| Show THE BOSTON advertiser 0 ON at khe kne QUESTION 1 1 tim TUB dilly advertiser of december h contains a lon lou long g and weil well written letter from elder B F cummings jr try a misel missionary conary from this city now in the elst east I 1 containing some strictures oa on the allds allusions lons ions to the mormon mermon m question in the presidents message and in joseph cooks prelude to one his hib lectures he snows shows what atwould wb would be the effects of such lawa aa as are demanded demah man mah ded by a small clique 0 of f office and their fi lenda leada on th the 6 social and political condition ot 0 utah and makes a strong plea for her heind admission as a state the advertiser notices the letter editorially editor lally and wa we make theba thesa clippings from its article the the president hag haa acted in hia his constitutional capacity capao capac itys and there hta hla unction ceases present it Is for congress to tto act upon lapon the tae president presidents dents advice or mot not lis its as it may see sea fit but there is clearly no reas sm in in censuring him for doing what as been 4 een elected and sworn to do mr cummings gumming argument about the polygamy act of 1862 1802 is wholly futile the rey key nolda case did not affirm tho constitutionality of the law but simply eil esl the application of a common law principle according to the revised Statute Bt atutes seo sec c 1868 the common law prevails in utah und and that law looks upon bigamy and polygamy as a heinous crime thap that ends the tho legal question quest ion iob a ai mr bir cummings candidly cand ialy laly concedes conc cone edos but he adsan adwan ca ce to a constitutional arume argument ut eio jho ia iii quite I 1 right light in ridiculing absurd pr rut but he hel is wrong in belie belio believing that utah can demand or enforce ita its admission on as a bdate beat the finai final arbiter of that question ia Is congress and Cong congress tess fess may act in this mattar matter upon its diecie discretion tion as tb the 00 constitution n ution shows very clearly X in la a legal and constitutional tion lion it is manifestly ma wrong tu to appeal to tho the bible or to gul gad god rules in fil his hia own way and mr cummings will perhaps allow hato us to aay afy ea y to him hlin as a private statement th that atthe the laws of god are as liard ilard hardas bardas ns chaste as ice lee aad i i as feure eure as the laws of gravitation we think that the editor of the error mor oil on home gome of thelo these points we would hlo liko xo to know afien bf the united states swore that gerould ibe he would rould use the authority ity of his exalted flipe office 0 toward the disfranchisement dla dia of tl ro community a portion are of violating a law framed especially against al a feature of their falth faith al aio alo also o totoa to loa ioa cn a what whit clause in the constitution tullon requires hlin to 46 bithe a special a on L adom aib alb institution which at worst isfan tar far superior to a social system that prevails throughout tho tha land und and poisons othe chevery th very every fountains olife of life ilfe since bince when has haa it become the tignal duty of the to tb fd recommend co unconstitutional men for abe of preventing his political opponents from gain ilfe inythe the strength beed to be likely to accrue to them themon on the admission cf of a new now daty had ha nj to tb do with those recommendations Po Fo reven the menta andere and pre against mormon marri AE tito be bo correct the evil alleged is utterly insignificant in comparison athe the undisputed widespread wide spread spead cor eruptions with debalt decay death the foundations of society ay and crowd around the national cd pital notably disgracing add and defacing the district of columbia over lias has complete control if it ia is the duty of the president to urge the extine of a custom rif in iii a distant territory which at least lease has the sa and is under the restraint af religious convictions and authority tho rity how much more is it hla hia jait e tr t 0 draw to evils that eire are rampant and unchecked light right under tle tie he eyel of dur bur our lawmakers pa and a rl whoso choso NY 1100 dimensions dimon siong are waft f 3 i i ii 11 f gigantic compared with the dimin 16 mormon bug bearl beail the Adver advertiser liser in attempting to criticise criticism critic ise brother cummings has fallen into a very common blunder the decision in the reynolds Reynold lis case was the affirmation of the constitutionality tiona tlona lity of the law of and this was its essential feature feat urek and as wo we have proven heretofore there is no common law provision against polygamy bigamy wab was made a statutory by the act of jamea sames 1 I and that law was copied in parsing the tha act of congress of 18 1801 mr cum Cam cummings is right the advertiser is wrong As to the admission of utah all that arc or any of the mor mons achs Is that C congress gress will follow precedent law and ald the constitution he makes no plea that utah c can an demand jb pr r enforce its admission here hero are his remarks thoron thor only requisition which congress bas baa a constitutional right to make of a territory applying for admission as a state having the requisite population is that her people shall adopt a state co constitution matitu guaranteeing a republican form forra ot government congress has no night right to ask aek what may be ba the political or pr religious opinions of the people of the would be state it has haa not even the right to prescribe proscribe the social system they shall bhail adopt it can only require the requisite population jk and nd a republican form of government in utter disregard of her rights righta utah has been kept kepi out of the union for many years this thib talsia is sound and incontro velt veit ible ibie but it contains no such idea as the advertiser seeks to dispute we have provided in our state constitution for a republican form of government of the most liberal type and in keeping us out of the union congress is acting unjustly unwisely ald aid and contrary to long establish established ep precedent now jowas as to the appeal to godana the bible broth brother brothen er cummings Cum minga bays says the constitution guarantees liberty of conscience to people of every creed and in the face of this we have several thousand members of ufa a church including women and children who are liable to buffer suffer severe bevere legal penalties for practicing practising a rell reli religious alous doctrine sanctioned by the nible bible originally revealed from god and nearly aa as old as the human race wili will the advertiser dispute the truth of thle thit and if the laws of god are so inflexible and inevitable aa as described by that editor where Is IF the justice constitutionality or common sense in human enactments which beek to subvert those lawa iwa or either of thomm thorn why is it wrong to appeal to the bible and t to 0 god in a dispute over a question of a religious charac tei we have hav to graft a principle of our religious faith upon the state but the state has undertaken to interfere with the free exorcise exercise thereof in ih the dispute it is alleged that this practice bas has nothing to do with religion because it is clear that if fit it is once osce acknowledged to be religious in its nature the power of congress to touchy it in any way is barred forever how then shall wo we prove the religious character of this principle and its practice except by an appeal to god and the bible in both of which our chief opponents pretend to believe devoutly the advertiser will find on a careful Invest investigation gation of the subject which ve recommend as a novelty to editors in gener general aly alj who are mostly in lamentable famen enmen table tabie ignorance concerning it that the argument is overwhelmingly on our side constitutionally biblically justly and add socially soei ally aily and seeing aa as the advertiser ver ssi vei tiser remarks that God rules in his own wayt way would it nolt not be just aa as well for presidents dents legisla tors tois judges and editors to from interfering with him and his lest iest they find that in fighting against laws that are as hard as iron they only rush upon their the frown irown own destruction |
