| Show THE CRUSADES LESSONS tine THE majority of the people of utah have kind of education that cam act be overestimated we are by toe the belief that teat they are being largely takeo taken advantage vf f it to is for them to turn a present and apparent calamity into a glor glorious lous ultimate benefit there then is a divins philosophy in the atriab to hun humanity is subjected aud and ephel leei ally is this correct in reference to what is esteemed by the ewais as 83 a work established by ahe almighty mud and which they believe has a glorious destiny ahead ot of it the distress and suffering tweed caused by the crusade are in immediate contemplation but it to difficult to imagine any other array army of chaa that involved in it that could so completely serve the purpose of teaching so many striking lessons if have their proper effect upon the mands of the people the outcome will bogrand be bv grand and the good results to posterity will be beyond computation the departures par tures from the rights to which all citizens are entitled in this republic without distinction as to race mae color religious loum belief etc dim stimulate thought ani enforce 1 research in relation to what constitutes good government sound law and equitable and impartial execution of it thus are correct principles of political and social organization im bedded in the mirkle minds of the thoughtful the constant Infract lona Jond that are perpetrated by those who are seeking to crush a people presumed to be helpless should fill them with detestation of such procedure and inspire them with higher conceptions of true government and with a determination to uphold its principles the transformation of alleged courts of justice with their entire machinery into engines of oppression every process being prejudiced and partial in the treatment of a certain class of people creates a longing for juster methods when the forms of law will be observed instead of being flagrantly violated the perpetration of or cruelty kielty upon the tender and innocent should fill all the heart with im an unquenchable desire to adra administer inister mercy wath aft which ich all the dealings of man maim with V h fellows should JA be tempered the exhibitions of anti antl Mormon ness less should cause among the looyd broadric diess wider desire and aspirations while the mocking maeng infidelity manifested should increase their trust in god the unblushing hypocrisy and in mitigated false falsehood hoW resorted to by the opponents of the mormon people should cause them to be imbued with ade a nation to eliminate from amongst them all ah lying and deceiving 1 which are aft eventually to be done away the woner sooner the better the utter artir on the pe part A of the crusaders towards their victims should conduce to the cubtil vaton of a of sour ewa this should be the position of lof every person who anticipates taking port part in what hat we believe is destined tobe file n most ost potent refo reform na adry work ever inaugurated for the regeneration of morals and the maintenance of humia free freedom doln that erron have occurred in its incipient eta staged dee needs ds wj admission for use the nature of toe the work is ie necessarily progressive gres gre sive selve to the energetic thinker and actor in a problem abose operations are to conduce to the common weal are but the stepping stones to greater advancement if there is a man in the community no matter if he be one who has ed ever so deeply from the wrongs of the oppressive crusader whose spirit is not tempered by the experience and observation afforded he has failed to appropriate the lessons lema which the situation so strikingly teaches if the tables were to turn and the power now wielded by the antl mormon oppressor were to pass to the hands of the victims and if the latter were to be disposed to retaliate by returning oppression for oppression cruelty for cruelty and injustice tor injustice it would demonstrate that the lessons of the crusade had bad been lost upon them they would show themselves pon possessed of the spirit of the gospel of fan an eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth but not that of the higher law of returning good for evil of which christ was the perfect exam pier when the lessons of the crusade are learned including higher conceptions of duty of the rights of man of justice and the extent to which mercy should be applied app liedthe the onslaught will probably end coupled with more exalted ideas of government order and wholesome regulation allied with liberty there must be a more exalted type of morality a 4 closer social equality and greater regard iward for those brotherly amenities which smooth the pathway of life until a greater degree of advancement to is made in these directions the necessary prep 1110 to qualify the community to td operate upon the higher plane which the assume has haa not ben been undergone J K N |
