| Show MISTAKES ABOUT in proportion to its dimensions ia seemingly doing the heaviest work in emigration of zeny any organization off iclal official or other otherwise upon this thia continent it is strange too that tho the bulk of the recruits to this religious thralldom is derived from the freest and most In Indo depend pend ent races in tha the united states partisan interests have hampered the enforcement of the national mand for tb the e suppression of all mormon customs that are obviously us of federal and state authority tilo tho rity ity the chinese having nothing to throw into either side of the tho political scales were summarily deprived of equal human rights in the country the cormons mormons Mor mons havin bavin having 9 weight enough to turn a presidential election are allowed to grasp privileges and wield powers accorded to no other class creed breed or condition in the republic we take the foregoing from iho the mo montreal fitrell fi treal tresi canada witness wic Wit reas it is a mixture of truth and errors error chiefly the latter it 16 la Is true that no religious lous ious system la doing aa a a great a work in proportion to its dimensions as mormonism 11 whether in efforts or in ill gathering people from abroad to the centre of the church it 16 is also true that the bulk of our clan converts verts are found among the freest and most mast independent of races but it is ia not true that they are baroug brought t into fato thralldom religious reli rell giwa or otherwise t ero or that partisan interests have anything to do with mith wilh the nonen non en fol foi cement of awa for the suppress sion sian slon elan of mormon customs nor that the mormons cormons Mor mons are all allt wed to grasp grabp privilege legai accorded to no other class the witness does not understand the situation the mormons cormons Mor mons have no more to do with the turn of vl a presidential election than so many chinese or canadians thy are axe most of them citizens of the united states but they hareno have no vote directly or indirectly la in an election for president this la Is one of 0 the anomalies mal mai malleson lesot lesof of the prevalent system of government in this great ri the che af pf the united states appoints many officers to conduct duct the public affairs of this territory and the people have no vote or nr tyola rither in thal ghai ion or the elect election lon ion eithel elthee or of the he man an who appoints them hem of course there Is nothing r republican in this and it is jn intact fact in direct antagonism with the spirit of american institutions but it Is a fact never a shameful inconsistent but stern reality if there ar aze are re any finy brivil ages and powers that the mormons cormons Mor mons are allowed to grasp and wield that are accorded to no other class we would like to have them pointed out we are under the impression fon lon that there la Is no other religious body so BO hampered and restricted and assailed as the church ot of jesus christ of lat ter tor day saints hainta talk about eions of federal and state stata authora authority ty dom dow the tue witness know what it Is talking about all he the political power left to the people of utah is to elect a few local omers ers erb a number ot f lawful voters are prevented ar from OM exercising the franchise without any decision of a court against them themy but simply through regulations lunde made jn in excess of law bacom appointed by arbitrary authority it they who are permitted to uee ute the right to vote elect men to mako mahe laws for them one man thrust upon them ag against wishes by dimply simply withholding his signature can render their acts void and no two thirds vote or even unanimous vote can override the absolute veto everything that can be done and more than can ba legally done la is in operation to deprive us of privileges i and poa pox era erb accorded to every other class and condition of citizens and to cripple and bupp suppress the system commonly called mormonism why then does it prevail why dorsit does it accomplish the heaviest work in proselytism and emigration i of any society on the continent and a ud find ita its converts among tho the freest aud nud most independent facea simply because its principles are in carry with them the evidences of their own truth and potency because their advocates are profoundly impressed with their divinity because they bring no thralldom but ddll dill M en and wo ito man from bondt bondage zy emi ami I 1 lift ift them in toi tog the light and liberty of the gosi gospel pel vel nothing cau can ba brought 0 bear against the system but bat falsehood and that prevails only for a little oven over minds minda eager for truth because tho the energies employed for its overthrow are such as tar tarr farr and honorable people despise and when it is seen feen as it 13 unobscured by the smoke and dust raised around it by its faoa it shines forth in such beauty that humble seekers after truth troth embrace it with great admiration and are ready to follow it to death or unto the ends of the earth we can assure the witness that cc Mormonism is altogether different to that which its opponents opponent a represent it to be they do not understand it themselves the men who make mahe laws against it know eb arcely scarcely anything about it the preachers and editors who declaim it never take the trouble ts ta find out the facts concerning it all their efforts have the contrary effect to that desired and expected A revulsion of f feeling eeling follows the correction of mid mia misunderstanding under uDder in just minds which have been deceived by false reports and good to the system ey stem comes out of the evil intended so bo goos goes on with its work of enlightening the rouis rouls of men and lifting them into communion with god it leads them to falth faith hope hopes charity and knowledge it purges Es them of sin and gives them strength to resist evil it aila alia them with divine light and constant joy and opens for them the way to to the fountains of everlasting Intel intelligence lf it shows the poor among them how bow to live and become self seif sustain ing and aids them to obtain true liberty in obeying true law and it la Is going to prevail the witness may way make a note of it it cannot be suppressed ased it lives in the hearts of hun hundreds dredd dreda of thou thousand bande sande and will yet fire the souls of and its 11 light 9 ht will shine to the uttermost parts of the earth to the confusion of the works of dar darkness knees kness and the glory of its divine author we vve advise the witness to find out some thing about it before making further remark remarks |
