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Show AN UNFORTUNATE COMPARISON, When President Joseph F. Smilhjgave that interview to the New York World, upon his return from Europe recently, he made what wc consider to bo a rather rath-er unfortunate comparison. Here it is: The Mormons arc much in the same position as tho South. A question of difference dif-ference came up and It had to be settled. set-tled. The South took to cannon and musketry. mus-ketry. Wc took to the Supreme Court. When - the decision was mado against us we did just as the South wo obeyed and will obey. But. like the Southerners, wc may still consider that our cause was just. Suppose that in any State in the South, after the settlement of the slavery slav-ery question, there had been discovered nearty two hundred men who had again resorted to' slave ownership, what would have been the result? It goes without, saying that there would have been serious seri-ous trouble instantly. Tho war would havo been renewed and agaiu slavery would have been wiped out. In the years between 1S90 and 139G there was had a composition of the polygamous and other difficulties that had afflicted Utah. In that composition the Mormon church surrendered nolygamy, as the South had surrendered "slavery. The South kept its compact with the honor lor which it is noted. Tho Mormon church repudiated its pledges with the dishonor for which it has become notorious. no-torious. In the situation, wherein docs Joseph F. Smith find reason for his comparison? com-parison? Besides, the closing sentence in tho quotation is a direct encouragement to polygamously-inclincd Mormons to continue con-tinue to break tho law and the manifesto mani-festo and perpetuate the infamy that is already rampaut in tho Mormoii organization. organi-zation. It is evident that Joseph F. Smith vill cease to be inconsistent and rebellious rebel-lious against the Nation only when to him the final call shall ao&ic. |