matter fairly and
honestly suppose the Mormon church
was always "a good evangelical church,
/ with the exception that % very small
proportion OF itH adhgrUuts pructlced
p0yrumy. Now that pulygamy has
been rncctunlly stopped. d. u not UNI
uttcrahly moan 10 Worcester churches
| 10 ignore the claim OF these young gem
tlcmon 10 bc recognized uH Christians
am a Unitarian. aud I call for fair
playi
This reminds mo OF a similar omls-
sion In 1868 In tho great port OF Livor-
| pool, which actually occurred, although
| tuNa' Nt W tiA.iNlH y" fsllktANA Tut
| gave and forgot H. Leading English
| men. anti glnvcry Euglishmen. shall I
say, were tSon certain that Jefferson
| Davis bad created nation" "Thc
| kfeat WpuhliC' In their wise view was
lost In dediCnting the new exchange.
a building costing 100000. the flags or
all nations were exhibited. except that
| " the United Stntea. This seems In
| credible, but II ~ "a fact, nevertheless.
The same contempt which was then
/ shown Tor our government In the
greatest port uf the world built up
chiefly by American trade is now
shown 10y Worcester churches tn two
| young Chrlnluu gentlemen. These two
startling omissions have caused by
blood 20 boil and may possibly De mar.
rated 10 MY cousins In Utah"
CHARLES ". FELT.
Marlboro. June H.