Idaho semi-weekly world. [volume] (Idaho City, Idaho Territory) 1875-1908, 1889-04-16
GLACIER PEOGR Eas.
Salt Lake Tribune.


prayers; that by His direct revelation
he has stayed and guided them; shat
when evil has contended against them,
when affection has beset their paths,
when persecution has laid its heavy
hand up them, God has been near to
give them light and fortitude sufii-
cient to enable them to bear their az
fiji stlons." For all that we know, Ge-
ronimo preached the same things to
his people and continued to stick to
his faith until the final meshes of the
net closed around him and he and the
remnant of his band were banished
captives. If he did, he had this ex
cuse for his cause. He and his an
cestors, since before the time that his
tory began in his country, had been
possessors of the soil. They held the
original title, and their fight to pre-
serve it would, had they been civil
lied, have been held for all time as
one of the grandest struggles ever
made by free people for their
homes. The case is different with
Mr.. Cannon and his friends. Stating
his own case fairly, it is this. He
came to this country from a foreign
land; from the first he has refused to
surrender his allegiance to it; he
jo.ned kingdom with the avowed
purpose OF making conquest of it
and overthrowing its form of govern
ment; from the first he has held that
within his kingdom was tribunal
that of all the world has right to
dictate what laws mortals shall
obey, hence that the laws of the Uni
ted States are not, and cannot, be
binding on him, and so has pursued
double tortuous life for fully the
lifetime of generation. While a
member of the Congress of the Uni ed
States and under oath to uphold its
laws, he advised his people to disobey
them; while representing his people
in Congress, he assumed the right
as delegated agent of Almighty
God, to dictate to all this people who
should be nominated for office and be
voted for. He talks now of Attic
tons and prosecutions, while it Is as
clear as the sunlight that every Attic
ton and persecution that he COM
plains of has been but a result which
came from perfectly natural cause,
and that while there is a complaining
tone in all that he says, still the rec
ord shows that in no other civilized
nation under heaven would have such
mercies and such forbearance been
extended to him or his. In his ma
tive land the same course would have
brought destruction to him and his
years and years ago. He comforts
his people that God has protected
and guided them. This is little bet
ter than Dlasphemy, SO far as the
guiding of them is concerned, for it is
a clear case, that Notwithstanding all
the money spent, all the falsehoods
told, all the scheming, twisting and
double dealing of the Church, which
he claims is the center OF their svs-
TEN, as it certainly is the directing
force, it has not taken a trick for six
years What kind of Providence is
1t that guides people in that way;
that keeps women's checks wet with
tears, which causes sorrow to the
hearts of children and in many cases
leaves them hungry and half naked
At the same time probably nothing
} else can be expected from the leaders
of tins people. Considering the way
they have been entangled, it is, per.
haps, only natural that they follow
in the old path. They dare not meet
; the reproaches which would follow
were they to at last come out All,
= frankly tell their dapes that they
must place themselves behind the de
lenses of the law and remain there
There are but two things that car
crush what is illegal in such an in
5 stitution MS the Mormon system. On,
is force; one is light. Our peopl,
and our country are SO free that the,
recoil against using force. The sen
timent of the Nation is that the prop
er cure for Utah, while enforcing tn,
laws, is to enlIghten the people
That enlightenment is coming. We
. cannot note it from day TO day, bu
we can from year to year. Thing,
have changed within six wears, YES
within four years; yes, later still
The Mormon people are in the light
even while their chiefs are still in tn,