Show i EACH FOR HIMSELF I The oath formulated by The Communion Com-munion to be presented to the citizens of Brigham City tomorrow is i probnbly 4 the o document toTwhich jail whojexercise I 1 the privilege Quoting in thii Territory i I dunng the year will be require to i i attach their names The wording maybe may-be changed soiaewbat for the general registration to take place during the coming tbree months but the oath will > hc substantially as it is now presented Having readit everyinteHigentraan can know whether or not he can conscientiously conscienti-ously swear 3S required Every man knows if his intention is to support the Constitution of the United States and obey the laws thereof including the Edmunds rct ot 1682 and the Edmunds Tucker act of 1S87 in respect of the crimes in said acts defined and forbidden for-bidden Every man who understands himself is aware if it is his intention to commit the offenses of adultery fornication forni-cation bigamy polygamy incest or unlawful cohabitation and whether he professes to aid abet counsel or advise ad-vise others to commit said crimes The question which will be presented in the oathis one which each individual f f must decide ior himself no man can tell another whether or not i the Jitters conscience will stand in the J way of taking the oath THE HERALD would not have any man subscribe to that oath whose conscience revolted 10 against it or who would feel that he was doing violence to any sentiment of his head or heart We would not have any man take the oath wI intended at the time to disregard it or who believed t be-lieved that he would violate it Wet We-t would not have any > man take the oath who could mot do it honestly and con Ii I acicntiously Butwe hope that all male citizens t of Utah who are interested in J preserving the peace and good order of the Territory who desire the maintenance main-tenance of honest eeeonomical government govern-ment who believe in the people q controlling their local affairs t and managing their public treas I fluries and who can without violence I vio-lence to their consciences will take 1 I the oath and thus put themselves in the 1 I Agway of exercising their political power k 1 j J t for self preservation and for the general gen-eral welfare There rs a gang of un I I principled adventurers who have their greedy lustful eyes on the property a id possessions of the bona fide residents resi-dents of Utah This mob of irrespon ubles j have schemed and labored in I 1 1ilustriously for the privilege and license I t o plunder the people and drive them 1 homeless and persecuted The gang I Doped thiough the agency of the in amous law just inflicted on us by a 1 iJemagogue Congress and a cdwarclly 1 President to enter at once upon a r I J aieer of systematic and thorough j I Blunder If they can frighten the pea ole into the belief or by any cunning I sophistry convince them that they can I J 1 jot conscientiously take the oath the t bject i of the wouldbe wreckers will be achieved for they will assume control jnd at once put into operation their 1 scheme of wholesale robbery and perse t iution THE HERALD would rather the 3 > ontcmplated and threatened steal and jjFieck should occur than that honest 1 nea should stultify themselves to precut pre-cut the consummation or do that I I racist which their consciences re I 1 cited The matter is one of very grave l 1 port mce affecting every individual 1 l I a the community and going to every ouse in the land It is a question de aanding the thoughtful consideration 1 nd righteous determination of every fan Mental and bodily distress and J i nsncal ruin at the hands of a merci SS unscrupulous gang of scoundrels I I t o ever formed a wicked compact leer at I 1 j ho honest citizen from one side and nty to his manhood to his conscience rotnpt him from the other And no Lan t ce tel him what to do so well as I iI 1 I i trs1 I |