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Show i WHERE THE LINE IS. An old-time correspondent writes from the southern part of the State and ss i The letter of Frederick M. Smith regarding re-garding the power of the hierarchy of the church is unanswerable it showi the power they wield over the nirnihera f ilm church. In view of that fact 1 cannot agree with you that only the iwenty-slx at the head of the concern should he disfranchised. Have you forgotten for-gotten that when the pplygamists were disfranchised they still dominated the P.ople? Our good friend has hail experiences which justly make him Indignant toward th- Mormon power, whether rx-pressed rx-pressed through the tyranny of Its cjass or the Ignorant vote of Its mass. And he may be pardoned if he refuses to have confidenei after having been once betrayed Hut there Is a fact In the present situation which has never heretofore existed in the long controversy contro-versy between the Mormon i hurch and the Oentiies of Utah Thai fact Is that a definite line of cleavage has b en made h.tw.en th- cullt and the Inno cent That line is drawn immediately below the twenty-six men who . .institute .insti-tute the hierarchy They, the twenty-six. have so far appeared ap-peared to be Irreconcilable They stand together for the debasement of the laws, for the disloyalty, for the crime, for the Borrow d women and for the future hopelessness of children. The hold together In wicked bonds to petpetrate (heir treason against the i ernmenl Hut thousands of the mass who once followed them have broken away and thousands more are breaking away. Surely our old-time friend would not disfranchise the nun and women of this State who having beojbRlS Indignant Indig-nant because nf the broken pledges, the violated laws, the wretched recrudescence recru-descence of polygamy without any excuse ex-cuse except the passions of men have themselves thrown off the chains of ecclesiastical ec-clesiastical slavery! It may be true that when the final Issue shall come thousands besides th.-twenty-six will march over Into the traitor's camp and say: "We take the forsworn perjured leader for a guide, we approve his example, we defy and despise the laws of the T'nited States, wo renounce all gratitude tn the fiov-arnment fiov-arnment which uplifted us from vassalage vas-salage and made us dtlzis, we declare de-clare ourselves aliens to the Ood-glven Republic" When they do this it Is time enough to consign them to the fate of the hierarchy themselves As for those who believe In and practice prac-tice American principles, who believe In honor who believe In faithfulness to the pledge given to the Jo crnment, whose hearts thrill with pride when thv remember how genot-nus the Nation Na-tion has been, and who will not allow any priest, though he call himself prophet or king to dishonor their word to the country (iod knows such people should In- welcome in any political party par-ty and should enjoy to the full extent the rights of civil liberty. |