The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1886-10-08

u t;l OF social purity nor the rlaa!1lte-
lion OF alleged evil. hnt the C,1,'e.cCIluea-
anu olstress OF individuals bstpaiSesslOn
theI[ IeilglouS position. Tn 1use Of
udy saints are under the mos 11 %'1e. -
ooIlgatlOns to do the will of Cod sacred
same time they wish TO OEeG AZ The
wand law Of the land. Bnt beFery
strained Interpretation and the NJ Tue
tSanlaOIe application of the FdmUaa5-
Act, men are made Offenders ba rIouuS
"a Ga eISlr religious scruples, and -o
SSIlSu criminals when they are III
a@itIy amenable to the law. DefeIS9'
GnIo VINO, according to the evidarol
,sa.s OILY nYed with one wife &c,
I P1eS uLhe9'' TO have cOhabited Wiz
afO tsa1 Wl!e, and thus are c0nvirte5
Vi Con1a,ollng with more than oDa
o9IlteIated by the proof. '-0D Is
In other cases when nertios :, a..
desire to observe the TeC,nire,,,l IN .1elr
the EdmundS Act. hdva - Ir;-.-1s Of
agreed to the voluntary reIino6iSb~I,'el!
| OF association as HUSBAND s1T 80 Leu. Gu'
the husband has not eScaned fbo "l1e,
| geance Of the law. TGonoh tLe-. S ol
numbers OF Instances Vhpre Srrb -a az
| ties have honestly endeayOred to 81
/ within the law, yet whenever indIc.
ments have been found, husbands Iov.
/ almost invariably been Convicted org
| sentenced TO the full penalties of fDc
ana imprisonment. We take this an
portUnlty OF recording our high apnys
| cation OF the spirit of self Sacrifco
! which has been manifested nv an.
! sisters throughout the entire Cr1Sa,ia
! They have shown fOrtitude. q CON-
! age, devotion and love which INNS.
! be the admiration of pOsterity. Tbev
| have not faltered in their devotion -
/ the principles OF righteousness. bsvs
/ not Shrunk from the consequences o,
tending obedience to Gods law. sr5
! have been source of strength and an
cOuTagement to their sons, their hns
4 bands and their fathers. There sTa
numerous instances which have COM
to our knowledge Of wives Offering IA
make the most heroic sacrifices to Saw
their husbands from the penalties nj
the law.
Contrary to the Jurisprudence Of
! centuries, legal wives are COmpelle5
under threats of Imprisonment, TO tqsl
tify against their lawful husbands and
! disclose family secrets that sb0nId
never be barred to the public eye. T6iS
| is a gross violation of the law under
which they act, and opposed t. rec
! ogniZed public pOlity and family Iiy6tS
And by the system Of segregation" an
Offense which, according to the law. +,
punishable at the utmost extent BY siy
months Imprisonment and a fine OfSg
iSqnultiplied into many OffenSes sDf
the full sentence inflicted Tor each
fraction of that OffenSe.
The plan of finding several indic-
ments for the one offense has been dis
carded and the scheme adopted Of
making several counts in the one IN.
dictment. The number Of these counts
| is not regulated by law, but is lef. 10
| the arbitrary disposition of d grand
! jury selected from the class in hOstiliF
to the defendants, and usually SUB.
ject and plant to the will of an eZ-
tremely bitter and uGscruDr-
! lOus Prosecuting Attorney. TIE
petit jurieS empaneled for The
trial of persons thus indicted, are also
picked OHC for their known .sntagOn-
| ism to the society to which tie accused
| belong. And ia almost eyerynStsnce
| they find verdictS as requested By The
| Prosecuting Attorney, OOliviOuS Cihe
eXculpatOry portions of the evidence
Juries are thus selected, not Onlg 70,
| the trial of cases under the Edmund,
law, which permits challenges o.
] "MOrmOns," but by the open velile
| process strong an "MOTmOuS" IL
chosen to try "MOrmOns" accused Of
| OffenseS not included in the EdmUnds
| act, and thus again is the Law perveI.-
/ ed and prOStituted to work oppression
and injustice. The Courts, as a RUE,
| decide on questions of law and proceed
1 a. a f,xyF
and ignore the request of defendants
counsel for legal instructions to the
/ trial jury. Thus tine victims marked
for the sacrifice on the altar of hate,
are, humanity speaking, entirely at the
mercy of their prosecutors.
! Another new step in the progress Of
this iniquity is the rule, recently en-
/ forced, of compelling persons charged
with violations of the Edmunds aCL 70
plead guilty or else have their families
| forced upon the witness stand, to be
piled with shameful questions con-
! corning the most private acts and re-
latiOnS of their EuSban1s and fathers.
| Children of tender years are compelled
| to give evidence on subjects unSulIed
| to their immature minds, and to De-
/ come the instruments of their parents
/ Incarceration. Formerly, defendants
| were permitted to plead not guilty and
/ then 20 upon the stand and testify
| against themselves, declaring the facts
and leaving the result with be jury
aud the court. By this means coz
| scientiOuS man who did not
consider himself guilty of crime,
could explain his position, and
meet the issue without doing vl0-
/ lence to his convictions. But this poor
consolation is now denied by the male
VIOLENT District Attorney. The unfortu-
mate defendant must do violence 70
some extent to his conscience o!
pleading guilty, or suffer the anguish
/ of witnessing the tOrtures of mis- wives
and children when subject to the Legal
! rack of brutal DISCRIMINATION, "
which no regard is shown for VIE
affection or daughters love, the sen
sitive shrinking of VirtUOuS WOMAN
/ from exposure of her marital aSsCCla-
/ tiOnS, or 8 child's fearful aversion 20
| disclosing the secrets OF home for -le
conviction of father. Such prOcetI-
| ings prove that the object is not me
| yindication OF the law bu5 5he
promotion of human suhsrlDS'
providing the victims are mem
/ bers or the mormon" CDurch'
! Macy of the objects of this maieFO
/ lence are aged men who have passe"
/ the allotted three score years ana teHi
who have contracted no new mar =. ~
obligations, butare engaged ID carint
| for their families as honor ana IIS4.-
/ eousueSs dictate. The hearuesS