Show WE STAND I 1 1 there is no longer room for doubt that the bih high toad and reputable I 1 members of 0 the liberal pi pirly arty do not nut 1 desire the passage of the infamous disfranchisement bill now pending before both houses of congress Congi Con giess eps alvery expression proves it if it they ate are not I 1 folly fully contented with the present condition of things they at least prefer it 1 to any such change fr for the worse as 1 the agitation a aich the enactment I 1 of thia this bill would cause they may not be over of what ie Is called I 1 I 1 mormonism but every one of them has from five to five hundred intimate friends cla claued so d as blot mons whom be I 1 esteems with whom he does bubines bu cines I 1 and against whom he lie cannot bring o 0 I 1 hime himell if to commit such an outrage living and dealing with these friends every day in the week hia his natural observation is 1 who ana am I 1 that I 1 should to rob rot 1 them of their vote otea how ilow could I 1 t I 1 meet them with lionor if ahad I 1 had used my influence to reduce them to political serfdom how m would it be possible for me after euch ench an act set to look them honestly in the face to shake I 1 them by the tile hind hand to mix with them in bushiness bu would make me lung hang my iny heed in 1 their presence and sek self respect would make them chun shun mine and ind apart from motives of sentiment I 1 in ent or business policy there rises ever the spirit of justice to restrain the upright man from an act so dishonorable I 1 the hoople against whom the bill ie is framed are cot not law break I 1 ers era net even charged or suspected of I 1 crime if they re now voters they have taken an oath cath to obey the tile 11 constitution and taws aws of the land I 1 4 the identical oath which their non mormon fellow kitzens have bubi subi subscribed ascribed bed their conduct is in keeping 1 with this promise if any violate it they ere are punished surely there ought to be a limit tins this eide side of the tile I 1 religious test beyond which the inventors of whimsical and hate envenomed 0 1 qualifications eli ell 11 II not go I 1 4 TUB tim is proud of the independence pen peri dence the fairness fair neza and the judg in d 91 I 1 11 ment wh ch have been exhibited by the non mormon part I 1 of the community during 1 the past few days it is an evil dence that we ft e have med be ond the tile stage of rancorous bickering and that we have other and higher acts I 1 than the perpetuation of old bos hostilities tili it reveals the secret of much of I 1 ill our business prosperity proe penty during the Z past andhiv and givs s glorious promise of I 1 he lie fulfillment of all our dreams of commercial I 1 greatness in the future in I 1 bringing these to a successful end our best end and most united efforts will be needed in ia planting discord suspicion and fu intolerance tolerance we shall render 1 I utterly hopeless any such success |