| Show AND LAW IA W The well seII I III wn John Johll Browns holly body lies ike lie a U In the tho wave Jr vt Is I 1 f frequently heard peard ud In cf It f patriotic nIl people who oro ore free rree to express their of the Iho bravo brave bm old otil who wi Jaw 11 In hid lile defense of at from the tho bonds hon a or oF slavery HI HIs Infraction cf ot mw sinks Inke out of night eight Jn In view of or th ho III In his heart his to something Unit lie held aboVe tho law WhIm When goott peo people o orlo plo tin In lit t neti thrilling harmony III HOU g 11 marching they cx t hIM hiN firmness and Ae ie termination In that which he le regarded 1111 n uIt rIKI even ev n though they the must ac tic acknowledge knowledge that he lie h violated law lav mid i took tho the I nets to 10 of cf It John Drown t arc honor by 1 oC ot people nl lit the tho prompt nfl y U ninny many of thorn the I condemn mil tho tim Mormon ZI l r rA rAto l for to I that lay would rather I tho 1110 I the HI they tho j Into lillo with women whom the Hi thor UH u In lii every I len of or the void their wl for this world tint the Iho world to come con And nd writers rl for rOl ho thi papers iPar express attan aton 1 1191 those gentle gentlemen men aro lito ready to tt risk tho the conna cono Yet itt history records tint that the most Inest heroic reformers of or ortho the tho ages tool took the same ground ns as to tb conscience rOIl ni the tIo law Ia Wo do tot not It to that hut wo YO to C draw 1111 between tho tile principle or practice for t r which those thoe Mormon leaders ore willing to Ilik ilek lewil consequences the causes for fOl which the Treat greit Rr at of or other nul were willing to 10 suffer oft die IlIc ot at lit till nil lInt tho the of or law ami ami popular opinion by hy I Ihl lie hotter was ns tie direct anti open ns ne nethe tho the declarations of or the ho Monnon dig H tiei to risk rift tho the ICIA ia the tho raw We Wo now mow tho the theories which the of or the tho past pnat held ns lIS to human but their nets In lit them were then thell nt of existing lUva Yet Yete we e ot of tue tho them to tho the HI f while the tho saint course though for or n belief bollot Is Ie anathema tired In III tho thin Hut But cop COIl coi doea 1191 E t either Into tho the to mi unpopular theme so NO wo we must mu t lilt loot look loo for tor It In lit 11 the tho excited ut of ot 0 t Mormon the Tho nt try ery mention of LC wives many ninny good Hood people Into of or singer niter II It IH Is IHnot not 1101 to be 1 nt at 1 I considering con tho ho of thought religious training through centuries I And Amid nl the lie Idea ilen of lit relations of or thin tho think kind k huil mentioned in 0 t honed not w I I his I amid log the tho t ho law IH Is tion IIron M II unjustified by hy any 11 lion or r That HIM the lie that tho the law haw or of the who hio are now lOll bv hy b Imd to in meet inert m et etIn In ho a ii 1 martyr to tonny If noy nil rent creed or 01 doctrine or UI who wt suffered for tor or Its It 11 but wa was lUK II IH N a 11 violator of or law IIII Ilen tin the alor of ot th tie the was tas BO so sent ent to 10 III ileath on the truss declara declaration lion bit tint that he lie found no fault In III tim Im titan man hind had n a give way uny wn to o tho the which him hun mi on both and muni human law mw III t both tho Iho Jewish and thin 1111 Again o 0 r we e are not looking 1111 comparison between the th tenets for fr r r which t I he hi for tOt different causes bled hIed tiled Ind nd the tho system which now o BlonA RO o dl In Inthe the Iho land lilt but lIlt we ve simply claim lint In hi nil thop ho tho defenders of oC those thoe faiths sro Iro lawbreakers anti Vero then for tor their but Jut mire now for tor Ui lr yc o luv 1110 hess lew 1 19 deeds deed Tho Thu Mormon principle of ot eternal which In III theory when so pro Included tho plurality ot of wives l I him vehemently unpopular The perform linN ante of plural marriages has Ims been bee II dH continued Tho Tile timothy family tics formerly remain In lit u a number of or cn eases CIU Tho rhio r ta to tt them refund l to unit stand i to risk tho the legal That In is tho the situation What will sound lound ien sense fair consideration lion tion and charity charily demand lema ld see Ice seeing ing log that time lime Is rapidly and anel nd peaceably pe solving the Iho tl On the subject of or strong p conviction of right In contradistinction to t ti legal enactments and willingness to torl risk rl k the consequences when rum law the tho following letter we have gives give Ive two tTO very ery striking log ing Illustrations ns of ot that hiat we 0 havo bno hn vo In Ih mind nod anti Is vety ICI timely at tile the pre enl cot juncture We It to the careful consideration of ur our readers everywhere Salt Lake City It March darch 11 1 04 Editor Je fret News New Last evening while reading Senator Y V hours Hoars entertaining Auto Autobiography Autobiography biography of Yes Years r f sturn bled upon uron two to Incidents which may maybe mayhe ma mabe be he mentioned appropriately In lii conne ton with the thc present enquiry nt lit Wash WashIngton ah Ington Judging by tho this ns pro propounded r pounded by lIy various senators there Is no small amount of or surprise III In UI lie that the Monnon people I have hwe abandoned any stress of or conditions whatever a n t principle pIe that they hey the believed to bo ho divinely revealed Dalle Bailey referring to 10 this subject stated that the lie Lord and tho time Lord 1011 10 the lie Ile precise position of O Iho the Mormon added bitt In his hl opinion the manifesto was more a n matter of or law hits titan than revelation Martyrs for prin priti principle ciple have vcr ever been much more moore nu flu numerous In the cloister than lit nt the and many n II good mini tins hoe saved sav d hi by making a virtue ot of noces necee necessity sity Senator Hoar relates rein IES In Il his first vol volume ye 01 ume time that the legislature of o Massachusetts l tl directed th the Governor o ot of that HUte li I II to employ counsel to test time the constitutionality of or the laws of or Houth Carolina under ulder which colored upon arrival nt at Charleston wore Im ito Imprisoned during the time that lint the ves Yes vessel sel was WIlS In port rort rind and upon default of ot the payment of prison fees tees were sold loll Into Inlo slavery Samuel Hoar the tho Bern temm Bc tors father though advanced In hI years and ond retired from frani Co 0 the tho 11 practise of nr his lile pro tulon Volunteered to undertake this delicate and ond dangerous mission He lie Hen YaM was n Impelled to do this by the most moet profound settee House of or duty dUlY to God nod num Ills IIi presence pr enco In Charleston Chari eat on woe Is bitterly resented by an nn irate Irato populace POIl lace Resolutions He were adopted Idol ted by the t he leg legislature legislature directing tho the Governor to ex CX expel eXel pel el this thU Northern Mobs Mobil threatened to destroy the hotel In which h was a ft 1 guest U nut hut Mr Hoar firmly and athi steadfastly refused to leave leae ho he h said ho lie could not and Ind would not go 10 and that he ho would rather his broken skull should ho h Q carried to Massachusetts cette by someone else titan than to take Inke It Ithome homo home sate ate himself whilst his Imis duty re required reo required him hll him to remain A committee of ot seventy prominent citizens walled upon him him requiring him hll to leave I ay the he city nt at once alice and Ind presenting to him the alternative of or going peaceably iii 11 tho the thou then walling wailing at nt tho the door or of or orb being b dragged to the tho dock He lie le chose ho e ethe the carriage end and one Oll eon tun almost Mar hear Marthe heartie tie the expiring groan roal with whim wih which the tho theoretical martyrs of nt New England learned of or this practical solution rotation of or an otherwise ell Infallible situation Hut lut surprise nt lit lt alleged Mormon Marmon consistency in the Iw lie respect re mentioned Is I not n II to the tho horror with which tho the committee and tie the country heard President state statement atte ment that ho lie had hn ha been disobeying thin hiIS and win VUC prepared to II take lak tho the consequences Most MOlt excellent citizens d II tens stand at the suggestion should under person erson tiny any whatever dishonor the th tHat cites utes Yet H I Hoar with wih et pride which It Il In is II not hot my to tim tl tho the following hid Inci Incident dent In the lire life of itt If his hl mother who wM was wust WUI I It t daughter of hager Sherman of or Con Colt COl cut the only maim nimi who time the four great documents relating to the tho Independence amid establishing th the gov eminent of or this country The Incident found bOnd lows ut mit lt page 16 of o volume 1 I Is l at tnt lt fol tol follows After ter she nho Iho become n It young lady my lily mother with wih Fanny Ellsworth EJ worth utter after afterward nt I I ward Mrs r Wood mid Mary Mar daughter ot of the Senator the tho two young In ladies d Ion lust hint named bo being Ing daughters of I of 0 thin thi Constitution established u ii school to teach young oung colored chil children dren to i end and sew re e The Tho laws of or tho the tato made mno It n it I penal offense to teach tench a n colored child to rend These girls violated time the law lav Tho Time public au authorities IU Interfered and threatened them with prosecution limit tho the young wo women men mel They The that they were mere performing In a 1 religious duty mind declared that they should the tho ho and take tho ho consequences cOI The Tho rought by b Hoars mother loather tutu ll Smith Are ae of ot course widely divergent ju urged by each wal waa r duty luty but hit In iii time the one Olt er shadowing respect re et of M violation of law 11 lawand and risking consequences they ther occupy o Cup common ground Yours YOUIl truly T |
