Show it PUNIC FAITH n It Everybody knows what panic faith r i 3 s f Its a faith that is insincere It a a i l iaith thatis ept inviolate as long as it fe convenient to be bound by its agreements i agree-ments but when it no longer answers the int rests of thoEe who had the f r power to dictate the terms of it the f ride uvdrft without rega rd to ifs existence t exist-ence It nituns tre ncbery then It 1 means disappointment to those who trust in it It means betrayal to those who rely upon it as true We may pausehere Enough is already said of ic iu make it despised by every honest man Its existence in every walk of I life is undesirable nay even despicable 3 despic-able 3n business and social life nothing 1 noth-ing can beworse than insincerity And if detestable in an individual in i 1 the private walks of life how are its evils multiplied when it IB practiced I prac-ticed bya great go ernment or accredited JI accred-ited representatives thereof If there r 1 isnothing to excuse it in the private 11 individuals how much less there is in i the public capacity Of government offi i cials And yetno other term can half < so well describe the conduct of the Federal Fed-eral officials in the Third District Court of this Territory in dealing with those who have been arraigned before it on chargesof polygamy or unlawful cohabitation co-habitation The professed object of the Federal ° I courts especially of the United States Prosecuting Attorney is not to inflict I punishment upon those charged with this offense against the statute but to suppress a system of marriage that has been established in Utah To do away with toe semblance of a polygamous household That the ostentatious display of its opportunities op-portunities might cease This was their y object and the prosecuting attorney assiduously I as-siduously set himself down to the task 1 1 of accomplishing it And every scheme his fruitful brain could invent has been employed to bring about the consummation J consum-mation so devoutly desired It was 1 thought by him and those connected I c I 0 with him in this business that if a vig I i orous crusade was inaugurated against J j t this relationship which the statute has t + 1 a named a crime the alormon Churcn 1 i 1 I would in a short time be brought to its l iI y Knees suing for mercy at the feet of the I f valiant 7 crusaders headed by the t f prosecuting attorney In his ambitious l I r dreams the chief prosecutor saw the f 1 1 mi I I perionsrfoet He heard the applause of x f the vast multitude throughout the t I J t t United States who were watching the i 41 course of events in this Territory He felt the crown of victory pressing his i heated throbbing < brows Hesaw himself him-self uponrthe pedestal of fame and under I Iff un-der writ The Conqueror of Mormon 1 Polygamy To accomplish his ambi N N tious purposes strained Constructions JI f wre placed upon the law and men ° who thaneht they had arranged their J i r family affairs in such a manner as to 4 f x conform to the provisions of the I fit j Edmunds1 law were dragged into i f court and by the constructions 1 f = construc-tions put upon the law made t Ii f guilty of tbe offense unlawful cohabitation S I r cohab-itation and jsentto prison Before going J f go-ing however an opportunity was t 7 t granted them of making a promise tot tI to-t t obey the law l as construed by the courts I J t e fBT the fatnre which promise would entitle l en-title those arraigned to the leniency of q the court perhaps to the suspension of a 1 sentence altogether But to the surprise J1 l sur-prise and chagrin of the Court and 1 R + t4 Prosecuting Attorney very few indeed 1 J took advantage of this offer covered as PI it waswith the semblance of mercy t > |