Show WHAT THE CRUSADE majority of the people of utah have opportunities lor for a certain kind of education that cannot be oye overestimated resti we are comfort edby the belief that they are being largely taken ad vantage of it is for them to turn a present and apparent calamity into a glorious ultimate benefit there is a divine davine philosophy in the trials to which humanity is subjected and especially is this correct in reference to what is esteemed by the saints as a work established by command of tho the almighty and which they believe has a glorious glor lous ahead of it the distress and suffering caused by the crusade are appalling in immediate ine diate contemplation but it is difficult to imagine any other array of circumstances than man that involved in it that could so completely serve the purpose of teaching so miny many striking les lea huonh if they have leave their proper effect upon the minds of the people the outcome will be grand and the good results to posterity will be beyond computation the departures from the rights to which all ali citizens are entitled n this republic without distinction as to gracei color religious belief etc stimulate thought and enforce resea research reh in relation to what constitutes good government sound law and equitable and impartial execution of it thus akus are correct principles of political and social organization in the m minds ands of the thoughtful the constant infractions that are perpetrated by those who are seeking to crush a deop people e presumed to be helpless should till nil them with detel of such suca procedure and in aspire ire them with higher conceptions t of true and with a determination to uphold its principles the transformation of alleged co courts uru 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 lor luster juster methods when the forms formis of law will be observed instead of being flagrantly violated the perpetration ot 01 cruelty upon the tender and it innocent inocent should nil the heart with an unquenchable desire to administer mercy with which all the dealings of man inan with his fellows should be tempered the ex hi blous of anti mormon contract euliess should cause awong among the broader classes wider sympathies desires and aspirations while the mocking blocking infidelity should increase their trustin trust in god the unblushing hypocrisy and falsehood resor resorted led LO 10 by the opponents of the mormon people should cause them to be imbued with a determination to eliminate from amongst them all lying and aad deceiving which are eventually to be done away the sooner the better the atter utter absence of magnanimity ola OB the part of the crusaders towards their victims me should conduce to the cultivation of a i largeness ot ol soul this should be the position of every person who anticipates taking parl pan in what we believe is destined to be the mot potent patent reformatory for matory work ever inaugurated for the ree iteration of murals morals and the maintenance ace of human h uman freedom that errors error have shave occurred in its incipient stages needs no admission lor the nature of the work is progressive gres sive bilut errors to the energetic thinker aad actor in ie a problem whose operations are to conduce to the common weal are but the stepping stones to greater advancement afif it there is a man in the bomma community nit no matter it if he be one who has suge suffered red ever so BO deeply from the wrongs of the oppress oppressive i ve crusaded cru sadei whose spirit is ii nut hot tempered by the experience and observation afforded he has failed to appropriate the lessons which the situation so HO teaches it if the tables were to turn and the power now wielded by the anti anil mormon I 1 oppressor were to pass to the hands bands of the victims if the latter were to be dis dispose posea a to retaliate by re returning oppression for oppression cruelty for cruelty and injustice for injustice nj ustice it would demonstrate dem that the lessons of the crusade had been lost upon them they would show themselves vies possessed of the spirit of the gospel ot of au an eye eve for an eye and a tooth lor for la is tooth but not that of the higher law of returning good for evil of which christ was the perfect exemplar 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 the onslaught will probably end COti coupled pled with more exalted ideas of government order and wholesome regulation allied with liberty there must be A a more exalted type ot ol morality a closer social equality aud and greater regard for those brotherly amenities which h smooth the pathway of life until a greater degree of a advancement islade is made in these directions the necessary preparation to qualify the community to operate upon the higher plane which the work of god will home alme time assume has not been undergone |