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THE TORCH
Church and State in Utah.
OF
REASON. SIL VERTON.OR EGON, HECEMBER, 15. 189«.
ever, can not I* a d m itte d , as th e
J \ F O R AI A T IO N
Mormon leaders and representa­
tives pledged them selves again and
again th a t the la-d vestige of the
system had been wiped out before
statehood was granted and th a t it
should never rise again to plague
the nat ion.
“ W hat gu aran ty have we th at
Io sell p roperty
the Mormons will obey one part of
the statu te more than an o th er? If
To buy a hom e
I nder the control of tin . system , there ¡8 no p „ b|ic gen, im ent
jr.
To go into business
th e territory of U tah wa« received ing thfi PnforcemPnl o f „ ,aw
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into the I nton as a s«»vereirn s ta te . ___, . . .
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To exchange real or personal property
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against cohabitation with polvga-
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The nation refused to receive polvg- moU8 wive8> w hat „en.in.ent will
lo work, or to hire w orkers
anty, and compelled this (as it enforce one again8t th e , akj
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to . be , thrown
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, out; but it more wives? \\ uri hen Mormon au-
took in a union of church and state t u , .-»•
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th o n ties and even the governor of
A , nd now
it , is d isco v erin g * th at this
rT,„v are engaged in d u au n tin
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»1 Utah
W R IT E T O U S .
W E C A N H E L P YOU
church and state system was the , i : vi „ h „
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divinity of the ‘celestial m arriage’
real . evil of M ormonism, . and the system
SVKti»m , is a it probable
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real argum ent against receiving the ,„ )|g , e(rajn fr(>m
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territo ry controlled by it m t» the ecution (),)ce m()rc?
A ddress, IN FO RM A TIO N B U R EA U
Union. For it is now’ seen that the
“ it would he an affront to the
W a t e r S t r e e t ,
Mormon church rules in U tah, and A lnerjcan
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th e c h
O pposite L iberal H all
Silverton, Oregon,
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th a t under its rule the oanefol cburche8 for
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branch o f polygam y, which was o . l
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lopped off from the parent tree by k~„o c
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the sword of the civil power, is bud-
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of his plain defiance of the nation-
ding into new life ano bids fair to - -
al dem ands. It seems impossible
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develop again as of old. Upon this
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l ^iat 8ome m eans should not he
point the New York Independent, fnllnri ,.e
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found of unseating him w ithout
un d er the heading “ M ormonism
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trouble under form er anti-P olyg-
Again a Foe,’’ speaks the following:
am y laws, the am nesty proclam a­
“ There has been a disposition tion of P resident H arrison and the
am ong the C hristian people of the enabling act o f U tah, and this
nation not to judge the Mormon m eans should be taken w ithout
people too harshly since they pro- hesitation.
The Mormon people
fessed hum ility and promised th at should be shown th a t no polvg-
they would abandon polygam y out an)j8t n i l | be seated
ei, her h()Use C orner Main and W ater Streets,
SIL V E R T O N , ORE,
of respect for American opinion and of congress, as a w arning th a t the
would never again countenance the nation is prepared to take stern
union of church and state. Reports m easures against such a practice.
from I tah th at they were breaking M easures should he devised to p u n ­
How to Make
these pledges and th a t it was never ish those who do not heed the
intended to keep them , have been w arning.”
received from time to time, hut all
Mormonism is not “ ag ain ” a foe;
The Governm ent nationalized the Poetal System, whv not also
have felt that the proof m ust he of
i it has been such all the tim e; and
C' ELTON Br'A N C H A R n
the strongest before the nation
the m istake of the American people
would be justified in believing it
was in not recognizing it as such,
m ust bring pressure to bear to com­
w ithout polygam y the sam e as with
pel good faith. The tim e seems to
it. F or th a t m istake they m ay yet
have come, however, when forbear­
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pay dearly.
M istakes made upon
ance is no longer a virtue and when
It should be in the h ^ o V e ^
such a point are alw ays costly.
th e Mormon problem m ust he faced
The nation required the Mormon
The TORCH OF REASON, Silverton, Qregon.
w ithout compromise and the Mor­
church to discontinue polygam y
mon people tau g h t th a t Am ericans
and prom ise th a t it would never be
will not tolerate the plural m ar­
revived.
But the prom ise of a W h o D o es Y o u r ___
riage in th eir country.
church th a t m aintains a union with
‘ I he Mormons them selves have the state is not to he trusted. The
F ill it up, and forward with
given us the convincing proof by American people ap p aren tly begin
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eending to congress an ardent po- ,0 realize tb a t (be
lyg»tn 'Ht, one who ,8 thoroughly carding polygam y Is not to be kept '
L ib e r a l U n iv e rs ity C o .,
S ilverton, O regon.
identified with Mormon Interests, and It will be well if they discern
and who was elected after fair the real reason why Mormonism If you require any
warning had been given that his has proved Itself incom patible with
trium ph would he considered a no-
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C a rd s o r C ir c u la r s ,
Am erican governm ent.—[A m erican
tice th at polygam y was to be forced Sentinel.
B ill H e a d s ,
To the P u b lish ers a f the Torch
‘down the throats of congress and
N o te o r L e t t e r H e a d s ,
o f Reason:
the American people.' He says he
Club
S ta te m e n ts ,
has taken no wives since the anti-
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Please send the T orch of R eason to
my
address for one year, for which I en­
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The Mormon system has been
from the first a system which u n it­
ed church and state; like the pap­
acy, it has made the church su­
preme in both religious and civil
affairs.
And in this respect Mor-
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monism rem ains today what it was
in the days of Joseph Sm ith and
Brigham Young.
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