The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1881-02-13
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few more sober second though
q upon the fruitful topic of the like
It consequences of Murrsyism, il
: should be sanctioned, or permitted
J. 90 free and with tacit scceptanc
g But first l may ask, does not tt
I divine law say, Thou shalt d
I steal?" Il not a thief a bad mar
deserving of condign punishment
the THEFT is serious7 Is not the II
ceiVer as bad as the thief? Are nc
those who are accessory before @
after the fact also bad men, as bad a
the receiver, or the actual thief him
self, and consequently morally a
culpable as either? A man may keel
WITHIN the technical limits of thI
law and yet be very mean, dishon
est man, but how much more 81
when he goes altogether beyond th'
law in his meauness and dishonesty
Is not Murrsyism theft of the mos
serious and vilest kind? II it is en-
coursged, will 1t not give a stimulus
to theft throughout the Territory anC
throughout the Union3 II a governor
can steal great things, may moi
greater men or less men perpetrate
similar crimes2 If the executive can
be notorious thief, why may not
any other officials, or any nom
off ciAls, in the territory or out of it,
until dishonesty shall be the rule and
honesty the exception, in Office and
out of Office! Will not such be na-
tural consequence if Murrayism shall
pass with impunity? And is such a
consequence desirable consequence
Is integrity, officisl or non-officisl,
a thing of no worth? Is political pro-
bity political folly, and political and
moral rottenness the acme OF political
wisdom?
Murray mixed up wholly irrelevant
questions with this certificate ques-
ton, question OF the simplest kind.
Are complications OF the simplest
political questions to be encouraged
Will not these gratuitous complics-
tions OF the simplest questions tend
to general confusion? Is such a con-
dition desirable? All Murray had to
do was to give a certificate to the
candidate having the largest number
OF votes. He did not do it, but be
did the very reverse. Is it desirable
that this thing should grow? But it
will grow il it is encouraged. Is it
desirable that public officers, like
Church of England sinners, should
studiously DO the very things which
they ought not to do, and leave un-
done the things they ought to do? Is
not that the very essence of Nor
rayism? The Church of England
offenders CRY out, Lord have mercy
upon US, miserable sinner! Christ
have mercy upon us, miserable
sinnersI" But Murray had not the
grace TO calculate anything OF the
kind. On the contrary, be went east,
to be applsuded on every
hand, applauded to the echo, for his
doing and leaving undone.
The publican smote his breast and
cried, "God be nerciful to me, a
sinnerl" and he went home justified.
But Murray Rped the self-righteous
Pharisee, and thanked his stars he
was not as other men and governors
we're, and he went home condemned
by every honest man in the country.
But if Murray, is to be virtually en-
1orsed by authority, the type of the
vain and seli-righteous Pnarisee will
become common, and men will be
ike whited sepulches, fair without,
but within full Of rottenness and all
manner Of deadly corruption. Is such
3 consequence desirable?
Murray says the matter OF religion
lid not enter into the certificate
question with him. But who believes
him? Who gives him credit for
Veraoity in this thing? Is not every
honest man confident in his own
mind, that Murray and the truth are
strangers? liza governor can lie with
why may not other people
lie with impunity? Why may not this
become a nation of liars? Scripture
says all liars shall have their portion
in that lake which burneth with fire
and birthstone. Does this whole
nation want to go with Murray into
mat fiery and sulphurous abyss2
Are they SO infatuated with him,
10 fascinated with his beauty" that
hey will follow him whithersoever he
yoetb, even into that place of torment
where the worm dieth not and the
ire is not quenched! II they are lot
hen they must not encourage MIN in
he practice OF shameless mendacity.
L they do. the undesirable conse-
lueuoe will surely follow, according
o the scriptures.
There is no room for doubt that the
eligious question had great weight
Vitn the Governor in his vicious
Lotion. He expected and meant the
eligiOus element to be Jagged into
he question, which is a thing exactly
contrary to the desires and intentions
# the founders of the government.
They stroYe and legislated specially
D exclude religion from the political
ield, TO separate religious from polit-
cal questions, rather than to mix
hem. But Murray takes an exactly
opposite course, and really tries 10
-eep Mr.. Cannon out of Congress
be is a Mormon. II Murray
AN do this With IMMUNITY. Others
will. Ii it can be done against the
it csn be done against the
Or the Catholics, or the
EpiscOpslisns, or the Unitsrians, or
my body of religionists. II it can be
lone here, it can be done elsewhere.
I it is encouraged in Murray, it will
row and expect and demand encour-
cement in divers of the powers that
'e as against any body of religionist
Vbo may become obnoxious to them,
politically or otherwise. Is the nation
for such a consequence? II
lot. then Murrayistic persecution of
be MoTmons must be irowned down
With unialterlng frmness.
If Governor Murray can vitiate the
ielegateship with impunity, then he
Kill exert his influence to vitiate our
ocal Legislature, and he can do it if
le finds q secretary like-minded with
himself, for it is evident enough that
le would not stick at any enormity il
hat line of yillainy. But such 3
,ourse would not end in Utah. It
Tould spread beyond her boundaries,
md have plenty OF sdopters in other
larts OF the Union, until a really legal
legislature could hardly be found. Is
hat desirableP 1t is the natural out