The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-04-13

terians in our midst,and they preach
their doctrine. ] believe q man il
Sanpete stated that he had to preach
his religion with a revolver on his
desk to protect him; another reVer
end gentleman said that armies
were gathering here. Will any OF
you tell me where any of These
armies are gathering? We have q
species of birds here they call buz.
yards, and they are fond of anv
nauseouS dead carcass, and thew are
trying to root up something against
our people. They make all kinds OF
statements about US, and they have
famed the United States almost
into a fury against us. These stories
go to people who know no better
and these people believe the stories,
They tell about the terrible suffer
ing in polygamy. Well, I suppose,
some men do not treat their wives
well, and some women do not treat
their husbands properly. Isuppose
perhaps One-tenth of these state
ments are true. We do not all do
right by great deal; but suppose
we 90 to their cities. to their gilded
palaces, would we be able to find as
filthy things about them as they
tell about US? They say we are
not very intelligent. Well, we are
not verv learned, but it does not do
for them boast too much. We
are not Wy learned, but we are
willing to Compare notes with them,
and they have nad millions to help
them, while we have been robbed
and driven. Yet we are not afraid
to compare notes with them regard
ing virtue, intelligence, etc., and
we NAV be able to say as the scrip
tUre, "Th0u tool; take the beam out
of thine own eye" For the benefit
Of those who live at a distance [
will have some statistics by a Gen
tile read to you.
Here L. J.Nuttall read some stat
istlcS from pamphlet published in
the east by an ex-United States Off
cial, regarding Utah and its educa-
tiOnal standing rs compared with
other states.
The reading was moderately
lengthy, after which the speaker re-
sumed: I give these statements for
the information of the brethren. We
are ready, as I said before, to COM
pare notes with the people OF any
nation al any time. We thought at
first it was impossible that the Ed
munds bill should pass. When we
saw it was likely, 1--WE got up petit
tiOns from the various classes of
people and associations. They all
that we were a Virtuous
people; that pOlygamy was a religi-
Gus institution, and that the young
people had been taught the princi-
pies Of sObriety, of purity and of
virtue. The request was that Con-
greSS would not do as it had done
before, first send troops and then
persons TO examine. | blame the
partly for this. Now 1 am
not in favor of talking about our
officials. They are supposed to be
men, but the most reason
able construction l could put upon
his act is that his education had
been neglected. No one could
blame man because he could not
distinguish between ], 300 and $4,000;
but it shows a lamenable deficiency
in his education; but then a man is
not to be blamed for what he does
not know Qaughter). [ am afraid
that there are some not any better
educated in Washington tor they
could see no wrong in his action
and they sent him back here again.
hope when they send the commits
that they will be "A little
better educated and can tell the diff
ference between 1900 and $4,000. Are
we going tOTebel ? not much I'VE do
not have much of that feeling in us,
We feel sympathy for those who
know no better. We feel the
ruth of the old adage-Truth
to earth will rise again"
md it is said that error will run a
thousand miles while truth is put
ing on its boots. We will contend
or our constitutional rights as
citizens. We mean to
contend for the rights Of American
but to do everything
egally, intelligently, and as good
Iatter-day Saints. While we have
. mission to proclaim to the nations
# the earth, We have mission to
proclaim and maintain, as we'll as
We can, the principle of human
lights. There are principles that |
'elOng to humanity outside Of con-
titutlOns and the laws Of men. |
)ne is the right to live. It'll
vas given US by God, and |
20 man has the right to
axe it away. If there has been
ppression and tyranny in the
World. it has been caused by the
of men. The declara-
ion of independence tells US we
ave the right to life and the pur-
nit of happiness. The wish have
that the United States could give
D ali men all liberty, and that while
hey talk Of delivering the slave
hey would deliver the south, I
hich has has been grOaning under
OPPRESSION ever since the war, and
nat they could give to all
lei the broadcast liberty. This
the worst wish [ have.
would like to talk, if [ had
me, about constitutional rights
nd about the unconstitutlonality of
le Edmunds bill. But that has