Show rr H. KNOW UTAH By y ALBERT F. F PHILIPS I When G Governor vernor H Harding on PIoneer day clay 1862 1562 was waa ed to tho the people in tim tho Bowery b by Governor Yoi Young ng lio ho said that ho hud desired tho the opportunity or of f looking upon such a vast conc concourse urse o of ot the people of f Utah at one oue time there thero were about present and that I It was right and proper that he should sa say saya a n few things to thel them The address was wa printed in s hIstory Governor Harding said I have bave come among you to enter upon tho the discharge of ot the hIgh and important duties that have devolved upon upon I me me and while I 1 greatly distrust my own ability yet yel yetI et etI I cannot but hope 0 that with your our assistance I 1 shall shan be able to discharge those duties s to your Ux satisfaction Lion tion and with strict fidelity to th the government whose servant 1 I 1 am 0 If JC i I know my o own heart I come como amongst you a messenger of or peace and good will will- willI I have no nor r either cither real or imaginary to to complain of ot and no re regions religious religious re- re gions prejudices to overcome Believing as is 9 I do that hat th the constitution of or the tho United States secures to very every citizen the right to worship God according to toie the ie dictates of or his own conscience and holding further fur fur- ther her that the constitution I is dependent for tor 1 lie ita 9 sup- sup port ort and maintenance on tho the preservation of or that sacred acred right it follow as ns a n. corollary that under no no pretext whatever will vIlt I consent to its violation in this particular by any Rny official act net of mine whilst governor gover- gover nor or o of ot this territory 0 0 In a government like ours based upon the freest exercIse of ot conscience religion is a matter between een man lan and his Maker and not between man and the government and for the tho honest exercise of ot duties Inculcated by his religious faith and and conscience so soong long ong as ho he docs does not infringe upon the rights of or others equally qually as sacred as his own he is not responsible to tony any ny human tribunal other than that which is found In n t the tho o universal judgment of or mankind S S SIf I If the right of or conscience of ot the minority depended de- de vended ended upon the tho will of ot the majority then in a a. gov- gov like ours that same minority in n a future day daylight might light control tho the conscience of or tho the majority of ot today when hen b by superior cunning and finesse a a political canvass canvass had been won in its favor and thus altel would It be in the of oC either cither when elevated elevated ele- ele to tho the s scat at o of tho the l lawmakers to impose a a. despotism des des- upon the conscience of ot its its' adversary only equaled l b by tho the Index a against which the Protestant world to so justly complained 0 0 It ll has long IonS been a maxim and accepted as true ue b bour by our ur people continued Governor Harding HardinS' that 1 it is safo safe to tolerate error errOl so long as truth is left free to combat it Who Vho arc in error and in what that error consists In Iii matters of at theology S are are questions only cognizable at the bar of ot heaven It Jt hn has b been en th the fate tate ot f propagandists of oC new ideas and religious s dogmas without regard to their truth or falsity to meet with position opposition ending in lit the most cruel persecution Hoary oary headed error claiming for itself the communIty It Ity ty of ot ages as glares with jaundiced eyes upon all aU new ideas cas which refuse t to td pay to it accustomed accustom cd homage 0 4 0 I I know of oC no law of the human mind that makes this ils ago age an exception to tho rule Nevertheless he who ho founds his Ideas Ide-cl and theories on truth correlative with his lh physical and spiritual being and consequently conse conse- in harmony tim the law of oC nature must I conse ul- ul succeed while he ho who builds upon falsehood must hale the tho fate of him who builds his house upon the he sand This I is not only a a. declaration of ot divine truth ruth but is in accordance with all human eXI experience The he great gnat highway of oC mans man's civilization Is streIth strewn n with Ith Ith tho wrecks ot of a thou thousand and systems system once the tho hope of f their founders and challenging the thc confidence of mankind S 0 0 S The Tho founders of oC our constitution full fully comprehended compre- compre these Ideas I ha have hav v s so o briefly glanced at t and ind thc they clothe clotho the citizen with ab absolute immunity In the tho exercise of oC his rIgl tB o of conscience With the protecting shield of oC the constitution around him and andover vcr over him In all the diverging Ing paths the inquirer Is isled led d In 11 his lila researches after truth In the dim unknown of I f speculative theology S SI I 6 6 |