The Cairo bulletin., 1906-01-21

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! | their seats as The grain falls before th
Mss OF the seythe. That was to me m,
most marvellous scene witnessed
AS ] caine under the leaders, spell
realized that he was one Of the grentcs
Of men ana one of tho most dangerous
If not the most dangerous. to American
liberties who had ever trodden Amcri-
y car sol y AK tH~ ir
What Byron Sunderland said to me
over fifteen yeait ago WIS atsoIutely
true. gBffghhnr Young was one Of the
greatest and one of the most corrupt
men who ever lived on American soil.
His evil intluence is bringing forth its
baleful harvest today.
| Iharc beensto Salt Lake City. have
carefully read many of the books writ
| ten both for The advocacy and for the
| condemnation Of Mormonism, and from
! the mass OF conglomerate testimony
| inso which 1 have delved can come
hut TO one tconcfusion- that Joseph
Smith was q crack Drained epileptic.,
who. with his fits OF hysteria, was Just
the man for a little while 10 appeal to
the ignorant and snperstitious people
with whom he came In contact. But
Joseph Smith could never have created
tho Mormon church II needed more
than an epiicptic visionary to do that.
No sooner was Joseph Smith dead (Gnd
be died some fifteen years after he had
begun 10 proclaim himself prophet
10
modern Blue Beard, this leprous Frank
ensteln. this robber of mems gold and
of women's morals. Brigham Fonng
stepped forward and gathered together
Smiths cra1ed followers aud nodded
them together into a social organism
of which he was to be the chief blood
letting vampire. And all that Brigham
Young stood for City years ago the
present bead of the Mormon church
stnnds for today. though the claw may |
have temporarily sunk out of sight in
the soft flesh Of the tigers paw
stands The Same Today
To show that the Mormon church to |
day stands exactly where II did in Brig |
ham Young's time | would quote part |
OF the interview which Irving Sayford |
had few months ago with one OF The
CHIEF men Of the hierarchy Mariner
w. Merrill Is one Of the twelve apostles. |
Question: mir. Merrill havR any OF
the doctrines or covenants in the Nor
mon faith been altered or modified in
any respect in recent years, or do the
principles, doctrines ana covenants
stand today precisely Were they hare
always stoodt'' o#
.4nswcr: There have been no changes
made"
Question: III that ls 50. why has the
Mormon chErcn' Iepudiated the prineis
pie OF polygaIBy as witnessed in The
OF 1907"
Answer "Tou arc under misappfe-
hcnslon The Mormon church has not
rep1diated the principle of polygamy
II never wilsrepudiate poiyganr. Ua-
Ter the manifesto the Mormon church
merely set aside temporarily the prac-
lice OF plural marriage-laid If on tbe
shelf for the time being n obedience
to tho law of thelanda
Qlfestion: Then YOU mem TO say as
a member Of the apostolate that poIyg
amy is jnsr as much A cardinal prin-
ciple of Mormonfsm ms it ever was?"
Answer: Yes, sir. Aud Tspeak from
an experience of fifty years in the
church
Could any TESTIMONY BE ldore con
elusive that tire Mormon church stands
today IN an its principles Just where it
stood in Brigham Young's timeg Now.
let us begin 70 examine more IN dets.l
what this Ieprous social organism Is
reaching out for in this twentieth cen.
fury
First. The Mormon church unbiugh.
lDgly stands for graft" II represents
financial plunder Il is Boss Tweed
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