| Show WHY WRY NOT I 1 THE mormons cormons must nut exult over truer their heir possessions in Colom colorado dd that i ia what gnat the colorado Colora Oo ao ahio ohio r tain fain says we would like to know rhy chy the tha the mormons cormons Mor mons may d do 0 what gat ov over er of ot upon i the land kind purchase and occupy in colorado or elsewhere BO so long as they do not violate viola vlola tig tug the laws of bf the country countr or of the state tat if they br break abe law they are amenable t to 9 the ibe law they have just aa as amual muc right to exult over their possessions as any ny igne ione else if theres any must in the case ahse tho th chicola chief tain fain tin lin must not threaten neither must its editors try to fan into a flame the spark of relic religious 0 u prejudice that alders in the b bosoms booms 0 of bigots the mormons cormons Mor mons must he protected in their rights as amerman american citizens in colorado a as well as in ln other parts of the union or it will be a sorry day for the boasted freedom of american institutions however ibe lve ive we do not think it itis Js good bod to ia exult a great deal either over the possession tf lof good land and favorable op opportunities ties for dakill making 9 permanent homes or any other blessing vouchsafed by a beneficent providence gratitude satisfaction praise determination to persevere and improve e are quite proper under the circumstances in which our friends in colorado find fiems themselves eaves and refu leing icing is quite natural and right but it is not good to exult too much nor allow allon exultation to express itself in boastfulness we hope therefore that flint the saints in colorado will peacefully enjoy their possessions and quietly practice that austry and perseverance characteristic terl teri te of mormon colonists but if they should happen to be enthusiastic thusia over the prospects that lie before them in their new settlements we know inov of nothing in the constitution and laws of the united states state or in the statutes or cus eus customs toms of Colorado which would justify any one in trying to prevent them or in saying they must not L exult buil over their posse possessions Wons ll 11 |
