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Show i" ; KEUGIIIlNiEU'-WlCEItVlTION I ', It ought to t somewhat fresh in ;jf - - theralndsof Uie local public that I ! fmne Ifculiar clrcumstanoo cxMed t In connection Hh the initial effort I toeHaMi-ha MethodM u ni versrtt f InDtah. Tfie boom craz- was ram- pant at the time, and as the prc-r prc-r tnoters of H jtoikkpU iumtutlon were on the lookout for what 1. raKumonly called the "main c K - chance," tliey hunted for suWlau- lial InducemenU to cause them to I 4ect a site In Hm; city oirerin,- Uie f 'm't Profitable ones to thwv (vll. s iieeteJ wHh the nterpri4. Hravy ib-cripUons were om-red by mjri, orls prominent LiUer-lay SiiIlls and other aUractious ere tendered for Uie Irtinxjee of securing the site for a leading town saulh of Salt Like. We took occasion at the time to 5 express an opinion to the turct that I the members of the Ciuireh who I were indicating t'ueir anxiety In the ' direction referred to were assuming an attitu ie thst could not properly I be claimed to be con'stent, as the ' institution in question was evIJent-ly evIJent-ly intended to be a feature In carrying out the declared policy of Its promoters the breaking up of the Church of Jesus Chri-t of Latter Lat-ter day Saints. Of course we arc auare that this is an ImKsIblc feat, but this Iwing so does not affect af-fect the intention of t!io-t engaged ill the reilekw-s crusade. It was clear enough that the proposed Institution In-stitution was intended to ojierate iu the process of invading the ranks of the Church by reaching the young. ThU is the ibcbred mode of attack, the cor!eof exjeri-encc exjeri-encc and matured judgment bring beyond tlieiointof susceptibility to be caught by Metbedi-tica! chad". From this standpoint itapcml anomalous that Litter-day Saints could aid in the estiblMiment of an institution whose genius and intent in-tent were to mike war on the "Mormon" Church and procure the deprival of Hi members of their poIKk-al rights and privileges as citizens. Tne lositkni assumed by this. journal was met, on the jnrt of tho-e wliose course was questioned, by a statement to the effect that tut ir action had a purely Uisnu-s basis, Uie tielief being that the lown would receiea financial benefit by the estaMisliiiHnt there of tlie MethodM. University. The natural reply lo llii was tliat the Interests of liu4ncas sliouKl not, w ith tjtle who believe In fix, surr-de tho-e uf ri-liglon. Otherwise there wouIJ be auapearance of niamoioii worship. wor-ship. The subscribers had been Informed by Uie miiie-terial promoters of the imitated iu-titution. liowever, that it was to be purely educational, lion -religions and by no means sectarian. This was asserted and in-isted with all tlie surface appearance of truth and frankness. The claim looked ab-uni on its f ice. Tlie klea of a non-seeUriau, non-seeUriau, 'tou-religious Methodist University was a clear as mud, and oaly t forth for the i-urjsx- of prc-curing prc-curing maiH-y. Of cour-e thUiiu-plies thUiiu-plies that the solicitors were jiiotH hypocrites, but if the truth proves tbte it cannot well be licliml. That the facts make tills dcmouMratloii is beyond the region of doubt. We propose to slww that such is the ca.-c. If the position assumed on Uie sulject by the News In Ike first place needed any sujiport, His found in tlie proceeding-, a short time ago, associated with the tajing of the foundation stone of the Mcthoui-t I Kpisroioi Unlversityat Ogden, tlmt town having been cliv-en as the locality for iu eabli-hmeut. Mr. Arthur 1. Thomas apfteared In the dual caparlly of Governor and MethodM. Tlie diameter of his remarks showed that he kept his official rote in the rear anil devoted himself entirely t the work that might be cx,iecti frm a narrow - gauge and heartless sectarian religionist and popular pop-ular clamor poMkal caterer. Asa result nine-tentlis of his speech was set apart for an untruthful, unchristian un-christian asoult upon the religion of the Litter day Silnts. The method healoi4eJ was bick-Uand-ed, as be attribute! features to that religion that have not the remotest connect-on with it. and tlien proceeded pro-ceeded to demolish his mud and straw tnannlkln. Ilk peroration, if such it couM be called, was devoted de-voted to a eulogy of Melhodi-m, In order to show its pre-eminent sujieri-ority. sujieri-ority. And yet this mm Itotdstlie losilionof (jovernorof the Territory: What a spectacle he present;! It is such a picture as In'n-s with inelfable disgust, even men of his own iwrty. We Amos' this for a fact. Tim iwr man does nut know that a cour-e of injustice auu an unreasoning, irsecutive sjiirit lias IU legitimate res ill. It leads luevl. taMy to the ultiniite total lo-s of every sjari of Iiilluence i--ti1 by tliose w ho follow that path. Walt and see. rtev. rUm. Small's address was of the same stripe, with the exception that it was diligurej by the most ridiculous highfatutln expres-hius, as well as being impregnated with anb-CnristLu animus. This con-ceitel con-ceitel Wgot e vWeutly does nut know that the jwntiou of nal Cliri-tlan-s never that of a-ailant a.wl vreiuir, hWorj- pliclng it le yond doubt inckidiug the example of the Ureal Master that tliey naturally, nat-urally, owing lo their unworldly character, are thru-t into tlie jw-4-tlon of theper-ecuted. Tlie jiurjort of the ceremonies lH-es tlie iueMloH leyoirl douU that the chief Intent connected with the establishment of the sectarian lu-titulkm referred to, is to oppose and, so far as practicable, break up the Chinch of Jesus Chrfct of Latter-day Saint.. Tlie lugk-al eonclu-ioii eonclu-ioii inevitably remittitur fnumli.... lrembes is that w lieu its promoters solicited donations to ii'rt it 011 Hie ba-ls of its non-r.Iigiou, 11011-sectana'i 11011-sectana'i character, tlu-y were slniiJy aetlug in opposition to the liwsof (.tod and man, which forbid tlie obtaining of mom-y under fal-e iiretenses. tf course, as already stated, this afco amounts toa charge of iiypocri-y, lit iflhe truth makes this xhlblt, it is l- on 1 our proviiH-e to pn-vent pn-vent iu We hold tliat ieopIe w lio wisli to, have a perfect right to c-tabitsli in-stiluthius in-stiluthius of their own liking wlio-e purposes do not conflict with the la s and w ith the rights of others. No nutter how much they opfo-e 'Momionlsiu," that sj stent cannot beiinialredbythelrwotk or presence. pres-ence. Itut we do ime-tioii the Iroprict and consilency of persons per-sons giving jiccuuiary aid and comfort to forces that nn- 1m.11. lyaiiuedat the demoIiUou of the Church to which they Inking. Tliey inrtakeoftlie wronr. produi-ed. Such a cour-e is in the nature of religious re-ligious suicide, and is one that lias few if any parallels or examples outside of tlie Church of Jcrtis Chri-t of Iatter-lay Saints. |