Show THE NEW EDMUNDS ACT DENOUNCED THE now new york sun is emphatic in its denunciation of the edmunds Edmun Js supplemental measure for the confiscation fis cation of toe property of the church of jesus christ of latter day saints it holds that it would be only common fairness and decency to vest in the representatives of the church ch u ach the funds fu nd s arising arasi ng from tile the confiscation after relating what occurred in the senate when the hill was put upon its passage the sun sye says the three dissenting republican senators are to be congratulated upon having sufficient firmness and courage t to 0 resist the commands com mauda mauds of mr ze edmunds u n d S we do not think thin k that they will ever have cause to regret it nor will the democratic party deserve anything else than honor tor for resisting an oppressive and unjust measure let the republicans gel and keep all the credit they can from sentimentalists and fanatics for passing it the Democratic Party is true to the constitution in refusing to punish religious opinion by bv confiscation the republicans alte attempt ampt to divert attention from the real character of their proceeding by proposing to use for the maintenance of common schools in utah the funds arising from the confiscation of the propel prop property eity ty held for church purposes by a part of the inhabitants of utah the virtuous attitude of the republican party in the matter suggests a burglar who assumes airs of moral superiority because he has dropped a part of the swag into the contribution box the church of latter latier day saints has few friends frienda anywhere and perhaps none among enlightened men and women yet whatever have been its errors its impostures im postures or its crimes the mass of its believers have been honest men and women industrious and thriving colonists but had it been composed entirely of jailbirds jail birds there would still have been no necessity for confiscating their church property it is not right to do evil that good may come the republican party may yet have cause to regret that it has disregarded justice for a little cheap applause |