| Show amt ANT hights r j the Tho NEWS of salt like lake aff remarks in relation to the recent triau of havin hawkins ahe the mormon polygamist that the verdict was rendered by a jury that does not represent the corm corn eunity but one generally believed to be chosen with the special view of securing verdicts of guilty in a certain class of cases of the truth of this there thero can be no doubt the NEWS adde adds hence we maintain that mr hawkins was not tried tiled by a jury abury of his peers butt but by a jury ury of his enemies and that real resl really I 1 y thi tho verdie verdict raa in accordance neither wi with tb the spirit the interest nor the letter of the law to this the salt lake an anti mormon journal replies the court needed ail an american not a mormon jury and a verdict to represent the views of the american people on marrage marriage and adultery and not one to re the view the latter day saints W in other words the court needed a packed jury and they got it theme the mew mex thodis ts who are bossing this new now mormon persecution needed a methodist judge for their purposes and they go got conein one in the person of judge mckean who wyo as we learn from the is the konof son eon of a clergyman and the brother of one tho the beems seems to entertain rather rathel original views on the subject of law jf if the views of the american people are to be taken as the courts standard of laws it will be interesting to know who la is to be the author authorized izod compiler and ex under of those ivle Ivie views wB it will also to be 0 interesting to learn under what au dhority tho rity cormons mormons are to be excluded from the name and the rights of american citizens any more than shakers fans tans unitarians or spirit ua lists hawkins was not tried by a jury of his peers that is to say remarks the not by a jury of mormons cormons Mor mons but if he will accept american elti citizens zens as his peers then was he tried by his peers how long p will it be before unde under r such arrogant ruling as this every man who is nod noc a methodist will be denied the name and the rights of an american citizen we fear that our methodist brethren have become unduly inflated byl their thein success in hunting down one poor mormon nonconformist and subjecting him to a three years imprisonment it was truly stated by mr fitch for the defence that such cases as the one at the bar could a crime b statute laws only now there is no law of congress on the subject of adultery and this was fully admitted by judge mckean in his charge there is a law of utah against adultery but none against polygamy or on the subject of marriage niage and this was also fully fally admitted by the prosecution whence then does tho the court derive its authority in the hawkins case the whole secret is let out by mr maxwell the prosecuting attorney who says 11 the common law of nations on marriage must govern utah 11 but is this so in unorganized territories and in places away from all jurisdiction the common law taw may be in the absence of statute law a proper guide in dealing with crimes against property and life and so lynch law may in certain caseb cases be justifiable to say that in a territory where statute law exists and where the whole community who framed that law are implicated in a custom which though contrary to the common ladof law of certain nations is not in conflict with the eri erl criminal minal minai law of the territory with the rights of individuals or with any part of the constitution of the united states or with the laws of congress to say that under such circumstances the common law of certain nations may sy be used to crush out and nud imprison T nine ine lne tenths of the tho inhabitants of the inhabitants of the territory because of their poly polygamy garay gatay Is a mere lawyers fiction wholly foundation in reason or in law there where is no authority for such a pretence predence pre tenca tence except the thie ilsc ditis of a abird rate judge working in the interests of the methodists methot Method hits fits j under our free system a territory or state may pass or omit to pis pasa hat constitutional laws it pleases oi 01 he fie s subject of marriage and aud the plea piea at the people of utah must be bound y the common law of england edgland 0 dr of or of an any other ouide on ide state in respect tona to marriage arriage isufi is arly unwarrantable and untrue because we cannot point to any authority for it except the usage of cart vert certain aln ain states andt and the assumptions of certain lawyers where is the warrant fo dorany rany such SUAL predence pretence pret pre mence tence enoe ence 1 Is not in the constitution of the united states nor nor in the awad awid congress hof hoi borin norin in the ls laws nis yas of where then theu except dwi in a laar lawyers brain the practice arid add the wil wll willa ilof t the ai 0 p aeple of an american state or territory are in the absence of any statute law against polygamy ya a higher authority on the su subject bj act so faras far as that people eop e are than the of f england glander or new england or eyen gerh th the tha r ruiea rulea 1 le 9 of the methodist church so ion lon long iong 19 asa As gsa A republican foi form halon balor of govern government ddn t I 1 is preserved in utah aud life and proper abare protected gifted states judge die has a right to say that the common law of england shall supersede the marriage customs of the people or to stigma aize open polygamy aa as adultery we recur to thib this subject because ther there e are few other presses to raise a voice against the gross violations of law that are going on in utah cry out that one word and everybody seems ready to join in the hunt against the mormons cormons Mor mons the very men who want to license brothels and to make sexual impurity easy and safe to the many hold bold up their hands in holy horror at the idea of supposing that poly can have any rights which a white man is bound to respect to judge from the way things are going on under methodist rule there 13 i but one crime of any account and that is polygamy there is nothing in the state of morals among the cormons mormons to justify this sudden persecution on the part of the methodists and our methodist president from all the testimony we can get the ellis of intemperance and licentiousness are almost unknown in salt lake city wherever the cormons mormons have control the mormon children areas are as healthy as bright and intelligent int ellige elliget t asthase as those of any other people and the women if unhappy have a wonderful faculty of concealing j ing their Indeed they petition borits for ita its continuance houses of prostitution have been ly unknown in utah except so far AR ps a they have been recently introduced by the anti mormon I 1 carpet carpel I 1 in spite of all reports to the cont coat contrary time has confirmed the extraordinary fact that a more moral and blameless community than the mormons cormons of salt lake city does not exist we do not accept this fact as a proof that polygamy is a good thing we do not belleve in it the influence and example and nd the theocratic authority 0 of Brig brigham halu baru young have undoubtedly done much to keep his people in order but we would say to government take no illegal step to arrest the great ex experiment peri perl pari ment now going on in utah the experiment may not be bb new but the conditions are new and let it be tried accordingly if it is in the nature of things false to morality to physiology to spiritual progress and to divine truth let us have no fear but it will fall of its own weight and rottenness god almighty does nob not need the help of the methodists to bring about the consequences which much attach to a violation of natural and divine laws but if the experiment can throw any light upon the great social questions now beginning to be agitated the tho questions of female suffrage of marriage the laws lawa of generation the moral and physical improvement of the race it ift may be worth our while to see unfairly tried the these so great questions must occupy a large paa part of the public attention for the rest of this century and let us get all the help we can from fiora faes facts nothing can be more unjust than 1 vie ie attempt of har Sar harpers pers weekly and kotlier journals to confound Mormon polygamy with such criminal otten ofTen cos coa as theft and murder A jury says haf har harpers p e ra 8 weekly would hardly refuse to convict a man who picked a pocket poe poc ruet teet upon his bis plea that hib hia reil roll religious lous faith enjoined a community of gods goods ly A moments reflection would have shown the writer that his parallel doea does not hold good polygamy ia is not defended on the ground that the mormon religion approves it but on the tho simple ground that a territorial community who choose moose to 16 practice it whether for foz re physiological or oil any tan lan other reason have a pery per fer ct of right to do s the attempt to male mala a it ita a crime 1 L 9 3 theft is false both to the jewish a d christla christian 3 scriptures falba false to history 0 o physiology to science andio tind find to sense bigamy under our ofir state laap laws has bas the essence of a crime crimer solely it Is supposed bupp obed to involve criminal deception cep tion tiou A aman ardan obtains abife a wife under ajalvo predence pretence pre tence under ake predence pretence pre tence naf haf namely nely that he is not already marr married jed led liet met two women voluntarily accept him as hs th thoin thole m would be diot alot technically changed it is only through great social trials and experiments that the absolute truth which we all desire can be attained but this attempt to stigmatize po polygamy as a crime like theft or burglary or the obtaining a wife under false pre pret bences is wholly unworthy the intelligence and fairness of a liberal scholar and thinker like mr curtis it looks tod much like truckling to the popular fury of the hour at the expense of bf ju justice estice atthe expense of truth sanner banner of light tiley THE following is a portion of the report of an interview with james mo me knight eeg esq of this city from the kansas city times dmm of nov 23 Q DO you not think that ho he president young quails at the contemplation of the prosecutions now commenced against him and his hia also aiso associates clates A brigham young is not theman the man to falter in nhi defense of his principles nei nel ples pies notwithstanding the repeated repented losses himself and people have sustained in ohio missouri and illinois I 1 believe he enteria entertains s unshaken confidence in the integrity Inte grik of the american people his strong declaration is posterity will do 10 ua Us justice 11 in the present issue I 1 speak advisedly when chedi I 1 assure you gentlemen that mr young has unqualifiedly avowed his determination to meet tile the great questions how to be adjudicated squarely on their merits in the courts whatever the coah coat I 1 or whatever may be the consequences Q cdo ado do you not believe seme some amicable compromise could be made liuch for example as as the prompt suppression of polygamy in the future conditioned with general amnesty or something of that import for that of the ahe past A A momentous consideration 1 I concede the situation however is anomalous no man better than mr young knows his utter imp impotency in determining a proposition of that char 4 acter actor I 1 cannot believe he be would have the tem tearay rity to entertain it for a moment why bir sir brigham young and the entire mormon church have a most definite knowledge no sentient belief or assurance that their polygamy ia Is ordained of god godl brigham young had no more agency in its introduction than judge mckean before whom he is to be prosecuted for it I 1 rhe the rhesa rhosa same is intrinsically true of joseph smith ire he ere was but the passive agent or medium if you please through whom the great god chose to command it and hence cannot in anywise be responsible for it there is not a mormon on the earth who would presume to take one jot or tittle from the law of patriarchal anchal archal marriage as communicated to the church through joseph smith the fact solomn solemn as eternity stands judie potable pu table and ia Is well under understood by all who have made themselves conversant convers atit ailt with the mormon doctrines that when the cormons mormons renounce polygamy they will renounce mormonism and nila this from the very exigency of the case observe the mo M 0 ham hammeran hamm edun devotee of the crescent t he the hindmo seif self sacrificing beneath t the he wheels of juggernaut the devout devoulin n dian than mother conciliating her idol gods by the service of her child to the rapacious crocodile these aye all these you may convict of er error and by lifelong unwearied I 1 humble godlike god like dyl exhortation delineate delin aate to them the way to heaven to god but the mormons Mormon Mor mons si gen igen tiemen are not heathen they have been reared under the benign teachings of christianity their principal men first saw the light upon soil consecrated by the blood and sufferings of our pilgrim sires be assured they are no borts sorts they are no dupe dupes s of crafty leaders it is urged that the church is composed largely of foreign ehi ehl chiment ment be this all true if today to day any considerable number remain alien it is due to the tho inquisitorial character of the natu tests set up in the US courts in utah no nto people are more loyal none nono more love lovd tiie tile constitution none one more detest open or private immorality none cherish a purer standard of public policy none have made comparatively greater sacrifices for the integrity of our common sauntry none have proved themselves yes more willing to suffer wrong and less disposed to do wrong and none more ready consecrate thein their all in defenso defens Q pf af our liberties and constitutional rights they ask in retina a decent for their rel rol religion lilon la Is this too eawh pau nau oh to aak aali will not noi the wresting of a avast vast desert from sterility will not the institution of order peace temperance brotherhood will not the planting a nucleus nu pieus foz aar for of dul out great inte Inie ordala will supply af skilled labor laboz and necessaries at mod moderate 0 rate rates V to D develop her untold mineral weal wealth ib annon abt her hardy race maceo ra ceo ot mountaineers erg eri will noa no her flocke flocks of child children reuf reff rearing for the defence of the republic Will willhof bot wot hot her common schools and seminaries ulea klea of learning will not her thousands of nal ral mlle mile lesof alor aLof irrigating canals W majestic public edifices and her private homes will not her thousand flourishing settlements founded a desert whence no white face had ever turned burned a wistful eleand which for the ungenerous rivalry which sold na us from the presence of our brethren would have remained aa barren as the famine years of egypt hlll not the corn and the wheat and the fluell nine fine flour our and all the rich products of a land redeemed by nel ReE kyen kven through our toil loll from which we hav have e ledour A famishing lai ral shing brethren by y thousands compensate our magnanimous nani brethren for the existence of so small a h moiety as ag polygamy does their personal comfort depend its suppression or are ate any human beings rights infringed by it if BO wherein if hot then why is it not worth all it will bosl cost the nation to let the pla pia patriarchal friar experiment of the nineteen nineteenth nen ean tury work out its problem peradventure america and the world might profit thereby Q have the moral and social effects of polygamy in utah been hitherto pos salutary at A confessedly so I 1 have |
