| Show AN iN j PIGY P iCY Tim Tho local exponent of ot hatred devot devoti i I ed d two columns of ItH Itu stIo to toI ton 1 I fin n effort to prove that thit lh tho Church has hOIl broken pode re polygamy 1 It t l is III one nf or tho attempt at al att t for tor which the has notorious Tho rho result of or Its tabor labor thin this Is li n a I good gOot Illin of tho fallacy Idiocy which logicians cull Irrelevant conclusions find which Is III s defined ns os occurring when hen the tho disputant professing to contradict the thesis advances CM another I tion which contradicts It II In lit apar but not in reality rea Ill This warns to ho he a I mode modo of pt reasoning ot or ortho tho Itlo sheet referred cl to 10 either because of ot Ignorance or deliberate t design to deceive the dupes among amon iun Its readers that do to not think for rOl themselves In the ease case under consideration our portion In Itt that the Church has hns faith faIti faithfully fully full kept kopl whatever promises or coy cov co v it han ban made We e maintain main laIn that It II has hns demonstrated by 11 tho most mORt searching so Investigation that thul no marriages contrary to law are aro being belli solemnized or have haro boon beon solemnized by h the lh Church Churell or by br tho authority of or orthe the Iii Church or by b the ho authority of ot any i Church officials The Thc Tribune assorts that the tho Church has hns broken and Is now breaking car cr certain tain tam pledges s and covenants and then thon Instead In of at proving proposition which or of course cannot bo be proved It t proceeds to 10 deliver a diatribe against Elder B 13 II n Mark lark the sly shifting of or ground characteristic lIc of a 1 t sophist from a vicious at ut attrick trick tock upon the thc Church to an assault upon an Ito Individual member und nod of ot tidal of ot tho the Church Hut lint In order to tosea toCe see sea Ce the fallacy of or the tho dally ot of character charn ter clearly consider the fol rol following following lowing The fhe Tribune quotes Quote s this ns as embodying tho the promises made by br tho the Church Whereas said suld Church has hns discon discontinued the tho practice of or polygamy gamy anti and no at longer encourages or gives gies countenance ance In any nn manner to 10 practices In violation of it law or contrary to good morals or public policy and If tho tim said ald personal property Is restored to Bald ahl Church It will not nol ho lo devoted to any allY such unlawful purpose Then Theil In 10 support of ot the Hu falsehood that this thiM promise regarding re tho proc tico of polygamy pol guny la IS l being broken It frim the tho address lI dressor ot of President Roberts In tho the Tabernacle In reply relly to the Holew of ot the tho Ministerial association tion tl n as follows Another complaint of ot our reviewers Is I that polygamy Is only abrogated as nH asto to Ii practice und and that belief In III tho di divinity vinity of 1 the principle Is still held hold by hy bythe hytha the tha Saints Well ll gentle gentlemen i mon men len what of or It II Whoso business If is I It Hands lInnets oft off here hore Our bo be beI I lief Is cir own Wo have hlo n a 1 right to it our opinions If It you ou dont them thc in that 1 l V nothing to us wo we do doThe Tho The reader will notice that one ono par pilI paragraph deals with U the 0 of polygamy and I tho the other with tho the HE lIE In iii tho the doctrine i two entirely different propositions One Ono can enn bo be mado illegal the other never nover II In this vi i country Is 18 It not true truo that every man and woman In Republic has bus n a right to 10 believe hell eve whatever seems right to him himor hImor or her If Ie anyone an ono chooses to believe bellevo that plural pi I marriage D relations are aro right or F that they th are arc wrong or that they are aro an right under certain condi conditions condition tion tinn but wrong rong roll under other othor circum circumstances stances who o business bu is that as liS long leng as religious liberty remains one ono of tho thu sacred prerogative of or Amen Ameri American can cnn citizens We e too say Hands oft off hero herat and true truo American cItizen trill Kill 1 say The rho Tribune closes Its Us rambling ef of effort fort by referring to an of the constitutional convention but bul It does docs not toll tell more moro than half hult of or tho the stoy and aId what It II does tell It II distorts Mr Ir as ns united stated Introduced an amendment as a follows The net art of tho the governor und legis of ot the Territory of or Utah entitled An net act to po Pa 11 and othor other kindred kInd rod offenses offense au Proved Feb I oh eb 4 A D 1852 18 2 In so 80 till for an as anthe a atho the tho same leOne defines and Imposes penal penalties ties tics for tor polygamy pol In Is l hereby l to be In In the tho State of It Utah Ulah Mark Marl tho the clause In BO so 1 0 far tAr as the tho defines und Imposes penalties for polygamy Tho The Tribune of course CO II status tOtO that Ihal t wan suggested by the tho fear tenI entertained by b some that tho the Chinch would not keep Its pledge The Tha Church wo we wan 1111 not ilot u IL I fac tue factor Ion tor III In the tho constitutional convention Nor did that havo have anything to do with any church chuIch pledges Tim The reference to any church In this connection lion tion IE is I sillY cilly twaddle Mr Ir ex cx explained tIm tho reason why ho Introduced Ills his hii amendment He lie wild sold In III part lIar Tho The enabling oct not requires tho the con cn convention to provide by h Irrevocable or that tha polygamy or 0 plural mar mur are forever prohibited If Jr It desIred that there shrill ho bo a n com corn compliance with tho the act net of Congress ami I with the th understanding everywhere eo whore in III ns us well OH UK In to letter It II would be lie necessary for tal thIs thin to some positive adding the thu Ih force toreo of ot law which ho ha ceiling lu about the Intel Intention thIn tion of nf tile thi amendment Mr Ir said saidI i I the tho amendment confines It to 10 that particular matter polygamy K R H dona not touch nor nOI dul terr Scry nor Incest Ince t nor hun fornication Tim Tho further discussion lon of or this Hils bent In III not Ilot without Interest t n nil as show dhow Ing in tho the sIncerity of or some porno or of the tIde gotes B in t to 10 tho the In III InI I of if r others otharn Mr Ir for tur forn n said In pert part Tho that ui III J is Just t thIs We e know that almost lihn t every church organization outside or of Utah In Inthe Inthe the tho United will Ill seal scan this con constitution they thoy will study It II with a Ii disposition to It If possible os find some sOllie fault In Ill It Now ow when they do 10 that there I Is hi merely merel u a declaration that there hero will bo be n j more polygamy the wilt will They will tol say ay Those ThoI people have simply mado mudo a 1 declaratIon gIld and have havo hn provided no means on oIl earth to enforce It IL It IL Is not lint what l Is III to bo ho after statehood Is obtained but bul It Is II how ho to 10 obtain It It wont mako make a It hit bit of differ difference lIce coca to Utah what Is Ie In tho constitution constitution tion lion In III regard to that particular mat int matter tar ter Tho Tue In is to have havo ha something to 10 present to tho the which he hI haSlid Slid 1111 his hili friends cnn can find no flaw In III Is that the tho enabling act has hOIl not only been bEon carried out In ill the letter but hut the means have hwI been provided to en force Its Us mandate Contrast thin this with the straight ht for tor forward or worth ward position of ot Mr 1111 II n H n Roberts I 1 think sir JIll that hat It should prevail I and principally that thai It may mt ap appear pear IMI without any equivocation what whatever whatever ever Ocr that In absolute good faith tho the of ot Utah Intend to carry out Olt tho condition upon which Statehood Is III to hI tobe hIbe tobe be granted to the tho Territory for Con Congress gress gross did require by b UK its enabling act unton an on express stipulation upon this sub subject subject and I 1 believe Its Intention wan a to have a II declaration that tilOt would bo to ef cr effective relIve ami not merely an Itt 11 empty empt as all assertion filth I 1 think n a 1 provision of or this character It Is absolutely necessary to the document we w e ore aro drafting In tn order to establish beyond all alt questions the tho tact fact that we wo Intend to carry carr out to the thie letter our agreement a as expressed In the tho lh compact with tho the United States But sir nil I do not nol think that this amend amendment amendment ment should be adopted by b this con convention In III t th n spirit In which It II was IM discussed by hy the gentleman from Snit Salt alt Lake this morning Mr Ir Goodwin Tile The obvious Inference I from the entire discussion of this amendment and und from rom everything that has hns hu since 1 transpired 1 In the history ryot of Utah Is In this that what whatever ever compacts tio tho citizens of or t Utah en entered n Into with the nation were made maden In n good faith and sincerity and they have been boen kept kepi faithfully The Tho Church I too has haR kept kepi conscientiously tho tim prom ices Isel modo through Us Its channels And as a tt corollary It follows that the I Insane fight that has hns retarded the growth of or the tho State and made modo Utah Ulah n a hIss and ond a n byword among some ome American citizens cannot but bul be he re ru regarded regarded In 11 the light of ot a 11 crime against the ho people hero |
