Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-10-22

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Roasted between two fires. Ii would
make no difference 10 them which
party won, for The success OF Either
would mean their Punishment or
determination. IL would make no
difference if the atheists, infidels,
and all other unchurched people
threw their cJmbiued weight upon
either side. They could not fight
for the life Of 4 free government,
because that would have been al
ready destroyed. They could not
fight with either party TO restore
free government, because whichever
party succeeded, freedom would be
lain and the government would
henceforth be atheocracy with some
sort Of priest at its head ia the name
of God.
Such being the case, l desire TO
call attention of the unchurched
voters to the fact that, in voting
with and for the alleged "Liberal"
party OF Utah, they are blindly
playing into the hands Of n power
that will some day destroy the
| liberty Of which they have 70 long
boosted themselves tine advocates
| and defenders. Every Fresthinke-
who votes with the so-called ''Liber-
al'' party Of Utah drives n nail
Jael-like into the brains, 20 tosPeak,
of his own freedom.
The talk about "AmericaniGing
Utah'' 50 much INDUCED in by the
sI4iberal' ringleaders is Jesuitical
Opiate administered to put sense to
sleep aud lead men uncUnsciously
into a trap. The "Liberal' party
OF Utah Is n party Of priestcTaft in
which this unhOly bargain is made.
The offices 20 10 the politicians as a
reward for the help Of the latter to
give the anti Mormon priests
power 20 rob, despoil, disfranchise
aud aunihilate MOrmonism. Utah
is the ground on which is today
being fought the first open fight OF
the priest combine TO obtain control
Of the United States government
| II they succeed in Utah II viii not
he long until they will make the
attempt in other Territories, and
then into the States. The "Liberal''
party of Utah is today a Catholic
aud Protestant combination which,
having first excited the hatred Of
the unchurched voters against the
| MormOns by lying and abuse, uses
them 10 secure Its own ends, and
when il gains control Of the Terri
tory will tell them to 90, as they
have been FOR years telling the Nor
mons.
What now is the danger, If any,
arising from the existence Of the
Mormon Church, towards our gov
eminent:
There is none. The theory OF the
Mormon Church is that in time the
wickedness of the natiOn will
destroy it. That general statement
| is accepted IS prophecy. 1t might
be made at any time N reference TO
1 any nation on earth. 1T has beeu
true in the past, 1t will be true in
the future. The Mormon cOncep-
ton is that IL the Latter-day Saints
remain true TO their faith in and
practice Of Righteousness, when, 10y
its own wichednes=, the nation has
been broken, the Mormon people
will take the ruins and restore The
government. There is nothing
in Mormon theology II DO
not mean the violent sermons
that were preached by excited men
when an army was on the borders
threatening the people with destruc-
ton, but the Theological tencts Of
the church,, that can be construed
as meaning that the Mormon people
will ever attempt, by force Of arms,
to obtain control Of the nation. They
b .lieve that IL they are fIithfal they
will be the means Of restoring the
government when factions have
dismembered 1t.
Take this belief in conjunction
with my demonstration that the
Catholic and Protestant seets are
striving for control OF tile govern
ment and must inevitably In time
precipIiate a religious war over It,
in which this free, constitutional
government will be destroyed, no
matter which party wins, and it
becomes apparent that the general
prophecy Of the Mormon faith may
be at, least in part, fulfilled.
| But the MOrmons are the only
sect in the world that is satisfied
with our Constitution as il il. They
are the only sect in the world that
sees God already in the Constitu-
ton. They are the only sect in the
world pledged 10y its creed 10 the
maintenance OF liberty for all man
kind. They are the only united
body OF people IN the world pledged
by their iaith to uphold the Consti-
tuition Of the United States. They
are the only sect that has not made
threats against the equal rights OF
the atheist. the infidel and all I'M
churched people.
Now, suppOsing the time had
come when the Catholic aud Pro-
testant sects are pitted against each
other in an internecine strife for
control Of our nation and the un-
| churched masses saw. as they must.
that they would lose their liberties
whichever side won, and, at the
same time, they saw standing nlOof,
taking no part in the strife, the Nor
mon Church pledged to restore con-
siitutiOnal liberty when the warning
/ factions had destroyed il, what
would they do? II they we've not
the veriest imbeciies they would
/ throw their power into the scale
with that Of the Mormon people
and help t. restore the fr sedom that
had been Overthrown blythe warning.
sectarians. That, too, Is what they
will do. That Is the destiny Of Nor
monism and FreethOught on this
continent. Seeing that today, re-
fuse to become n party 10 the treason
able scheme Of utah Liberalism;''
refuse TO give my aid to build up
power that viii disfranchise me rs
ii seeks now 10 disfranchise the
AlOrmOns; refuse TO encourage any
jesuitical conspiracy to destroy the
grandest government the world has
ever known, and / appeal to all un-
churched voters to stand with me
on this true American platform.
II, in the future, when we have
been able by AMI with the Nor
mons TO restore and perpetuate
free government, the Mormon
priesthood should show any DISPOSE
ton TO deprive us Of our liberties,
we can then consider that question.
Today the Mormons are the only
organized people on the continent
who will or Tan aid US 10 restore our
liberties when Christian priestcraft
has torn them from US. Let US I'M
derstand the situation and refuse at
once and forever 10 Ice either
whipped or blackguarded into talk
ing, working or voting against our
best friends. CHARLES ELLIS.
ALL members Of the Tabernacle
choir, also all those who have
promised 10 become members In the
near future, are urgently requested