| Show concerning THE TITHING HOUSE the iho position of oc tho the judges and of chief justice zane I 1 it if will make no baroor bore or hereafter hereof kir in abig world or anrthur ann thur whet what I 1 teny may think do or say in reference to any sy of 0 cello ce eld nai yet on tile ho ludt it eat cut may look at a king anil and in this llila country free speech and a free preas give th tho humblest tile ilio saino right to express an opinion accord accorded mil to tile iho highest I 1 mitat to mako it A tow few remark concerning tin tho rent decolon of tho ilia supreme court courier of utah in fit tho the of tile the church tithing onice it deenis to lo my mv mind so ao apparent blin it honor ehte chief justice that I 1 ann cnn I 1 not but wonder wander how bow men competent to ill 1111 I 1 tho the high offic of associate justices of the ilia bios court tor for tile territory could havo have a different Ai opinion linion judge zane krino says in hla his opinion published in tom THE Tiit Dle of march fi 6 tile tho act of congress depriving the mormon church of such of its ita real catalo us as halt wn botu riot u cd l as houses ot of worship unit anil burial geo grounds undo was ditc odea to lo 0 it ot of tile power to that hint extent to maintain propagate and polygamy I 1 had supposed tile tho object of tho the ehaet merit referred to was waa broader than that and was wait lit tho entire un tin andert onn one character of at polygamy hoa has never boom boco in ray luy opla ion tho the tolt moil dangerous duoor to jo ire ot of biorn 0 akin polygamy is a revival or iaru it 14 I 1 out of 0 place among civilized pro to ajillo autong senit men still and women nomi m it may exist 1 u labout harra in fact pol gAnly lina has beati among sai ft a help rat ber thau IL a b I 1 to woman but as an fast as woman rles to a level that gives her a at Q jerown her own rights as a hunton human bolna being polygamy becomes a bondage rind and degradation dupra dailon and as ail society possesses art an inalienable right to protect itself it follows that a el people hoa haa A right mid and a duty to say cay poly shall not olt w here it lius hus dominion the claim that polygamy la Is a religious duty good religion tho elevation of 0 riot not its degradation tithing tho the of taking front from men and women a 0 de finito proportion of all that they way may oi oer er possess as property for tile tho puppet t of real or alleged li is in tho ilia united states tabs A violation of 0 our und fund law timo was when tho laws ofilio Aut american erlean colonies compelled people riot not only to pay tithing that Is to pay for the support of tho ilia christinn church but it to attend church yet t that bat cannot bo be dono done today to day because the luo law has bas stepped mapped la in to protect the people ogin st th thoo loffy no ko man dian or woman lu in tile united states stales can be compell ool by e civil law to attend church or to contri bute money to its support tho the mormon system of la nol noi compulsory under tho civil law it la Is truo true but it la Is compulsory novar theles th clew and chenco Is a violation ot of tho the con of Ilbe ity way ial it compulsory it says to ita people you must pay your tithing or bo be d it says say that in substance I 1 mean rf if a member of tho the mornion j church chur oil neglects to pity pay hla bill tithing ho he Is called upon by church officers and that luat ho be Is delinquent it ho to persists in his bis neglect to pay tithing ho he it cronau eventually my out cut olt oft that Is turned out of tho the chu church ach ostracized ostracised by its is members and delivered over to tho buffo tings at 0 satan that Is ho he lf Is da daviner not only jn in this life but through lloro then is 13 a law of the iho church placed above the law jim of tho the land it in the lord against the iho constitution of 0 tho the united states it if rl man violate a civil law bo be roc receiver elves such punish as li djuned by tho law it a man rc fuses to py no au debt to his fellow man it ho he refuses to pay a to hla his chervil chu ho he can ho be proceeded against legally and it if ho be la is worth it can bo be compelled to pay ilia hist debts tho punishment at wont li Is it a bag bagarello atello in I 1 tit tile atio eternal damnation that tile tho lord Is to lo inflict upon tho the who to pay Ms fits tithing now as long as mon men and women believe that mormon thoo loy with all its rules regulations and requirements it is clayburt revelation it follows fol loira that they 1 ill at abia same time belle a in tho the punishments threatened for violation of those requirements limit and therefore the threats of 0 tho the church chorch actually combot its to obedience through their foam and tho the lawi of the land to all people entire freedom to give alvo or withold according to personal feeling will or conscience aro are of no avail they lie do not protect la Is bArbarin min tho the name at 0 god tithing Is tyranny lu in ilia iho namo name of god and this tyranny ls is what tile civil law should sock to overthrow thit once destroyed aletho evils growing dontot it will of necessity neco ity disappear what nabat Is tho the source of this tyranny tile tho norman Pric and aai tile tho inor attico su so Pers lUon credulity and timidity of tile tho people I 1 do not wish to lo bo be understood a if that tho the mormon people aro are especially Pe cialli ally an ignorant Jsn orant people for fop I 1 know that thai thoro there tire are many bri briglia glit ablo able und and sat ned men among thorn yot il will not bo denied I 1 Pre wile that tile tho learned men WWII anions tham 1 ift are am to a very great on tent su w with 1 I 1 it tile ilio priesthood of the church that their tongues aro are tied oon eon chero horo con coll holenko runy rony bo be protesting against I 1 its I 1 boodle boud sie anneo it Is probably true that tile the of 0 the people under the however litterill litt eill ont they may bo be tire are deterred from think thinking ing and for far themselves through fear not of 0 their priesthood butof god und and satan the tyranny Is trace iraco ablo able ther therefore eforo to tile the AVII hat a t supports tile tho priesthood does tile lord keep hitup it up donation docs alio heart ot ilia rul yens sustain this tyranny not kol what then the ol ivicin of tile honorably honor ablo cliplef j justice saya truly ilia iho government cannot become a party to tiny any such ns the iho rentina of tills this tithing house yard to tho the mormon church for fop JOO per month or OP tor for auy any sum every day daiy LIMA tile tho morman rulan church has lin occupied those buildings i and a rental to ilia go tile united states staten hus been cell a pirty party to the iho very OVIN evils they have been through their von con pica i ACting lis laws to cure core the chief justice plainly indicates chat fur or two yeura years and a hilt tho government b man liis been feinflos ol ed 01 upon 0 in I 1 ito hu blatte matur r at 0 abw house property it hns lit been rented to of this arle individually and yet bluvol hii won used by them every hour lor for ilia orif of tho mormon c church to continue buch a arm praet hily inn lonn crough tto costes catry oi ry united mat mile concerned in it if it his Is position posit ion fully it ELUS ellas |
