The Farmville herald. [volume] (Farmville, Va.) 1890-1934, 1906-02-16

Answer: you are under misappre-
henslon. The Mormon church has not
repudiatcd the principle Of polygamy.
II never will rcpudlate polygamy. Tn
der the manifesto the Mormon church
merely set aside temporarily the prac-
tice Of plural marrage-laid It on the
shelf for the time belng-ln obedience
to the law Of the land"
Question: Then you mean to say as
a member Of the apostolate that polyg
amy is just as much q cardinal prin-
ciple Of Mormonlsm as 1t ever was|
Answer: yes, sir. And speak from
an experience Of fifty years in the
church"
Could any testimony be more con-
elusive that the Mormon church stands
today in oil its principles just where IT
stood In Brigham Youngs timer Now,
let Us begin TO examine more in detail
what this leprous social organism IS
reaching out for IN this twentieth cen
tury.
/ 4 AArAt Allt AAOl nun NAHlNM MMMAMnAAr
lngly stands for graft" II represents
financial plunder 1t IS Boss Tweed
ism parading about the streets IN the
mud bespattered garments Of ecclesi-
asticism. 1t Is the Trlpoll pirates de-
mandlng blood immunity pay from all
those who come under It's churchly
shadow. 1t Is the holdup call Of the
/ highwayman demanding that the
stages passengers empty their pocket
books At its affairs. II was conceived
with the idea Of financial graft, de-
veloped with the idea Of graft, and Il IS
perpetuated with the idea Of graft
The members Of the hierarchy are no
more philanthroplsts than the bucca-
neers Of old were phllanthroplsts or
that Captain Kidd was a phllanthroplst
when he raised his black flag over the
Adventurer on the Madagascar coast
In the latter part of the seventeenth
century.
Brigham Young did not elect himself
as head Of the Mormon church for the
benefit Of his followers any more than
Boss Tweed ruled New York for the
benefit Of its people. He was a fnan-
cial robber. pure and simple lie at
once commenced 10 levy his taxes. This
tithlng system grew and grew until ont
Of the iniqultous system Brigham Young
became one of the wealthlest men On
America. The world marvcls at the
few hundreds Of thousands Of dollars
which members Of the iniQultous 20
ltlcal rings Of New York and Philadel-
phia were able TO steal. Why. these
men were only babes in the art Of inan-
clal graft compared TO this monstrous
adventurer. Some years ago. with the
governor Of what was then Utah terri
tory. was driven about Salt Lake
City. Almost everywhere I could see
the results Of Brigham Young's fnan-
clal depredatlons. Two years after his
death the Salt Lake Tribune declared
that Young had secured from the tlth-
ing system of Utah over S13O0O.OOO
Nine million dollars OF this he squan-
dered on his family; 100000 he left
TO be fought over by his heirs / have
been told that at bis death ne owned
one-tenth OF all tho wealth Of Utah.
Can any man read an account Of such
financial dealings and not declare that
he was the king Of graftersi
What the Mormon church stood for
In its financial dealings fifty years ago
It stands for today. BY Its tlthlng sys-
TEN tho Mormon church has now an in-
come Of at least 100000. Where IS
II going to7 For what means is an
this vast amount Of money being used
For the spread Of the Mormon gospell
Oh, yes. Some Of It is spent IN that
way. Just as some Of the money Of the
Infamous Louisiana lottery was used
for advertising the lottery tickets all
over the world; but, without doubt, a
vast percentage OF that income goes |
into the pockets Of the Mormon leaders |
But" says some one, "you should |
not condemn the Mormon leaders Ike |
that. They do not compel the mem |
bers OF the church to stand and de- |
liver as a hlghwayman erufly orders |
bis victims to do These church men, |
bers DO not have TO surrender their /
tithes any more than the members Of |
your church have to give into the col |
lection plates unless they wish TO do |
so. If the Mormon people give to Jo-
seph p Smith they give OF their own |
free Will" All, my friends, that Is one |
Of the biggest deluslons ever sent /
broadcast over this land. The Mormon /
victims do not give willingly They /
are compelled 10 give, whether they are /
willing or not, by the thumbscrews OF
the boycott and financial ostraclsm. If /
you want proof OF what | say read to-
day the marvellous investigations Of
"Mormonism Unveiled" by Irving Say /
ford. already quoted. Not only does he
cite facts seen with his own eyes. but /
he corroborates with names and dates
this one fact-that Mormon excom-
munication means financial persecution
and financial annihllation. II man IN
Utah does not give TO the church his
tenth the church will deliberately start
forth to take away his trade The most
flendish work Of the most merciless
trust Is not more relentless and destruc-
tive than this evil institution Of which
Brigham Young was the creator and Of
which Joseph p. Smith Is now the In
iqultous head
But in this description OF the Nor
mon hierarchy we must also declare
that modern Mormonism stands for
licensed lbertinism and immortality.
Many Of these long bearded apostles.
by their own confession. are living TO-
day in open adultery. These gray whls-
kered Mormon criminals before the
senate investigating committee not
only unblushInRly admitted that they
were living with plural wives, but they
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