Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1886-05-21

Uosss 81 Utah, went to thoA
penitentisFy one day lat wssls, anal
having - Mormon couvisssI s.,em-l
bled inlths Diicess RON, pvopussd I'LL
them 4 they would promise q obev||,
t''e law IN the future and give up /,
polygamy, that be and Judge Zane |,
and District Attorney Dicke5s would,
unite IN request to The President
that they 10 pardoned. The polyesl
wouldn't agree. They viii take their|
medicine. Truly the principle 81
complete liberty burns in Che inside
works Of the muchly-married. They
are given the liberty, under the law,
70 take untothemselves one wife each,
and why should their liberty be shut
of there? II one wife is good, why
should not two be twice Is good, and
50 on, and why should their liberty
be 50 contracted. What is this land
OF the free and home Of the brave
coming 70, when the brave Mormon
is THUS robbed Of his rights3 The
law Of this now despotic government
says : man can have one wife, and
that i al right and proper, but that
an additional one of the same sort is
all wrong and improper. What an
illogical, despotic law is that! Oh!
how shrunken has become the fabric
of our liberty! Where is the free
dom you blow about, and whoop up
lon the anniversary Of the day ouI
forefathers fought and bled and died
fer liberty!! Where I'll Echo an
swers where. A law of daily
Strengthening despotism says littl.
of . good thing is good, but that
little more Of good thing is no good
r Away with such reasoning and bosh
: to sheol with such sumptuary enact
a Iments, and let freedom and libert,
s once more rise up in all their bignes
. land glory! What would good an
wise Solomon and sainted David sa
Inf they could come down from abov
: and see how the followers in thei
!, footsteps are jailed and persecute
a for their holy actsP Stay with th
Of pen, ye sainted polygs. Stick to th
q right, though you perish in the pei
and say, with the pluck and eloquenc
ID of the early patriot, P. Henry, "giv
y, us liberty or give usdeath," and "giv
in us as many wives as we want, or 81,
s, us a lifetime in the lookup. L.
vs. Jour watchword be, no compromil
i'll with despotism. Well either breatl
the pure air of liberty, or the clos
!, death-dealing hot air of the pc
live want no halfway busine.
= Well either live by our holy relgi'
: or die by it. So sail in ys persec
- tors and oppressors! We are high
than the law of this accursed Ian
r this so-called land of liberty. {
with polygamy, and let our waite
NO word be advance. Well shoot Q
at fiance at this government, and wht
I'D through the holy institution OF poly
as amy, we become strong enough, W.
he shoot leaden bullets. The day
it. liberty is dawning." The above
aIthe sum and substance of the mum
!. ouslv married and law-defying
'e llyrs idea OF pure and unadulterat
70 broad-gange and high-graae, gen
;ht, Gus and highly enlightened -fres-f
outlall liberty. Unlucky plucky poly
,fIand how firm in the Faith. WI
will their glory OF self-sacri6ce ia
my This persecution and oppression
aGods chosen" is terrible tough,
ont lit will, doubtless, keep right on
~. lentlessly.
= All efforts to build the Alta
OK v.gon road from this city up b