Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1889-11-23

Not only the authorities, but tn
whole community have taken cS
ceFtions to measures Of that chaI
acter- il is not necessary to e
outside OF the court. room where tia
investigation is in progress for illus
trations. Mr.. Dickson is under
stood 10 have formulated ant
applied, when he was U. :
District attorney, what has been
called the segregation system, by
melnsof which-beingan indefinite
multiplication Of indictments fol
one ofenso-'AIormons'' could I've
sent 10 prison for several hundred
years, and be fined a sum impossi-
hle OF satisfaction by q Rothschild.
The ex-District attorney and those
who operated with him were criti-
cised to some extent for this I'M
warrantable course. We have
never thought that the censure ap-
piled to that measure and the L. S.
officers who worked it was unpatri-
otto or REASONABLE. We couldn't
think Of such a thing, because if.
would be an undue reflection uuou
the Supreme Court Of the United
States, which smashed segregation
and characterized it as an unprece-
dented legal monstrosfty.
Instead Of it being shown that |
the "Momons'' have been disIoyaL !
even their enemies, in the proceed
ings Of the last few days, have testi-
fed that they have always held to
the belief that the Constitution isan
inspired instrument. The logical
inference from this position is that
al laws made in pursuance Of it are |
o! the same genius. II it has come
l. pass that men and measures can
not he criticized without those en-.
g1ging in that Constitutional cxer-
else being not only charged with
disloyaity, bat virtually punished
by disability for. i, then let free
dom shrek and liberty fall PROSTATE
IN the mud to be kicked to disfgIre-
menJ by the iron shoJ feet Of tyran- ,
ny.
Belief, during the peculiar inves- o
ugation in question, has been intro 81
duced as an element Of unnatriotic n
quality. But the shoe is on the e
other foot the enemy Of free gov y
srnment being he who would make y
us fellow an offender on account Of al
mental condition superinduced by III
violence. A man can no more helm te
lis belief on any subject coming IN
within the purview Of his iuteIle.c, -
han he can the shape and size O, :,
rs head. The spirit that would an. 70,
y q eoercivc process Of any kind. Va
liher in the shape Of disability. a to-
lumb-screw or an aukle-crusher 70 en-
7erce a mau from one belief m
another, has not drunk at ch
re living fountain Of liberty an
Ut might have been esteemed iii
d average citizen Of an unlimited inc
aspotism in the dark ages of the DC
orld's history. The Supreme on
curt Of the United States has rs cor
rted, on this question, that the ~ ~
W deals only with overt acts. be. ear
+ not being proper subject OF hd
striction. IL
The attempt to presenta phase Of 10,
in the endowments has mo
led, the testimony rs a whole be- cou
2 TO the effect that the govern nO
mt is not mentioned in con,ec. exc
n with them m any form. Then be
rs in the infcrentialism. which yidi
S all the coloring there was to the ne
egation, and it does not amount ~
more than 50 much smoke. .bo
The attempt to show that there j. no.
obligation of poIygamy associ- ate
d with these sacred rites b,s r,
:, - ~ course 1t has tray
nesses viii testify to anything .onJ
-, - - S''h sra'iiy their prev
~, - 'ns. 'ue church with emp
-, e'e lo'inerly connect that
Nardeil is an instance in point IN. ,
i, -, -, ,, s''o" u 10 he totally own
when examined in relation to -,
obligation Of polygamy in con- ion
- - az ''i4o" Lnehts. Be- ness
asked-after he had stated that on,
'isied-as to its nature he said .orost
iantiaily that some one ax J., A.
ned, Gan those in favor Of TAX b,va
more wives than one, say ave. asa
-rary, no. The ayes have it ;, boin,
curse nobody, including the 5or :
'eral' prosecutors, believed a , f,n
the old man said. -.
c blood atonement or death yious
lty business has shared n SINH. attent
lie. Not one instance has been the A
Of any such penalty having The
inflicted, this fact Of itseII poses
unanswcrable as showing it, gard
Existence. Of course the wit scribil
Vardell tried to furnish n case. which
an named Green, a resident Of minist
ingtOn, who was blood-atoped st. Lo
Immigrant train near Green that it
There seemed to have been churcl
Il deal Of green about this trary
d saDguinary circumstance. ter, G
facts were calculated in re- sions, ;
that threw a shadow on no me-
IFS blood and thunder. The upon a
reen that ever lived at Farm anee,
was produced in court and them
lady TO testify that he was open to
ireen River in 1862, and that The /.
best Of his knowledge and a churC
he had never been killed. matter
circumstance Of that manner
'uld not very well have oc- law. is
without his being cognizant flllaciol
net, Mr.. Green's evidence in 10 pres
could not be considered as which /