Show THAT proclamation the so po called amnesty proclamation just issued by president harrison arrison II lias has already been briefly reviewed by tile THE JOURNAL the position wo we take is simply this that the ani amnesty nesty granted is is a presidential pardon offered kofl erad those who do not particularly need it now find and who will be e givan riven their franchise anyhow before they avail themselves of this clemency the proclamation is introduced with a pre amable five times is as long iona C as the decree itself full of excuses for its ita issuance but without one for its long iona 1 delay it states in r substance ab that although the manifesto manifesto was made over two years ago ago 0 and cie petition for amnesty sent up tip over ft a year ago ago 0 the utah Cominis kion recently recen tl recommended the measure that is here set forth III 1 I benjamin harrison arrison II pre president gi of the united states by virtue of the powers in tile me vested do hereby declare and grant full at amnesty and pardon to all persons lia liable bleto to the penalties of said act by b reason of unlawful cohabitation under the color of polygamous or plural marriage who since nov 1 1890 abstained from such cohabitation but upon tile the express condition that they shall hall in the future faithfully obe obey I 1 the laws of the united states before named and not othe otherwise rivie those who shall fail to avail themselves veso of f the clem clemency eticy hereby offered will be vigorously prosecuted benjamin harrison arrison II pardons all who since nov 1 1890 abstained from such cohabitation only biily on condition that in the future they shall comply with the requirements of the edmunds tucker act in other words they shall take the oath therein prescribed if they would vote and if they refuse to take said oath or in other words fail to avail themselves of the clemency offered ou ered they will be vigorously prosecuted the republican organ organ 0 of this city says tim THE takes this criticism that it does not affect any case since november 1802 1692 af course not no reasonable reason ablo person would expect that after the people person e had biad promised gomisad to obey the law aej any on one would ce be pardoned for not doing so the late date is evidently a mistake or a misquotation as tile THE JOURNAL TOU NILI said 1890 the above shows that ba the nation admits that all cases arising r since 1890 are arc liable under the presidents threat of vigorous 0 prosecution the republican oman organ quotes from till THE JOURNAL as follows this amnesty does not grant the right to vote with taking the oath prescribed by law an and d by tal taking balcine cine the oath voters might have bare exercised their right of franchise without amnesty and then it disputes the proposition if ain amnesty nesty does docs grant tile the right to vote without taking 0 the oath why joseph F smith vote etc a at the last election ile ho was an active republican and worked hard for the success of that party so the times sai said d when it published his picture along with bennet and bartell bartch yet ho he did not vote mr smith had bad amnesty this clemency had been extended to him this so called 46 restoration to full citizenship was liis his why then lie vote we mc mean nothing personal to mr smith but as his was a weli known case of amnesty we simply cite it for example it only illustrates the truth in regard to this nic measure asure which the news and tribune praise in unison tile alie republican sliest seeks to whip joseph F smith and others who have taken liis his course in regard to tile the oath over tile the shoulders ofine of THE JOURNAL in this manner wo wc remind that organ that the mormon people have promised to lo obey bey the lie law 1 hereafter ere after however lard hard it may lie be and behice lic they the will take the oath arid and derive tile alie fu if benefits ol of am amnesty neaty the nation thinks that these men will take that oath will disown kneir wives and break their family ties for tho the of casting a ballot that an all infamous COMMIS commission SOu may ignore the writer of this article does doea not dot believe in polygamy but if we did or ever had we would see ECU the ballot box rut rust with disuse and wear our disabilities like a diadem before wo we would disown a wife before the world or disclaim a child for whose existence we were responsible we lve believe the law should be obeyed that polygamy poly r amy should be abolished but there ther 0 is a difference between living apart from the plural wife and makino making g oath that you never had such buch wife simply because the law does docs not recognize her as such there is a difference there which even an unbeliever must see sec the law says you must not live with your plural wife arid and you should obey the law put but when president congress or what not says that you must publicly renounce noun ce her and cast off your children although 0 really yours making theale them legally ally fath alesi we do not hesitate to say say that such executives are tyrants and such lawmaking law making 0 powers unjust |