Show THE 5 SHAME NAME AND FALSEHOOD OF IT Th There Ther ere is if g the Deseret News 1 loves sf lo r so o much I Ito to ia elaborate u upon P on as the P Peo persecutions of the Mormon l P people eo P le unless it be to brio bring r out some studied and and im impossible P Pa falsehood that has grown mouldy with a age g e revamp P it and s spring P rin g it to upon P on a later generation t as s a rin ringing ing truth The one about the red hot address is hi iu P point That was bras a f fake ke but there tt was as not one thing r in it that Mormon elders have not frequently fre q proclaimed reclaimed Yet because that was proved pro ot be a fake the News at intervals without giving its its words has held it up to a generation that never ne' saw It something g alto altogether g ether monstrous And it has done it as the organ of the Lord with TI Truth Ittin and Libert y H at its masthead Was Nas ever a religion maintained in such a fashion as that before f Now as s' s to tp o perse persecutions whenever e the they Y Yan are charged it is isan an im impeachment 1 of the generosity f and sad sense of justice jus jus- tice tics of the American people people people-in in four states of this r republic public sp a P people ea P le among tt which every other form of religious belief is never under the slightest apprehension apprehension ap ap- r of persecution or interference e with r then is the matter It is simply this From the days of Joseph Smith down the assumption of thc t the h C C chiefs hi C of this Mormon o or has been that r their t h o it reli religion gl ou absolves them from obe obeying ing in b an any au y law that the they y do o not P please lease to obey ober and on the other hand to ado adopt t and follow an any Y rule that suits suit them no lib matter how repugnant it mn may be to the sense of right ri g ht of Christian men Ines and women r so soong Jong ong on g as they thew can can claim laim is as a part of their n. n J. J Then in iii one hour the they r proclaim reclaim that the constitution tion lion of the United States Stales was was was' framed on an au inspiration ties Hon from God himself and anti in n the next nest they stamp it under foot And end if reproached for it they cry ut persecution I For or t two o y years ears cars after statehood d came to Utah r there was no llo happier happi cr nor more peaceful state in iu the union nion 1 The Mormons l still had their religion religion reli reli- g gion and anti were absolutely undisturbed in the exer- exer c Of lt The reason of the rest that came to to Utah was that chat th the chiefs ha had P promised remised to do away with P polygamy oh g gatny aT amy r and anti to no more interfere with their people politically politically po po- and they seemed to be keeping their word No o o one better than th the they y y know that the P peace save tt would never have been broken had they ther kept their solemn covenants But the old rule nIle was teas too sweet to relinquish relin relin- sh they again put it in force and tl tho rho o moment th there re was titas au any y objection offered t they hc ab again na nay nn began to fo shout persecution ties It is a cry as false as it itis itis' itis it itis' itis is is' base and cowardly They know there are arc yet thousands of their people who will till never stop to investigate n the matter They have been brought it up uP p to obey obe without q question o n until l they the have lost capacity to question question tile the capacity and coura courage g c. c ce they ther in is the face of the statutes of Utah wh ich ch t their own people passed go to the tabernacle at conference and vote to sustain men who h have a a no nol regard l for fm the laws of this republic at the same sarno command they ther Is lay their tain tainted ed hands upon the free American ballot and cast it it as aSI thc they y are bid bidden den to and anti never realize that thai b by br y the act they the y di dishonor th the country that protects them and by bye the rho same act deade dede de de- ade de' de themselves And nd al all t the h C time they hold all who vl ho o charge their chiefs tit with ith P perfidy Y and them with tl 1 b bets being i h serfs a s H enemies cosmic e s o of f then their religion There will vill will a time when ashen the they will come s grow root out of that tha t or there will be another disfranchisement bill Pram framed frame ed and anti next time it will P pass ass |