Show fir v 3 i. i V i f. f ti 1 ANOTHER X Y SORT OF DICTATION One of the Kearns papers papers and and there are arc three If not four of them them them- r s tella telly the Mormon people what the they must do 10 to be lie saved veti from the tho fur fury o of off f f Kearns l An And 1 then it a adds 1 s A E But H if you do not if it your you encourage your o 1 people to be a I law unto unto'S p S 'S 3 f. f themselves look to your defenses oo or 01 r your ch children Ildren a generation 1 hence will be as you are alC now filled with pity that their fathers rathers had ld V- V to suffer r so much I V r J There Is d dictation with a n vengeance I Plain lain expulsion from Utah utter ruin In confiscation and a n forced exodus exodus- these exodus these are the tho alternatives If the tho 4 Mormon people do not obe obey the behests of or Tom Kearns and the party part he l has made i. i It II Is ls to understand 1 what dictation could be plainer than that n v Jt It w Would Wi W Uld bo boo Impossible Impo t to say what threat could be plainer They are set i apart from the general bod body of the population an and 1 are tol told 1 that the they m st I r. r the their creed according to the Ideas of or tho the dictators Ii I It ls Is n. n assumed that the they are traitors an and 1 the they are commanded to to cease their trea treason 1 s In-s spite In-spite Ue of 01 the tho Mormons Mormons' known loyalty lo all alty to the nation nation ns as evident and as ns consistent I J ssi as the tho loyalty of or any other men no matter where these may live It live It Is la assume assumed 1 I b by the thc dictators th that l there Is something wron wrong In ht the view the Mormon holds as s to his public duties dulles an and 1 he will have to aban abandon the position which ho he is alleged 1 to occupy and accept the tho position which his enemies dictate for him Otherwise c devastation de will be visited upon him himl I j 1 That That la is no not a n good American doctrine There Is no intention here hero to argue the case case with a view o of changing a single vote single vote In the election That has 1 practically now But this Is a question which goes out but and beyond the limits of a political campaign The doctrine announced 1 is infamous InCa whether or not a campaign Is la on If It it Is the purpose of the thc political dictators one ono time it is their purpose at all times And in the name of ot a n. people too worthy to be maligned wo we want 1 to enter a protest against the view of dictation uttered 1 In the extract quoted quote 1 above e bo The Mormons are not controlling the politics of oC this 3 country or 0 of f this f state The They could coul 1 not control it if thc they would would would-In In any sense that is objection objection- abl able If that church is so ruthless ruthlessly assailed in the tho future as ns it has been Inthe in inthe the put past tho the people who assail It will doubtless be unable to get the Mormont Mormon f t vote ote for their can candidates But that Is a n. natural and anel a proper operation of a u i perfectly understood unde law of ot human humanity It There Is no reason for fOI any man presuming to know more about the thc Mormons Mormons' loyalty to the nation than the Mormons themselves And the they declare and prove provo their loyalty No o man has a a. right to sit In ht Judgment ent on l th their lr understanding of ot God That is s one eras of or the things tho the dictators aim rain V to correct and It Is beyond their rightful province I And as In neither of or these provinces may men with fairness revise the thc V views view's and and control tho the conduct of or the Mormon so men mo may not properly I iL j I I I dictate to th them In an any ot other I 1 And we wc are arc very cry certain that the fulfillment of the threat lu cat will l never be made The time has come to make muke an end of or the church test In Utah It Is a harmful thing Men an and 1 women are arc In n the world worl 1 to live IIvo peacefully and happily an and to prosper Not ot one of them has a n right to dictate either religion or politics to any oth other r No o man I Is good enough or great enough fo for that Treat Ireat every man according to the manhood ho hp Never ever mind about bollt hi his religion Never ever mind 1 about the church at nt which he wor worships worship o or whether he worships at nay any an It he be honest In hl his dealings If he be truthful and antI c clean If Ir he accords to over every man his Just due helps some an anal hurts none none accept accept him as os good enough to go with you Oll in the tho forward march of the tho race It is as near as you ou will ever er get an and 1 as ns near as you OU will over ever deserve to get get to to the shaping of the thoughts and the religion of oC your you man fellow |