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Show (um)ion toinr. "IL," THK alvocale of continued 'Lllieralltml"lnformathe pukllo that the I'eople't party waa the "Mormon" or Chhrch party aud that, "IJI-ratt fttt.1 .Mormont dirr-r attotht eourre of ptieer, Murrnnni'iu iltnltt thai Ilia anlharlly ant rljhl oftlovetn. inent rett Id ILe content of the fpjr-erned." fpjr-erned." That la all error. We will not tay It It Intentional, thouh It la dllilcull for ut to tee how any one familiar with ".Mormon" rlnclp! could aay any IhlliK like It eicept with ft detlre lo deceive. Anyhow, It la not true. If Ibtre la ahe thing made more emphatic emphat-ic than another In "Mormonlim," It la IhealMluleneceMlly nf the "content of tliegovcrnrl'Mu all things whetli er Ihey be eccletlattlcal or political. Thla doctrine runithrougli the whole theory of "Morinonttm," and thla prailloo la recognlwd In everything It undtrlakee to Influence, It tvachi that thla la an eerentlil In heaven and earth, and that there I) no legitimate government without It. In the gov. eminent of tlml, even, It recognlnt the content of the people. If any. body liu taught or attempted to (notice (no-tice or etlaMUh anything dlllcreut to tlili, that wat not ".Moinioulim" Ut a denial au) rervenloii of II. !t II be dlttlnclly underlol that "Mormonlim" leachM the eoverelgnty of every earthly government In llaowu t4iere, and that In Ihla country the eoverelgnty It in the people, ml eter Clel through the ieiple'a elected eer vanUand rrpretvntallvet. Alto that In evclettattlml alTUIrt, the (wera of government vetel In Church orllceia If "by common content." Therelorn "Mormonlim" doea A deny, but met alllvely affirm, af-firm, that "the autlnrlty and rUht of government ntla lu the content of the governed," Any one whoae-eila hi the contrary either doea not undir. (land or cite wilfully mlircpreeeuta thetulj.it. Hut that metho.1 la the tubtteoce aud aplrlt of axallel "Lib eral"nrguuicnt. |