| Show FUNNY I One of the most humorous things that B Groo of tho lesser organ ever uttered is i this The Herald recognizes the the grand and glorious fact that this is a J republic that it is a government founded ttL i and conducted upon the principle that 1fPthe majority must rule HOW long since did the Herald come I 1jw realization of this glaring fact I Wh it was only a few months ago that the will of the majority was tryannical and the rule of the majority despotic A short time ago legislation against polygamy was unconstitutional now polygamy is incompatible with a republican repub-lican form of government Less than six months ago Congress was engaged in the meanest kind of persecution against 110 peopJe i now Congress is radical change in ptto t qrald has done and tt a i tz OTVfard th open arms 0 to rolorm4 5tah Love often vurx a UllIn but in wooing tstoo1 110 1 tnt8 been tranBiwmed feem to h vo lot ol raving maniacs The old saw aa a diamond consistency which refers to Wtho first water seems to have antici Dastelikeincongruity of Utah s iarsAA vastolike iproof that 3 It has reached that power r stage where serious argument is out of the question It is like trying to reason an idiot out of his iodicy instead of putting him in a straight jacket Utah has become an asylum and tho Gentiles are hardly numerous enough to act as keepers for the insane saints So the latter propose to solve the matter by offering to become their own wardens They wilt buckle on the jacket themselves them-selves and they expect reasonable people to believe that they will fasten it tight enough to cure the case The duty of the Government is plain It has only to take care of its patients until they give evidence of sanity Then give them freedom |
