| Show THE MORMONS an unprejudiced view of the legislation against them the courts of the nation are determined it seems to rob the peo people le of utah of their legitimate ri rights gilLS when men courts are resorted to to farther a partisan scheme or interfere witti with the religious freedom of a people the prin caples upon which this government was rounded toun ded and upon which it is maintained are ruthlessly and criminally ignored but it seems to tee a fact which iv painfully apparent that the people of utan utah have no rights either political or religious which meddlesome cranks and parti partisans sang are bound to respect the men whid crossed the lonely prairies like the pilgrims crossed the sea and blazed their way through an unknown i wilderness laid the foundation for a great reat and prosperous state laid it beep deep and strong and with ener energy y and perseverance rarely if ever equalled equal equalled equal led in annals ot of history and that they and their kin bin might enjoy en joy the blessings blea aings of religious belief and the prosperity brought about by their own thrift and industry in their own way I 1 and under their own root trees in olden days fire aa sword were brought into use to drive ze from the heart of man conviction the bel belm iol implanted therein by the convict of his own conscience and the die f heart and brain A glance lance fabe he history of the past do R through the long ion years of Cs ao assassinations tells ab w the land was drenched with afi blood of men women and children w whose 0 ose lives were given for their religious opinions yet we ask have we a single record that tends to show that persecution and ty tyranny ever changed the opi nio i of ne single human being year by year century by century the star of hope grew brighter d dogmas og save gave way before the piercing rays of human advancement mid and out from thed the darkness akness and unholy obscurity of 1 bigotry came tue toe shining stars of hu man freedom whose welcome glow covered the ibe earth with a mantle of L glory and enslaved mankind was at I 1 jut fast set free and per permitted witted to worship god gd in their own b bumble manner now alter after centuries of religious liberty 10 afo the lawmakers law makers of this country believe that they can regain I 1 through abe instrumentality of our i courts of justice what the bigots of old were forced to surrender to the inexorable demands of christian humanity under the leadership of martin luther laws can be framed and to the shame of our lawmakers law makers have been framed which deprive man of it liberty and property tor for his religious belief f but bat statutes cannot now nor never could change either the religious or political opinions of man in fact persecution in the name of either church or state only intensifies such a belief and I 1 just as long as it is persisted in will tend to give standing gsg to a creed which if not in accordance with the propriety of good morals and security of good government must fall in the sink of obscurity and perish creeds dogmas and men can only be judged by the results accomplished crime cannot run rampant and prosper under the very eyes of a watchful and intelligent community neither can doctrines be taught under like circumstances which are foreign to and detrimental to our system of government hence u ence we believe that any and all legislation tending to interfere with the political or rell religious giotis opinions of ments menis in contradistinction tra to a republican form of government and cannot or should not find a permanent place on an pur our statute books arizona gazette garew dec 7 |
