Show J1L GInS or COVriSCATlOV SiHCK the nassase of tho JCd I iHuiHl Tucker act which contains a clause directing Uio confiscation thepropertyoftlio Church of Jesus Clufct of latterday Saints uoecn tlmvut favor of telzlag for Jtublio I5 the jwse Ions of other rellg ious Llius has had II rajiid growth I 3 This Is a natural effect of tbe un I I cocsUtatlonal statute jrallgnant s measures beget their likenes Kn 4 > Mrnnfanr a liku nature Intended l to apply ta other than me < uor men pcojIc have alrcailj been conceived the Jublic mind lD1 uult s the evil genius as a whole is dJ6 out their delivery is inovl aWe I f The rapid growth of skepticism i which too often excludes rettiecl for religion of any kind renders the situation more and more dangerous dan-gerous A s a result of the flagrant innovation upon human rights perpetrated per-petrated in the enactment of the measure named and the growth of sej > tlcitin combined we have been enabled to quote In three columns at diOtrent times expressions from prominent jourmdisls and publicists dvoring the confiscation of the jHOperty of the Catholic Church in this country fome going to far as to advocate the clzuru of the possessions I j posses-sions of all religious bodice As a painter in this direction we are enabled to present an extract from a JeUer received from a gentleman gentle-man in New York by n friend in I tlib city Yoo Lae lItll Kieauow rapwiy dtoalvtescs are lreading in relation rela-tion to religion politics and sociology We are rapidly lliIIring the precipice > or do I think I it pouiblo for the world to elk its downward career There are nxiny who hope for a > cacc till notation of nil social difficulties but I think that impossible Already there is talk oC confiscating Ibo Im UHMiso wealth of the Romau Catholic church in the failed States And why slioakl the Episcopal church be exempt Trinity church alone owns 160009099 This confiscation bust liens is going to b l a big job before it is through I heard a prominent lawyer lien been say that Kuropean nations had bn obliged as a matter obls a of self < WeD to eonfiMalo the conlo immense wealth of the Roman Catholic Catholc church and ho thought the tame thing would have to be dono in the United States I heard Hugh O Pentecost lately Stt a IteptUt njinteter advoate in public the overthrow of all existing political and religions institution dcnoincnii rich men landowners and politicians as thieves s and oppressors Had oPpsr Iad a Mormon talked as he did ho would have been prosecuted for i b Prel treason and incitIng 10wbl to no He has a laces fol Su ch special Setial coafiscalory measures as the one aimed at the oe almo Church of Jesus Christ of Jttcrdny Saint are unconstitutional in two prom let particulars They are viola lions of tho 11 oche cJaute which cau provides that private property shall not be S taken for ivblic jublc purposes without due compensation Tho cpnstiou law re re forced to takes the property of the Mormon people without any ootupensntion whatever I Is also vtototlveof the first amendment to u Ci u > tivu rrnirn lnml118 nme Innl tt 1 ConC from frmmkiug any law r ereciiufr an tstablishmtnt of re ligion In other words that there laU li be no established 1 Cblsho religion or a religious rytteni preferred Kgkla Uvcly above others by the State 1bl To the extent that the Edmunds Tucker act I a special muasurenim ud at only one religious body while b all the others are whie tle othen ar exempt from Its 1lns and exemp oratins to that degree are the others pnferred and made le the State religions Stte rllor Should the views of the ahltllaloitca luUlathoic prevail nnd hat religious body aUo prcli lv sub jecleUto tho HI Jee cnnficatioii tlU lnfatll process I would Ix but a ttep in advance toward waking the more favored Caore yrMuni the religions of the State one and 5 ou until there might be but ole containing which would lo I an estaWisliruent of religion bv reJgln pre ference exhibited by noninterfer lr enccWliuther Wliuther the i lutber confiscation clf9ton process i extensive or limited jJrs lmied it is a dan gelous expedient and one that must f tmt IneviUbly kaJ to disaster Iu c |