Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-07-04
A REMARKABLE ADMISSION


The local anti Mormon" champion
has at last lifted his visor long enough
to reveal some OF his true features.
on Tuesday the sheet produced a re-
markable editorial under the caption,
sunday Proclamation" When we APP
ply TO It the adjective remarkable
we do so, be it well understood. In
the same sense that we might call any
ugly monstroslty remarkable" IT is
remarkable as an exhibition OF malice
and lack OF logical sense.
In the first place II is an attack on
"Mormonlsm." Not merely on the
imaginary Hierarchy which, as we
have shown, does not exist In the
Church; not on alleged law-breaking'
but ON the Christian religion which Is
commonly called 'MormOnism." This
should be noted. For the purpose OF
decelving the "Mormons' and, II pos
sible, securing their votes for the party
OF graft and corruption, the sheet mas
always Insisted that it had no quar-
rol with the religion of the Saints. II
merely wanted them TO be vlrtuous
and loyal Nov it admits, by attack
ing their religion. that this profession
was hypocricy.
It asserts that the Prophet Joseph
and his Fellow-martyr Hyrum were
deceivers in politics, In business. in re-
ligion. 1t says they were liars and
dlsturbers Of the peace; that they in-
suited the country and Christianity.
"They despoHed women and dragged
other men into the same vlciously inn
moral crime" But why defile our
columns with quotations from that
source3
Very few of the venerable veterans
whose privilege II was to be person
ally acquainted with the Prophet and
the Patriarch are alive today to bear
| witness to the purity OF the character,
and the honesty, tho truthfulness, the
loving Kindness that were the distin-
| gushing characteristics of these men,
but IL they were appealed 70 to bear
their testimony to what they know
about the men whose characters the
| Salt Lake Tribune assaults, like hye-
ala that digs into graves for prey they
would say unanimously that the de-
fender Of infamy has attacked two OF
the noblest men that ever Inhabited
mortal tabernacle And we believe
all right thinking men and women
will condemn the ghouls TO whom not
oven the tomb of the martyrs is sac
red.
The attack OH the religion was. as
may be surmised. prompted by a de-
sire to make votes among the bigoted
anti "Mormons" Next day the sheet
Will. in all human probability. assert
that II has never said one word against
anybody's religion 1t has to try
again to deceive 'Mofmons" and 9TH
er decent people into voting for It's
| miserable tools.
IN the next place IT should be noted
that the article is all the way through
"a defense for murder. The Prophet Jo-
seph and his brother were foully muir
dered by a mob. If ever the crime of
murder was committed anywhere. They
were unlawfully slain, and II Is a
question whether preachers did not
soil their hands in the innocent blood
OF these men, But that awful crime is
defended by the Salt Lake Tribune.
Patience" 1t says ceased to be
virtue among their neighbors." The
inference is that the assassination was
a virtue. ut was regrettable," the
contemplate hypocrite adds but, 1T
was simply the payment of debt to
the law" as II the payment OF a debt
to the law could be regrsttable. except
among such outlaws for which the
| Tribune speaksl
Further, the article Is an admission
that the practice OF polygamy dates
| back to the days of the Prophet Jo-
soph This will be sore disappoint-
( ment to the lonesome Reorganite
brother who some time ago exclaimed
| IN ecstacy. Thank God for the Trib-
unev He is bound now to change the
tune TO; "Et III Brute! But the stab
| is given The Tribune says that they
were advocating and practising n
| form OF bigapy which they called po-
lygamy" Has there been Il falling out
between the Reorganization and the
other combinations that are seeking
the destruction OF the Church and the
defamation OF the memory of the
Prophet and Patriarch?
The article is also an apology for tho
murder OF the Redeemer OF mankind
on Calvary. 1t carefully conceals the
fact that the great world tragedy was
the outcome Of the dark plots of such
hardened sinners as Annas and CAL
aphas, whose graft the Nazarene ex-
posed and robuked when he drove from
the temple premises tie merchants and
money changers. This is left out be-
cause OF the analogy it would furnish
between the tragedy OF Jerusalem ana
that of Carthage,
The fact is that Jesus, although no
ono could Justly convict Him OF sin,
was condemned to death by the oc-
clesiasticol authorities for "blasphemy'
and by the civil authorities for "trea-
SON. And another peculiar fact is
this that the people whom he had bene-
hted spiritually and temporarily, were
moi heard when the mob hoarsly cried
for the condemnation OF the Son OF
God. In all ages righteousness has
been prosecuted Abel has been slain
10y Cain. our age Ia not different from
others. Someone has truly said that
II Jesus should appear now and pay az
| little attention 10 the cOnVon tiOna