Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-04-28
NO "sIGNs OF REVOLT"

The New YORK Post, q rev days dEui
had an editorial In relation to tho
"Mormon" Church and the alleged d.
vision therein, based on the misleading
and shameful dispatches sent out from
this city. There Is not the slightest
ground for the opinion that is evident
~ entertained by some OF the leading
papers in the East, that there Is CONF
motion in the church Of Jesus Christ
Of Latter-day Saints, caused by the
charges that have been preferred ou
paper by disappointed politicians and
ono or two disconnected eX-members OF
the Church. This will be understood
more definitely when the predicted re-
suits Of the reported "schsm' fail to
appear, and the Church continues to IN
crease IN strength and pursues its
course without disruption or any Of the
effects foretod by its opponents. There
Is but sentence or two IN the long
editorial in the Post which needs spec
cial mention. They are these;
There are 100000 or more communi-
rants In the Church OF the Latter-dav
Saints To regard all these alike as
baCk-hcarted plotters against the IN
sttutions Of their country Is Islander
ON human nature. Any signs Of revolt
against the present leadership must be
regarded as encouraging
AS the Post argues, the idea that the
1atter-day Saints as a body Of church
members are either "hlaCk-hearted" or
plotters against their country, would
be most monstrous and unjust. As a
matter Of fact, the most vigorous dis
Benters from the religious views OF this
people, with the exception OF very
few unprincplcd and unreliable per-
sons, are compelled to admit that the
masses of the mormon" people are
not only moral, Industrious, frugal and
peaceable but staunch uphoders Of thu
Constitution and flag of the Federal
Union.
IL Is also positively true that the lead
ers Of the Latter-day Saints exercise
an influence which promotes the vir-
tues admitted 10 mark the lives Of their
followers. The only thing that can be
thAlNhHh ~ 'INbNlAl'Il W AlllH Ellltllltlll
IS the fact that some Of them continue
TO live I'm family relations contracted
long ago, which are regarded by somc
people as inconsistent with the socla
institutions Of the country. They COM
slider themselves bound I'm honor an.
by religious obligations to maintair
those relations ana they hold them
selves liable 10 such penalties as tn
law may impose I'm their case.
But It Is a great mistake to charge
them with violating the national Con
sttution or National laws. There (,
nothing in the Constitution Of IN,
United states that reaches their status
There is no law Of the United States
regulating marriage I'm any State il
the Union. An the rant and rawlings o
ministers and societies and some pub
lio journals on this question procec,
from ignorance Of national law.
The situation IN Utah Is sim grcat,
misunderstood, even by the oulightene,
people Of the East Counting an tn
individuals IN the state OF Utah VIII
aSe charged with continuing famn,
relations contrary to the laws Of IN
state, and comparing them with the ng
ures reported Of Illicit social relation
In the larger states Of the Union, am
Utah is white and shining by contrast
Admitting for arguments sake, bu
not as matter Of fact, that the cosc
Of new plural marriages alleged by I'm
formers and others are as stated, the
there are far less such instance
formed during the past fifteen year,
that is TO say, since the Manifesto d
the Church against them, than u othe
States which are hitting mp their hand
In horror or lomcntauon against IN
"Mormon" Church,
why anything In the nature Of
''rcvolp within the Church OF Jesu
Christ of Lattor-day Saints should b
Encouraging TO Christian people @
papers, Is u question that would b
dinlcult to answer with reason or goo
sense, There are no such signs" W
Rre pleased 10 state, but If there wei
they ought not TO cause rejolclnJ
Rmong people who desire peace and III
diffusion Of light and truth and N
PRONUNCIATION OF principles which whe
received and practlsed, establish hal
monY thrift and prosperity cause Il
wilderness to bloom with beauty cIti,
and towns and villages 10 be built up
the desert, pave the way for the raj
road, the telegraph the telephone u
sleetric light and other agents Of Il