Show tu 0 WATSON I 1 va S athe last of the boblo trio who were sentenced to the penitentiary I 1 lake city last saturday was james C watson to expedite matters and save tho needless expense of a mock trial which as all previous cases must resulted in lib conviction from the solo fact that he had boen accused of unlawful cohabitation and is a true mormon mr pleaded guilty and when his honor ordered him to stand up and asked him if ho had anything to offer in palliation of his offense the valiant prisoner answered with characteristic brevity 1 I have nothing to say does this show complete submission to the federal authorities in tho exercise of a power which bears tho semblance of legality and justice while it is considered despotic and unjust in in its application mr watson was led like a lamb to the slaughter he asked no favors ho yielded not an iota of principle ho did cleaye scrupulously to his most profound conscientious convictions and he was not troubled about the can sequences by his action he recognized the power of the jaw and the authority of the cobit while he respectfully maintained his own belief even in the face of the utmost rigors of judicial punishment if a man feels from the bottom of his heart that ho is right and has the manly courage to stand the outcome will always be honorable and glorious even though imprisonment or death should be inflicted upon him as the result of maintenance of a free conscience and this fact mr watson evidently understood and he meekly suffers the loss of physical liberty for the sake of his liberty of mind which is dearer than all other inalienable rights of life |