| Show THE MOB SPIRIT WHEN jesus was taken before pilate the latter said 1 I find no fault in this man but they tiie tile the jews cried dried saying crucify him bruci cruci crucify fy him and lie he said unto them the I 1 third time why what evil hath lie he done I 1 have found no cause of death in him and they were instant with loud voices requiring that he might be crucified and from thenceforth pilate sought to release him but the jews cried out saying if thou let this man go thou art not cedars friend when joseph smith was basely assassinated while in prison under the pledged frithof fai the stat state e of 0 f illinois the dark deed was done under the decision that if the law of the land could not reach him powder and ball should dP the same wicked base cowardly murderous spirit fires the hearts loosens the tongues and inspires the speech of some men now as it did in the days of joseph smith and those of jesus christ before him this is evident in men presuming others to be guilty of things of which they are entirely innocent and in speaking of them in terms applicable only to persons who have been indubitably proved gu guilty lity before a competent tribunal in this same ferocious and wholly unjustifiable spirit the san fran cisco post says if civil ivil C law will not reach brigham martial law or lynch law should the post knows that martial law and lynch law are no law at all martial law jaw is simply the flat fiat of one man right or wrong and lynch law is simply the flat fiat of several men right or wrong the gold hill JN ahrews ewa and some other papers talk in equally irrational passionate and wild strains forgetting that it is infinitely easier jo to throw down the flood gates and let a stream of un ua governable ungovernable wio violence loose upon society than it is to stay the reckless progress of that furious stream and shut it out again when it has done tile the work so sa foolishly desired good citizens everywhere are forward to use their utmost utmost influence to soothe and soften rather than excite and imitate the wild and evil passions of men and those who act in a contrary spirit are deadly enemies to the peace union prosperity and fair fame of the commonwealth common weal tb |
