| Show from the lh S F A gimik is IN I 1 bulletin hating read in your columns of the dinst nu au article entitled stopping a military parade io in utah permit me to say that while I 1 lull fully v aaice with the conclusions clu formed therein from the prem i ilea assumed seems to have hate cx ci an utter misconception in the w writers mind of the ibe situation and the real fade facts in the case no effort was made to fl deter the mormons from parading oo on tile the recen recent t fourth as their immense 0 on on do that day fully proves prom the G vcr ver nors procla mation referred to was mado made in conformity f amity with wi ili a previous one issued issued by ex governor laTer forbidding the militia to muster at the lie instance of one D 11 II wells counsellor to brigham young and forming one third or ol the presidency of the mormon morman church who under the assumed title of lieutenant Gen vencial Genci cial tl claim III 1 I the e entire command of that fiat organization by the organic act the tha erdofy of the territory is is mile the commander in chier chief or of tho the militia no other man there therefore fure however exited exalted hii priesthood can legally hold this thi a position find and the action of mr wells in ordering out the legion to drill in direct opposition t 0 the will or of its rightful commander comma oder is clearly an ad illegal proceeding proceed ii and a d the it 0 federal officers were certa i ajas tidied in recognizing it as each and and treating tr catin it accordingly so much fr tho the legal status stains of tho the else case the true cause of the constant cont tant conflict existing between the united states and mormon authority lies in the tha fact that brigham in ia the name of a religious leader is in reality a political aspirant seeking to establish a bona fide liter il kinblom kin kiny dom lom in cutali one too that is arci wc i airily s i rily as opposed tj to republican igns it the government of tho the czar ciar to io lle 0 e sultan the utah militia corn comno iiii ing as it does docs all ranks of the fai faithful thrall forms but an adjunct of the be holy priesthood an executive arm of the modern theocracy ready raidy at any moment to io rally at th the a call of their divinely appointed master brigham ighani Br young 0 ral this of cf coure il dot directly relevant ev aar to the be question discussed in your article or the gibat principles of american liberty involved in it but it throw some liht light on the situation of affairs in utah and would afford addition il justification were it needed fur for the governors nors proclamation for while no officer of the federal gove government could be held guiltless guilt lees for interfering in i the leant degree with the privileges of mormons as cit citizens izetia of the republic on account of the 11 utility of their patriotism or the on bonor of the devices displayed in their procession the governor would be recreant to his big duty duly did lie he permit so j au an organization ag ad the milian of tile the territory to be controlled by an n person notwithstanding his bis high position ahn the command of the force is by the organic act of the territory Terri territory tor vested ell in ia him alone arau urau |
