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Show It is true that Mormons in Utah have trained together in this territory for years, almost as a unit. In leligi-ous leligi-ous matters, for this none will blame them, and in temporal matters, ail fair jminuedmen can see that they haye been forced to it that they might protect pro-tect themselves. This condition oi affairs, however, is past, or is passing. i Seii-defeuse is the fir.it law of nature, and it was. only natural lor the Mormons Mor-mons in times pa ft to unite lor this grand purpose when the nouuds oi spoil were after tnem so aggressively. Pney have been magnanimous and have gupprt gst-d, given up and abandoned all offensive practices that t.iey vert-accused vert-accused of as being injurious to tin. fair name of ths glorious Union. ai.o conditions are such that were they in cbned to renounce the r cent covenant; they have made v.itlt the o-opI.i of the United Sv.itt s, and go back to the. oh. piactu es, it could not be done, the h.ws of the nation are so plain and tut strcngth of the government so great to etiloice them. And no '.v the question is asked b thousands, why can't the opponents oi tin- Mormon people he as magnanimous as the Mormons nave been and ive up the bitter light? The answer is, thai the members ol the Liberal party, as ii is now organized. are mentally diseas. d. In their heinously contorted imaginations imagina-tions they see untold honor and glor. as weil as unlimited gain, in reigning with i lie sw ay of an autocrat, tramping tramp-ing upon the rights and of plundering the Mormon pe ople. It is to be regretted that any who have had the manhood to come out Iron, the old light and leave the issues thereof there-of to.wn k out their own solution, shoul.. carelessly, either in the lee of victor or the chagrin of defeat, lend their ai. indirectly or otherwise to the Libera cause which theyaie so liendishlv en deavoring to keep burning, in any a whatever. Some ot the defeate- one: are doing this by making believe the are convinced that the division is only a scheme of the Mormon church, when they Well know that such is not tin case. The Mormons are, as other religion ists, a unit on points pertaining ti tin theory ; nd outcome of their religion, but as to methods of government, idea? and principles that, carried to an em applied to method, will result in economical eco-nomical measures and actions, they diller, as do ail humanity. In this movement the Mormon church has held aloof, more than ir m anything else of a public nature in tin teiritoty. The organ of the church, ihe Deseret Xews, has not taken sides nor advocated the principles nor methods meth-ods of either of the national parties. In the late campaign, Mormons have fought each other on political issues most bitterly, and the fight is still on and will continue to be on. As to matters mat-ters pertaining to their religion, the are still as a unit. No, the Republican defeat was caused tv no dictation of any kind. It was brought about naturally, sin? ply because be-cause the majority of the territory art-Democrats. art-Democrats. They could not be otherwise. Democracy Dem-ocracy is in the pure air of freedom wi breathe and tomes to the val'evs from the mountain fastnesses in the streams of pue watr. Tii3 birds sing of it a id the canyons and caverns of the mountains moun-tains echo and re-echo with Us thunders. thun-ders. The manhood that has deveh ped . this country will have nothing elf. The glorious resources and opportunities opportuni-ties of the country enthuse one with Democracy, and every man worthy the name, as he looks around and contemplates contem-plates his condition, breathes in his soul a prayer of thanks to the All Wise that lie is free and able to stand alone. Thankful that he is one of the thousands thou-sands of freemen of this country, heroes all, who will not fawn upon aristocrats nor look up to nor down upon any fel-lowman. fel-lowman. The blushing biide beho'ds her he o and from his every movement is thrilled with Democracy. IDs burning burn-ing kisses impart Democracy to hei very soul and fill her being with it As a remilt the young and proud mother builds up the heart, bones and smew of the young American at her breast with Democracy. Why should not Democracy be triumphant? |