New-York tribune., 1900-01-24

the law as 1t was given Moses and ancient
portion OF your city | passed a gnihcent heroic
statue of stern old Martin Luther, than whom the
than they do to him for the religious
dander sy of
man upon this subject that Is here so mTcn de
Chrstendom when he was informed that one OF
& mis- disciples a Ias eaGna When one takes
many wives, for it does not contradict the Script
And again in his letter to % Philip Of Of Hess s re
second wife. his first wife being still living. he
said: In matters of matrimOHy the laws or Moses
yet We built monuments to Luther notwith-
standing his liberation and defence OF that form OF
purpose of arguing hereup0n the rights OF
Tor the purpose of fixing it in the minds of members
that it Is merely & b naS Tme Sa6 % 4sS w
make that law If they wished to- The States have
i fba law Of that State and has done So Conse
fhan 2n9n'in IN II this incdenta H%Sd way ' ''
CREED OF THE MORMON CHURCH.
! Mr. Roberts then explained the Mormon belief in
polygamy and said the Church thought its creed
this point within the Constitutional inhi-
btion against laws prohibiting the free exercise OF
religious belief. He then continued:
In 1876 desiring put the matter to u and
not to be under the odium OF violating the Con-
stitution the laws OF the country and being
fdent that the courts would sustain the views that
they had had. the Mormon Church themselves fur
nished furnished the evidence and witnesses.
and brought that case before the courts, carrying
it from one court TO another until in ISIS the law
'It has been recIted as the chief ofTence both OF
the people and OF the member from Utah that not
to maintain the rightfulness of that Institution.
Gsnn G ice seems 10 ne tha as soon AS the
people should have dropped their hands and in
indeed must have been the reading Of that man
who would suppose that Controversies of this char
great religious conviction would be immediately
respect the Supreme Court OF the United States
unquestionably is, and held in hign esteem amount
could not forget the fact that the court Sun
get the fact that this Supreme Court of ours, high
and exalted as II Is. frequently reverses itself We
aHty Of the Fugitive Slave law and that it's
revolutions in tenemens as We'll as TmS reyoEtions IN
arms | see upon the floor of this House
to the decision Of the supreme Court Was to be
the IN aS last of would have been but piece
oei9s an member t5,, Of IL, a9uss @ Of ReDresenta,yes
we did In the righteousness of our doctrine. We
hoped hoped there might spring up sentiment which
come, Mr Roberts. with arms outstretched,
peaIed to the country not to be too hard on the
lie described the condition that existed In Utah in
being used he< said to drive women into exile A
that he need not go to prison If he would give up
felt it would have been desertng the cause of God
10 N nave agreed' e sea scattering wave OF applause
was quickly drowned with Misses. ''I had rather
have my flesh hewn from limbs than to have
been untrue to my people II was this feeling that
was the incentive to the lawlessness such as il
But" he continued. the time came when the
Mormons OF Utah were Obliged to submit. and they
did submit. Since then there has been not a single
plural marriage in Utah. The plural relations have
been broken up In many cases. Death has kindly
solved the problem for some and the heartaches il
left for some made them wish the same end had
come to them
He insisted that the compact with the United
States had been observed. that polygauy had prac-
ucally ceased, that the Mormon Church had given
up polygamy in good faith. Mr.. Roberts said he
had been In public life for twenty years and was
not driven to the defence of his moral Character
He was not here representing the Mormon Church
he had received a greater number OF votes from
Gentiles than Mornons
you can neither exclude nor expel me-" said Mr.
hoperts IN conclusion. Il viii cling hard to the
pillars OF liberty that shall not drag me from
them without bringing down the whole temple.