The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-10-11

and expresses the sense ana Ieei-
/ ings of the people. TINS gov
eminent is theocratic, but IN no
/ sense beyond that. A Territorial govern
ment may be said to be IN a large sense
monarchlal, in that the governor VI Tue
/ Territory has conferred upon hlIh py
/ Congress absolute veto power ana the
! legislators who are chosen by the people
! NAV labor for sixty days, may unite
their profoundest thought, knowing the
I wishes and the wants OF the people, and
they NAV express laws by which the
people might be governed according to
! their choice but by single stroke OF
the pen the Governor of the Territory
of Utah can veto the whole. Is not
! this, then, autocratic, and is 1t not in a
very strong sense a one man power?
And in the sense that the people OF the
Territories have no choice either in the
governor or in the judges who ad-
minister the laws, or in the maTShals
who enforce the processes OF the court,
and in every other way wherein the
government takes upon itself the gov
eminent of the people, without the con-
sent of the people, is it not an arlsto-
cratic government, the government OF
the many by the few? Thus, if my
conclusions are correct, the government
of the United States is theocratic, III so
| far as the people trust in God; it is Re-
publican in partial sense; 1t is Demo
cratic IN another sense; and 1t Is GER
| tainly so far as the Territories are con-
| cerned, monarchial and aristocratic.
Thus we have a combination en-
J tering into this great Union.
But, as was clearly shown this morn
| ing by Brother +. b. Richards, in the
disposition of the people to have Con-
gress enact certain proscriptive laws.
we as people are being deprived OF
many of the rights and privileges for
which our forefathers contended, for
which they pledged their sacred honor
and for which many of them devoted
their lives. But, knowing the manner IN
which public opinion is manufactured
in this great land of ours, have person.
ally degree of charity and of SYM
pathy, not only for Congress, but for
the President, his Cabinet and for the
supreme judiciary of our nation. 1t is
no unusual thing to see men manifest
physical courage. You can see it in all
nature. Tread upon a worm and it will
turn and sting you if it can. Men, for
the love of things of this wCr will often
face physical danger in every form.
They will dig down in every form. They
earth. navigate the raging seas and
penetrate, as it were, to the North Pole
-th = will fare the cann0h's mouth
when it belches forth de th and destruc-
tiOn-they will face death and destrIIc
ton IN all its horid forms, but when you
call upon them to manifest moral cOur-
age, when you call upon them to stand
up and maintain the right because it is
right when that right is unpopular, you
appeal 10 something that gives
but weak response. l have seen
men that would face danger in
almost every conceivable form
shrink and cover before one breath of
cOntumely or of scorn. They could not
bear it, land b nee you see apologies
given by reason of the influence that
surrounds them. Now, this is popular
government, and it would take very
courageous President to do justice to
the Latter-day Saints. Why? Because
the great majority of the nation are
prejudiced against this people. Not that
they are aware Of any harm or wicked
ness having been done by this people,
but because of falSehOods that have
circ2ated against the Latter-day
Saints. Therefore, I say that were AIR.
Cleveland to administer all the laws In
Utah imparlialI% would be manifest
ing degree of hardihoOd, degree OF
moral courage that certainly has not
been exhibited by any recent President
of the United States. 1t would be like
Chas. Sumner, who stood up in the
Senate of the United States and fought
slavery. He stood there singly and
alone, but he espoused 4 righteous
cause, and by degrees be made adher-
ents until this nation was converted
and The Supreme Court of the UJited
States, that had declared that black
man had no rights which white man
was bound to respect, was overturned
at the point of the bayonet and the
sword. Such men as Washington, jeff |
erson and Adams-such men as CrOm- |
well and Knox, Huss and Jerome, stand |
along the shores of time as the beacon |
lights that have lighted the way
to the high liberty we ought to enjoy in !
this glorious land to-day. l say we, |
to the nation as a whole, and !
not to the Latter day Saints as COM |
munities. If we could enjoy our con- |
rights we would be of all peo- |
pie upon this earth the most happy, /
and the reason why we would be the !
most happy is because. with all our |
faults and fallings, God smiles upon no /
people upon the earth as pure as are |
the eLatter-day Saints, and happiness !
consists IN puriry-the living of a holy !
life before the Lord. l was very forcibly |
struck, a few days ago. with the re- |
marks made by the judge of the Third /
Judicial District. | don't think him TO !
be Christian; If he is, he does not I'M |
derStand the scriptures as | understand /
them. Ia referring TO remarks which |
had been made by an individual who I
had been convicted by the jury, the |
Judge remarked that he did not wish to 4
hear any more hypOcritical cant, and 4,
in referring TO the wives of the Latter !
day Saints, on one occasion, he men /
toned them IS conCubines; and some !
Of our brethren have looked upon that |
as being reproa IN, Well, of course. !
you can convey contempt in the man /
ner in which a-word IS uttered. But | /
do not look upon the word concu- /
bine rs being contempuOus |
term by any means. All concubi eS, ,
anciently, were considered wives. !
but all wives are not concubine. /
concubins. then, was maid servant /
married 10 a free man; and although !
her is ress still maintained some !
on over her actions, the fact /
that she was wife gave her an honor /
able pOsi ion-made her legal wife In /
the sight of God.
Again. the judge, in referring to what |
ather Abraham 6il said, Abraham