Show THE TEST OATH the tribune ii ia baill bering antho on the subject ot of mormon con science in connection with he ha taking of 0 tile test oath A ainan man ol of enso benso i would mould not be likely to tom payne or bob inglesoll Ineer Inge soU soll for enlightenment on christian ethics no more moM would lie he look 1001 plum colu inna liti ot of the sit suit t lake Tribu tribune tot for in tiong on oa morality conscience or the qualifications ofa of n loyal citizen dzen tho the only doubt that we have ever entertained with ft uli respect to the tha operations ol of tile tho test oath upon tile the possible rulings of tho the utah courts to any one who chii with vilh any liny degree of 0 fair cairnes nes will vill read read tile alio speeches made in the senate I 1 in it deafen defense s 0 of the oath there cart retrial remain A not the slightest uncertainty as to its intended meaning nie aning and application it would be in keeping wi alth many alit othera rulings of 0 certain utah judana to t turn ur the operation ot of tile oath out of tta its natural and obvious cour seand to the there re by compell the people try to await all ai in ill by the supreme courtil Cour Court tol lof the ilia united states stales to them plum from tile the indignities growing out of another batch of vicious and unlawful ruling v awl binl an I 1 illegal ot of authority to their enforcement wo we have feared that 4 such uch tran s pir a and we tire iro not ns s 1 mat satisfied fled fied that tho the Vi federal dertil judges intend to bo be fair it is pretty prett evident eliat judge lias has so settled I 1 upon giving alio oath tile construction which its ili makers anticipated the alie unwarrantable abla on hat was flag imposed upon jurors in his hia court it a week BRO ago has been abandoned and the conditions eions upon which the oath is now subscribed are ara simply that the juror u Y 1 clearly its provisions that he subscribes it conscientiously and with out mental alila ia certainly gratifying to those choso whoso determinations are to battle for thear rights under the law tho the clause of the oath which je crusto carry it n somewhat indefinite mooning meaning to alie minds of a few tai h the one setting forth that the voter ishall not doltl directly pr or indirectly aid fillet abet counsel ai or aduso td iso any person to commit the crimes of polygamy unlawful ul tion f or V I 1 1 I upon this passage the tribune noil and other liberal organs have been coplit locating ion lona aling ting gratuitously for in ill tile the vain v aati aiti endeavor to frighten moi a A ny from rom tho the polls j to those who w tie tire are i li n an any y degree inclined to hap the illogical illogic nl and presumptions bluster emanating from such buch localities wo we shall endeavor to br ix plain the briefly anti anil we think I 1 advisedly one of the most moat important or hr V tide s IR 0 the constitution abid na c I 1 1 the american people na as most biot backed to them sets beta forth that congress gaall make no law abridging the freedom of and of the press prem hancer whatever hat elso else the framers rani of the constitution had h u in view in n tile adoption of if this clauses oneth one thing ingis is perfectly obvious Itee cg ionizing the possibility of laws unjust bild finding their ir way onto iho statute books they were intent upon me BO I 1 11 curing to those thosa wholly hoin measures mea aures should effect ft a regular reau lir and legitimate means to abrogated itel in otar I 1 er words they did not intend that all any y american cita citan n should be ad adna as their forefathers fore fathers had been for raising their voice against tyranny we ve do not hold it consistent I 1 with rood good government for or men to ho be allowed allotted to ngi agi tata late with impunity the breaking of law 4 however unjust SIR such ell action Is ig lit in every benie benso revolutionary and Is a method of last resort only but a man ca cabile nile non nouna c a bd bad law every evera persuasive energy at his command and lit at tile some barne time maintain and advocate implicit obedience to it such a course is ats constitutional n glit and we HO think his imperative duty as art an intelli intel li and now recurring ly to the momen totis question concerning 4 j tile the test oath 1 what does a man mail promise who sub erl bes to toil it simply that lie he will T not advise or insist assist men to violate iol iilo ilio iila f a certain law llo ito does docs not licit say bay that ilia j vIll abstain from speaking ag against the I 1 law aw or of that ho be will not da as a correct principle tho the very thin thing which it pro hibits for or in doing 11 e ho 11 hoi I 1 n not t under der any ny reasonable i advising Bd or shirting shi sting any person to break tile tho ha kini id law aw moreover lie ho is doing tint that wh I 1 4 retho th not only protects protect bini bim in doing but plainly contemplates that 1 ha I a shall do li i i |