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Show is tu ciii'iicii tovuscmox. Tiik Amttknn Stnltntt of May 7, HM, liai a very able article; untitled, "The New American Devolution." It relalra vilely to tho ilecMon of tbe United Hletee Huprrme court of May I0,1S9, onlbeconnacatloti of "Mormon" "Mor-mon" Church property. Tito Senttntt bolda that aorording to the Declaration Declara-tion of Independence tbe principle underlying our government la, that It la "a leceof machinery wlilcli the jwplo tet up In order mora fully to make themtelvra tecure In the enjoyment enjoy-ment of their rlgbta." Tbla principle underllra all the cunatllullona of the Union, both Htalo and National. Tbe gnat aim of the revolutlonlata waa to frameagivrrnmint that would be lm pertonal, and above all lubordlnate to the people, Tbla they aucoeedeil In doing. Tbo Sentinel ai)a that tbe work accompllabed by the fatbera of tbo lU'rubllo la now trampled under foot by the Hupreme court of the United Hutu, and that the prln-cljle prln-cljle ol r.uroau dripotlania baa been mado the rule of law. II emphatically aet rta that the Amcrl ranrluclle and tytlcni of government govern-ment baa been tupplaiittU by the Ilrlt Mi and Itoman. Coutlnulng, the Sentinel makea till preaentment of the cur: The act of L'oogrcaaof 1602 pro-hlblta pro-hlblta any ndlgloua or charitable cor porallon In Utah to own property of greater value than $W,IXM. In ISSI the "Mormon" Church pomeated real ratale worth $2,000,000 and pertonal prorcrty worth 11,000,000. )!y thorn fomraent of what la known aa die Udmuuda law of lSS7,tho queatloti of coufltcatlng "Mormon" Church pro erly ov.rJM.W) In value under the Uv of I Si: oameiip. The Hupreuie Court of the Territory of Utah decided that the couflacatlon waa valid. Thle Uoclilon waa auitalnnl by liierluprrnie Court of the United Htatui. It waa maintained by tbo defonae that the proierty waa a truat held by the cor ratlon fur Individual membera whu by douatloua, lauevla and coutrlliu. tlonaacoumiilatodlt, and placeil It In the handa of tbe Church, aa a truat. Thla claim waa dltputed by the United Htatea. Tbe S4ntlnet dote not touch on the quittlon of whether the law of 1892 waa violated or not. The Supreme Court held that whether tbla law eclated ec-lated or not the corinratlon could be dUtolved. Hut the Sentinel meaua to ahow that the American principle of government haa beeu violated, and Ihlaltcaiido without touching on tbe Iawoflb02. The Hiipremu Court In lta dcclalon of 1690 taja: i "When a liintn-.i corporation, lintl-ttiutl lintl-ttiutl for tlie purpM of gain or prlrato lutereit, la diaiolvo.1, tbo modern doo trine la that lta proporly, after the y-ment y-ment of ha debta, eiulubly tlonga to luatoekholdart. Hut thla doctrine liaa liotor been oalendod to publlo corpora-tlooa. corpora-tlooa. Aa to tlil, the ancient anl eiUb-!U!iil eiUb-!U!iil rulo prevalla, that v, ben a corKira-lion corKira-lion la dhuolved, lta poraonat prorty, like that of a man dying without bolra, lnwris tillijecl to Ilia dlapoaal of the toverolgu authority." In reply to thla the Sentinel aaya: "Now with all iluorrpot to the lion-oiablo lion-oiablo court. It may lie In pilrod, why abould not Uio inolorn iloctrlno bo ap-pllml ap-pllml to publlo corporation! aa well ai to private? Why alioul 1 the ancient doo-trlue doo-trlue bo adopte.1 In auih cav, when, to ilotl.lt la iwiur; te proee. In the facoot tho principle- and In-tllotloiia of Ihegovernmout of whtih llio court la but apart. When tho ancient diHlrlna la adopted the prlnolplea of the anclout Eovrmmant liinat llkowlao be adoptod, bomuao Iho ancient got eminent la but Uioeiprwilou of the principle- of tbo ancient gnverninent. And tbo prlnclplea of all Iboao tpivernmenta wcrodlroclly tbo rovarao of the prlnclplea of thla gov erument, Thla will bo teen moro fully aa we prnrrod. Ilia In fact toenln tbo above oxprrn-lnii that jwiraonal property, In am h raaea aa thla uuder Mii.lderallon, liooouioa aubjooi to 'the aoverelgu an-thorlly.'" The imeitlou now arlata ho or what la llio aoverelgu authority, Han-croft Han-croft it) a lu bla hlatnry of the Con-alllutlon, Con-alllutlon, Hook v, chter It "la It naked who la the wvrrelgii of the United Htatea? The worla toverelgu and uibjrcta are uuknowu tu the Con-alltutlou." Con-alltutlou." It la true that the jwple are toverelgu; but they do nut eaer-Clio eaer-Clio tuolr aoverelgnly nuthurltatlvely M audi directly, nor of thrmielvea. Ilamroafurlher tayi: "The opleof the United Htatoa Invo declaro. lu tlulr Ceuatltutlau that the law alone la tupreme; nod havu deiluetl llmt upreiue law." It la plain that tu ana-tain ana-tain tho Territorial court, the United BtalmHupreme Court had to aoik for a aoverelgu authority. And m there la no audi thing known to American prlnclplea, tho court waa mcemrlly drhen to forclgiigovernuieutafor their authority. The Hu rcme Court fur-thtr fur-thtr aaldi BMiSl Tito prlnrlploa of the law eifrbarltlet are ixt cnfliia1 to a tartlcuhir -.eniite or nallun, bntprrlatllnatl clvlllte.1 t-nill-trk"i 1MIM t,r tbe pltrtr.rchrl.il anlly. '11,. tre foun I lrul.ldM In the civil law f Home, In llm lawa or tbe European litthnt, and tM-ecIally In Iho laweof that nation, from which our In-tUtiitlona In-tUtiitlona ere ilerlreil." In Uita arguea the Sentinel the court tuljrtta Itielf to crlllilam, and thnwa j.laluljr that It la not kiting In harmony with American prlnclplea nor American law. In European govern menta a eoverelgn authority ea-I. ea-I. ted. They were not govermncnta of the peoj le, but of the toverelgna and tbe people were tubjrett. The govern, merit of llvme waa atieolullam pure ami tlmple. Tbe Kmporor waa father of thecountry. He alone ruled, nnd It la only a few ilaya ago tlnce Kmperor William of Uermany talil "he alone ruleil." In Kngland at the tlment the revolution, though the monarch waanotalmlutr, yit the ayateni pre-vallttl pre-vallttl and the tcrma tori relgu and tiilrtt were and are tlgoroutly ob-tarred. ob-tarred. Oir Inatltutlona wire eatab-IMieil eatab-IMieil on prlnclplea contrary to tboto of KiigUnd. There nnd In llurope, overclgna held their place by "right dlvlnu," In America the government of the United Hlatre waa ta derive IU Juat jwrrt from the conaent of the govi rncd. |