Show ta 1 LIBERTY LIBERM A fundamental principle of the declaration of independence was that all men are equal equa land and id P possession os session of certain ceria lri rights which their fellows have not the privilege of taking from them among those these rights right iAre are life li liberty birty and ana the pursuit app luew jor for this principle princile p le the colonies struggled struggle 4 to throw off the ih british h yoke and as apart a part of the thil grand pro gramme of the under divine auspices they succeeded in securing their independence the question 0 of f di dif f ferent opinions in mattera matters of religion a did not nut enter into into thia this bold stroke for freedom but bul the contest basfor civil and religious reli grous liberty and I 1 to escape escaped the th e bopp oppressive taxation without Te presentation to the colonists were arbitrarily subjected A century however bowe haa passed that memorable gle and now how bow changed is the then their hearte hearts throbbing with sympathy for the these brave patriots invited the victims pf religious intolerance to come and find protection un der derl the ample folds of the star stant and stripes and live in peace among a liberty loving people ito no cruel efforts to oppress a minority because because of their religious belief were vers made and thore moreover over thiV the Fat athers hert of this glorious lie lia siw fit to debar the national lawmakers from passing any law regarding the free ite of religious liberty by a constitutional constitution al ame amendment n ament but bubnow now the majori t f t ty y as opposed to the greater greate r pari par of the citizens of utah appears to have lost sight of that inspirational utterance tte rati m all men are born equal men have clamored for them 6 p pr esa ton and enslavement of honorable citizens because th the religious tous opinions opinions and practices of those citizens agrenot are not in unison A I 1 4 L oppressors oppress pra VA has made man a judge 0 of f matten matters of religion ion between humanity and god goa some will argue vox yo vox dei but thi this s at beat best ie is only a fallacious reasons ang if one man conscientiously practices a certain principle in order ii to io gain kain the app approbation of dimity divinity and in the practice of that principle does not infringe upon the rights of his neighbor wha Ni has the right to deprive that man oi of any of his liberties because of his honest practice of that principle the doctrine of equal rights indicates that the opinion opinio of on one e man is as good as that of another and consequently odily widget power ower can righteously ir intervene tt deiv e e and again does a man who claims for himself and privileges religious social and political ca which he would readily deprive his neighbor of occupy a paradoxical position and one that is diametrically opposed to tw tha golden rule aich now seems to be 6 more honored in the breach than then iii u the observance oo do unto other others ai as you would have them do 46 to yours religious intolerance hae hais been the tre bane of past ages armies hare have betrand g f fair fielde 3 have been bien fertilized with the gore oi of contending fa dacons allo cons 1 na each fa determined to crush out the other because their methods of 0 11 religious el I 1 g houi observance and their ideas of serving the great god and father of all did not harmonize the present generation is wont to can the annals of history anti and criticize crit icile the I 1 these appos ing factions actions severely 1 but it fails Ws to ati 7 77 noto note the T anwar onward j d rush OrM of a a great people alwart to want dil dilemma emain With minda M 1 bizan bate and blind fanaticism a fe few w political demagogue demagogues and chronic adventurers nr anre i e endeavoring to further incite popular ion against an industrious liverty 1 and joya joyal people in utah irti athe mormons in fu the past i have fiora mob mobbing bings the result of an at iu 0 opinion their homes have haye been burned and their property confiscated honorable women have been inhumanly assaulted by fiends incarnate while they have seen their husbands husband sand and sone down in ther most cold blooded manner wanne able still the mormons stead steadily ily march up the binning way way marked out by it G gospel of peace the eff efforts lorts of their implacable foes to work their temporal ruin have 0 only caused fhe the latter day saints to live more closely to god and to listen more attentively to the teaching teachings of their divinely appointed and respected leaders Mar aballe under the direction of jehovah they present a solid phalanx of righteous armor bearers which ultimately will successfully repel every attempt of the opposing forces spread to ruin destruction and dismay in their ranks tho the glorious principles of the constitution of the greatest government that ever existed on gode gods footstool may he be overridden and the palladium of liberty may be prone but a noble people under the guidance of bf god will wil emerge fra from m the contest c cleansed I 1 can sed from every impurity and better prepared to perpetuate free institutions upon gratified tined soil |