| Show Wily II TILE AMERICAN PAn SHOULD BE DE DE- DE Sr J Numbers Ono Ouo to IV Inclusive c cIn s In the first place the time American i party should be de because themen It has has put in office and the me men n who v control them have hac ma made a no very very cr bats bad record In th the thc c two years ealS of or their tr trial al and the thc public can not well wet 1 afford to continue them Item In t positions of or po power ver But there are alO other arguments against as the tho election n of ot the American part party can candidates at the coming election One of them is and Is-and and It probably Is the of all all all- that the American party parly management means strife in i n 1 Utah It means mean the dividing of or our people on church L lines It Is content with nothing less than a condition conditio n c of or affairs where the tho nt shall power ver be vested este in one element elemen t 1 of the citizenship on the time basis of that elements element's hostility i I to the Mormon church and people They care lIt little lc for t v reason leason and le less leis for justice But I they do care calC to have havea a no party that will be be- recognized as the the- sT 40 Mormon anti party part 2 That Is 18 not a good thing for f or this or 01 any other oilier coun coon I tl try Wo Yo are arc making no plea pica Iea for the tho Mormons but we are arc making a no plea for tor the whole population Intolerance o and cruelty cruelly are arc more disastrous In their effects on the intolerant and arid cruel than on the tho victims Wo Yo as a pe pey- pey pie le can not ostracize one element clement of or our om population on any account without hurting hurling the entire state And nd If Ir we make malo a adherence to any religion Ion tho the basis for fOI that ostracIsm ostracism ostra ostra- ostracism cism we inflict upon the whole bod body politic a wound from which it will not recover Setting aside the fact I. I that this exclusion would woul be unfair to the Mormons lh th ho j larger largel fact remains that it would woul bo unfortunate for all of or us us-no us no matter mattei what our OUI cree creed 1 or whether or not we e believe belleve in an any any religion If It tho the American party palt shall be bo successful in the present present present pres pres- ent campaign It will be because a 1 majority of or our peo pee people plo pIe do o not regard the Mormons as entitled to equal rights with the time rest of or the citizenship of Utah There is no waI way wa- I of or escaping that conclusion And It must follow tollow Inevitably abl ably that if lr the Mormons arc are believed beHoved by a majority of or our OUI people to be bo not entitled to equal rights with the rest of tho time people Mormons will be deprived of such of these e general rights as that majority may conclude the they should be deprived of ot Let us say again This Is not an appeal to aU any manon man manon on on account of or his religion It Is hs an argument equally addre addressed s d and equally appealing to to every man no matter matter matter mat mat- ter what his church or parl party parly Tho harm of or it is the I harm apprehended by the framers of ot our national constitution con con- when they laid down the rule rulo that no man should be deprived of or an any right on account of or church test To every man Is guaranteed the tho freedom to worship worshIp worship wor wor- ship G God d according to the dictates of his own conscience And nd so to liberal has been the spirit of or our constitution written and unwritten that no man has been deprived of or an any right even though he do o not worship Go God at ullAnd all ull find And so though we wo do not accept tho doctrines of or th the Mormons we still sUU must grant grunt to lo them the same political property and Individual ual rights the rest of ot us enjoy enJo or we wew w Imperil the holo fabric of or our freedom om We c can not no t take awa away from them one iota of an nn Americans American's pos pos- possession possession session without Imperilling tho time possessions of ot all other Americans We can not them of or a n right h In h Salt Lake Lalo without furnishing warrant for fOI them to deprice de deprive c- c price us of rights In this or 01 an any other state stale where they thoy may ma- mator for tor the thc time comman command a majority It will bo be useless to set a limit on tho Mime demands o of or f what Is 15 called calle the American party part partIn In this matter malter Tho e spirit of ot that organization is 15 Intolerant an and angry It Is Intensely hostile to the entire Mormon body 1101 Unless Unless Unless Un Un- less the Mormons shall renounce their cree creed confess their faith an error and their fabric a delusion there is no hope of peace between them and tho the rulers of or the American part party Just what guarantees of compliance would woul be demanded demand cd b- b by these self constituted d censors of ot religion It would bo be difficult to declare Of or course the American party part leaders would woul not permit tho Cho Mormons to vote otc in lit an any election Involving a political equality Since It is 18 declared b- b by them that the tho Mormons arc subject subject subject sub sub- to an alien an and rebellious power hostile to the government gov gov- so government v- v of oC the United States It would be mo Illogical for time tho victorious majority to permit them to take part In in an n election where franchise rests solely upon citizenship Inthis in inthis this nation and allegiance toe lo its Us laws lanes above all other laws 11 Wo e 0 do O not nt think anything lIku ilke a majority of or our 1 p eople people are prepared to authorize that severe measure We Ve do not think It t would bo be a good thing for tor our country if it should be done one It would woul bo be better for fOl all our people to dwell to together o- o getter gether In peace It Il would not be well weB for an- an any anone one man particularly any man ratan we have o yet ret detected Influential In the lie American party part management to to prescribe tho the mc- mc o- o ligion for tho the people We Yo dont don't think their own lives 11 are sufficient ent warrant for that selection Because this his election If won b by tho the American party part means but the time beginning of or an intolerant nn and bitter crusade crude crusade cru cru- sade de an nn inflaming of our people to anger anser against as each other their theil division islon Into Inlo two hostile camps tho cruelty and har hardship and lo loss s certain to follow such a course wo we urge the people that are to vote on November fifth HUh fifth of or every faith or no faith faith to to prevent by the tho exercise 1 of their theil own unchallenged franchise tho the triumph of or that party part which would certainly It If successful plunge this community into an era cIa of strife the time disastrous cf effect of which would woul be beyond the power of or any an- man toI to toI measure I I |
