Show DEFEATING THEIR OWN ENDS A GREAT deal of nonsense is bein being uttered and published in regard to the case of president george Q cannon if it were possible to enlarge the penalty which the law provides so as to cover his particular case as it is viewed by his enemies there is no doubt that he would be put to death or im imprisoned ironed for the term of his natural life if er the gentleman is indicted for a simple misdemeanor the supposition that he was so indicted has been general for nearly a year it has also been understood that he was wanted by the marshal he has not appeared much in public durin during that period but has attended to his bis bu business and been quite free to go and come when he considered it was necessary and until recently no special efforts of any importance have been made for his arrest but quite a bitter has been worked up against president ident cannon and he has been singled out as a particular object of attack because of his known abilities and great influence among the latter day saints hence the reward which was offered for his apprehension and which we are pleased to say it does not appear that any pretended friend or disciple has blasted his soul to gain the news of his arrest while traveling westward on oil the central I railroad Kail road has sheu ivea a fiendish joy to the conspirators conspirator a against the peace of utah they are feverish in their excitement and their exultation even the prosecuting attorney and Chief justice are spoken of in the public prints as openly exhibiting t their great delight and it is urged that he more than thai any other should suffer the penalty but this is all wrong president cannon is entitled to a fair trial we do not say he has any reason to expect it when brought within the reach of the courts antio and to the same consi consideration considerate derat no less and no more as an any other de defendant charged with the offense for which he has been indicted an ad effort is being made to work up other charges against him as might have been expected but he should not be singled out as a special mark for the laws vengeance the law should know no vengeance it should protect the innocent and punish the guilty without passion and without partiality judge zane has enunciated the doctrine that 4 justice is we not view as an nor regard it as a principle but it should hold bold good in this respect that all defendants fend ants accused of precisely similar offenses should be viewed alike by the lawand no one should be pursued and punished for his position influence or the enmity against him out but should be judged according to t the e nature of the offense the special proceedings against his family are not warranted by the circumstances cum stances the manner in which they are hunted bunted and harassed with unusually heavy bonds for their appearance pe arance the harsh not to say indecent questioning to which one lady in particular has been subjected and the whole course pursued in his bis case show that t h at he be has as been make a marked and selected object lor for attack under the name of law some of this Is caused by a very mistaken idea on the part of those who are extra rigor and severity pt yin in h bis csc case ase the they y imagine because he is a valued and respected leader among the mormons cormons Mor mons that his capture and imprisonment would make a great change of belief and sentiment among the masses of the people that it would either force them into that submission which some people talk so glibly about bat do not define or make them think that there is ia some mistake about their faith or elicit some revelation or compromise which will affect the situation all this attis shows that the enemies of the mormon lormon A people do not understand them or their religion the killing ot josepn josepa and hyrne smith was expected to produce just such results as those now anticipated the imprisonment or martyrdom of every president ident and apostle would not change the faith of the saints in the divinity of the church to which they belong or make them cringe to their foes or deny their principles they do not put their trust in man or pin their faith to auy any mortal being the idea that revelation can be manufactured to suit the demands of men or nations is one of the gross absurdities ties of anti 4 mormonism the notion that the baines are led by the word and caprice and personal notions of a man is an utter fallacy that any ong one who chooses to investigate may see through at a glance if he will george Q cannon upon whom the responsibility is sought to be placed for the position of the mormons cormons Mor mons is no more responsible for their belief aud attitude than for the firmness of the grand old mountains that surround us or the saltiness of the briny lake that reflect their snow capped summits mits tile the revelations and and doctrines and ordinances ot of the church did not come irom from him he is but one of their able ex and exemplars if he was imprisoned for life or burnt at the baake neither those principles nor tue faith of the people would be changed one iota we tell those people who think that the capture ot of our leaders or any amount of pressure pre ssuie upon the saints will cause a recantation or departure depa iture from tile the things ahio which we hold to be of god that they have reckoned without their host these difficulties and afflictions only make the roots of our aith strike deeper and the tendrils of our affection for the cause cling closer and cause the deep determination mi we have to live and die by the truth to become more intense while our abiding confidence in god assures ass ures us that I 1 all things shall work together for good and tor for the ultimate success ot of the work to which we have devoted our souls forever and the more moie injustice and excess of rigor ngoi in the en enforcement J of oppressive oR oppressive laws the the people witness waness he more compact becomes their unit unity I 1 and the greater their detestation of alie the means devised for foi their overthrow the couise pursued towards the mor mons is the surest way to defeat the object which its projectors have in view this will be seen and recognized in time assure as sure as the sun shines on the glistening granite walls of our using te temple ingle and as god rules in the eternal heavens eavens |