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Show cr.tNKT uit I'uimi'rri .'.'Tim tiiiiil draViij w (h.i na .. vented I none hwihel ere for IbcMorruoq, add the enforeemuut of any mtaaure, eron to virtual dlifranelilaoluint, cuntiol beregantela paraeeutlon hy men who willfully and In. Unity defied the Una for Iweuly yeara." The above la clipped frsm the t-JItor-lal column! of Iho Hin 1'ranclwo Cintptcl. It ba live newaiper and Kinetlmut aaj lima bright thluga. Hut It la uinky on the Mormon" ipieatlou. The (V.ronla'e ought to know, If It doe net, that Ihue penon among tfio "MoniDn" people who violated vio-lated Ihnlaat of Conzrea rntrlctlog mtrrltge, were dlafranchUed right yean ago. No argument It now raited aa to Ilia Juitlce or Injuatlco of their oioluilon from iolltlcal right and privileges. Tiny are out of the present laiue. Sa draitlo law I promaed aa to them. Their caaohaa long been dla-PotM dla-PotM of. Tho "Mormoua" wlin aro now threatened wllh "virtual dlfrchli mriil' luvo not deflel the law a for twenty or any number of )ear, aud have not dlmbeyod tho lawa at all. Doe the CAronfefe mean to any that tho enforcement of auy measure, even to virtual dlifrauchlioment of theae "Mormon," agtluat whom there la no charge of breaking or defying Ihe law, "could not be regarded ajpuraocullou?" What would It be, then? Would It be right? Would It beju.tr. Would Itbo Chrlillan? Would It t American; And what can bo the olject of tuch adraatlo meaiureas tho dlafrauchlno-mint dlafrauchlno-mint of thousand of citizen ogalnul whum the law make no charge ur clalmf I Iheru auy ether object than he acceealon to political power of a minority of tho people of Utah? If the Vhrunktc doea not iniau to adaocate thla vlllaluou pgllcy,v hat do It word algnlfyT They amount to Idiotic drivel. The few lu Utah want to rule Ihe many. The only mean to thla end U to kill oilar sovereignty, to rmerae the law that mujorlllea govern. Ktrlke thu ballot from, thn hand of men who will nut aole for their oiieuilea. Bllllo the a olco of the majority, ao that tho mluorlly may have all thn aay, all the oftli es, all the emolument Ihere'Of. Tho CAruilc'e oud every other ax that tallafjr the dlifMtichlioiitont uf Ihoee "Mormoua" who mow have Uu aollugvaer, almply lend their aid to thu meal barefaced and braiu alterot atuulltlcal robbery over proposed lu the United ritaUi. |
