| Show OUGHT TO KNOW BETTER THE boston journal Is ie unusually fair in its comments on mormon affairs although like other papers it is not fully informed concerning them but sometimes it falls into error through that very common lack of information for instance it recently had this paragraph under the head of political jottings cottings Jot tings if the mormons cormons have really abandoned the practice of polygamy poli gamy as la in claimed by those who are agitating for the admission of utah as a state it is singular that in arizona they are resisting in g with all their ml might ht a proposition f for ra a test oath similar to that adopted in idaho 11 why is there anything singular int Pint resistance by any people against invidious legislation that not only discriminates against their religion but seeks to impose upon them tests that are un american and designed to deprive them of all political rights and privileges privilege 0 and what has all that to do with the abandonment of polygamy does not the boston journal that sets acts of congress provide all the test teat oaths necessary to disfranchise persons who practice tice polygamy la Is it not aware that the test teat oath of idaho and that which a few fanatics natica fa want to revive in arizona was designed to dis die franchise fran chiae monogamist cormons mormons Mor monc mons if not the journal boumal does not know of what it is in talking about A people who would not resist with all their might such auch an attempt to rob them of the common privileges of citizens solely on account of their re licious association with others who are dis franchised are not worthy of political liberty it would be singular if they made no resistance and this has baa no connection with the question of abandoning polygamy for the test oath in either case does not affect practical polygamy at all but will the journal kindly inform us who those persons are that are agitating for the admission of utah we have not met with any nor have we seen evidences of their agitation in print we are afraid the boston journal to is only making of itself an echo of silly anti mormon sayings |
