Show MORMON ATTITUDE TRIM THE herald of omaha nebraska sed to be an outspoken defender of the he people of utah against the un truthful teaful attacks of their defamers def amers it was quite as forcible in its opposition to the peculiar institution as 1 n I its support of the industry sobriety Jety and general good conduct of f the majority of the mormons cormons Mor mons it could not be charged with any empathy for those distinctive fea fes of mormonism which were oade the excuse for attacking its adherents rents and advising their exter edtion Od It tation tion because it never failed to advise alse their repudiation and ex culon from the mormon system since the change of proprietor ship P the herald has seemed to a point every now and again to show that its policy has completely plemely changed in this respect it has aa gone to the extreme of unfair ae and distortion of fact and CIPle in order to exhibit its apathy pathy to te the people of utah 8 la is to be deplored because the aha herald has held for many r B a reputation for journalistic leneas lr which it would be a pity to lose ae it will gain nothing by mis an the mormons cormons Mor mons and ry y come to be considered able w in other respects the omaha herald has haa informed the tab public editorially that mory doctrines are ight in the public hc schools of utan when every well informed person knows that aws is entirely untrue the proofs of this have been before congress sur yeats years and the country has been e acquainted with them the abrald 0 o ought not to be in ignorance 04 this ia point ow the herald is trying to warp alad d distort remarks made at the end conference in this city und the heading of the morn ra attitude in referring to the of the first presidency the remarks of the nw now m on ola that occasion the herald atys ya he urged the saints not ylo yield to those people who are am working to make them do things which are wrong in the sight of god inferences are drawn from these alleged remarks which the text will not warrant let any unbiased person read the words we have quoted the herald berald and see if by any fair method of interpretation pret pre tation atlon they can be made to signify I 1 the supremacy of the church over the state and violation of the laws of congress yet this is what the herald makes them to moan mean it then goes onto on to say this nation cannot afford to recognize politically any community however large that is purely religious in its nature A state must be accepted as ae a congregation of united states citizens not as a community of church members well who has asked the nation to recognize politically any community that is purely religious in its nature Da ture the citizens of utah have respectfully asked for the rights and privileges accorded to others of equal number have not spoken as members of a church they have not acted in that capacity in framing a constitution and seeking the political powers of statehood their religious belief or status has not figured in the movement there is no connection between the two matters but that which papers like the omaha herald have manufactured certainly A state must be accepted as a congregation of united states citizens not as a community of church members why then does the herald attempt to drag in the religious question in a purely political JOli matter A congregation of I 1 united states citizens who had not broken any law and who had taken a peculiarly binding oath not to break the laws met in the sole capacity of united states citizens and framed a constitution strictly republican in form and presented it to congress who is trying to mix up religion and politics who is endeavoring to bring forward these citizens as a community of church members why the omaha herald and other papers that will not speak fairly and justly when utah affairs are discussed we maintain that it is no DO business of congress or of any paper lathe in the country what church united states citizens belong to if they do not break the laws of the land and it to is not the Mormon Mor mons sl who are connecting church and state in ii this purely political question but their inconsistent opponents the herald intimates that adroit here claim that utah has outgrown this supremacy of the church over the state 11 not so no one here except de famera camers admits that the church has claimed supremacy over the state there are no protestations of change in this respect the claim is that in the mormon creed and system the church and the staw static are separate and distinct and arp are not to be united under the republican institutions which the mor imor mons believe were established by ay virtue of a heaven inspired conati ution we have no objection against jair fair criticism of our faith or the ac act to of our people politically or otherwise but we do protest against misrepresentation sen tation against the presentation qu of ideas and notions as ours which wp wie do not entertain and then making them the basis of opposition to our people and their rights as american citizens tell the truth as it is ww and then bring forth your strong reason if you can but quit copying and repeating falsehoods for your own reputations reputation sake if not for the sake of honor and veracity |