Show oppression to be abhorred we hate oppress oppression lon ion even inflicted upon our foulest enemies Wea we are not 0 ulon upon of the jewish faith we are no disciple nie ile of confucius or do 0 not believe in the vagaries of mormonism nor of the assumed visions of a nor can we realize that embodied or disembodied spirits return here from over the river death 11 and are seen and embraced by some nor do we imbibe other millions oi I 1 isms iams of the day and yet we are pained pained to see any of a tile the devotees of the millions of isms iams and creeds perse persecuted u te d and oppressed for opinions sake the jews are sharp traders and some of them cut throats but the atrocities brought down upon them in some countries are horrible to contemplate so are the horrors inflicted on the tile unresisting chinese and there is a another n other sect writhing under the worlds fury and maledictions male dictions unheard in their own defense and judged by the worst stories of their bitterest enemies it is proposed to strip them of the constitutional r rights g ts of other citizens to disfranchise them to put their implacable foes over them to govern and tyrannize them and despoil them af their property and liberty and the educated rage of the people sustains the oppre oppression sJon slon as it once did the act of burning of witches and the bitter agony of the crucifixion anathemas Ana themas are so fierce tierce and the curses so deep that none dare raise a voice against the tumultuous auger anger visited down upon them and who join in this race and fray of imprecations it is a combination of those steeped stee peI pel and dyed in the worst of the pools of illicit pollution joined by those who are 8 sincere lucere in their faith that solomon was the wisest that ever lived that dav david 1 d the sweet singer of israel was 4 1 a man after gods own heart 21 and who expect to rest in polygamous abrahams bosom and forever bathe their weary souls in seas of heavenly bliss with those who in their lifetime were sanctioned in their cohabits coh abita eions with hundreds and almost thousands of recorded wives and concubines this is no fancy sketch but where is the consistency in revering the old patriarchs and then burning with unquenchable rage against those now on earth who beli bell believe eveln in the faith of solomon david abraham isaac and jacob and practice only in very small but better way their bible recorded virtues or ot family relations but it makes no difference whether we believe as others do or not no OP oppression rl s cruelty and tyran tyranny dy should ho d b be e gnip imposed ased upon them because they do not believe as we d du u of the spirit hart dart mich I 1 |