Show A L thomas GOT ASKED TO GIVE AID in the matter of the escheat ed Proper open letter to the governor the quality of merry is not strained as the antle ram turn heaven upon tho place abenath be nath it ia mica bl esad it him that bics hir T mish test ia afa it bt comei the throw ned monarch better thin hii crown his shows the force of temporal tempo ial power tin attribute to awe and wherein doth it the dread aud fear of kings but marcy is bovo hia tred away it is in the hearts of kings it is an attribute to god himself and earthly power doth thoa show goda when mercy castico jas tico A fett days sine I 1 addrener addre ned to tha people generally in utah territory the that tha prosecution of the escheat be topped that ci property to the louree from which it was taken aai ahia be ln by an appeal to congress that it i that yoa should b aad asked to this measure your support there can be little ques kite a pera peraarl aal which always reaches caoper than mere official satisfaction in the welfare of tha territory of which you are tha chief executive in the of tho people in their home and their surroundings is assumed by all the unhappy inferences that existed between some of your copla ara rapid ly disappearing that it is the part of all good citizens to made it as speedily as possible a thing of the past will rot admit of deputation that the oyer which you ral houll ter crasper pr asper happy and harmonious ia a conc con c to be wished were reasons for tb harsh measures the pepla haac here let us not discuss that justice required what was daae let us not ne question let the reasons be what thoy may earthly power i most like goda mercy justice that a new ara has begun in utah will any deny that there i and that it ia an era of good feeling ought not all to rejoice ought not all be willing te do anything that would make tae foundations of future greato lBs anoe durable burke naya it is impossible in political inquires aoud any proportion between the apparent force of any moral causes we may yn and their operation some sautes st the very moment they edrei plunged in grace and disaster have arged they have begun a new course and opened a new rec kenins and even the depths of their calamity and on the very ruin of the country have laid the foundations of a towering and durable whatever troubles may hav existed in thy past they are now eone every in in a condition far u new start lt L t ua all encourage it and as cue of the beaus let us aay that this property this aboney is not urs it waa donated to a church for that church to use it as it pleased governor what reasia exists today thai they should be deprived of it help chii cauce alo aloag Bg aad yo arnamo in ahe generations to come would be called blessed blei sed net only because you done an act of justice but by that act yon would help to preserve one of the great principles of liberty that property acquired by religious ought not to be cf cheated to the government A nev 30 |