| Show conspicuous TENOY TO ax nay oay z we present an article from the st paul and minneapolis ho ielo neer it is conspicuous for clearness there is a potent point how over overs which it omits to mention several of the anti antl marmon mormon bills that have been at different times presented for passage through congress have incorporated an amendment to the constitution for bidding the practice of polygamy within the confines of the united states in advocating legislation of that character characters the ohio antl anti mon mor imor mon leaguers lle JLe aguera have but followed in a track already well heaten beaten and to the clamor of a misty minded portion ol of the public the point we wish to draw attention to now Is the fact that the anti polygamy proposition is in the character of a huge toke joke oko upon congress and all that class that goaded that august body into passing legislation forbidding the practice of polygamy the proposal to make such an addition to the supreme law of the land amounts to saying la in so many gordej word that all 1 legislation e gl elation heretofore passed for the th e suppression s u of polygamy Is un constitutional if it were otherwise why should congress be asked to pass an enactment to render it harmonious with that instrument lt it would be a simple work of supererogation ero gation we ve are to conclude then that the law of 1862 against polygamy and all statutes subsequently passed to render it operative notably the poland and edmunds laws are in direct violation of tho the constitution ution as it now stands no other deduction from the position of the amendment advocates can be logically a 11 y re reached a ched if the constitution warrants any legislation of that character the warranty cannot be increased and the anxiety to insert an authorization amounts to an admission that it does not exist there now nor never has so bo far as that point Is concerned this is precisely the position we have taken on the subject that the legislation alluded to was in opposition to the whole genius of the constitution but we hardly expected to find our views supported suppo arted even unwittingly by those who manifest such strong antt ants Mormon proclivities we do not know that a constitutional amendment would alter the situation one way or the other any further farther than it might by rendering the question more derm germ e 7 conspicuous increase the cla cia clamor or against the saints but such an addition would be a repulsive wart on the face tace of the sacred instrument it would mar its beauty and be out of harmony with all its legitimate features consistency would require also that an insertion of that description would necessitate the elimination of one of its most glorious constituents the religious freedom clause the constitutional amendment craze is but another in stanco stanca of anti mormon Mor mons thoughtlessness inconsistency sis bis tency and blindness fi |
