Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-10-03

JOY ny INC Mollloll people, mere WIS
little encouragement To- RIGHTEOUSNESS
m Mormon poygamy little that
would meet the applause Of the yOlup-
tudry Whatever else you think of IT,
you cannot honestly can This system
OF Righteousness. Mans animal nae
turp as YOU know could be grAtlNel
without involving such heavy rysuuu-
sioiliuos such deep obligations.
THE LAW AGAINST POLYGAMY.
am not defending polygmy even
after viewing IL from their standpoint
The Christian sentiment of the Peep,
OF the United States Nas against &c.
and speaking through the national Con
gress, they served notice upon u.
people of ltau. when granting them
permission To form state government
that one OF the conditions necessary for
The admission OF Ctah into the sister
hood Of states must be-, THAT pulyBa-
nous on plural marriages ave forever
prohibited This condition the people
of Utah, acting through their state
constitutional convention accepted by
incorporating the very language of the
enabling act into their constitution
They did more than that as evidence
of their good faith they took the dohui-
ton OF the national Congress cnurt-
maut Of polygumou5 or plural mar
risgos, they adopted It's punishment
fnr tbo orfc,s. I'M. yr,ruuf ,f rus ami
imuli4onmont th9t should -ha imposeI
for the crime ana mad" them a. part of
their Constitution, and operative with.
out any further enactment of their
own Legislature, and ID d. nov % pant
was their rcspous. An The demands of
the Christian sentiment of the United
states and constitutes their COMPACT
with thr government , compact tbar
has never been broken
If IL be trup as IS charged that iu-
diylduals have violated their constitu-
tlonaI proyisl0p. thew have done 40
lust as criminals I'm your state yiolat.
your statutes Neither the Mormon"
Church nor the "Aformon' community
uprovo such violations of the law and
these individuals only who are guilty
aro rosnonsible and ARE punished me-.
cordiuy To the aW when arraigucd
before the courts
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LIE Al T. We FOL l'NMI 10 Dc
There remains but one more tnlug To
consider ON the subiect of poIypumy
What sbouId he the action i'm rcipraug,
To those who before statehood was
granted I'm 1896. or before the man-
ic.to of The Mormon" church discou-
tiuuiug polygamous or plural marriages
I'm lAgu-what should be done with the
men and women who became involved
I'm this plural system Of marriage pre-
yjous TO these events? They entered
into these relations with the full sane
lion of their Church teaching and they
were sanctined to then by their church
ceranonlaIs Among them exist tho
dearest inmily ties that Of husband
and wife. parents and children and
graudchlIIrru together with all the
collateral RELATIONSHIPS growing out of
the family. What should be done IA
these cases. | viii not draw the con-
cluslon for you. merely call your at
tention TO- the facts and ask you to
gious honesty Of the people. strange
as IL may seem to you, the believed
they were doing Gods service when ac-
cepting that order Of marriage. Re
member that you are not dealing with
a criminal class. The men involved arc
counted among the most honorable Of
the state Regarded as such, not by
"Mormons' alone but by all classes OF
people, The non" Mormon" does not
hesitate to enter into buiness, political
and even social relations with them.
The women involved belong not TO the
criminal class, You will find the wom-
en-hoth first wives and plural wives
Of as exalted spirituality and refine
ment as exist anywhere In the world
Shall these be deprived of the pro-
lection ana cumpanlonship ConIem-
plated IN the marriage system they ac-
cepted In good taith? ShaH their
homes be disrupted ana they I'VE DESC
lale' ShaIl the hre on thelr ialnl'y al
tars pe put OUT N0ula lhe ures on
your own fam.l$ AFFAIRS uurh tAe
brighter lor u w ouIu your paues sIeep
lue souuler jul IuelI CrauIes ~ reason
or your knowing tHdl IHe MoIInoH
plural Wlle Wl'H HeIa-ias'I 'iNe-Iad
been cast our
PASSING AWAY NATURALLY.
Inc hNes OF me people involved IN
this plul" mar lase system ,hat pre-
vailed IN ulah Ior Wen hlgn Two gen
erauous are, TOT the most part. fallen
INTO the scar ana yellow leat me
lew others are wen advanced IN MD
die Ire. They form a class rapidly
Fastening TO extinction Is II worth
while or Chrlsuanlike TO interfere with
those who remain? The FOUNTAIN or
the evil is dried up Plural marriages
are forever interdlcted by me STATE
they have been discontinued by oIhclal
proclamation or the church' May not
the streams which started from that
fountain-now dry-be allowed to lose
themselves IN the ooundless desert OF
fast Fastening time without lhterler-
ence on the part OF me ChrisIlan OF olh-
err people OF this Iandf
me Mormon CnuIch Is soou Ins'I-
tuition, us members are as class,
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valor and patriotism ready to do and