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Show SALT LAKE METHODIST PE1K3T8 ON THK RAMPAGE. Tin- MillnMiit miuintiTi uf Sull l.ilit) rily luivci hi'M ii mct-liny, tviut t.ikini (or tlit'ir ttxt tlio recent nM'ct'l itf Hi-Imp H-ivoti iiii'l the jKi-.-aue of :t rrsulution ly tlio Boston (.n-nclins nioctiiii,' in fnvur of Lho iv uoiniiiAtiuii.i of IW'leiu Urant, luivo jnuatil ft aurk'a uf rrriolutionrf, untmlKi ayiuost the uctiun of their Y:i!iWi-o hrollireu. This ii ruther a n uuirkiihKi inovrment uml in wnrlhy of nute. Ai a WAy, the " unrtli.Tii MiiihtttlUt. church, clcrcy uiul Uii', luivo hyoii nc.vrly n unit on nil p.iliticil q".03tious. Thoy h:U'c cor.li.vlly u-il.iincil tho ri-nuhliciin p irty !inco ita existence, iwul almost uii.miiii ni-ily aupportOAl Untnt fi.ir tlio pro-i.!i-iicy at lho election of lSrS tin I 1S7'J. It ia ipiito unusual to I.Nik for nny iudepeiuleiit or liberal iirliun un tho part of tlio Mcthalidt ih iutnnnatiuu. As ft whole its mem hcra aro n;now in their views, and follow their leaders aa implicitly us a ln'rvl of sheep will march to destruction destruc-tion ftftcr its clioacn cl.it f. Uuder these circuimtancej lho in-d.pondeut in-d.pondeut action ot tho Methodist preachers of Walt I.ako city is ro-markahle, ro-markahle, and it their protest is based un any suhstantial political principle they deservo rreiht for their hukluesi, in opptiCio; to the formidable appeal ap-peal of their Hoaton brethren, hacked hy ho patent an iulluenco as that of Bishop Haven, ono of tho ahlest of tlio Methodist divines. Wliat aro tho reasvms tliat havo led tho ministers of this city to outer this protect? The tkst reason men'ioue.l is . very inuI one, with which wo entirely nj;ree, 'viz : "the mani.eat impropriety impro-priety ol any chure,.i -I'rou'stant or Uoman Catholic, placing in nomination nomina-tion a candidate for tho pre-iUeucy of the Toiled States." Ii they had st -ppod here, their protest would havo been tho mo.it judicio.is and sensible words which were ever uttered ut-tered by a Methodist assembly. As ft general rule tho Methodists combine very successfully tho busmen of politics with the profession of religion, re-ligion, and never fail to use their political po-litical iiulueiiee for all it is worth. Melhodiit priests, from Tarsou Newman New-man down, or up, are usually famous' politicians. Hence the disclaimer ot the document wo are considering U rather singular. lu tho saiuo sentence, however, the ministers go on to say that there are special I'tah reasons why Grant should not recoivo a re-nomination, or tho support of any religious body. The first reason is that there exists iu I'tah "an organized and monstrous religious imposture," etc., etc., in the description of which these meek ti-.ul lowly followers of Jesus rake to-1 i;ethor all the horrible adjectives they . sre m alters ot to appb' 10 tilJ "Mor- mou" church, to wiifuliy misrepre- i scut it and insult its members, adding that rrideut draut has pursued a weak aiid vacillating course iu doal-ius doal-ius with this church, and that the recommendations iu his anuu.U messages mes-sages for the supprossioa of polygamy ouiv, do not reach the evils that these ministers complain of which they sav u only b-j remeviicvl by legislative en K'tment and by Hrm executive ad mi tiis-t ration." As we understand it, tho Methodls: ministers of Salt Late city dem.vnd that the government of the United j funics shall direct its efforts to crush-iug crush-iug out of exis'.er.oe the "Mormons" by force. T.eir is no other meaning dedueible trom the language of the resolutions under consideration, and b.cause the president of the I'niud S ; a : es 1 vvs n ot r eco m ai e u d ed t h is pohev. they op.xe b:s nnomina-tie nnomina-tie n! Tlio next complaint against the president is that ho removed J.;Jge McKean "at a time when he was taking hold ot thy trcaso-uable and 1a w-dc lying iustitniion with the grip of law and ;us:ice;" also that he ap-p-.iintevi a successor of strong Mormon J proclivities, who was obliged to re-, sign from fee pressure- of public opinion; also that ".:e has recect'y , appointed as chief ;-wace a tuau, in every way more objection at le thaa' : r-v.-Atf'' rrtic':"Sf'ir,' etc. 'lli: fr---;.d':.t - ai-u iul.ct'.-d f'.r L.c ;.;.,.!.'. un:ul of 'j-Jv-rr..jr Al'.;.l, it-:. CL,n:jjh.!.t ia a.vj ii.aiti -ji j a-J -.:.-ri'..'.n t;..:l.-il v.,lvd in K. a a.mi'jf.y caw u'j l.-'i i;..!.-:t A t..t; Lku'., ui Li.fl..,!-: ijj ti;,:--M-i t:.-t Cert jih ' ILi..r'-l ril' .; ,i ir-rt u:.'!-:f the Cuntfji of Ii.'.':..im ,m. l:jvj alt t.(i--d ; HU'Ilh.- il.tl i-I.i'i; U-.t-r l!ii: p f i-dtut .u I'ui, :!..r-. Th..1 ii the auhelari'-t; of ti JiL'.i-tl.iri JiL'.i-tl.iri t'rm d-:L;n.i-!.t A t:.'! j.-ti -ai j Mttth'xi.at prit-nU (.f Piit L.e nty. it fu.ly d. -.-;. i ti,.-ir ai.'i.'U ai.d " -L.jWs wi.at ti.ry vt-wid d-j W.t!it:.el !l;-i-i (j( L'un, if th'-y h-.-ld t:. ! I, wit in thfrir own l.ai:ds. Ilprt tlttry r- a:du in the mid-l ;f a p.:actlul, ';iui.zjiI comiiiuni'.y. wuii evry r.iil pi ufii i ami citi-:':!L-iiip mtr:mtetrd : j tl.t-m a -mail minorrty of the citi ,';n.-t ot L'tahdt.-tiiainlii.g tlt fretble i mt.Miiriii, uiitin,wii lu our form o! ovirmiif-nl, and contrary to itd cod illlUliull 111 let!i;r ami spirit, U.-.uiupted U.-.uiupted l cru-h jiit the UteiiiljcM of a ciiurn which co-iipri.i-j a majority ; ot inoru than threr-fourlha ot li.e entire en-tire couvifi'imly ! C jld maluhous ir.ipi-rliuctice j;i (arlncr tiian this '.' If lhts priests have no ishamt 1 whieh would deter them fruin exhibit-! exhibit-! ing thi-i persecnlm- spirit, they musi cerUiiily lo informed uf tho inevitablt rcauiu of such nie.isures of repression us they demand. Ail hiotory is full of the horrora which have aci-om-paided religioiw pc-r-woutiun, wht-ther by a dominant e Lurch or by the stale. It u always and everywhere the same Bad story of tho indulgence of evil piuiaions and tho commission uf horrid crimes in lho name of the deity, to enforeo compliance with certain dogmatij ideas of theology, j After reading thU protest we can j only cuino to ono conclusion. The Melhmlist priuatj hero, discovering that they cannot, rule this com munity, would hka to ruin it, and ' would not hesitate to trample down ' tsvery coiiBlilntional harrier set up" by , the framcrs of the government to prevent religious tulerance from having hav-ing away, and every wise protection thrown around all religious BCnti-1 BCnti-1 menta and organizations, for tho pur-'pose pur-'pose of crushing out " Monuouism.'J and trampling its peoplo under their feet. Whenever they shall succeed iu aeiompliihing this result they will discover that their own freedom and rights hang upon ft blender thread, and that Methyl ism will only bo able to protect itself while it maintains a dominant position in the state. If the Methodists priests of Salt Lake city havo no stronger arguments argu-ments than these to oppose to Grant's third-term aspirations, they will meet with very little attention or sympathy from outsiders. |