Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-05-15
sWrDwELLs GROSS DUpLcITY,

A brief review Of the articles on
"Mormonlsm" in the Arena for May
has already appeared in these columns.
The last Of the three papers on that
subject. by John T. Brldwell was not
critically discussed but merely referred
TO as containing nothing to merit
serious notice" It Is so ribald in It's
illusions. contemptuous In its treat
4lpent Of serious topics and frivolous
when touching on sacred matters that
we dismissed II summarily, and left the
reader to compare 1t with the article
contributed in the same number Of the
Arena. by President Joseph F. Smith,
Since then, however We have been re-
quested to give further attention to a
charge II contains against the deceased
Apostle, Farley p. Pratt. We therefore
copy from II the following paragraph.
IN relation to the chapter on the Book
Of Mormon in Elder Pratt's "volce OF
Warning" Mr.. Brfdweil says:
1.-THE fourth chapter Is devoted in part
TO the Book Of Mormon. II tells OF It's
wonderful discovery and the startling
events that attended It. A careful ar
gument then follows in which he shows
II to be In accord with the traditions
of the American Indians, whose an-
cestors and klnsmen are supposed to
have written It. In this argument ls
the Following quotation from Dr. Bou-
dinot, author OF "A Star In the West"
1T Is said among their principal or
beloved men that they have Il handed
down from their ancestors that SUCH
A BOOK as the white people have was
once theirs; that while they had ii they
prospered exceedingly, ETC." Dr. Bou-
dinot says, in the passage quoted.
that THE BOOK which the white peO-
pie have was once theirs" THE BOOK
is the Bible. SUCH A BOOK AS. ac-
cording TO Pratt, would be the Book Of
Mormon. The reason for the change Il
evident. Etc in the quotation. rem
resents the following. "but that the
white people bought II Of them. and
learnt many things from IL; while the
Indians lost their credit, offended the
great spirit. and suffered exceedingly
from the nelghboring nations" The
omitted section says that the Indian
tradition claims that the Indians had
the very book which the white people
have. So far as Mr. Pratt gave us this
quotation 1Q2 words are right. (Only
the altered portion Is used in this an.
tlcle) Three are changed. The change
u altogether in the direction o. the
writers interest"
In that paragraph the author OF the
Voice of Warning is accused Of in.
tentionally changing three words In
Boudinot's "a Star IN the West" so
as TO NJ into the writer's interest in
his argument as to the Book Of Nor
mon. Bridweli admits that IN Mr.
Pratt's quotation l02 words are right !
and only three are changed" But he
does not reproduce the lo2 he processes |
to give only the altered portion" Now |
let us turn to the Voice Of Warning |
and copy the words as they actually |
appear Here they are, verbatim
First says Mr. Boudinot IT is said |
among their principal or beloved mems
that they have IL handed down from \
their ancestors thai the book which the /
81 bite people have was once theirs. /
that while they had II they pnospcred
exceedingly, etc.
Thus, instead Of Elder Pratt having
changed three words, ~ charged by bis
a~cuser Mr. Brdwell has changed the
three words himself for the very praise
worthy purpose Of charging the SUB.
sti;ution upon Elder Pratt The ltan-
liked words SUCH A BOOK, on
which BtldweH tases hls attack. are
iot 10 be found IN the quotation given
n the "voice Of Warning, but are the
fabrication Of the accusef ana proclaim
rs own falsehood and infomy We
nave had TO place his italicized words in
apitals. SO as TO set them by Q machine
mich has no italics
Another attempt Of the same charac.
sr 10 blacken The fame Of the deceased
rshor. is made ~ Mr.. Bridwen In the