| Show LOYALTY TO AMERICAN institutions CARDi CARDINAL wAL GIBBONS an american p prelate re of if the Chur church chI recently made a speech in the eternal city in which le he used the following patriotic over us is themon them the on of its protect protection loii without interfering with us in the legitimate exercise of our sublime mission as min minister isten of the gospel of christ our country has liberty without license authority without despotism she rears no wall to exclude the stranger or from from coming coining among us she has few frowning fortifications to repel the invader for she la Is at pence peace with all the world she rests desm securely in I 1 the consciousness of her strength and her good will toward all her are open to welcome the honest emigrant who cohea comes to advance his temporal interests and find a peaceful home but while we ure are acknowledged 11 to have a tret fret government perhaps we do not deserve th tap credit that belongs to us for having also a strong government yes yei our nation is IB strong stron gUd and her strength lies in the of providence tin in the majesty aud supremacy of the law in the of ter hei citizens and in the affections of her people for toi her free 11 this Is a correct presentation of the aint and and purpose of the gov of the united states as d delineated elinea ted in the constitution I 1 that is its true influence and attitude in relation to religious religions affairs in preserving ig the li liberties burties thus declared the loyalty of all citizens who can appreciate its free institutions will be best beet secured ae ared tae blessings of providence all fall be upon the nation dation while the pro vicious v eions divinely given through its f founders toi for its perpetuation are preserved inviolate liberty wit without hout license authur authority anthonty auth onty ity without despotism are to be admired and sustained by all god people of every creed and every pirty there have been times however ix th the history of this country when liberty without license which should by accorded to all faiths without di dis upu has bot been maintained to warns the cattolics catholics much more than toward the cormons mormons Mor mons and wha ohp the authority intended tended iti to protect as well as aa Teg regulate has been exercised witti with partiality and not without despotism in reference to both romanism and and jae he spirit that would seek t infringe upon the legitimate e exercise of religious ioui freedom of each is still active in the Ian dand is in the acts of 0 sectarian ia tan tau idica and political isal demagogues but t lesa lesef lre arb not in accord alth the ansti t irions of our country but rather in d reed hostility to their genius gedius aad carport Sar arp port orl and therefore are to be con on the body politic and not as part of its actual or ginam gin sm T tb he organ of discord which seeks to disturb the he peaceable relations of the people efthia of thi territory att the national Nati Natio oHal iaal government affects affect to ap I 1 of cardinal card IQ gibbons GI ag and to find in them a contrast contrastato contras tto to these t c expressed by the mormon lead leaders erg it says what a a contrast the address presents to any ever delivered by any priest ox the mormon church contrast the closia lines of the above extract with any jines ines ever delivered beny 11 we could reproduce from the published it shed utterances ot 01 the leading men mea of our church paragraphs without number identical in spirit and tone to the address quoted above aud and will use one or two that aregust within reach without taking the trouble troubie tp q go over a life file of courses to find other salu more MOM pertinent to the tb question we take the annexed from a discourse delivered by president brigam young feb 18 at a time when when this theater ter was isolated from the krestof the country and what to ia often referred to as mormon rule prevailed here speaking of bams Jef Jeffer terson soBi frank lia washington and others he said it was tile the voice of e the lord inspiring all those worthy men who bore influence InAuen ce iu in those try trying ing times not only to go fo forth I 1 in b battle attle but to exercise wisdom to in council fortitude courage and badur the tented nd 1144 as well ap subsequently to form aad adopt those thos wise and efficient measures which secured cu to themselves and succeeding generations tae blessings of 01 a arso and independent nde pendent oe nunn tills government so BO kas has been blessed by the almighty tint until I 1 she 19 spreads reads her bet malls on every sea as and her power is felt in every land the american amerlean Amer teAn government Is second to none in the world in influence and power and tar far before alt all others I 1 in liberal and free institutions una der if benign influence the poor downtrodden down trodden masses of world can find and an asylum where they tamy can enoy enjoy the blessings of peace and aad freedom no matter to what caste or religious sect they belong or are disposed to favor or whether they are disposed to favor any or none at all it was in this government ov formed by men in inspired wt of god although at the time they knew it no not tafter after it was firmly established in tile the seat of power and influence InAuen ce where liberty of conscience and the tree free exercise exercise of religious worship were a fundamental guaranteed in the constitution ana interwoven with all the feeling feel ings Sj trad traditions itibus and sym sympathies of the people that the lord it a sent at forth his ang angel I 1 to reveal the truths of heaven asca as in times past even as in as aa to accuse us of being unfriendly to the government is to accuse us of hostility to our religion for so BO item of inspiration is held hela more sacred with us than the constitution under which she s acts it should be the th alai aim of alligood all alli eit elzeni ikens and it Is our intention and design at n as a poo people Is to promote virtue intelligence telli telli gence ama and patriotism and whon when any person adeas to invade our virtue by sowing the seeds of corruption aai awi vice and when rebuked as sails our rights and patriotism as hay has been universally heretofore been done he exhibits before this people his bis own depraved heart these sentiments have always been entertained by the people called they are loyal to the govern went and institutions of the country but they do not hold bold them themselves bou bound lj to sustain the wicked acts af 1 men be cause they hold bold authority under that government particularly when ban those acts are in IB violation of thi the f fundamental principles of the very deiy institutions they pretend to represent A free people can be true to their country and yet despise the scheming tricksters trick and the greedy adventurers who want the people to fall down and worship them as though they were the country and they were the govern ment and that loyalty consisted in fealty to them and their projects and de designs signo I 1 we take the following from adie a discourse delivered by president john taylor december lw IM nearly thirty years after the sentiments above quoted were expressed by the then leader of the church we will do right we will treat all men right we will maintain overy every institution ution of our country that is in according to the constitution of the united states and the laws thereof aud and we will sustain them thein in a a discourse delivered b by y president john taylor february lila 0 tj said let latua us honor our god and be bethae to those eternal principles which god has given us to hold sacred keep them as 80 sacredly as you would the apple of df your yi efe eye and while other meagre mea are e ag to toli the constitution under toot foot we will try to maintain tt it we have prophecies something like this that the time would come when ibis bis ration nation would do as they are coif doing that it is they would trample an der loot the Constitution and institutions ol of the nation and the elders of this church would rally around the standard and maintain these principles which were introduced lor the freedee and protection of men bum we expect to do that andio and to nAl all correct principles we now present an extracts extrac tl ti from d a discourse delivered deliver edby by it resident es ident cb Q cannon january is we live under a government the best beat that ever was wai formed b by man on oa this earth a goverd government ent to in which every human being cau can live without interfering with the rig ats of others in the practice of the principles which god reveals godbay god has purposely arranged this he raised up wise men to lay the foundation of this government aad he defended them against the mother country and w en abbed them to achieve victory over the greatest power there was upon the face of the earth the power of great britain he gave them power to furin oran a constitution under which every man and woman can dwell in perfect freedom that is it they eted to do right in a discourse dis coure e delivered Novem bei 20 ina the same speaker said 6 there could be no better evadene eviden Cp of the kind feeling And loyalty 6 of t th h latter day kainu to ue the emam of the united StIL states tes than the fact that idour la our breasts and aad through throughout oyt these theme mountain 0 tat i St there prevails an ballove bl love bov e anso and respect lor for the and institutions the that notwithstanding we have beau denied our and been bean treated with wita the utmost cra cruelty elty 11 this paper might be bellied aled 4 dalf te after t day with quotations from toe public bublic addresses addressee of our leading men showing that down deep inythe hearts to of the people called cormons mormons Mor mona mons I 1 la an dign for the institutions and government 01 of this country that no BO injustice his has been able to eradicate andia 4 it we ve feel that unjust measures have been beeg devised against us because of of our devotion to the religion which god has revealed lor for our ur obedience wa w do not attach blame lor for that to principles and laws which forte the and framework of the structure of this republic but rather admire them the more because of the departure which is exemplified in the wrong acts men mea whenever anything has arl arisen seul calling for deeds that are calculated to manifest the real intent atour of our savu tto the patriotism of the I 1 mormons cormons Mor mons I 1 Us has been embodied in something more than words so it will be in the future and when who now malign maliga the cormona Mor mona jois ot in the attempts ot of demagogues to desecrate the temple of liberty and trample upon that palladium of f popular rights to which the nation owes the freedom and nd the prosperity which it has enjoyed the people who have been accused of disloyalty will rally to its defence and rescuing it from the destruction truc tion that threatens it bear it aloft and plant it in its right position as the supreme IS law of the land sacred triumphant and inviolable |
