Our pioneers who are not Mormons have been oppressed by the power of those arrogant priests. Their teachings in the pulpit and inthe press are that the Gentiles. as they are denominated. especially those of this country. are the foes of the Mormon people. and that every device that craft and crime can suggest is justified for their overthrow. By a wellorganized system of immigration they are bringing to this country every year thousands of paupers from the Old World. subjects of the Mormon delusion. who are taught by Mormon preachers and teachers to hate this Government. These immigrants know nothing of our institutions except through such misrepresentations as emanate from the Church. and wherever Mormon societies exist the laws of the United States are a dead letter. Their preachers proclaim and their people believe that it is ordained of God that our civilization shall perish and be supplanted by Mormonism.* The great mass of the Mormon people accept the declarations of Joe Smith. Brigham Young. and President Taylor as the revealed will of God.
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Mormons are portrayed as hating the US government and undermining its laws.