Show OF THE LATTER day DAY SAINTS tim THE Mor mormon people are the most loyal community within the pale ol 01 the republic of the united states of america they rejoice when the principles of human liberty upon which the nation was founded are vindicated and maintained on the other hand when those sacred safeguards are trampled in the dust they are stricken ficken st with sorrow inex they have no reason for engaging in expressions of joy under cum curn stances being denied the common est cst rights of man and seeing that toward them there Is a repetition of the wrongs which caused the fathers of our common country to ahr throw w off the yoke of the parent government more than this thistle the unwarrantable inflections inflictions inflict ions heaped upon day saints are in some of their aspects much more severe and tyrannical than those under which the fathers of the nation gr groaned oared because of this lamentable disregard of the fundamental principles of this grand republic the grief of a portion of the people was expressed by the national insignia of mourning 1 I the nations flag at half halt mast being placed upon some of the public buildings of this s el city ty this drooping appearance of the national ensign occasioned some sur surprise p rise and considerable feeling and it was wa s thought by not a few that news had bad been received ol 01 the death of general grant but the reason in the minds of those who thus manifested the prevailing sentiment on independence day was a more potent one than even that notwithstanding that the general is a great national cha character meter the american standard sas ivas vas placed at half mast because the fundamental principles pias plas upon which this great government was built were being assassinated by some of those who should be the most interested in their preservation and perpetuation petua tion it was a symptom of loyalty to constitutional principles because of sorrow at their being dragged in the mire of tyranny but let us proceed to the proof of the position A perusal of the following parallel between the wrongs under w which ich the british colonies groaned as enumerated in the Decla decia declaration ratio n of independence and a few of those which have been heaped upon poor utah will serve to partially explain the situation it is a striking repetition ot of history statements of fact da dament mental dt reasons connected with the for th the e declaration treatment the people of independence of da utah h hare have received at the hand gov emmemt ile he has refused his governors Go vernora have refused assent to laws the their assent to most wholesome and laws the most wholesome necessary necess essaiy axy for the and necessary pub public ilc ile good for the public ile he has forbidden governors appointed his governors to pass without the sanction laws of immediate of the people and pressing import have hare been granted ance unless suspended the absolute veto in their operation thus giving them the till ail Ws his assent should power to thwart othe be popular will and the so suspended he has baa right has lias also been utterly neglected to retained to abrogate attend to them even those laws that might pass through that process of abao autism ile he has refused to A large body of pass other laws for people have been the accommodation sum manly without of large districts of 0 due processor proc essof law people unless those deprived of any participation people would relinquish 14 whatever the right of re in political affairs by presentation in the having the elective I 1 legislature e gisla tur a right franchise a aright right inestimable i inestimable to them to them and formidable to tyrants and formidable to tyrants only I 1 only taken from them ile he has called together federal officers have legislative appointed precincts bodies at places un in places remote from usual uncomfortable the residences of and distant from comparative comparatively ay large largo the depository ot of bodies of electors in their public records some of the precincts for the sole cole purpose and in close of fatiguing them into proximity to smaller compliance with bodies of voters because his measures the latter were in sympathy with them lie ile has dissolved one of the governors representative houses has published repeatedly tor for opposing falsehoods to influence with manly congress to deprive firmness his invasions the people of of the rights ot of representation be the people 1 cause his lations were opposed with manly firmness ile he has refused for tor one of the governors a long iong time after who has been such dissolutions to retained in office cause others to bo be contrary to the will elected whereby the of the people ref us legislative powers ed his sanction to an incapable of annihilation election bill enacted have returned in pursuance of all an to the people at large act of congress and for their exercise the brazenly and falsely state remaining in published broadcast ahe meantime exposed the fabrication tha to aall pall ill the dangers the law was not appropriate of invasion from prop his purpose without and convulsions being to bring within the people under the rule ot of a horde ot of political hacks he ltd has endeavored endeavors have prevent the been made to prevent of thes eStates the population of or that purpose ob this territory some soma strutting ting tint the laws tor for of the judges havck he the naturalization of obstructed the ibn inn foreigners or eigners refusing for the to 0 pass others to en ot of foreigners br ex e burage their migra eluding them then from fron tion hither and raising the benefits thereof the conditions of because ot of their rt new appropriations legious beliel bellet 11 of land various ways tle the nu gration of foreigner foreign en hither has been u a cou raged lie ile had made judges judges have ha velett Teleet im dependent his made upon dependent ii in will alone for the on the will wili of 0 olt cue tenure of their offices man alone for lor tit the and the amount and t their liae payment of 0 their the people ha vinly salaries voice in their 1 to or t B moral lie ile lias has erected a A multitude ofin olid multitude of new offices offices hare have bm iet and sent hither erected ani and mm swarms of officers to of officers harass our people sent here to hua tara and eat 0 out their thein sub our people andri stance them of their ilbe libe 1 ties I 1 ile he has kept among an invading V en us in times of peace has been sent irm standing armies us without the without the consent cotest cause tk of our legislatures people being stica itri loyal he has combined combinations with others to subject been formed to n it us to a jurisdiction eject dectus us to a jarit foreign to our tion foreign toe tot to ti constitution and unacknowledged constitution anil by our acknowledged iri iti laws giving his assent laws thus gin to their acts of assent to p pretended legislation tended acts of jofh kp lation for protecting for protect protte ii thelby a mock trial criminals crimin ais ald by BS from punishment for investigations n any murders which declining dininE de to mui mul they should commit gate offenses bli on the inhabitants of cited by nouk iboa sil lil i these states mons and ax annul with rigor the kl iti I 1 mon people i I 1 for depriving lie us I 1 for or trying it in many cases of the juries 11 in symbol benefits of trial by wi with th the arm jury tion and deo dew i the benedits benefits sot bf itt for suspending our for claiming 01 t legislatures and declaring authority to s ibs BBS themselves our legislature t invested with power that it is ryea nyta w to legislate for us in with power to tolo to all cases whatsoever late for tor us in aleca in what whatsoever j nor have we been nor have hare vt we w 19 wanting in attention wanting in aw to our british brethren to those who broi we have warned jared us we fan bv them from time to warned them te ts time of attempt attempts time to tine time juneol tu neol dl ladeby made by their legislature tempts madei made hit tItle te to extend an legislature to 00 B unwarrantable actable jurisdiction an unwar OX over us we ris diction we 0 A I 1 have reminded them we have ass izaby of the circumstances them of the a of our emigration stances of or ben ven M and settlement here fration oration and 90 kt we have appealed to ment men there here teim veit their native justice appealed to and magnanimity tive five justice asio anao and we have conjured nani mani mity ant and I 1 them by the he ties of have co conjured cared mared ilir 1118 our common kindred bv the ties offs to disavow their asur common kindre lations pat ions disavow their 0 i lations pat ions we t therefore h e r e f vore t the lie T the h e P people e op 1 e 0 ottto f C depre representatives se n t a t i 0 of f appealing ap p e 1 in g t to 0 tb fou flu c the united states of preme judge ot of t 1 america in general world in congress assembled trust for the tha then them ra appealing to the supreme tude inde of their ant hta judge of the lions do gerld for the rectitude declare that tha 0 ia of our intentions withstanding tit tl do in the name wrongs that lis his in and by the authority been heen hespel heaped 0 P of the good people of them they are gez det de these colonies solemnly mined to stand bio blO vl publish and anet nag flag of their cocia oom declare that these and the principles principle pits Ples united colonies are freedom hoper ho pir and of right ought to some time M be free le be vindicated 0 their oppressor oppressors the error of 0 W tie the ways the parallel might have beel been 0 1 tended to a greater length bmw but foregoing will serve to show a t similarity w arity between the two situations situ sito atio in the above the outrageous ata ai the present governor governo r to tewo will of the people by giving a clo cio cate of election to a meagre 01 candidate for the delegates hip bip to COD gress has his not been Intro introduced dued has his bis other conspiracy against POP poy lar sovereignty and in favoron cal cai rule ruie in endeavoring to oid fiu alc tlc every elective office b by his auw the appointment his refusal to ill lil sp u appropriation bill pas passed amog d b bv for ar iten item legislature unless the be the new university building el bould stricken out was also a pation atlon of despotic power be ang ing to dictate in what manner the peo pie should or should not noi 0 t spew ww their arn money but bat the list of circum jances comparable with those of the founders of the nation complained could be strung 11 out indell bitely way these aro are questions with which the hhie especially the youth should be millar so that they may be able to penetrate the mask of hypocrisy po trisy crisy consisting of boisterous pro less jess sessions les jes lOns ions of love ot of freedom beainy the rankest enemies oi of liberty seek to hide their villainy it ft is not difficult to show who are noyal disloyal to the country and the principles upon which the republic was reared A glance through the aution and a comparison of its clauses gith with iti ith the laws practices and theories put forth to destroy the 11 mormon 11 ormon church are all that are necessary to maintain nain cain I 1 in tain our position 1 in art article 1 I sec see ills the following fol foi lowin tso xo ino bill hill of attainder or export ex post f fuoto facto acao liu liw shall be passed in see sec X of the same article the states arb forbidden to pass any bill of attainder or ex post facto law or law impairing the validity of contracts article V bof of the tiie amendments provides that no pe person arso n I shall shail he comp compelled elIed in any criminal meto aeto im a witness against himself dor nor he tie deprived ot lite liberty or pro imay wf wit wahnit hout hnit tue duc sue process of bf law A billot atta attainder luder is an act will which ich prescribes pre fre v without a judi cui clil ti bihl lal lai that is the character of the edi eri uw liw which punishes certain citi citizens ivy lwy deprivation of the right to hold how oilier and of the elective franchise which are property as much as gobig hlll tsui chat chattis wis VIs without le leai legal leal al process c r in n i Us t application it is also afro made u bolli art ant feirt f by a retroactive process i lv v the utah commission rit rii lins under it have punished men who wiio leive not become polygamists since ther i wa aa any law making it an offense tile the united states district Attorn attorney ev N I 1 also aiso seeking not only to impair but hilt to destroy the validity of contracts hy by of the same class with the terrors of the law article VI nt provides that no re religious INIous test shall ever be required as a qualification to any office or public trust under the thet United states this has been flagrantly violated bv by all the late anti 1 I mormon t laws and their interpretation hy by the utah commission and others religious freedom is guaranteed by liy the constitution and whenever the ruling power prescribes what the rell reil rel rei aion ulon ion lon of the people shall or shall not consist of there is not only an abri abridgment dament of religious liber ilber liberty but hut its existence is endangered that kind of freedom which consists of som some person eperson of the himself prescribing what shall be or shall not he the tenet tenets of his faith and practice is a burlesque a delusion and a snare annare the limit is that the religion in the exercise of the prerogative given lyen iven him bim under the constitution does not dot infringe upon the rightson right rights of othe others rs when he does then it is time that lie he should be curtailed abridgement abridge ment bein beinar a necessity to seen secure re the freedom of the wh whole oleNo no such infringement of the rights of others can be shown in connection with the religious institutions marital or otherwise of the latter day saints and when they are de barred from ue the free exercise of their religion it is in the f face ace of a constitutional guaranty article vill excessive bail ball shall not be required the rabid antii A lormon mormon 7 officials here have not only iny int in their pursuit of the victims of their hate ignored this protective clause in the constitution they have done more than demanded excessive bail ball they have denied ball bail altogether pending the final ninal adjudication of cases in which mormons cormons Mor IMor mons are the hapless objects of pursuit no more flaurant nasr flae rant judicial outrage could be perpetrated than that the ulterior motive prompting it being too elain plain to be mistaken it provides fort font for the e punishment of mormons cormons Mor mons law or no la law I 1 V and thus is the sti preme supreme law of the land begat defiance but it would take too much space to show how the constitution has been overridden over riden in efforts to destroy the I mormon formon religion and its adherents it what has haa actually been done in that line were compiled in due form with attempts that have failed far but which show the motives by which the hearts of men are moved the result would be a library of no small proportions at the rate at which the country tr y has been traveling on the tramway there is no telline how soon some of these ultra attempts may bud and blossom into accomplished facts ina lna in a section of the country idaho the constitution has been thrown overboard f from rom nom the ship ol 01 statland state and the most despotic and ridiculous measures including a rell reil religious g test and punishment for belief enacted in the hoar amendments bill which passed the senate but went no f urther further limarl nearly e every y e one of the he chief liberty pr preserving es erv in j clauses 0 of t the he constitution were Ign ignored bred writs of attachment substituted for the subpoena |