Show SHORT TALKS BY A BUSINESS MAN A Is mormonism disloyal not if my understanding of bof cism bucien is correct there may be as there nave been disloyal methodists episco pa pal iaus lians Ca catholics cholice aua and memoirs ol of U trier social awl and religious organizations but I 1 hold bold that thac no man cau can oe be iti latter day saint and same time ue be disloyal to 10 fau family illy country or god kaough the word loyal ar literally means adherence and devotion tu to some indi individual bidual party organ gianon or government irrespective of yet it is generally Keuer ally and very properly prop cily eily used to mean to is ab dined to be a good cause individuals have hae olten often been I 1 faithful ditlif ul to the death to their partners in crime let fat we should hardly consider ahem loyal in tue toe true and bagh meaning mea of the term terai it is in una ibis latter sense we are considering it loyalty commences in the family r realty fealty is due drat to parents next to 10 wife and children tuen taen to country wt but supremely to god reverse this order if you prefer the result will oe be I 1 the ae same I 1 speak ot of the sense ot of eb J huou as developed according to the s der er 0 of f nat nature are in the minds micas ot of intelli rit beings from infancy to manhood j 0 man however can be true to god go i id d untrue to any of 0 the relationships i life and the duties growing out ol of cm e m but as new relationships de cle op new duties and one phase of alty modifies and to a certain ex aint nt supercedes supersedes the previous one as r instance when the same god who ibid id I 1 I 1 honer thy father aud and mother is i so 0 said for this cause shall a man csake father and mother and cleave i ito to his wife so throughout the ji hole ole realm of human life with multitudinous and varied re E lous ious social and political du clu vs as the individual enlarges his i iacre ere of relationships and rises la in the acala ale of intelligence lower duties and 14 loyalties are merged with and subordinated ardina ted to higner ones until his affections embrace the whole human family and tie he recognizes the truth that fis supreme loyalty it Is due to the race nor is this disputed by thoughtful men anywhere my where except as applied to the 11 1 this his is my understanding of loyalty A man may so loye love 11 1 i it be not an abuse ol of the word his family that he strives to enrich and educate and aggrandize them at the expense of all other families that he has wy my dealings with tie he may maybe be so blindly devoted to his party or even to IHS his country as to seek to ir increase crease their power and wealth regardless of the rights and happiness of all other parties and nations but such a man la Is not loyal loval in the highest sense loyalty then as I 1 shall use the term means devotion to truths truth justice righteousness to every measure and policy and power that seeks wisely to proba oie ote the welfare peace happiness rod and prosperity of the human family aa duty to wife and cp children ildren modifies mou n it does not obliterate duty to parents repts pi as du cy to ones country often guircy requires men to forsake family and friends and leave them to suffering and ili distress stress so se loyalty to humanity or to grod god which are synonymous terms may boy require the renunciation of all narrow ties even that of country and devotion to and self sacrifice tor for the good of the race lace but by what possible sophistry can a man who is true to ta the interests of the entire human family be convicted of disloyalty to any portion of it sometimes duty to the race requires active opposition to and efforts to tyrannical oppressive and ur uc just ast government the noblest noble of the race have never hesitated to sacrifice themselves and to incur the obloquy wd ud hatred attached to the name of traitor altor Lr when necessary to rescue their fellow beings from bondage but posterity senty po never tails to reverse the decision ot of tyrants and their venal courts cours by embalming such men inder the sacred name of patriot thus treason and loyalty are often convertible ton terms and what is treason ta la one age may be loyalty in another there is a great deal of buncombe wd pride and sordid ambition that passes asses under the name of loyalty host men are or pretend to be loyal to the strongest party right or wrong frong they follow the flag to the held oi of battle battie without the slightest conception ot of the principles that flag is supposed t to represent the intelligent ge n t american is loyal to his country con nt ry ind its nag flag because tile the one affords the grandest opportunities for individual is well as national progress and prosperity of any country on earth and the other represents the freest and beat government sovern ment upon earth but it the government ment of the united states should ever drift into a despotic ciranny if its constitution should be rambled in the dust or so changed ind perverted as to cease to be the of liberty and the protector t the weak for which it was waa framed hen although it might flaunt the atme flag it would cease to comma command war ay respect or my allegiance when persons apply lor for citizenship they are enquired equi red to swear to support the ike constitution not any particular party pal arty that may happen happe n 10 tt be an fn in power their allega tace aur alleg allegiance liance ir in due to the constitution which is really superior to the government the power behind the throne of course every person cannot be permitted to decide what laws he will obey and what he will disobey at least he must take the sequences consequences ton of his bia disobedience if he hoes goes the supreme court must of necessity be the final arbiter of the me constitutionality or unconstitutional it ity of all laws and it is the bounden duty of all good citizens to submit gracefully to its decisions even may not consider them just until tuch buch time as before referred to should tt it ever come when both constitution af and supreme court tail fail to abord afford that protection and justice to the muss of the people tor for watch they were instituted and become instead the instruments of oppression and injustice justice j the assertion has ha been to so often made it seems idle to repeat it nevertheless until more generally and believed it will beur bear repetition that the litter latter day saints believe the constitution ul of the united states was given by inspiration of god show me then a professed prot cased latter day clay saint who is disloyal to the constitution in thought word or deed and you show meat roe at the samy samo time one WHO is disloyal dia loyal to his religion and his hia god an inspired instrument does not necessarily mean an unchangeable and unprogressive instrument it does mean however one as perfectly adapted ada pied d to the wants of an age or a people as their conditions will pe permit rEnit with a capability tor for expansion anu ano adaptation to 10 varying conditions and necessities of mankind without violating or infringing in the least on its fundamental principles this ibis is preeminently characteristic of the constitution ution of the united states constitutions are designed to weak and the rights of minorities majorities need no protection they need restraint the underlying principles ot of the of the united states is tho the recognition and protection of the universal right not biot the concession to lile life liberty lib eity the pursuit of happiness ind and the tree free exercise of religion any amendments not incompatible with these rights ari are legitimate any so called amendments which contravene them are a departure from its spirit and intent it is worse thin than folly to waste words about the necessity for limitations to tile the exercise of individual freedom every avery sane person knows that nf neither ither family state nor nation can long exist without them but the only rightful limitation Is where actions abstractly innocent and proper though they might be under different conditions infringe on the rights rii tits of another or militate against the rights and happiness of society Bo cley there are honest and very wide differences of opinion as to what acts are la in this sense lawful or unlawful and public opinion is con scantly changing in that respect with the increase lae rease of light and expert ence enc eBat but the constitution const tt ution based as it is on universal natural law allows of no departure froen the principles of equality before the law protection to minorities and the utmost freedom to the individual so BO far as compatible with the rights and freedom of others the individuals or the organizations no matter who or renor whether civil political or religious who practice 01 0 uphold the violation of el these basic principles are the real traitors the mormons cormons Mor mons have always asserted that the time would come when they would be the only people who would remain true to the con constitution and that they would rally to its defense and support when the rest of the nation sought to trample it in the dust when I 1 first heard this it seemed almost as incredible to me hie as it now BOW appears egotistically chimerical to those who regard mormonism as a fraud yett in spite ot perhaps by means of all our crudities and mistakes mi the narrowness and misapprehensions apprehensions mis ot of many of our people the selfishness and disregard of the rights rights of others him to drive to in an unknown place which has characterized some scrap and through our present trails god its is undoubtedly preparing us wa for this noble work for the liene benefit fit of the human family laugh and dueer who will this will all be fuld fu lulled lied for foe god has spoken it then it if not before fo rethe the loyalty of the latter jay day saints will be finally 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