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Show H rROSOUM'EI) OI'fOMTIOV TO CJnr.lTIOX. BH The toa!l cttkn or the roptrty BH ofths Church of Je-us Chnt of H LiUer-sy Saints continues to lie H (lenaunced by the. latrlotic portion j ofth,e American prets. As a rule M the Inilueutial journals of the ccun- K try express a wlHIngnw-s for"JIor- H inomm" to be opposed, but man B oftherapro'auuncouly dissent from B the melhoJs now bring applied in B that direction, the process Uing un- M called fur and i.-redeenubly unjust H and dislionet. B Tiie Denver Republican is one of Uhj ieni which assail confl-ca- j t!on, and Tetents the following V condented loa for fair-dealing and H lioicsty: j "Js the handful of Mormons In E Uth and other parts of the coantiy eHehantenaestoour instltotionH that Huiwcecary tor the Rovernment the United States to resort to ronfiica-on ronfiica-on In order to i.'oU the Monaon CLnrdi in cheek "Thcreis Mch a thing as honety In deaiini; with onn'a enemies. Thoro Is wieh a thiiie. as jn-lice to criminal. s There J such a thing si oin right for right'M sake, and in tno face of pop-nUr pop-nUr prejmliee. I!ut the Ull which Senator Kfmunds Introduced to turn the prop-rtv of the Mormon Church overio tne puMie schools of Utah falls to recognize any of thee general proposition pro-position . "Tho fact thit some of tho Mormons are poiyginiLsts and that tho Church teaches Uie doctrine of polygamy will nrtjutttfythe siipikxeil ormfiMMtion. TJieCoiutimUon of the" United fctatos declares that private property tbll troileulen for public ue"ithout joU compensation. We do not mean toMyihaUhe transfer of tho proper- , tr of this dissolved corporation to the public schools of Utah would bo in violation of this provision of the Con- i Mitatkin. Hut tie do ray it would be I ia vioIaU-ra of tho spirit. "TVhy should not Congress be just, even to the Mormons? Thousands of inemtersof the Mormon Church have neier lived in polygamy. Ought they to bo made to suffer because o( the crimes of o'her, or because their Chureh fetches the doctrine of rolyg-amy? rolyg-amy? Tl propoed connscatran is unnecessary. It would be unjust and JiaXalr." Tile foregoing is tersely put. Is muIlaminparo. and tiinply tman-twerati'e tman-twerati'e from the ftandpciul of reason, rea-son, justice and ltejaililUatiirtn. 4 Some lime since tho Xew York Sua h 1 a strong article with the right ring to it ujwn tins important subject. It was largely quoted and variously ric-ned. Whilo some journal-, opposed lU position, others assttyusIyHipiMrtea it. A private XenUemaii Mr. II. C. Rahlwiu, of i.roadway, Nur York took unqua ltiie.1 ground nlththe San, as will be seen by the fullawing, whkh appeared ap-peared in the columns of that pajier in tlie form of a Correspondence frm his tiec: T He Editor of tkr Sum: "Sir Your remarks on the.Mormon oonBscAiioo case are timelynnd just, but not severe enough. TheKdmunds aoiin manyot its features was the wort mfam.ns that eTer disgraced our national s,,tn-, bo ac(1 aign ,)ave been some very infamous. The do-iion do-iion of the Supreme Couit susuiuin-the susuiuin-the act will mum some dar to torment tor-ment nortnW-the courlWlhe Cot. sre of The United Slates. The leal caase for the !ra59r!tHit :kct neier "ed iuf ln4lM!dIcufsion over .t Jn CongrbIt, fauders claimed s obct wis to destroypolvgamy. The real object wr to destroy co- oponttive Korea thaUntertered with a. lot of shark who wantod to control con-trol ibe trade of Utah That act j . to from the women of UUb the i I Hfc'insSl. TS ' soEt3. nd conCseated! WBR5C!. ; rrJ- of the people and' SrJ Vft d 'n3e" the Prot xt of moralPy. i SSHBjKr i But I felt from the day of Its passage until the decision of the Supreme Court that It was so contrary to every principle of natural justice that a judicial ju-dicial decision would kill It. "I have not a word to say In defense of polygamy, but I have more respect for the Mormcns, who bad no bouses of prostitution and no illegitimate children to put into foundling hospitals, hos-pitals, than I have for the hypocrites who from nnvorthy motives secured the passage of the confiscation act." Mr. Baldwin is a xnin who is a credit to the race. lie has clear convictions of rightand. the courage to fearlessly state them over his own signature. Long may he live and be able to raise his voice and wield a pen in favor of the rignt and in denunciation de-nunciation of liLartleta demagogues whose un-American political and mercenary schemes are threatening tbe very existence of the Great Itc-pubhe. Itc-pubhe. The Los Angeles Hrprett very properly shows the absurdity of the Insinuation offered against Chief Justice Fuller liecauso of his dis-ajreemeut dis-ajreemeut with the majority of the Supreme Court on the recent confiscation confis-cation decision: The dissenting opinion of Chief Justice Fuller in tho decision of the United S.ates Supreme Court declaring declar-ing the Mormon Chnrch property escheated to the United States and the concurrence of tho same gentleman with the majority of the court in tho "original package" decision are cited as evidences of aspirations to the Presidency on tho part of Mr. Fuller, and it is predicted Mr. Cle eland may find in him a formidable rival for the Democratic nomination. This reasoning reason-ing dofr not appear to le sound. Concurrence in the "original pack ago" decision might make Mr. Fuller more po ular with the democrats, though it is encroachment upon the powers hitherto exercised by the States; but his dissent from tho Mormon Mor-mon decision, though tho latter was a s'artliug innovation for this country, could base no such etfect. Everybody Every-body is against the Mormons and Ibe man who even appears to take their side is likely to lose friends thereby." The DatJy of York, Pa., inters its protest agaiust the legislative and judicial Jesuitism by which the Church is robbed of its property, contributed by its members. II says: "Under this statute proceedings were instituted to forfeit and escheat to the United States tho property of the Mormon Church. The constitutionality constitu-tionality oftho legislation was disputed dis-puted by the Mormons but they have now lost the final battle in the court of last resort. "To ns it seems that this result can only be deemed satisfactory by those nbobelieio in the doctrine that the end justified tho means, however objectionable ob-jectionable the latter It is most desirable de-sirable that it should cease, but it should not be brought about by disregarding dis-regarding the plain commands of the Constitution; and hero wo have three judges of the Supreme Court of the United Sates, including the Chief Just ice, declaring that certain essential provision of the Edmunds act are in o intra veution of specific-limitations m the fundamental la of tho laud." The tame journal truthfully asserts as-serts that "the case is one of the most important evir decided by the Supreme Court." Tho following, uttered in Irony, from tho Albany Jlmcs, shows that tho position frequently assumed in relation to thu shameful and unju'tly discriminative treatment accorded the "Mormons" would widen out uutil it reached cthirs who are now ia thu enjoyment of all the rights and jrivilcgcs guaranteed by the Constitution is correct: "Hero havo we leen wasting time In endeavoring to cons ert the Murmons by sendiug them to prison and confiscating con-fiscating their church property, when wo have all the time had in our midst a 'Reformed' Presbyterian denomination, denomina-tion, the members of which refuse to act as good citizens ought to do. It is suggested that we shall now havo to do t little persecution upon them. They have been holdicg a conventicle, and tbeir wickedness has leaked out in the debates. They report that the constitution of the United States Is a 'Godless and Christies' document, by which rthgion is not established, and they, therefore, raruot conscientiously gh e their otes to recognize and sup-pirt sup-pirt it. These bold advocates of an established church, anl cf a religious doctrine enforceable by law, are surely not desirable citizens, according to our American Ideaofcieic duties." We have published the. i lew a of a largo number of American newspapers newspa-pers upon this ital question. The Importance of the sulject, combined with a desire to acquaint our readers with the fact tliat there nro still many patriots in tho land who are ready to oppose meaurcs that threaten the weal of the npubllc, even when the unpopular "Mormons" "Mor-mons" are the victims of the process, pro-cess, lias induced us to give somewhat some-what copious space to extracts of the nature of the foregoing. Be-1 sides, they are rather interesting reading, and well worthy of preservation. |
