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Show I ".MOItJIOMxJl" MSLO.AL. Tlie accusation of dislovalty, which is now being so strenuoLslj ured agilii-t the "Mormon" ieop!e, Is a very seriousono which threatens to involve them in mucil suffering. It is the sjuiu charge, which was mado against Jesus and theearly Christians, ani which was made llie-pretext fur motof the cruel persecutions per-secutions they suinrc-d. Is this charge true? I deny It. Mere dc mil, however, by tlie whole Jieopledces not disprove H. Hut if it can Iw sIiom n that lojalty to the fundamental principles ol our Gov-eminent Gov-eminent Is au integral art of w hit the world terms "MormonUm," then the unjust charge Is disproved. There-mav ue dislojal "Monuons" as there have 1-een disloyal Mitliod-ist, Mitliod-ist, Lp.sco-auari or other sects, but I hold that no true latter-day -saint can be disloval tohls country aud faithful to his religion The three essential It-alures of our form of government are flr-ta constitution, con-stitution, designed fur the protection protec-tion of minorities iii-ijoriticsi need no j ruti ellon, second, a legislative-bo-Jv eleettd by a nisjority of the i-cple; third, a supreme court, uhieh shall lie entirely independent, independ-ent, and ouht to lie- uon-iurtizan, which shall hive the wer to decide de-cide as to thu constitutionality of my law euacleil bv the legislative an 1 exec utive bniiehi-s of the gov -eminent. The decisions of this court, though tliei may notalwavs be rhrllL ll.ust (if lie ei-Ksite- Is, flu .1 They mav not alnavs i in harmony har-mony with the views of the ui-ijor-itj of (he people, but the latter are bound to sutmlt, othcrwi.se- tbtn Kniild lie no sate-guard or protection for minorities. )u the other hand, while iulnoritIe-8 cannot avoid submitting sub-mitting lu its decisions they have the natural and legal right to protest agilnstsuihas they deem to le-unjust le-unjust au J to point out, if they can, the fallacies tint liave led thereto. More than once has ixperic reproved re-proved the conclusions of the Supreme Su-preme Court of the United States) to be erroneous. Sorr clinics it has reverse re-verse ditsoun decisions; while Ills extreme., seldom (lula iimnimous decision Is re mil red, thus proving that its own members do not regard it as infallible. Hut then- muu be-in be-in ill i)iu!argover-jmeiiis. a final court of apitil to w hlch all citizens niusisulniit.olhcrwi.se v.o should drift into anirshyor despotism. Vow the Latter-da-, Saints Uhcve tint thu Constitution of thu United sutcs wis framed and its guvirn-ment guvirn-ment established In men who were in-plrcd by the Almighty for that sjucial purpose. How, then, cau thpv Ik. t.ie-it f.. f-l ...i .11. loval tn the fundamental institutions institu-tions of their couutrv? They lie-Heve, lie-Heve, anil have tiught for over fifty i ears, that the timu is coming vv hen th-v aud those who will rally round th in will lie thu onlj ones loyil to the Coustitutiou and Hie principles upon which our government is iia-e-I.aiid that they ill rally lo Its defense and sustain it against all its fo - Thl may be tottstical tsil it is nil dls.oyil. The exinence-through exinence-through which the letter Iiy Saints aro pbs-Ing Is calculated to make them thestn u nchestsupportcrs ind defender" of civil and religious liberty the- world has ever known. Such is the Ir destiny. IIit civiland religious liberty cannot exM with out constitutional law. And even If the I.aUer-diy Saints were today to-day in the majority, It would be as much their duy to submit sub-mit lo a decision of the Supreme Court until they could get It rever-ed as It is now a necessity to do so. Cither so. or. if ronu-li nisi r.-.-..t.. obedience to atiy particular la tvke the consequences as htloso-pnicallyas htloso-pnicallyas possible. But, no matter mat-ter how greit the cost either to In-divldualsor In-divldualsor the community, it is essential that the welfare, liberlv and progress of the world that the basic rrinci pies of our government should lie maintained, I speak as a firm believer in the- principles of what is termed 'Monnonism." A nd no matter how many unwise thin-s miy have ln-en said or done In the past, the religion of the I.utler-dav Saints requires them not only to lie pure in heart and righteous In life, but to be loyal to the Institutions Institu-tions of our country. It Is possible that the government may become o corrupted and changed as to bear no rese-nblauce to that originally established by Its Inspired founders. It may l-ccomo an oppresslv e despotism iustrud of a government based upon the consent or thu governed. Should this ever be the case, should the country become be-come tbo prey of an oligarchy, or despotism attempt to supplant and overthrow the liberties of the tp-nle, tp-nle, when there Is a standard raised fay God himself the standard of1 Constitutional liberty which Willi claim the allegiance of every man, be he Mormon or Methodist, Jrv or Gentile, Saint or sinner, and for the preservation of which loyalty to I ciod auJ humanity will demand the most heroic sacrifices. W. II. 8. I |