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Show A REPUBLICAN SENTIMENT. y Thu Sao Frunciaea in a recent iaHue, in speaking of the demand made in Rome- lor the supprc ---ion of the order of JcnuiH, Hays : '. U'e have t!jo Jesuit in t!ur I ciu-d States and althoiiih f Jiiio nf diii.i accept tin doctrine that the l'ope in -t l ho ri'tit to annul the law of the land, io ah.-ulve tlie peopt.i Irom lli'.-ir alio-;:ianco, alio-;:ianco, and to del.we tr.-uu '.'. void, -(ill WO lltt'Vf 110 n'-p'f:iltlt; party dirii to frilenoe tli'm l.y li-iv,-; ibr if they up; wrotiir, nolimiK Lu1. r'-a-on, education and the .spirit of 1 In; rtjre '!in convert them and their iblluwurrf. 'fiio .suppression of tho order would be a repudiation of the tcn-'nil pnnoipl.' of toleration. The inaiiiR'r in which 0iue jouniaU i ran stultify thfimolrea, ilie -diaamon iho nnmbor, an interest or principle U 1 at stake, show how uhainelenn-like a portion of the pre? oan le. Heie u n position taken Ly the AUi which will , hi: sustained ell over the United Slate hy reJptctaoh: jourmJ', ?-l ii ii the niiiiio that we hare C'rfi .i-tciitly and pr.1 rsi.it en tly defended, and which has heon decried and abused hy the :i rno paper that now sustains ir, when applied to the Mormons. Una of the Kroalest objections raided to t lie Jesuit bflH been, that thoy havo over labored to ereot, in every country where permitted to reaidn, un wjr-inm wjr-inm in impeiu'ot and to a.itaMi.-di the j-upromaey of lha 1'ope over laws and governments. The Ait correctly .ayn: "II they aro wron, nothing but reason, education and the spirit of the , xC can convert thorn and their fol ' lowers." And the- name statement h ! correct an regards the Mormon. This ; in republicanism. No nutosiiuu, no 1 icoveruuient, influenced by rcpuhlioaii ' principles will undertake by force to ; correct an ciror of thought and the evils growing irom it, so long an they j do not interlero with the right of 1 others bosidos Lliofte who entertain it. And any such attompt would hut give : vitality to an error that would dlcap- i ponr beforo education and enlighten- ' inuut. It is urod thai the Muiuious seek to establish a theoenioy in a republic. Vlat is this but whit the Jesuits do ? 'Llieyhold and teach that the lYipe is 1 Uod's vicegerent on earth, eon.seiiuent-. ly that his rule i't a tbcocrutie rule. . : Have they ever succeeded in uproolin : the aubie tbuiuiaiioiii of a great republic? Tliou why bhould tho , lJuitcd S talon fear oiich a result by tho . Mormon i, supposinif they entertained 1 Mich an iue.i, which they do nut? And if polygamy bj the error and evil it is 1 represented, even t lion it is a lit object for the pok-iiiio to deal wiih, its adherents ad-herents to bo met, with eahu, reason- i able, overpowering argument; and not a subject for the legislator and tho ; administrator of. special laws enacted1 : against it. ; The AUa is correct tu tho position, i and so would ho the entire pvr:-s and people of tho United States did they take a like position with regard to tho Mormons. Do they ibrget that whon a strong people attempt by overpowering overpower-ing force to Bupprcss an obnoxious principle of belief held by a weaker community, they almost compel tho I . conviction in the weaker that phyaicai power is employed by them becauao their argument! arc powcrle, and that coasetpuenily it is error that by main strength isoverridinK and crushing crush-ing down defenceless truth ? Tho proper pro-per course for the United States to take with tho Mormons and tho Mormon Mor-mon question, is to recognize the industry, in-dustry, onorgr, perseverance and high iiuulitiea of oitizenship which tho settlors set-tlors of Utah have displayed, grant the Territory a State government, and wait for education, reason and the spirit of the ago to overcome and correct any roal ov imagined evil which may .exist. The false theory or the fanatical belief which can successfully contend agaiu.st the "advancing civilization of the ae," must either possess principles which ehalleDge the admiration of thoughtful and intelligent men and women, or the "advancing civilization of the u;o" sadly needs prompt and unorul reform. |