Show mb ehl ebl itiba TR 1 ls A L S t 6 A fue aue THE rd ideas e expressed co oon COD cern corn ing g and the course of cd conduct act adopted by different if parties toward the Mor monn open a wide vide field for observation aud reflection some of ofa those ideas and some bome of the conduct but bul too often evinces an amount of bigotry and fanata cism elam that is really deplorable one of the Athe worst features connected with man many of the traducers traduce ra rs and accusers of tj the e cormons mormons Mor mons is that they appear to be atte utterly 0 oblivious b to the fact of their continually continual I 1 y manifest manifesting illi the bigotry and fana fanaticism t leiam which they so BO readily ascribe to the mormons cormons Mor mons while on this subject it may not be necessary for us to point out any particular or notable instances for the verification of the truth troth of what we now advance still it may not be out of place to lek aek whether recent occurrences would or would not justify an individual in taking the position that the course of certain officials has proved them to be imbued with as much fanaticism bigotry and jesuit ism as could well be crammed into any other specimens apeci mens of the genus homo we add jesuitism because when an individual has predetermined pre determined the attainment tain ment of any particular object and in his efforts for the accomplishment of that object manifesto manifests unscrupulousness of conduct it may be justly concluded that that individual works upon the hypothesis that the means justifies the end which is understood to be the doctrine of the jesuits taking the downfall of mormonism as the object desired could certain officials have manifested any greater amount of bigotry than they have or could they possibly have shown themselves any more jesuitical than they have done in their efforts to destroy the religious and civil liberties of the latter day saints an analysis of their conduct would almost lead one to the belief that they had been endeavoring to demonstrate on what a small amount of principle they could manage to subsist eu balat it is a correct principle one that should always be acted that men should not attempt to abolish or destroy a system of things until they have devised or discovered a superior system with which to supply the place of that they desire to become extinct now 11 mormonism has proved to be beneficial to its adherents and sait asit as it has proved beneficial so far as the influence of its principles have already extended were the application thereof extended an hundred or a thousand fold the benefits derived would be the same and in a proportionately wider and more happy lying degree mormonism has gathered together its thousands of votaries vot aries and built up a happy virtuous and orderly community heretofore the people of utah have had hati the reputation and deservedly of being the best beet ordered body of people extant but already the scene begins to change changes so far as this city Is ia concerned at least and the change it is 9 needless to say is for the worse those who are so anxious that 11 mormonism should be extinguished are not animated therefore with that anxiety because they have a better system of religion to offer for that would be impossible most of those who are working against the interests of the cormons mormons Mor mons either directly or indirectly encourage the unhappy change in the Ahe aspect of matters generally here some try to justify themselves in their weir efforts to stifle the exercise of religious liberty by the cormons mormons Mor mons on the ground that the principle of patriarchal ri il marriage is ia opposed to the laws of the country this is a flimsy excuse and a false position it is true that a jaw raw law if such it may be called calle d was passed by congress in 1862 for the suppression of polygamy oly gamy in the territories but this strings arp in U the question as aa to the right of congress to pass such a law for as the constitution provides that congress shall make no law that will interfere with the religious liberties of the people the ahe law la is unconstitutional and consequently in a reality no llo law at eil all 11 1 some bome i parties parti 03 have gone so BO far as aa to bay bay say that plural marriage Is ia not a religious principle this of course is the extremity of foolishness if a man isto be told fold vt what hat ho he shall or shall not embody in his religious faith and tice tico liow much liberty does he enjoy rone wone tone whatever if the latter latten day saints say that plural marriage Is a part of their religion who has a right to say that this is not a part of their reli gion making dwelli swelling pretensions of allowing religious reli rell giona fr freedom ee om to all and I 1 then practically prescribing religious limits Is to say bay the least hypocritical in the tho extreme eitrem e and e excessively X m a tyrannical an t were thia this matter tested in a fair open and aboveboard above board manner there would beno reason for mormons cormons Mor mons to fear the result as anch a test would of course result in their tavor a vor they teedy bew being on the side bide of right and the constitution certain officials seem to be as conscious of this as ourselves ours oure elres eires and so BO instead of acting in a st straightforward honest and conscientious cons clentious manner must needs in order to carry out their nefarious designs twi twist stand and manipulate territorial rit orial statutes to bring thenn thena to bear on certain cases foreign to the intent of such laws this is a sneaking cauree and altogether unworthy of men morr who make any pretensions to fairness of conduct it smacks too much of the tricks comparatively speaking of the cowardly skulking indian who instead of choosing to meet a person whom he had bad singled out as his enemy openly and on fair ground lies in ambush and endeavors to pick unconscious mark from behind a tree a bush or a hillock those who by any means whatever seek to take away a peoples people lis liberties are the next of kin to murderers the difference is that the latter destroy human life while the former had bad they the power would destroy that which makes human existence desir desirable i able abie for what is life without liberty glorious untrammelled trammelled un liberty so far as aa we are concerned we see no reason why the latter day saints should cringe or bend or yield up their religious freedom and so far as aa we know they have no intention of doing so territorial statutes may be twisted to a misapplication of their true truo intent and divers cases may be ingeniously hatched batched and numerous other means may be used to annoy vex and irritate the latter day saints into the committal of some bome overt act but the people have had an experience which has taught them wisdom and forbearance and to trust in god who will bring them triumphantly out of overy every difficulty there are persons doubtless who laugh at the idea of people rusting in god i i such matter mattere they think it foolish to look confidently to the almighty for succor we think however that those who rely upon such a reliable source show their good sense and that they will by no means be disappointed in their expectations HENRY SMITH of albany was elected 11 speaker aker of the house in the new york state ta t legislature henry smith took the chair and made a speech of a radically reformatory nature of the fol foi following low character more work and less play continuous session no recess no going home to see your wives and split kindling wood work every day the only way to produce short sessions too many office seekers bee see kers kera around the capitol better go west and eat potatoes on shares han hanging ranging me ing around the capitol makes men idle idie offices not created for any such purpose now if speaker smith spoke thus thug just to and satisfy his hla con conk i science clene 9 and please grumblers grumbl ers and other folk foik inclined to be or professing to be tolerably honest horie sf he may get along but if he spoke his real feelings and nd meant what he spoke and means to stick to it ho he is ia likely to have a rough time for the same authority that tells us ua of his speech aleo te tells telis sie sis us that at the caucus of the republican members held in the assembly chamber eve every ry office beeker seeker in the state slate was on h hand and with four cousins and two uncles to assist does anybody think they are going west to eat pota toes on shares nou not unless they can impose themselves upon one or other of the territories in some sort of official ca capacity which heaven forbid too many gere here of that sort already THE sacramento reporter Se porter catalogues cataloguer catal the political conventions on the oil calender like this democratic state convention new hampshire feb 6 today to day governor weston probably national labor reformers reform ers bra convention at columbus ohio feb 21 julian juhan probably nominated for president radical state convention indians indiana feb eeb 22 N democratic emoch state entla oa r w degoria A f n 1 aj j 8 state tate late con n car olina april 17 conservative state conven Convention tion north karolins Pa rolins ay 1 national 11 I 1 migs maes convention of liberal republicans a li may ir ii anti antl grant candidate either trumbull julian Gratz Brown or governor palm paig eroil liln ilin off gi granva gragra a nt aj N Nati atio ohal lisl couve n ti diu did vf of of face aice holders bolders and brothers in law t more reverently speaking the grant wing of the republican party at philadelphia june 5 republican executive ex 1 state committee texas tass at Houa tont second tuesday injure io june 11 U to nominate state electors tor ton ton toe presidential election list last but not nob least we rna may y ment went mention lork the peoples Peo piea plea state constitutional convention bention ven tion at salt lake city feb 39 19 commenting upon utah affairs the san ban Franc francisco leco examiner eba Era minet miner talks on this wise we think the easiest remedy is the admission of utah as a state with a clause in its con constitution declaring that me the polygamy thereafter shall be felony preventing holding office tho the transfer of property or the exercise of any civil right As regards regald what occurred prior to the adoption of the constitution a clause could be found to settle the rights of children and the division of property congress could in insure surg aurb utah the representative population in less than six months by now passing an enabling act setting betting forth that when utah adopted a constitution cont containing a ining certain provisions as now determined by congress she would be admitted an act of this kind would seal the fate of polygamy and restore in a prompt manner man i ner one of the richest mineral regions of the world to morality happiness and prosperity it would also end the reign of licentious nebs nesb which has maintained an organized existence in a vast territory with the sanction of local law for mora more than twenty years there are several things in ia the above paragraph in which we cannot agre agree with the examiner zoid arnd we wd are quit quite as much interested Interest bd in utah affairs as the examiner possibly can be true enough the easiest remedy for many evils would be the admission of utah as a state such evils as aa an unjust judiciary and the deprivation of the people of the territory of many of the rights of american citizens atwould it would be satisfactory enough to us if congress would pass an enabling act for the admission of utah As to the kind of constitution required for such admission the federal constitution has these express directive provisions new now states may be admitted by the congress into this union the united states shall guar guaranty anty to every state in this union a republican form of government A constitution republican in form and C learly clearly constitutional onal in letter and spirit would be more than likely to meet with the approval of the people at large in ia this territory and should meet with the approval of congress there is no justification for deolar declaring that the practice of polygamy thereafter shall be felony i etc morally polygamy is no crime technically it can be made a crime only buly by violating the convictions of four fifths of the human race now existing and the convictions of the chief nations of antiquity to punish and proscribe for plural marriage is ia contrary to morality contrary to the bible and contrary to good statesmanship an act proscribing such marriage would not restore morality happiness and prosperity nor end them the reign of licentiousness 11 as the examiner well knows on the contrary such an act would encourage a reign of licentiousness and destroy morality happiness and prosperity in a territory where the former never did reign but where the latter have prevailed to a remarkable degree when the examiner states that the reign of licentiousness has maintained an organized existence in utah with the sanction of local law for more than twenty years the examiner states a barefaced lie sand and what it knows to be a barefaced lie it is well known to every candid observer that there has been less licentiousness and more morality in utah than in any other othen state or territory in the union it IF ia also getting to be well known oat wat ilee ilce licentiousness uti has been pushing into drgan organized existence here the last year or two because it it As has ileen I 1 1 n augu rated aud and established ea and aud is stain ed by th thois oiw por souie rabidly opposed to lie ile system of plural p ura marriage i AMERICA americk isa iba is a proud less there are some things binge o which it may have reason to berroud be proud mut but there are numerous other a fob tor which it should put on annab in some mattera mattena the th nation bas has been for some timo time taking a downward ten tea dency this declination liebat lathat A america m erlee erice is essentially a nation of df politicians there could be joe no objection to this provided that policy were always consonant with sound principles for if this were to EO the tendency of the nation would be progressive and upward instead of downward and retrogressive buk nut it is the general rule ruie for politicians to work to the interests of party at the sacrifice of the principles of justice and equity there is scarcely a surer sign of a bati hati nation tendency to decay than tobee to bee hee corruption in the administration of the laws it is indeed a pity that judicial and other legal responsibilities cespon esibill ties should be placed on the shoulders of truckling politicians who let party motives sway them when official duties call them to act in matters wherein parti party interests are wre at stake and even neide aside from political considerations nume roul romi instances could be cited citel wherein vast legal questions have been directed into desired channels by the magic influence of mammon an judiciary is the bulwark of a nation and when that becomes rotten it is ia v bure sure indication that tae tue whole fabric will sooner or later fall to pieces the eviden evidences ces cea of political and ja judicial di corruption in the nation are far too numerous to mention affairs in seuth carolina new OT orleans leans ieans texas the stupendous tammany frauds the custom house transactions ai and d numerous other little affairs in V various r lo 10 us parts of the union indicate which way the wind blows with regard to the doings of official tricksters trick in this territory th eyare well known here and every honest sensible man can have but one opinion concerning them ALL aln europe is preparing for a revolution says an exchange and so it seems nor is the preparation |