The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1901-10-18
CLEANING AND

Lorenzo Snow, fifth president of h
Mormons, is dead and buried. He was
one of the early movers in the polyga-
mist organized business. It is thought
now that what they call their church,
will be divided as there is strong antag-
onism existing between two branches.
The opinion exists hat a division is
sure to occur. Near Pittsburg, Pa, at
a place called Kirkland, the faithful
and most devout Of the brotherhood
hope to congragate. The Washington
correspondent of the Charleston News
and Courier writes:
1.-THE Mormons who regard themselves
as the only genuine, call their organi-
cation, 1.-THE Reorganized Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints" be-
cause the courts decided that, while the
ancient seat at Kirkland was theirs, the
Utah Branch was so we'll known as
1.-The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter
Day Saints that the Chang would bet
ter take some other name. This they
did by putting in h word "reorganiz-
ed" Joseph Smith, a son of the pro-
phet. is president of the quorum of pres
dents, which, when the membership is
complete. consists of three men, and is
known as the first presidency. 1t is
seldom, however, that the quorum is in
hat condition. The presidents are
chosen by inspiration, and it is some
times three or four years before the
chief officers of the organization, or
some one who is regarded as being es-
pecially favored of God. hears the voice
from above, mentioning the name Of the
man fit to sit in the AGA place."
A great curse to humanity, a great
reproach to civilization, a great stigma
upon the United States is that blu
and blot known as Mormonism which
is of the devil.
Among Amrican statesmen of the last
thirty years there has been no ADLER,
man in the United States than Senator
John Morgan, of Alabama, but a ma
tive of another state. Georgia perhaps.
In November of last year he wrote and
issued a very able paper on the south in
vindication of its cause in the great
war. 1t is a memorable document and
every way worthy of a perusal. 1t is
truthful, it is calm in statement, it is
luminous and pregnant in thoughts it is
is statemenlike, ample and very able.
1t is SO compact, so we'll knitted togeth-
Ne SifN coS il(lhC "a
into its conclusive augmentation. 1t
is only about a column long. We make
an extract however insufficient to re-
veal it's Importance. Referring to the
three amendments to the constitution
the great southron says:
I'm these amendments, therefore, the
purpose of the war were defined, and
tn result is solemnly stated by the votes
of congress, and of two thirds Of the
sovereign states of the union.
Of the generations that fought and
suffered in that war, not one soul was
responsible for the introduction of
slavery into the United States.
If. in the most strenuous morality.
this result was justified. it was mani
fest that it could not be accomplished
without the shedding of the blood of
many thousands of men, and as if re-
quired a fou ifths vote of both houses
of congress, and two thirds of the states
to change the constitution so as tc
strike out those provisions, and to abro-
gate the decisions of the supreme cour,
expounding them. it was, at least, just
that congress should have opposes
such changes.
This was not done, nor was it at
tempted in congress-: but a higher law"
party resolved to abolish slavery by
riding down the rights of the people OF
the south, n if that should be met by
an effort to escape from their power, it
would be denounced and resisted as an
attempt to destroy the constitution and
the union it created.
Justice will never approve that abuse
of power"