The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1904-03-17
REVELATIONS ABOUT M0RMANlSM

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bv President Smith Of the Mormon
! Church bear out what a great many
people All over this country have been
strongly inspecting for sometime and
what quite few have been asserting
that the germ of polygamy IL by no
means dead in the order, and that IN
fact, il j. secretly practised and is AZ
| firmly believed in ~ ever. That these
revelations will tend TO the advantage
IoF the sect IA has been londly an
Inounced by some Of its missionaries IN
! this vicinity. we are very much inclined
to doubt. There are many people who
while understanding that polygamy was
one Of the main distinctive teachings OF
! the Mormon church, had neverthele less
4 imagined hitherto that, since the I'D
mission Of tth ~ state, that particu-
! lar doctrine had been really growing
/ less In favor with the majority OF the
members. The bald facts, suddenly
brought ont that this il not the case
aud that. on the contrary, the doctrine
ia being cherished and nnrtured and, TO
a- large an extent "a possible, practlsed,
. hl- we believe come as II decided shock
f. most people.
The Mormon church is simply hiding
it, time until polygamy shall have been
legally tolerated if not recognized. This
ii4 by practical admission, its present
latitude. There il great danger in
Ithi. not only from the belief itself in
the institution, but from the cnmula-
tive uowcr which this enfoi ced absti
ucuce. with its entailed sullen submis
sion il grner"tiag Any body Of people
secretly clinging 10 a doctrine which ii
il forced 10 renounce openly, IL con
-tanlly working menace to those who
ldpthe enforcing Evidences have not
been wanting that the Mormon church
il such u menace to the people Of the
'nitcd States.
This il land Of free speech and free
thought Religious beliefs Of all kinds
are here tolerated ~ in no other conn
try "a the globe But there are certain
fundamental principles of civilization
To which we IA professedly civilzeG
race hold instinctively We do not be
lcyc in murder or iudiscriminate kill
iug and ANY religion Of which they are
"A part is ahhorrent to IA and il barred
from oar midst. We do not believv II
any form of cruelty to man or beast
aud any religion If which these are /
part i likewise barred We believe il
the rights 10 life and the pursuit o
hlppiuesa and no religion which entaili
3 IHerir or death upon its devoteeH cal
find resting place with us Similarly
we believe that man should have bu
one wife and we can tolerate no doctrine
t. the contrary.
AT the same time the fact remain
that the Mormon church with all it
harhari-m il among ~, We are con
frouted not 10y II theory, but by con
EDITION This problem must be deal
wllh. ana il should be- dealt with i'm
mr,lu,tely We say this however with
no mcl. pf appreciation Of the difficulties
of the problem We realiz', for instance
that one ~ the sect's most powerful
weapons and one Of the things which
it ia difficult to cope with is the pos
session by its people Of two unuivcr
suE admired attributes courage an,
perseverance But the difficulties q
the problem but argue the need for i'm
m.Iately attacking it. one thing /
certain ah ha- violated in spiri
ana IN hotter. the contract under which
she wa- admitted 10 statehood Thu
Stigma rests alike upon those Of he
citizens who are Mormons aud tho4
who are not AZ long ~ she rem tinI
STATE q long Will She have an opportu
nifty u ,eud representatives, 10 the coun
cil- If the nation Az long M poly
gamy rcmalus unrepudiated Of he
c.nl.n- -o long will the people Of tb
uilel states rise in anger and disgu-
against such representatives. Ther'
must be this constant war, ,hi4 con
, tiuuel deadlock while conditions r.
r main ~ tuey are II il now mp to IN
people ~ the state to eee that these con
! ditious arc changed It is mp to tn
T. people 81 the United States 10 see tina
they are changed FOR the better
We are gla1 10 note that the iutia
tive has already been taken BY porto
: ~ the citizens ~ the state A few
4 aroused aud angered by what the
n elam Aa1 peen arurpriring revelation
!. have started an anti Norman party |
. Y tan itself We are moreover glad {
| perceive that within the church ev -