Show ED editorials I 1 TO R imper imperium lun iun THE tire sacramento union is a paper conducted with great ability while white we frequently differ with its conclusions we recognize the talent engaged upon its columns but like most of the public 19 journals the record Union becomes absurd when it touches the mormon question tha nonsense uttered by the press on this subject is mainly due to a lack of understanding standing got of the facts and a readiness to copy or repeat the fAll fali fallacies acles and fulminations of unprincipled mormon eaters the SeGor durion dUnion of the hist contains an editorial on the political aspect of mormonism niam endorsing the new crusade against utah including the disfranchisement of the women and the denial of office or the ballot to all mists As reasons for special laws to abridge the political power of the Mor mons it makes makei the following statements the mormons cormons Mor mons unlike other im lm migrants have sought to build a civil government within the boundaries of the united states they have endeavored to make that government different from that of the united states the only difference between the mormon and the chinese experiment is a matter of form both have established a government within our own which is practically independent ot of the recognized civil power the remarks above quoted are so ridiculously untrue that comment may be deemed unnecessary but there are many people who accept such auch statements as facts facto and we believe the record union to be laboring under a misconception rather than a desire to falsity the position therefore we have a word or two to say upon the subject AIL all emigrants settling in any considerable numbers upon the public domain have endeavored to build up a civil government within the boundaries of the united states that is they have organized and labored for the rights privileges and powers of statehood this thia is what the people of california sought to do and accomplished their purpose with a small population by dint of wire pulling and the expenditure of some bayh so 80 with the emigrants to nevada and to other parts parta of the country and this is just what the have tried to do minus the money and the the only difference in this respect between them and other communities which have sought to build up a civil government within the boundaries of the united states is that they colonized a portion of the territory of mexico when that country was at war with this set sef up the stars and stripes on foreign soil and sought rought for admission into the union as the state of deseret tha statement that they bacq sought bought to make that government different from that of the united states is totally untrue the constitutions which have been framed upon ench each application for admission as a state are on record and it cannot be shown that they are in conflict with any principle of american republicanism they are as liberal as any aby state cons titu tion ever accepted by congress all this talk about mormon disloyalty rebellion and independence of the recognized civil power is the merest fustian and rubbish invented ia in the first place by the most arrant rascals who were ever appointed to offices in distant places to dispose of their importunities and repeated by journalists who ought to know better than to accept such stuff for fon news in the face of the truth easily ase ascertain ertain able abie our religious differences with so called orthodox sects have nothing to do with this matter we have just as much right thour views on nueh nuch F subjects as the methodists Methodi ats episcope lians or catholics oras the recard record union writers have to reject all religious systems and if the majority of the people who have built up utah are mormons cormons Mor mons in faith they hav have ejust just as much right to claim the political powers of the majority as if they were members of any other religious body or re pu on altogether no less 1033 and no more the only civil government they y have sought to j establish in utah is that ofa ora of a state J in the union and in doing so they have made cona constitutional titu dional provisions for the i minority far more liberal than any established by the general government in the organic act of the territory the record union is as far at sua sia on these points aa as in the subject of anecito an editorial edi edl toral ral rai of the dinst wherein it is asserted that a new departure has been taken by the if cormons mormons Mor mods mons in regard to thid the pio rio propagation A of ther their doctrines throughout the country the errors into which that paper in common with many others has fallen area are th the result of swallowing the moh mob inventions of unprincipled persina persons who take delight in maligning maji mali gning the 11 mormons Mor mons and whose dispatches and reports are utterly unreliable and unworthy the attention of a respectable newspaper GATHERING AND PROVIDING FOR THE POOR WHEN jesus of nazareth was questioned concerning his by certain persons claiming to have been sent by john the baptist among the signs he gave of the authenticity of hla hia ministry was this the poor have the gospel preached to them on another occasion he said the poor ye have always with you in the restoration of the sams same the savior preached of old his sayings in relation to the poor might with propriety be repeated the poor hear and receive the gospel in far greater numbers than the rich As was waa said of the ancient apostles so it may be eald of the latter day elders the common people heard them gladly the work of the gathering is identified with the preaching of the gospel in this dispensation which la is entitled the dispensation of the falness of times and and aud in which all things in christ are to be gathered in one the gathering of the poor then Js Is as much a part of the duty required of the elders as preaching the word and administering gospel ordinances many of them have performed er formed a splendid work in thip this 8 respect in all the towns and settlements of utah are numbers of people many of them in very comfortable circumstances who when the gospel found them in other lands were in a lowly p and some in an indigent condition but there are still thousands of the poor left in various parts of the world who strongly desire to gather with their brethren re thren and who have no hope of release except by assistance si from utah the perpetual emigration fund was especially designed for their benefit and the good work already accomplish ed by that wise measure we ba have ve every confidence will be continued until its purpose ia Is fully achieved ibe J he question whish h arises arise s in con connection with this subject is what shall ha be done with the poor after they are gathered the problem of poverty is one of the mos most t important and vexatious subjects with which th the statesman and the philanthropist are puzzled it is expected that in the coming zion which we are required to build up the saying concerning the first zion will be repeated if there is no poor among t hem them in a proper condition of society no person will be allowed to suffer want pauperism is a great evil it should not exist in zion T to banish it opportunities for labor must be placed within the reach of all it ia Is wrong to encourage idleness by feeding it without return employment should therefore be found for every able person old and young male and female here it appears to us and we say it with all respect is an ample ampie field for the energies tact judgment enterprise and wisdom of the tho bishop Bishops it ilis ills Is within the scope of their duties to provide for the poor it appears to us that this responsibility sp is placed upon them by the constitution of the church and the order of the priesthood one of the beat features of the co opera tive system in box elder county in our opinion is its provision of labor borall fo for rall nail all ail something todo ia Is in everybody reach even the blind find profi profitable jable lable occupation when the poor from abroad are brought to this territory they are not unreasonable in expecting to find work to do in order to sustain themselves and if in this are they unreasonable anticipating assistance until t can obtain laboi we think not if the cry of the poor the land and tha thel fatherless ascends to heaven the responsibility rests resta so somewhere me and anait it is heavy and onerous read bead doctrine and covenants new edition pages belief relief to the poor pooi should be rendered in all hil kindness charity sympathy and respect assistance given like throwing a bone to a do dos dog in manner er or with a patronizing a air of condescension robs the gift of its garments of charity and humiliates where it should elevate and console those wilb who are rich and proud to gaymay day may be poor and crushed down tomor to mor row low and how wey they would shrink flops from help extended in the attitude altitude some now assume to the indigent in view of the dullness of lof the times and the thie scar sear scarcity city elty of labor some are shortsighted short sighted enough to question the propriety of gat gathering heiing the extremely poor the lame the aged and the blind we would ask what is the objector of the gather gathering ln Is it for the aggrandizement of the early settlers bottlers Is it merely for the temporal advantage of the tha people who are assisted here should not the indigent and unfortunate have an opportunity afforded them ol 01 obtaining ebe ibe blessings of theor the or of the lords houseas house as well as the healthy and pro prosperous did not the old prophets talk of the lame the halt and the blind traveling up to the heights of zion did noe noi the savior speak of going out into the high highways and byways by ways ati buch such ch persons persona to t come in have they no induces ancestors waiting behind the vall for their vicarious work in the tem temples bies ules of the most high caring for them may be a responsible work but it is a portion of the pro program gramme md and no one should shrink from performing his bis part or he may lo serhis bhare share of the reward when the work is con coi summated Bum sum mated objections may be made that unworthy persons persona are gathered and that many are indigent through their own r faults ault auit 8 an and d fol foi follies II 11 e exactly the bet net het was to gather oi of every kind 11 and as to the latter iatter objection hear heat the words of king benjamin ye will administer of your substance stance unto him that in need and ye will not hubmer suffer that the beggar up his bis petition to you in vain and turn him out to perish perhaps thou shall sayi say the man has brought upon himself his misery therefore I 1 will stay my ruy hand und nd will not nut give unta him of my food rood nor impart unto him of my substance that he be may not suffer for hid his punishments are just 13 but bul uti I 1 sa say bay unto you 0 man whoso choso everd this the same hath bath great cause to repent and except he r re of that which he hath bath done he peri for ever and hath no interest in the kingdom of god book df mormon page there should be no need lna ina in a community like ours for any any suffering through poverty nor for any auy person to beg in the streets or from door to door the church policy makes provision for the fhe support of the needy and it its teachings are carried out oat mend mendicancy leaney leancy would world be abolished jt should nit nit be encouraged cou raged at nil all there are officers appointed to care for the poor and resort should be made to them if they are in ignorance ignorance of the ahe condition of thye the needy and not to peripatetic solicitation let the wise plan lor tor providing employment for the laborer let us make at home all we need for home consumption at least iset let industrial enterprises be started that our boys and girls may not remain idle let the unemployed bl set to work and if this cannot be fully rully done at once take care that the worthy poor do not suffer for the necessaries of life perform charities in brotherly kindness bind up the brokenhearted broken hearted speak gently to the indigent VoeL Woe unto tinto the lazy who faed fed upon the industry of otheral woe woo unto the canting deceiver who pretends poverty with store on hand handl woe woo unto the rich who grips tightly what god has given hirn him and shuts his heart heare and his purse against the poor of the lorus lords people and woe woo unto him who would leave in babylon a faithful saint to linger in bondage cut off from the ordinances of life and from frona laboring for jor the die dead because he is poor or cri crl crippled D or blind or aged let the gospel still be preached to the poor and let ake gathering go on until all nations and tongues havo have hoard board the glad tidings and u unto nta bibri aha aba shall I 1 come those of ek every every overy dry ery tribe and race till the mountain amb ii wit with h the pr praises a ise a odthe of the ae livered re T and lithe the meek hhall shai increase joy jn thep the lord lorg and abd the tho thedoor poor among men shall rejoice in the Ho lidi 1161 lyOne yOne of lar tar Israel aall 01 THE THI OF theatt THEA THE AGE Gt I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 I 1 OME remarks ladeby ma made deby byi mr mi W V a smith 04 a bembe r of ane bluish babi cabinet have been copied into a great mail mati many american papers said he be the inventive faculties of nien are now almost wholly devoted to destruction and I 1 daily receive more suggestions of a murderous character than I 1 can leal with wilh the gent gert gentleman leni ieni an with the very common n name ali vii hose ose words YV we e have quoted isa is ja very uncommon person he tse used to be a news dealer not ani ari ordinary peddler ped tiler ellen of pa papers erb era but butan bufan enterprising ising pushing in thai provider of or general news news cpr the british public who had the run jun of a great many railroads and wai wal wa very successful in his hia business he became the projector of the thames embankment and the now famous author of several im important t measures that were adopted by parlia parila ment and alt alf although bough he is la not a brilliant orator his good common sense practical experience and sound Bound judgment made such sueh deep marks on the the ibe english official mind that he vas was tendered d a a post poat in the cabinet and la is now first lord of the admiralty mr smith 1 is 8 a iana iano h his is promotion is pleasing 4 to all who can appreciate the struggle which a man has to make in england in order to rise from the ranks to such sueh an an important official po position sitio n he made the above quoted obber at a banquet given kiven at bt st james hall haij london longon on the dinst by the westminster ter conserva conser va ivel uve he stands in a iyo 4 llon tion 1 which whis gives hirn him an ekfelt excellent opportunity of obtaining information faim atlon on the subject he be touched upon plans for t the destruction of tn eD gland glandA enemies would come be fore his atte attention nilon in his official capacity and ft it appears that they are axe so numerous as to be beyond his Ms powers of ot investigation this is 0 one ne of the signs of ter times tir egand and g strong comment on the influences of so ca called lied christian civilization I 1 the spirit of that religion introduced by the nazarene was breathed by the angels when they sang bang sangor af his hirth birth and made joyful music on the plains of bethlehem A peace on earth good wili wilt to all merill men may not pot be a perfect translation of their words but it expresses the theme of their anthem and is in harmony with the teaching of the tife master masten the spirit of bloodshed is not divine death and destruction are from |