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Show H ClvoThomThoIr Rights. BBVJ The ruling of tho Utuli commission BBhJ tclutlvo to tliooo men who linvo hereto- BBhJ diru been itoIyKiiiist Is unjuat and cruel. BBVJ To held tho whip of dtafrauchisinuit BBHj ocr these men niter they hnvo obejtd BBhJ this law eur xiiioo tlio manifesto ofthu J chinch isoutronloiis. What In the name BBVJ o( common ben 80 ilo tho commission J want thesu nuhlo (utliora to (lo? They BBVj lmvu liecii chased (rom oity to city, from BBhJ their hollies ami their loved ones, cap- BBhJ Hired, poiiiu of them put In prlwjn, nnd J paid the penality for their crime. The J I'resldciit lia,f granted them amnesty BBVt mid they lmvu ugncd to olwy tho law ; BBhJ yet the hand of persecution still has its BBVr iiou gilp upon them becniiHO they hvv BBHJ heen put in the prison of our land. J la Him the way the pioneers who lmvu BBHJ done no much to imiko It possible for us J to lio in this territory: First make BBHJ them stiller in the prison of our country, BBHJ mid then voudem them bevauau they BBHJ hau hten put there. Is this tho wny BBVL itiun mo going to do who hnvo been n- BBBl pointed from tho reaidenta of thla ler- 1 1 lory, find put in position of power, if it BBHJ 'h godtpced the day when audi uion will BBVj Ul-' ahoin of their H)ncr, no matter what BBYj their polillial faith may he. BBHJ Aicn wIki liao lately been heforo the BBV diftricl com t, 11ml received tlielrnaliiral- HBV ization pnjierrt, promised to obey tho law j nil in good faith. TIiu judge treated J miLheiy kindly, took their money and BBV believed what they xald Hut when BBV they iirried homo and preacnlcd them- BBV Bolen befoio tho rcglatrntlon.otlUer, ho BBV lireaenta them with nn oath which renda, BV ""I'd tluit t hau not been convicted of BBS !"-' cr'lllu under tho net of Congreaai BBV ele." Now the Judge In the dlatrict BV court naked tlieao men thla very name BBV ipieatiou, and tliuy ntiawer, yea, wo lutie BBhT hcvu com ictriloOli Crimea iinmedlv' BBVJ UilnU Umiwa nny bar lo them recelv- BB n their pnpeia. llul tho coiuuitaaloii BB Tidutli.it it la 11 bar to vuch men voting. BB Tlio emiuirey then natut ally urines, what BB1 doea ux-1'ridulcut llurriaou'a anmeaty BBB amount to, mid tho unawer tlieso men get It, tho aiiuiesty excinpla you from BB piontLiiliuii, Hut would not tlieao men BBB' bo exempt from proieciltloii, having BB out) til the law for luoro than three BV yearm Una thing la a aham and BB 'l decupuou ol tho worm water. Tin. BB mure u i iiirealig.ited, tno more out- BB ragiotK mid unjust it appears. TIiu BV peojile of thla territory have lieon told by tho politieniia Hut juat na hooii iib Bm they got men appointed who werorcHi-j BBV dvuta of Utah, and what they wore I By plenaed to cull Utah men. every cltir.cn ' By would ga hia ngliia. But ulna, the BB rulingof theaumeu put to Much the By pohtiuniia, a thing which has been By thougtit Impossible, mid domonttratcd By thelnu that atrangira who camo frnm By o'-ir, uto more just to tho fathers of thix By territory who li.ne endured untold By mUery and privation to put tljcmaelvea By within the.law. Tlieao men beleivtd in y 11 principal mid claimed it waa correct, BV thegn-einmcnt said it wna wrong and must U ,.ut awny. They obeyed tho gov Bf ermueut no matter w lint the coat. But Ba thla i not enough for tho coininUiion for they seem to think it iawiauto oatrai.'ii' tin bc ii.cn 11 llttlo longer. BV Wu don't sound this for tiny political By l'rt, but in justice to theso men who are entitled to their rlghtea. Thla la no Bg time to keep these men bleeding on the Bf Hilar of sarrlllco after they have done all that was possible for them to do. The fornmr commission heleil them a little Ba to enjoy their rights, and who uer questioned their right to do ho. Who BY baa heaid anyone kick about what they B) did In this regard? Who would be Bl heard raising Ida oico against the Bb prevent commission If they were to strike Bl u"t the obnioxoua clause In the oath so Bf tlmt these men could tnko the oath, and BT u lio w ould bo w rouged by such a just act BY 1 tjiwo men? No one. |
