Show POLYGAMY IN GENTILE LY EYES ia whit our say buy of alto twin raise A JUDICIAL not sequitur TUn J from tho the washington tribune I 1 tho the recent decision or chief jus jai tico tica whito white in la utah is ia ono ano of lla queerest on record to 0 o uj say the load tal may bo called a ciao of splitting a split applit lr lair lat last aprin sprin a lt named reynolds Kc yDoli a clerk in ia brigham eri kham tithing offish wn was convicted of 0 polygamy tho the case recently cimo came up on appeal find th the 0 decision ot at alo lower court WAS via affirm eJ tho the 1 reynolds was wai sentenced ced to two iwo years yeara imprison meet ile ho gave ata notice of appeal to tho the united states supreme court and DJ asked a stay of 0 proceedings pro cilin alto ball bail hy by a car ous oa parity of 0 reson reason ide DR known known only perhaps t tl a tho the pre B i dol if judic e bail was granrud in ia t 1 iw T tho a prino oer wn WAs convicted conTic ted under a united staten statute and admitted to bail under A territorial law hw which says etya that bait bail may inay bo be allowed allowe d in all cri crimi initial Ditl cases of I 1 lesii than a capital nature in which life general government it is a 3 puts party 11 this abins ol of trying a criminal under ono law ana liber libe atins him under another is ia a new dep iture peculiar only to chih SDI nl itly in ia advance ot of tho the general pit jail deliveries dolim iea 0 or f modern contilo bolties au ioa im orca even on eds 6 ice bail in utah thero there it no law mcgl laniog marri apo aeo tho the territorial fitin nice being as 03 an on that interesting subject it is left to the iho church entirely which anil and grants divorces but the ho C cu it acted for tho the especial bonewit of utah uta h aro are very explicit on this question and say that a mao man shall liaro have but bat ono one wife at a time limo and tho the reverse As bill was not allowed under the statute by which ho he wai tried it booms that the ibo old territorial law by walh lo ho was liberated is ii onal in that thatis it COO hulets with a higher high er anil a nil hiir tun to a at this dL tanco tinco it would see ecca in that autice whites far fatchet let no DO guilty min aia TOE tile bast DEFENCE OF triz ins from tho the sew now york evening rest A salt lake correspondent or of the evening post in a letter which we published yesterday rays thit the ho cormons mormons hove hope that tho liw hw prohibit jag PO polygamy will bo be pronounced un on by the luo court of abo united states State soa 03 tho gromad anad that a claibo ia the treaty of 0 ond loupo Il idalgo guaran guarantees guaranties ties tho free exercise of their religion to tho the iary habitants of llio alio territory acquired from mexico tho the mormon 4 whatever may bo be said of 0 their morals have hata been beca roga raol ai persons alfair ol 01 fir intelligence but bat they raise all ai imputation against their owe c commod 0 sense by trusting to such sach a fe t do fence they need not cot RO go back ack to the iho treaty of Guada loopo alid 1 g or toy say further than baa the of 0 the ila states to 0 o CE tallish their right to religious freedom fric dom they havo have it in in common with all the people of this country of religion Lo losover does docs not mean to violate wholesome police regulations somewhere in tho the territory acquired from acir co there may have been a tribe whose religion enjoined the daily killing cooking and eating of human alicio but no member or of ino conid under the treaty or the constitution bo be permitted to kill Lill cook and an J cat a human bodag in tho the unita states woos s cir clabor Luar I 1 prom ipox the X Y i chief justice whito of the iho terri tarri tory lory of ut ul ah ab in hia big charge cearna to the ilia jury in ito ho recent recant caso case 0 of george Rey reynolds colds tried at silt lalin city on the charge ol of bigamy majo made short work of the rio that by tho rolt tiou of mormonism bigamy was no crimo crime he toll told tho the jury that it was wnm no do dc benso to plead that alc tlc delond defendant act ws was under tho the of a religions belief which amounted as ile ha conceived to which he be believed as 13 thoroughly as 03 is 13 possible within the iho limit of llio alo haman manil tho state las has nath ing ine to do with the religious religion beliefs of men they are at perfect liberty to holy hold whatever opinions they please however absurd or MOD monstrous or cors to their own moral natures ani and it is tho the duty of tho ho state to let them alono in ia tho the possession sad aca lawful exercise of these opio ioni iona but bill when they nako make their opia opinions ions tho the basis of crimes and proceed to ti commit those crifaci cr iraci then thea it is tho the right richt 40 aal the tha daiv ol of the iho SWO to punish them not for the opinions but for or the ho crime tho the unmolested free dom of faith is not a general license to lo violate tho the laws of society tho government Govern mont of the tha united states makes bigamy a crimo crime when com committed m in any of 0 the territories thereof ther cor and the fact that mormons cormons have a ro re ligi liliom out raith faith that the crimo crime is ia no reason why it should not be fani shed tho the sooner mormon apo po agot m L aro are practically taught that they ennst obey the laws or fr take lako the consequences the better for or them and tho the better for or tho the country this ono one lesson would speedily put an cad to lo tho the fl stem adaid arrom I 1 from uio the 1 the ogden junction recently do voted a low lew cart to tho the appeal to tho the mormon pon plo to 0 o extinguish polygamy woun vc an laci tho the boswor to it but it does docs not alter our oar views view batall at all deference to the established laws of order throughout christendom and acl to ti its ita practiced publio public opinion in in regard to tho the rola tiou h 13 a high duty the like people ot of utah owe OTO to their own PC peace security and welfare arc wo 0 are doff ool foolish wo axe ara plainly right wo we did not dot ask deluded men and vo 11 0 men who actually luilly ac believe in plural marr lago as 01 being anchored in a religious principle plo to surrender it as a lie be wo we auk ask them to abandon it as ais a practice itce to put 1 it in abeyance and llev iley will hereafter regret moro more than we weaver ever caa regret their fodaro to do this wo do not col choose to stigmatize the utah institution la in a way WIT to wound imone among that people that is u ten left to tho the federal ring and their organs and to bigots generally who fancy anoy that the way may t ti reform these mormon is to la persecute ncr acou 0 o them wo balther lei eve iii 10 nor practice tho the codes ot of religious persecution oar proposition is ID in addition to these we TTO mated to which the junction BO 80 flippantly replies that whilst such a marital mantal COJO codo as that bat for whigs abolition we to appeal removed irom from contact with the hostile moral forces of forty millions of people might bo be relieved of many of its iti revolting og toa tea tures subject to that contact it breeds moral ruia rate and nd social destruction to who tol tolerate erato and practice tica it we speak in ia tho the interest of 0 a common humanity on this gravert of c all ques acs tidos that concern the remarkable community in ia utah thus tho civil uw law cannot with the iho organization of ile aho mormon church lint but must punish polygamy anil and it woul boull I bo be idle 1 ho he wi says lor for la mormon indicted for polygamy to plead that hil big marriage mr riago vu vaa u lawful by his bis church and sanctioned by his hi own ilea 0 of course john strong donld not dot hays thus decidedly on OB a miller matter not unlikely to coma before lim if there wn was the tha slightest question of tho the principle involved although there hero oa eta bo be no expectation t tho the saints ol of bigamy in ia droves it will yot yet be a very fill imbor per tint matter to es sh an ine lis bla legal on the lor or polygamy ind and its ila effect will wilf bo be very apparent tt at the end of a lew few acm |