The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-10-25
MR., GooOwIN's PLATFORM.


cially, and of decent people generally to
the following Characterization of the Nor
mon people by the man who pretends his
life is in danger by living among them, the
man who for years has written just such
Hbels concerning them, and who now seeks
to represent the territory in Congress
Concerning the decision of the supreme
court affirming the validity of the law that
contiscated the property of the Mormon
church. He said:
The Neacs says that the hated decision does
not destroy the Mormon church; which we cen
cede. We admit, further, that it has rot in
any perceptible degree diminished its vileness,
Righteousness and proneness to all forms of de-
ceit. In short, the decision has not
pricked the conscience of this people in any
way to cause them to realize their baseness and
need of new birth; and until they see the
depths of infamy to which their system is lead
ing them, their case is hopeless. 1t seems a
hard case to deal with people so besotted in
trickery and the cunning secretiveness and OBJ.
stinacy, which is distinctive of the criminal
classes the world over.-Tri6Hne, oct. 2s, 1888.
One might think that common modesty
would have restrained Mr.. GOODWIN, the
champion of the party that fills the iail..
occupies the attention of the courts, keeps
the saloons and brothels, and in general
furnishes the large majority of the baser
criminals, from inviting comparison of
constituencies by this uncalled-for diatribe
against community of quiet people. But
a fanatic knows no moderation; and when
fanaticism and falsehood are combined, as
in the foregoing quotation, then, to use
poetic phrase, truth shuddering fees, and
mercy signs, Farewell"
THE HERALD makes no accusation against
the non-Mormons of Utah; but when the
Liberal candidate mouths these foul
charges of awful criminality against the
Mormons, we are obliged IT, state that the
Gentle court records show that the non
Mormons of Utah are the principal law
bre akers.
1t may not be amiss to let Mr.. GOODWIN
state how he stands on the question of the
coniscation Of the church property of the
Mormons. In attempting to justify that
robbery, he said:
Many years ago the government of the United
States made it illegal for any church in any ter
ship property in excess of $4,000 This suit
was ordered that vast amount of property,
illegally obtained by the church, might be taken
and sold, and the proceeds go to the schools of
the territory. We never approved of the wis
dom of the proceeding, but the Justice Of IL is
beyond dispute.-1fi6uDe, oct. %, 1883.
1t is not our purpose to refute the
bungling absurdities of the bulk of this
ON f hut tro coll OF A.
line, which says the justice of the confisca-
tionis beyond dispute.
AS to the confiscation of the private
property of his opponents, MIR. GooDw1N
states his position as follows:
The Saints must either come within the laws
or must find some other spot in which to carry
out their purposes. Z. :. Did they ever stop
to thing that their prosecutions have not vet
really commenced! b. Suppose the next
step shall be to deny the Saints the right to
enter lands, and to attack the titles already
secured to land the government,
through the machinery Of the law, may outlaw
and disinherit them Tribune, March 20, 1889.
1t was formerly thought that the rancor
of these bitter indictments toward de-
spelling the Mormons was due to the fact
".
The acts OF these few were dishonesty held
up as proof that none of the Mormons were
within the law" When those who had
practiced polygamy were either forced
within the law'' or into the peni-
tentiary, and some into both conditions.
it was still held by Mr. GoonwIN.
that inasmuch as the law-abiding majority
of the Mormon people had not expressly
repudiated the practice of their few
brethren, who had already paid the pen
atty for what they had done, that the whole
Mormon people, married, single, old, young,
were still guilty in their thoughts of the
act for which the polygamists had already
been punished. He demanded tn cir dis
reimbursement, because, to use his own
words, believing polygamy to be sacra
ment of COP, they must, in the very ma
ture OF things, be its supporters 1t was
not enough for Mr.. GOODWIN that every
Mormon voter, polygamisis having already
been disfranchised, had taken an oath to
obey the laws of the land, and especially
those relating to polygamy. He demanded
formal renuuciation of the practice, and
said (Which he devoutly hoped) that it
would never be given. Now that it has
been given, he is still more frantic and un
reasoning. He now demands the degrade
ton of the entire Mormon population on
the absurd charge that their consciences
are not their own, the proof of this being
that they will not vote for him.
Mr. GoODWIN'S platform sneeks for ;tealf