| Show expressions FROM THE PEOPLE TIRE THE past anti and present phases of the con fllch between tenth and error difference between the early patriots and the baines editor deseret mews necos the heavenly father has not formed the limbs of his children to be bruised by fetters fetter nur nor their souls to be m ordered murdered by servitude when you lonseo see a man led to prison or to punishment be not hasty basty in your selves belv ess to say that is a wicked roan man who has committed a crime against his fellow tr for peradventure he is a roan man of worth who desired to serve his fellows aud and who for that is punished by their oppression when you see a people loaded with irons and delivered to the executioner I 1 be not hasty to say this people is an h unruly people that would trouble the peace of the earth peradventure lor for cerad venture it is a martyr people which suffer for the salvation of humanity lamen 1 I 1 he be foregoing expressions are contained in a little work published in 18 4 and denounced by pope gregory XVI in his encyclical ency cheal letter of jelv 7 18 11 as a work of most pern cious influence the author was one af the earl early european lovers of liberty who denied denied the divine right of kings and defended the rights of the commma people against tyrant fi antl and oppression it seems a little strange e that here in supposedly free ameri america ca it has be some come necessary to quote these RINGING SENTENCES I 1 to explain the position of a por portion n of the citizens of the republic but the recent steps tadeu by the federal government ern ment and the public sentiment that seems so generally prevalent render the matter so plain that he who runs may read 11 in 1776 the patriots of america enunciated the doctrine that no government had bad the right to prohibit the free exercise of religious liberty after a seven years war costing millions of treasure and thousands of 91 lives the foes of free speech and free conscience retired baffled from the struggle strangle and the fite liberty loving of the world congratulated ct themselves that they bad won the victory when in fact they had only fought half the fight tight tyrants were forced to concede a part pact of the demands but bequeathed to their children the duty of defeating the fand tand genius of the idea in words religious religion freedom was granted but when the set act atiq time came to test the proposition the sons of former oppressors were on hand to 0 inter prettye pret the law to mean that you may believe believe what you you please but you must not practice your belief the struggles of tae the fathers seemed the shadow out but the substance is being withheld the bill of fare is provided in printed form but the material food is not f furnished ur the siberian exile can believe think thin 1 and inwardly cogitate what he ha elzse pleases s but he cannot practically carry out his thoughts WHAT difference IS 16 THERE in the two cases case s it seems to have been reserved to the latter day saints to fight the other half of the fight and establish dinits in its f ulness the f freedom so earnestly contended for by the faunde a of the republic kublic and in the provi dences of the they are peculiarly fitted and prepared for the contest springing ironi from the common people inured to toil and hardship accustomed to pay little reverence to public opinion and devotedly attached to the principles of freedom they stand today to day before the world the exponents of constitutional law lav and the defenders defender of equal rights to all lp men en with special privileges to none robbery of rights and property always go hand in hand ana with the effort to take from the people ot of utah their h I 1 ir civil rights we need not be surprised r i sed that steps are being taken to steal their hard earned pois possessions sessions they are ara now lace face to face with the proposition to deny the gospel and abjure freedom or sacrifice property personal liberty or it may be lize life itself what true man or woman can for one moment momen t hesitate as to the proper thing thim to do under such circumstances we would indeed be unworthy of the sacred trust reposed in our care if there existed any evidence of hesitation there canoe can be no compromise between truth and error freedom and slavery life and abath the struggle must go on if it impoverishes every defender of truth an and d the blood of martys martyrs is again caused to flow the principles we contend for are too pricel priceless rss to comi coming nil generations to causelessly fritter away at the demand of a frowning world there may be and doubtless are I 1 IN OUR MIDST but let us hope not many ard aad the they will soon develop themselves M and be weeded out while the body of the church will be thoroughly united and bound together presenting an unbroken front while the liberty loving everywhere will rally to their support in addition the battle is not always to the strong nor the race to the swift a just god presides over the destinies of nations who will lend his omnipotent power to fight the battle of freedom of action as he did in the battle of thought and who is 18 aare that can doubt the final result resul jt it may and doubtless will be a long and teolious tedious struggle made up of endurance and fidelity to principle rather than the shock of battle yet it will as certainly try the weak and test the wavering as though armies were marching aj and cannon thundering it has ever been the ref refuge age of those who oppress to do it in the name of law auti antl morality for the glory of god sad aad the purification of the church the people must be saved is the gubernatorial executive cry willingly ff f they will ill forcibly if we must SO SAID LUCIFER in the council of the gods one peculiar feature of the struggle exists in the fact that we are now aex experiencing perien cing a change of pro gramme or method on the part of those who are I 1 the he easl avers of thought heretofore they have utilized mob violence and rejected the drol ordinary inary forms of law and jurisprudence now they utilize these elements and make breastworks of them from behind which they seek to destroy the friends of free conscience the natural result which must flow from this stop step will be in the end much more disastrous to our enemies than have been the results of previous methods the former inculcated tae doctrine of mob violence and the harvest has been terrible but the later plan destroys all semblance of law and order brings chaos and cuts loose from its moorings mo oringa every fundamental idea of our government it involves officers of the law marshals judges governors over nors senators the supreme 61 court ourt the chief executive of the nation and society generally in an indiscriminate stampede before public opinion it forces and compels the picking pac kini of juries it twists the law to suit the case it imprisons one man for k keening w the law jaw and another for breaking r a it t it adopts for its ite motto the end never mind the means it draws draw within its meshes every ramification X the government it compels religions societies to band tok together ettfer to again forge the thumbscrew thumb screw and the rack for their neighbor religionists it coaxes po pc parties to join the hue and cry lor political effect and in short seeks to bring aring under its influence all classes of people and all organizations t that t can contribute to wb its strength r 1 when hen but bat one member itsu of the body dy is sick there is some hore hope of a cure but when the whole bo body y from the crown of the head to the soles of the feet is sick when the disease permeates the whole system then indeed is the case a and the chances for affecting a cure small in this way is the latter method of opposition infinitely worse than the former for it commits all from the highest highes tto to the lowest to all the plans lans I 1 and devices adopted adoo ted and will lu an fn the end place equal responsibility upon all from the highest to the lowest for the entire list of infamous crimes committed ip in the name of law and morality moral ltV of outraged justice con Qs ns cation catlon ot of property despoiling despo iline of divil civil rights martyrdom althe seri servants ants of f god and ana the long list of adf awful ul infractions lra e of goow GoPf ilaw law vary truly I 1 YOU JOHN MORA |
