OCR Text |
Show 1 -SlU TI,E 'HORJIOV t'lItJKCII AM) jfiagE THE BEFOHLIC. 19SK "NtailtElilhe JrroWnorlbeNKWs 1 flttix Jreienl3 that the Morinoiia llrsi alte- 1 SseSfclSmf &tice s l Government of the iSipjME Unites! State. Neither of tbein deny 'IbbvIsK lfjat ,D "bolo teaching of the Mor 'auiSE, ,nGn 0"urch In Utah for foriv years SKfcW- HM !6en t1 w tbo mission of the 'SPifix Churdi to eventually overthrow the ' 'Wl!s'fl ltoi)Wk of the United btalos, and on jawlili its ruin) to establish an absolute the. iat oeraey. Kesihercif them deny that if '? Kissdllie power the Mormon Ung- 3sp' dom would make it impossible for any lraf xnan to vote or hold ofhee who did no: 'iiSaB' solwmbe to all the tenets of the Mor StlsmB con jA"b. and yet they both declare 'ffsSK? that it would be tinconsiHutional and 'fciiin': ongeoeroua to take from men, to lil) tainted and so enthralled, the one Mile. 'tlelB guard that the fatLers of this ltejxiblic jtmt&i' placed in thenands of the American fiix peojalo, through winch they might h9K jvreserve tbeir Government the jBjX Araeriean ballot." IjFyJE The foregoing I', of Hirc, from tKS-Bj the ".Liberal"' organ in ilir- city, mBi and u repetition of faltulK-odsupon iSSfJsE! which it has iiarpcti for month. !4Hs' 'ie "l'.,eP'a,J""' crv i- nearly ffgH jlaycl cut. Kor'uiany J caw it !yiHt jencd the re:riose of tho plotters SK w'' '''"' K8'" control of this '& gm Territory and its treasury. Whcn- f'lJE ertrerltis posttlik' tojiut it to use in tH the same direction it is revived. Kut ,'Jlf- a rule Uisalnndoneiifiir the later K hubbub. j3h We Co not jak for the Herald, a( that pajr is aWe to speak for ittelf. "M Seither do ve iprt9HfV anj thing f in our own behalf. What w e nut on ife ji record is the truth, without any pre- JiTi jj 1 ene, or cvasiou or avoidance of the h. .- issue. Wu Mate e-mpliaUcally that SLg "e Jloruiou's fir allegiance," in (t -3 matters that pertain to civil and po- ,k 1 litical affairs, '-to the Government "''X' of tile Onited SUtc." In tccleti- .? 4' astical aSklis, those that relate to rc- '- IiKHi, It fe io the Church of which j i he Is a member. lie mu't '.'render ''"' j unto Cesar the things which are ' - . Cawir,s, and unto God the things "j "k Uutaro God'a." it "S Wo At "deny" that -'the wiiole fe & tcachiiig of the Mormon Chureh ? lor fiaty years lias been that its i j)-- mfcaion is to eventmlly overthro "x 3 U rt-public of the United state." s Ttis Church does not cither teaeh SC " ' 's ""' mi'sioa or make an j?ca attcBipt in that dirvUkn. On the Mt' contrary, so lar as it has any right 1iuP cr power to do so, it has sustained a'a sml "'" Histsin the Goemrueut of gft- tise United States in every consti iKeK tutional exerrhje of its authority, slOgf ) liich is and mn4 be Hipreme in :$gjB! national atDir?. i U'eareaware that the reply nill !'"'- be made that the Church claims to f J . decide for itself hat is and wiiat I- L 9 not coiitlitutioiial autlionty. But iS'y thh, is ju-t as false as the other S'-'S things alleged against It. The i j- s Church has never done any- ;.Jr thing of the kind. Individual "JK members have existed thur -tsiS onlutoiis. Wo have giveu our . ' l views on this question, as it might ' " liearonsomepuulic iiuu. ilutthe V -M, Church docs uot attemi-t to decide S , on such niatterr, and ail the asser- VZ W-' lions by the "liibtral" organ that it i lias done so arc entirely without e foundatton or excuse. J V.'e also deny that -'if it had the : ' jt jwHer the Mormon kingdom would ' c- make it irah'06-ibk fur any man to t f vote or iiold oftice u bo did uot H.b- C1 x hcnlie to all the tenets of the Mor- mm faith." We aver that the $ "Slormon" Church teactics and t urges the doctrine that the iHjlit'.ial '. S rights of any citizen should ucer J he aS'ected by his religious opinions Ti er tlie Jack of them, rise "Mer- f mon' Churdi has never interfered 4 with the rights of auy uon-"M r- men" or anil- 'Monun" to vote or to hold office under the laws of the 5 laud. It lias been part of the ,, ' "Mormon" creed from the le- J. ginning, aud is embodiud in Jm the revelations wliich it holds to be i ,1 divine, that every human being i .J sbedld 1 perfectly in-e as to faith -. and worship aud the escrcise of j- .'.. :f litiral choice and opinion. It it f had thcOA-crit would so influence .i the people, that full and complete ,,-T opportunity Mould l afforded to it every citizen to vete nithout re- : straint and to is old any bflicc to M - which he might be legally elected, T&t aud tliat every class and party, ir- " respective of creed, would have its i dueTTopraeutntIon. y We can irove from the Mandards . Sjf of Chureh doctrine that uhat we . haveheresetforthlai;enulue"Mor- -fj monism," and that auything to the z$ coutrary, whether stateil by friend jj or foe, is not "Mormon" principle S or what the Church authorita- C?nt lively enuueiatts. gf Thesame organ of misrepruscuta- lj fi fays: J Any one who i ill read in the Jeur- W< xUof Duceurtee the acrmons deliv- fS ered by Ilrigham Youn, Heber C JjT Kimball, Jed-diah Grant and the rest. &S between the yerslS40 and ItflO.ye, p Jown to 1" or Is!5, villi sec that'thc S ' same kind of abuse, couched in much fc, the same language, was hurled at HLf j every r'edcral offldal in Ulah who Sj? wa'jtrnetohfajoflieeandhisonh." ;,j Well, we lae "read la the Jimr- P nal of Discourse ttrmoas delivered" , ' by those departed veterans in the cause of humanity while they ere alive, but not auy delivered by them "dawn to ISSOor 16S5," as reports of discourses do not come to us from thai spirit world. And we know that while, they used some very P$f" strong; language occasionally in re-j 'r gard" to Federal eflicials m L'tali ' tbatinisuld not relate to or afreet in any way tho principles of liberty j wlilcrt they were ready to defend, 1f corthelrrospectfortheGjcemmentl which those Federal -fl isls dis graceJ by their infaioojscon'i it. I lrmilaiilli 1 - aJ But the parsgraph last quoted shows what tho organ in which it appears regards as "rebellion," and 'treason," and sedition" against this Republic It is the denunciation denuncia-tion of certain individuals who held authority under the Government. According to Its view of the subject, no "Mormon" has any right to expose ex-pose the wrong-doing of any Federal Fed-eral official; and if ho ventures to do so, that Is an endeavor to ''over throw the Republic." This to us l-the l-the veriest trash aud the baldest kind ofbabyism. We confess to our utter contempt for some of the representatives of the Goitrnmint, who have been foisted upon suffering Utah and have served out their brief term of pompous pom-pous authority and then gone-Sow n into their natural obscurity. We are sure that a similar late awaits all of their kind who take the same course, aud who try to use their official oiportunities for personal ambition or individual aggrandisement. aggrandise-ment. Cut this dees not lessen in the smallest degree our admiration of the principles and system cf this great government nor our respect fur Its lawfully exercised authority. We have no worship of men in our creed or our constitution. We do not think that allegiauce to this Kcpubllc requires 1L We know-that know-that the men wliom tho "Liberal" organ delights In defaming were the friends of the nation and fired wilh the loftiest patrioti-ni. Hut they despised de-spised time eekers, demagogues and blatherskites, and so do we. And among the crsous sent here politl-c-1 garbage dumped upon Utah have been some of tho roorest specimens of official humanity ever shipid to distant points to get rid of their importuuitie-s for office. Such ersous were denounced by leading "Mormons" but these who told the truth about such men, did nut think lor a moment that they were saying anything against the Government or the nation. We would be glad If we could think that the authors of the later tnisreprrtcntations of the "Mor-myns" "Mor-myns" believed w hat they set forth as "Mormon" doctrine. There might then be some probability that they could be convinced of their error. But tho wilful wil-ful I trv crsions of fact and speech whieh are commsn to their lper aud its methods forbids any such belief. They will, no doubt, go on in their way of deceit until they have filled up the cup of their iniquity. in-iquity. Once in a while we deem itprojer to notice their aspersions, but usually we oss them by as foul or idle w iud. and our silence must nit be construed by any means into assent. |