| Show VERY CHRISTIAN IS IT NOT NOTI t I The North rth Western Well I em Christian A vo vote te of ot November K 8 attempts to 10 take p new hew tack In n Its It II devious course courso of ot ac action tion against Senator Heed Smoot TJi Th article It contains Is 18 entitled Mormon unification Nullification of ot Law and atul consists of oC a labored effort to show why h the Senator should be from the tho seIt seat he heI I in III the upper tipper house of or Congress 8 r h is 18 1 a it theme which h va rt on tm the th Iii lines linc pursued ue In II the article under consideration Is IN more suited Butted to a 1 seen lar than a mm 1 religious public Journal Hut But tho Advocate which culls tIt Itself It elt Chris seems determined to tu mix up UI upchurch church und state 1110 Ie In reference to question while It pretends that Hitch a u procedure on the part of ot the Mormons i 1 I Is I so su o highly reprehensible that It ought I to tu be stamped under foot toot by b the people of ot this Republic t Tho Timo Advocate claims that thAI heretofore i It U haM printed l this ease case ra e In Its senti sentimental 1 I mental anti and moral aspects n hut now I essays eay lo to Rive give Ive the th legal igal side Il e of ut the op up opposition upI I position to the Senator and show why whylie wh I lie ho ie should not occupy his hIm scat Hut after acter wading through h R It m great mass of nr m i rending matter It Is k found that thero thoro thorois theror r Is III nothing In ht It hut but the name lIne old tirade k H against the leaders eader of pt the Church their k alleged el defiance t of oC the government i and the tho laws lawn of ot the tho country countr and the th thi U I i II legislation and decision of ot courts 11 i I Ii I j the practice of ot polygamy Quo Quotations QuoI I are arc given KIen from froni decisions of or the United SluteR Supreme Court concern concerning concerning m ing the line tou between bet religious rell liberty I under the Constitution and ami the Infraction lion tion of or law enacted to govern the acts t not riot the UI belief hellet of ot individuals I That is all nil stale argument on that t which tong long Inn I ago ngo ceased to be b a 1 point of ot o contention The lime Saints It stood for tor many IMn years upon the theory ii that tut the first amendment to the Constitution Con tl tulon nf of time the United States was waH Intended m to protect religious nets IllI or the Ihl free tren freem m exercise of at religious duties and practices tices tIce therefore covered COele the ground of ut tho time plural marriages Into which they had entered from motives and anti under religious ceremonies for to I which they the did not th thA sanction or rec recognition re of ot secular law After the I decisions of ot the Court of ot time the United States on these th 1 questions they timey e Ie anti and ceased to con conS contract conSI conr tract such lIuch relAtion as nil were forbidden r I f r by the laws 1 ia a tvs 9 pronounced constitutional To bring up now those thoe decisions ami onti t I I argue nfl ue upon them Is III ij a II waste of ot otI I ri time energy and print Ho tO I with I Ii II n decision rendered In lu n II Utah fi which the th Advocate copies at Ut h length lell th and which was notoriously notorious i rendered for tor a 1 political purpose yes wan In 10 Indirect U lUred direct opposition to the evidence ad adduced dued and after 1111 lt Immediate purpose I was vas served was vas treated as s n nullity In Inthe Inn inthe n the very or court In which It was III lender II mi oil and a was van repudiated a etl or 01 Ignored In InI Int t I I the Hie other courts of ot time the Territory 1 The Advocate shows In many of ot the article to which It II hUH has given giemi space Us Its Ignorance of oC the tho facts In iii the history i of or Utah and tho the Mormons which we wedo weI do 10 not mint rare care to tl t allude to except In one oner I I ur or r two Instances In For l or example It says jAYS In 12 IS the th ti House passed what Is I known as Us tho Morrill bill 1 which pun punished Ishel not only polygamous pol marriages I lIt but cohabitation without marriage Reference to tb statute mentioned will I show that neither polygamy nor norI I I 1 Is mentioned 1 therein It 11 IH Is I an on lid art bigamy I for tor committing which It II provides n t pen ren penult of ot fins fine and amid Imprisonment Noth m ing In Is sold said lal about It The rh of ot I f fens ren e of ot polygamy was vas not established sod and defined by b Congress until I tho tim act of or March Marcim 32 22 t In which the different orten of nr polygamous cohabitation rohl I I was wms W prohibited cad ami defined I I When r kulI journals to t expound cular law they th ought to on en to 10 be right before I they to go 1111 ahead In iii commenting upon It the Advocate sy sayi The law luI however was practically a dead letter leUer as nil n Is II to it II its y the of ot the Constitution eon f of t th the State of ot prohibiting poly amy U h Is III Ii true truo that the bigamy art act of fie 1582 ISBa remained u II dead leatI letter on the statute books of or the Ih States State but It II U 18 I not Mt true trul tail the th provision of tf the Constitution of ot the Ihl Stale ral of lit Utah pro iro prohibiting polygamy Rm U I tL 1 d ad letter I 1 It ItI I 1 jl a Mile made and by h state legislation 1 antI and i Is found fully tUlly anti and nt IO f force forve whenever H a case caps of or polygamy m ran nn b be substantiated d by b evidence evidene t i From what the Advocate fIM ts forth It ems that thaI that pp I r I would like to have hast suspected punished without evidence If It their nl at l ged offense orten I is rented 11 In any An way to toi i polygamy What the tUi Advocate real really reali ly i knows about ruh itah affairs and the i Mormon would 1 occupy O cuPY a avery at t vr very Ir lilt hit of ot space in a corner of or that Journal That t paper r ts the falsehood which the time e w News Nv has pointed out nut n more than emmea 1118 that thaI certain rep 1 ro n or of the Lh formon Church save gave a II iol mn l gj to the nation that the would l Klon the teachings c md nI practice practices ot o tims doctrine d of ot poly Iol All AU 1 that Is I necessary to 10 refute the Advocates falsehood Is 18 to read rai the petition for Cor amnesty In which that pledge Is III alleged to 0 be given RIen The Th Advocate speak of ot President Joseph I l Smiths declared 1 con contempt 01 tempt for till the law lau la II or of the tue of tIt f Utah also alA stales that ham hum H II has haV entered Into I a polygamous man la e since the MUll Mani Manifesto festo Its assertions are ore false hut hilt quite worthy of ot time the columns of ot that President Smith declared ro no for 01 the law lall but bUI bu t expressed tI his hl willingness w to h abide the tho th of Vt any au ny net act he h hind Imd committed anti and there Is I not a scintilla of oe evidence that Elder Roberts entered Into that relation since Inee the manifesto CIt of W WOne I One me more statement of ot the Advocate w I will notice leave lease that part of ot the Iho Ih subject It says IS Thu fht State of ut Utah Claim atmil the Mormon Irmon Church which so Fa far tur lill as s the HII election of or is hI s ron eon corned Is I the State Hlo II of r Utah hae acted In bad faith It h This ThIll Is III but hut ft it 1 lep o of oe tho rubbish h that has imas bEell gathered up uj hurl horn anti and sent out to d Ie Ic relve the people ole ot of t her the Kant The Iho Ih l of oC Utah Luau has haM compiled 11 fully tull with Ith the th requirements of ot the Enabling Act and atmil gone still further In carrying Into Inlo effect i he time demands Iem ud of ot the till government 1114 1111 H ox oc o ore Pressed re ell in that thit net act rho The Mormon Church hurd Is not th the State fir f Utah has hiatt hl T to 10 do ilo with Its control l Is I as aA separate and distinct II I from froth It ns nil any other o Church In any itt Ull other Slate and am t iCes loes not direct or effect election of ut O In itt the State Sioto No o matter how hol m nany times time the Advocate repeats r the libel the time proofs are nil tn to 0 the he th t contrary It Is 11 simply a tt conven convenient ent l I nl slander for Cor apora l Rn n rii preachers to circulate Now Noll oa what have ill all the pretended ar mit argument Incorrect In data and ind virulent L it lacks on tho the Mormon Church lend lead leaders ers to io do o with the tile legal aspect 1 lect if It the Ihl case ase la e against H S Smoot The lh ogk i of ot It II Is 18 this Certain prominent Mormons are arc charged d by IW b public ru MI rumor n mol mor not nut by h 1 any legal le ll complaint In I with having h broken a IL 1 pledge to 10 the nation and with practices contrary to 10 law II Hut But R Heed ed Smoot Is I not accused of any of ot these o He lie Is I admitted to be bl befree befree free tree from them personally but he lie Is I IA associated A with those persons und and therefore t It II is II to be h b concluded that ho he connives at al wrongdoing If H It wire ire admitted that the tho charges pre lire preferred ar tr true why wh Reed Smoot be punished for tor their offenses this rule were applied to 10 other United States who us as associate with and do d not attempt to In Inform form torm upon or repudiate the time society of ot I Imen men muon who have n a reputation for tor doing many things which ought oll hl not to 11 be mentioned In polite society Would the Christian Advocate have them con cell and oft expelled for tor such lIuch association 1 tion or condonation Would It II charge change them with conniving at ot the arts acts of ot others became c they do Jo not take action against them theta Would It II clamor for tOl their expulsion on both bolh moral anti and audIt legal It n I grounds Z Such Hueh logic ns sit Is IR found in the North Christian Allo Advocate cate H I h on a 1 par with similar stuff to tob b tm lOt found In the average weak tuk I iy It II Is II pretty iett evident However that the article which the Advocate approves nol anti has to UH 1111 pages ages originated I II I ed I In Suit Salt Lake Lako City it and Is simply a rehash of ot old oM materials that have he be come coal mouldy and almost obsolete and nut that have been hern shattered to 10 shreds and to 10 the manure heap where they belong It If the readers of or that un unChristian paper comm can nn hid any al com cant comfort fort Cort consolation or toot food In lit such unwary unsavory diet illet they timey all uie welcome tn to It II the th paper 1111 pel which delights ht In III InI It I t have full foil credit I t for fot ti isid mm i It up tIp In Iu the Ihl stylo 11 Il In which thIch It Is II offered to I the jut Ill public |
