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THBThe End of Polygamy in the Mormon Newspaper of Record, Deseret Semi-Weekly, October 1890
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Deseret Semi-Weekly News. Salt Lake City, UT: October 7, 1890. Vol. XXV., No. 73. 8pp, 16 x 22.5 in.
Important Mormon newspaper featuring the full text of the Manifesto, the landmark proclamation officially advising against the practice of polygamy within the Mormon Church, as read to the 61st Semi-Annual Conference of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints which convened in early October 1890 in the Salt Lake Tabernacle. Extensive description of other aspects of the three-day conference are also covered in the newspaper.
The Manifesto was released to the public by LDS President Wilford Woodruff on September 25th, 1890, and within a week was approved by all members of the Quorum of Twelve. At the conference, the Manifesto was formally presented to the Church on the third day, October 6th, 1890. In it Woodruff declares that "Inasmuch as laws have been enacted by Congress forbidding plural marriages, which laws have been pronounced constitutional by the court of last resort, I hereby declare my intention to submit to those laws, and to use my influence with the members of the Church over which I preside to have them do likewise." The paper then notes that President Lorenzo Snow offered the following once the declaration had been read: "... as a Church in General Conference assembled, we accept this declaration concerning plural marriages as authoritative and binding." According to the paper "The vote to sustain the foregoing motion was unanimous," though some members abstained from voting.
The 1890 Manifesto, also known as the Woodruff Manifesto, was issued in response to the escalating anti-Mormon sentiment in the country, and particularly in response to the US Supreme Court's decision to uphold the constitutionality of the 1887 Edmunds-Tucker Act. Edmunds-Tucker disincorporated the LDS Church, allowed for the confiscation of Mormon Church property by the United States government, and prohibited the practice of polygamy and punished it with fines and possibly imprisonment. The Manifesto was significant as a dramatic turning point in the history of the LDS Church but also because it paved the way for Utah to finally become a US State.
Still, the LDS community continued to feel that it was being unfairly targeted for its religious beliefs and the Manifesto was greeted with various degrees of support and reservations. An editorial titled "They Will Never Be Satisfied" appears next to the paper's printed Manifesto. In it the author argues that "The history of the Latter-day Saints has demonstrated, beyond a reasonable doubt, that it is useless for them to try to please the world or satisfy the demands made upon them by their enemies. No matter what they may say, it would not remove their opposition to the Church and their hatred of the Saints, their encroachments will never be stopped by submitting to their clamors, but every point yielded will only encourage them in their oppressions and increase their determination to destroy."
This historic newspaper presents a wonderful snapshot of the LDS Church, and the organizational and theological struggles it endured while evolving out of polygamy.
Condition
Losses and tears along vertical fold, however, pages remain intact. Toning along edge lines. Limited amounts of black spotting on multiple pages but not interfering with text.
Item is in good condition, some veneer popping, missing screws to some of the bronze which surmounts the plaques.
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