Show TO 13 BE E RESISTED TED A AS S 1 tue THE philadelphia american a very able paper thus treats upon the subject of bf the legislation introduced by s senator hoar we do not see how any ione tone one governed by y t the he principles which give life to our national system of government can reach dinn diff different erent crent conclusions to those expressed in the following the bill reported by mr hoar to strengthen astren then the severity seventy of previous legislation mormonism seems to Us to go than the supreme court is likely to regard as the tho bounds of constitutional action it prop proposes oses oges to transfer the tile entire proper to of athe church of the latter batter day da saints to a bodai of trustees appointed by the president and devote it ft to the maintenance of public schools inthe jn the territory it especially proposes to lo confiscate to this sethe fund far for the promotion immigration from droin europe and to declare tl the tha 1 e existence of such aland alund in itself i lil ae legal gat 1 it is e easy to gee see that the accumulation of real estate and other property in the hands handsol of the corporation known as the church of the latter day saints balents is extremely undesirable and chati as was done dons with the property of the roman itoman catholic church in newy arki missouri and some soua other othen states its distribution to the custody of local bod ies of trustees within a reasonable time under pell poli penalty alty aloy of confiscation gid wid bs be both just aist and politic it is against public policy to permit the accumulation of 01 great estates in mortmain and any reasonable measure to io break up dupuch uch estates has the sanction of precedent and of experience but tle tile tie unconditional confiscation of church prope property because ve it has peen reen ea in 14 gam grm estell in ali ah i un g oad nad manner in 14 the control oali of a cen body is a proceeding such sueh as the constitution tito boes roes 0 not warrant oven in congress dealing witha with a territory nor is it easy casy po ab see gee on what grounds r it canar cana maintained thata abata fa fund nd for the promotion of immigration is illegal TF the tho aida alda aidT r p ak funds and supply them froni thein their orr binary revenue it Is true that blics aliese C promote immigration without atimer reference torell to beligio gio glo up belief but the utah authorities will wiil apt be found to oa dmit that they do otherwise nor sui smi be 4 essy easy to f furnish urn ish legai legal proof oath bof ohp notorious fact maet that nobe nong nono none but converts concerts to the established church oi of the territory profit bl by the arrangement the bill ill lil seems to IQ set precedents which every religious body and every western stater will do swell owell to resist as mischievous |