| Show EQUAL RIGHTS EIGHTS AND LIBERTY TO ALL quite recently in his place in congress the hon thaddeus stevens Bt evens while arguing in favor of edmunds amendment being inserted in the bill for the admission of nebraska as a state said baid we are here herff today to day to construct and ninish finish the temple of which they the founders of the nation laid the foundation tho the temple of universal liberty in which all nations may worship the honorable gentleman re enunciated the doctrine of the declaration of independence that all men are born free and equal and all rightful governments emanate from the consent of the governed from his standpoint stand point the phrase liall ali ail all men is not bounded by the adjective white but circumscribes white and black red and yellow the dusky african 1 the swarthy Ash asiatic itic the red eions of the aborigines a as well as the lighter colored descendents of the caucasian race ho he ave avers rs hen then that the present congress are completing the temple of universal liberty id which all nations of the earth may worship but they must worship as free nations and free men in full possession of every right not incompatible with the constitution however much opposed by the contracted views and narrow prejudices of other similar worshippers wor shippers or it will not be a temple of universal liberty only an edifice governed by sectional feeling partisan power and bigoted intolerance into such a temple as mr stevens speaks of the tho nations of the old world can enter with all their peculiarities of manners and customs of dress speech and social li habits casting off atias gates the fetters of despotism and rising erect in the nobility manhood the ma can bring hig his koran rear his mosques cry aliah 1 allah ilah llah ie Is allah and mahomet is his prophet but lie cannot prevent the christlar christian whom he calls infidel from believing in and bowing down before the divine author of the tho christian faith the hindmo can come with his thirty millions of deities free and untrammeled untra meled but ho he cachot burn the widow at the tomb of her dead husband for by so doing yle yie e would rob another of rights which all must enjoy in the temple of universal liberty lp he may bring his family patterned somewhat after the tho patriarchal order his wives and their offspring spring but he must not buy his wives as slaves nor hold them in bondage for all male and female white and colored must enjoy the blessings of equal rights and equal liberties their adhesion to him must be the result of choice lotof not of coercion examples might be continued to show the varied forms of faith and fashion and social habits and the diverse views on many points which would be among that mingling multitude of worshippers wor shippers but enough has been introduced to show that mr stevens but enunciates the doctrine advocated in these columns a couple of weeks ago that in the spread of equal rights and equal liberty the tho rabid enemies of our faith and worship must meet many things equally as much opposed to bigoted and contracted ideas as the quietness peace good order morality and plural ma mairl mairi marriage Triage age of the latter day saints and it would would be a good time now for those persons to manifest their sincere conversion to the principles which they profess by extending to american citizens in this territory the right of self government a rightful government because emanating from the consent odthe of the governed it is difficult to see how those holding the views of which mr stevens is a leading exponent can refuse admission to deseret Deser Qt on oti the principle last quoted it is difficult to understand how in consistency sis tency with it a territorial government can be continued after the citizens of a territory are in a condition to govern and sustain themselves and express their unqualified adhesion to the constitution ution by adopting one which conforms to its provisions they are the governed and all rightful governments a should emanate from their consent if a majority deemed they were jn capable incapable to sustain a state government and decided against it then a territorial government would ba be that which emanates from their consent rat bat here the majority it might be said the entire people know that they can sustain a state government have expressed their wish for it have adopted a constitution which is in perfect harmony with the national constitution and consequently that thai government is the one which if granted would be in accordance with their desires desire and sand would emanate from their consent we lope hope mr stevens will support the memorial of the state of deseret and a bill for its admission if one should be presented to congress with as much zeal and ability as he has the bill for the admission of nebraska we cannot see how he can do otherwise and be consistent with his avowed principles |
