Show LIGHT IS BREAKING LIGHT is beginning to break behind the P louds clonda whick which L hive have oh ob a scored cured the political sky of utah for the last few weeks ever since the ath day of april a feeling of gloom and despondency has overshadowed the new state of utah occasioned by the ecclesiastical edict edic 4 which in effect would take front from a majority of our citizens their inal individuality vidu aliby and make them i nier mere e tools in the hands of their pries priestly tl jv manipulators but the past few days has demonstrated that there are thousands of good and true men in utah who lave have not and who will not bow the knee to baal all honor to these brave una and noble men who are raising ahe their ir voices I 1 in in defense of their personal freedom and americanism 1 they are the hope of our civilization present and future through them sa and I 1 by their effort alone can we expect to io withstand the shock and sail into the harbor of peace and prosperity we do not want to gee the old bold church fight renewed it would only bring back buried animosities tearing and distracting exir our bright pros prospects 0 and perhaps ending in bloodshed and the he establishment lish ment of a provisional government we have said all along that thi the remedy must come from within the dominant church of utah and not from without this is why we see the glow nf df light breaking in upon the north to the south of our young commonwealth japthe id tha protests of the gallant men of butak utah who today are saying to the church leaders thus far but no farther thou come in taking from us the liberty of conscience guaranteed by the constitution and laws of the united states we are passing through a crucial test of patriotism and what we need is who will stand firm as the took rock of ages this is no party question but one of universal interest in to all parties creeds sex and races onward speed the good work work of saving utah from desolation and anarchy I 1 |