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Show THUAJIMSM l'l II1I0. Tun umnesly pttltlon Isetlll In the bunds uf lVisblent llarrlsou. Mauy Inquiries are mndu In relatlou lo It. The dutlea of Ihe President of the United Htates are mauy and onerous. It takta time lo aicotnpllsh Huthlig of uu cnicluliharaLler. The amnesty matter Is one of Importance anl will be duly and carefully considered befuru action Is taken conurnlug It. The probability Is that It will be dl elded favorably, as the general sentiment of thoughtful p.uple Is thatlhupelltloil ihoul! bo grunted. Among other pv ptrs, the Washington W exjriHiea uu opinion on tho luljict which Ism fullous: "Msny resions msr lm atseii for r--llseiligofllielr ill-sMIIUiS sa, h . Illsnn-. uf Utah as have been rllsfranohliMfcl be i-sii-eufthclr former (-"lyKamous prao-Ikc-s, ouo or wblrh Is llmt polygamy has prsrtlrsllyeesse.ltooalt ss a tenet of Ihe Mormon Cliarcli, and Ibe eblel of which Is Ibst It Is wholly contrary to the theory of our Institutions lo keep any class or 1-ody of the eople under tho bsn ef political ilurraoehlseinent after Ibey hat o once abandoned the offenses thst provoked the euitallinent of Ihelr rights. With tho undoing of the causes shoul 1 come a au-.pen-.Ion ol the ron-e quenres, and there Is ample warrant for the belief that In Ihls case Ihe Mormons are fully enlllled lo the amnea'y fur which they ask, and that their petition Is presented In entire good faith ''It msy require time to obliterate all of the rejudlcraln favor of their peculiar religious system catcrlelned be the older meinlwrs of the Mormon Chureb, hut enniikth Is known of the changed rotidl-lion rotidl-lion of sITsIrs In Utah, or If nut known to the Presidency mayeasllyl-n aicertalnol liylnveitlirstlott,tojullfy him lu evercls-Ing evercls-Ing clemency towarl the petitioners. They are no longer polygamli'si theyglvo Ihe inoit solemn assursnees that they no longer place tho authority of the hierarchy hier-archy alsjso thsrnf Ihe 1'nltsd Matesl that thsy hate abandoned In theory and fad certain cut oms which they wire taught to regard as 'wrinl-sltila and right, but which the government hasconileinucd as criminal) that Ihey are thoroughly total lo Ibe lawful authorities, and In all respects entitled to the full prrmgallvis ol othsrchlrens. Why, then, msy not tho period of their probation lio surely lermlnatcl? U list Is to ce gslned by pet-petuatlng pet-petuatlng Ihelr disabilities "In view of the fart that the Mormons are In a genrral wayluduttrloos, orderly, and proqicroui, thsy have had a pretty rutlh deal at the hands of the (lorern-lueut (lorern-lueut anl have gone through asetere disciplinary ordeal. Hut the en 1 hss rome at last. IheUoterlimeul has succeeded suc-ceeded In all that It undertook to do, and havlug galnvtl Its points beyond the per-adventure per-adventure of a rela e or reaction, It can now atfurd lo be magoanltnnua." |
