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Show A Political Matter. The Logan Nation in a fair and i cogent ai tide on the political change now taking place in the Territory, quotes from the Lena-el News and agrees with the views it expresses. But the Nistton sa s: ' "Since lliv Xeirx is the nfl'c "al organ of the Church it beceniPK a very iinporiiim lniiltor to know its leuning on tliis nil important que.-licn." If by this the Nation infers tha' because the Deseret Ncicn is the organ or-gan of the Church its utterances are Church declarations, it is greatly mistaken. The opinions of this paper must not be taken for the voice of the Church. When the Church has anything official to make public it will appear in the Deseret News as its organ, but what we say is another thing entirely. If the Nation means further, that the leaning i f the Church on the all important question of the hour IS iuiO.'irt.iinl. hi hlOW ren M-ill env that the Church c,an have no lean- j ing either way. as the question is purely political. The Church is not interfering in this matter at all. It is not a Church question. The Pe iple's ! party is and has been an association associ-ation of citizens as such. The chief object of association seems now to be passing away and hence the movement towards its dissolution. dissolu-tion. As citizens the members of that party are perfectly free, so far as the Church is concerned, to separate as a party or not. as they choose, and to unite with cither of thegreat national parties, or neither, : as they choepe. 1 The Nation speaks of what cer-I cer-I tain Apostles are dung jn the field i of polities. We understand that ; those gentlemen are advoeM im: i party claims as their individual sentiments and are not in an v ; sense as eech sias! ieal officers. They ; have :i right to their view: and the : advocacy thereof. And p tha ewrv I other citi::en whether he ' "Mo.-no.n" r-r "Gentile." :..'. the vein t be p'ned upn th -e views i -imply that which bel ngs to them by virloe of tie ir com- -:i--- . io.d -pr-id ---it ,,f th.-, j. j i ,, t;,-,i :. may be occupied Kv h p.. an. i |