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Show tin: tin iti ii ami mtati: A)I1MIM1T. HtvniAl, public Journalt are com-rnentlngiou com-rnentlngiou the proiwaltlou for aa AmcuJinent lo the Conatltullon, for-lidding for-lidding any Hlato lo make a law napecllng an ettabllihment of religion or rohlbltlng the free eieri lie theieof, or to make an) ap roprlatlon of public pub-lic funda for rellgloua purpOHt. Among tin m the I'hlladilrhla Jltcord aupiorla the 1 roltlou, auawiraaome objectUna to It and touch on Hi relation re-lation to the "Mormon'1 uctlon. The limrd aaye: "In regard to the Mormon-, It la argued ar-gued that ahould Utah lo erected Into a Mato they could nu auch Uwa at might ploaio them for maintaining Iholr eccle-alaatlcal eccle-alaatlcal rilabllihrnenl. Mo long aa Utah abnll remain a Tcrtltory tho Mnrmona nuint autnnlt to the laaa of Con-grea, Con-grea, which elTrrliially forbid any In-teiferemv In-teiferemv with the tcllgloua llliertlea nl tho (lelitllea. Hut onro adlnllte.1 Into tho Union the Mormon l'llonta. Udera and rulera could act the United Hulca government govern-ment at dellatice. "On the other hand, 11 It urged that en amendment dealgoeil for tlm Mormona might acrlouily Interfere with N ate aup-pfirtof aup-pfirtof bcDcrolrnt Imtltutiona ond hoi-pl'ala hoi-pl'ala that aro more or leaa under the control con-trol uf rellgloua tlrnouiliiatloo4. Such prtddhlllon wont 1 hardly be In the ult-llo ult-llo Intercit, Hut tho argument doea not appear to Ik, well fonn letl. While tho j rot IMon nf the t'unailtutlon of l nntyl-lanla nntyl-lanla In regard In Church and Stale per-mile per-mile nuapi roprlatlon of money for rellgloua re-llgloua iiirtttKta, It haa not been ao eon-lrucd aa to prohibit ap- roprlatlom or publlo ninney lo charltlca Hint are uiauaged by rellgloua denomination." The dllllcully here tuggetlel might eailly be overcome ly ad ling a pro-vlaothat pro-vlaothat thla 'rotection ahall not bo conetruod aa attecllng publlo Inttltu-tlona Inttltu-tlona for tMitevoleut and rharltaldo )urjiB Theoonntotiou between re. Ilglou and Iwnevolencu la ao Intimate that a Uivlalon It almoat lmioailhle. Hut a nllgloua ittabltthmeut and a lenevoleut lnatltuttoii may t i ntlrely dlallnct, and publlo lunda might rapt ra-pt rly be devoted to the latter which ought not to be upended for thu former. Tho maintenance of a particular par-ticular church, directly or Indlrtctly by the Htate, ahould be forbidden. Hut the Hlato may (roperly aid In the aupport of a hoapltal or liouie of charity, I rovldlng It la not med In any way lo iroutotethe Intereata orteneta of a rillirlnualiady, The attempt to, divert tbo funda donated to the "Mormon" Church lor rellgloua oljecta to the aupport of tbo ptbllo tchoola, la a violation of tho principle Involved lu thla doctrine of the tiitlre aejnratlan of Church and Htale. For, If It la wroug to devote thefuudaof IneHlatetoeUlgloue pur-poapa, pur-poapa, It la eipially wrong to telze the funda of aChunh nud divert them to becular furpoaea And It It remark, ablo that a griater protent agnlntt auch a manlft-rt lnjuttlco and departure front tatabllthed rule, la not ral-nl by the ul It aud the ) reaa of the United Htalua. If it were not the 'Mormon" Church that la dlreitly allrcted by thla attimit, II la certain that the wholo country woulu-ba arouaid agaluat thu wrong. A There la no deilre on thu art of tho "Mormon" Chu n It to bit nil Itn If wllh thuBtateorginUatlon, to control It or to luCerlere wllh Itafuncllona. Aa we haveahown turtii) tlmea heretofore, It clalma no authoilty uver thu Hlate, but Ita doctrine and theory Inculcate re-t4Ct re-t4Ct for attularlaw mid theludend-enreofHtalo theludend-enreofHtalo authority from rellgloua domination. Therefore, the roo. Hon for the Amthdiiunt In reference toalllheblatre will unit wlllinucp-laltlou wlllinucp-laltlou from tho "Mormon" )oih, who, wb havo no doubt, would vote aa freely for It If tin) had thu o- porlunlty at any opionunta ot the utlou of Church nnd btate that can I o fouud In any part of the nation. |
