Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-03-13
4 PEA FOR TOLER4TI0S AND
MPARTIALfFY.

journal of this city IL neeu hardl
be said, however, that it does n,
proceed from the pen OF one Of Il
regular staff. On the contrary,
appears to be the product Of a nor
".sIormon" visitor to this city, VIII
views the situation here with jus
and dispassionate eye. It is en-
bodied in editorial comment
designed TO break its beneficen
force. Fortunately its justice stand
out with such prominence that
IS not detrimentally affects
by the sophistical verbiage by whicl
it is surrounded. 1t stands like a
mounttin Of truth in the midst Of ;
patch Of steriiity. Itappears owe
the nom de plume Of "COmmercia
Traveller" and thatouE readers maj
Judge Of its quality We present i
here:
tAfter reading in your valuable pa
per Of sunday morning a letter BY
Mr.. Chas. Ellis, Concerning the Tth.
ing House." 1 ask the privilege O!
space 10 give the views Of a stranger
J / reply, relying on your fairness pro
or con this case. am a stranger in
these parts. travelling through on bust.
ness. with an eve to observe and an
ear to hear as go along.
Mr.. Ellis refers 10 Judge Zane's
opinion Of the &C: Of Congress as
fn.ended to deprive the Mormon
Church Of its power to that exten, to
maintain, propagate or perpeiuate
polygamy. According to the founda-
tlon rock, religious liberty, on which
this nation was founded and Is bull,
what right has Congress 10 deprive
any Church Of 4 portion Of is
properly because it maintains a
belief contrary 10 that of other
churches? And II this Church doe,
pro- agate beliefs which are wrong
why not confiscsie all her properfv
and prevent the peaceful, or other
wise, assembling together OF her pe3-
pie? Did not Christ each Judge no.
that We be not judged?' Then shall wa
disobey His Injunction and persecu,e
as We we're once per>ecuted? VIVA,
denomination but has cried on. in the
dark ages against persecution, And
shall We return now 10 the usares Of
these black periods TO suppress this
people? Have We como 70 supDort
religious oppreSsionP Possibly Mr..
Ellis sill ask: DO you call Mormon
ism religion?' Who shall saw Jesps
taught Judge no;.' And did He M.
say, in answer 10 the question. WIN
will be greatest in the Kingdom of
Heaven? VIA, is that to thegr Fol
low thou Me- In the past when VIC
were prosecuted we did not believe
that Persecution was following Christ.
he taught His religion and was perse-
cuied for it, aud shall we. leach
ing His religion, persecu,e
those differing from us? Then
what shall become Of the RaDtfs,s
Catholics, Congreganonalists, Metbo5-
lists. Presbyterians. etc7 All these he
leve in Jesus Christ, yet each believes
on His teaching in a different man
ner. Now if the Spiritualis.s shan
lake up the cudgel for Jesus Chris,
against all who worship Him differ
emily from themselves they will have
Dig job on hand. And then most
oihe. denominations believe S9iritu,l.
ism tends to propagate Ignorance
Shall all other denominations then
ioia 10 confseate what liuIe property
The sPirltualists have been able to g.t
hold of, and still less they have been
able to hold' This is no. Cbris.'s
Mr.. Ellis says 'The Mormon system
Of tithing is not compulsory under
civil law, it is true, but i. is eomp,,l
sorry, nevertheless, and hence il is in
of the Constitutional gusran-
ZEE OF religions liberty arguing that
I the Mormon does not nav be is
cat on Then. in the name OF rsliai-
'us liberty, he proposes 10 Withdraw
eilgious liberty from a people dif-
ering from him, Whs. viii NJ
Ellis and his friends in Congress
az to The compulsory feature OF the /
;aiholic church? send your children |
o paroehisl schools or suffer a with I
travail OF church sacraments. FoIIoy
II the commands Of the church !,
wing money, in marrying, in c5ntas-
ION, etc, or suffer the same pena,ty
hat does the Withdrawal Of cbgr.b
icramsnts mean? Excommuni,,-
on and as consequence. damDa-
on. Many people pretend to believe
he Catholic church a menace 10 the
nlwark Of our nation, The Public
'hool.' Then LEI us no. sion in Tho
bod work, but let Us treat the Catbo-
70 the same as we are treating tho
-ormons, condsclte their proDeriv
so, in order to deprive them Of The
'wer to maintain. propagate or per
i:uate its dogInas.
Il do not believe that God will evar :
ess such an outburst OF Religions
'nzy. Rather lie: us disseminate the
lth through the church. disseminate 3
lowledge through the public schools
d by all means known TO the law T;
p and prohibit polygamy in anv
m here or elsewhere. Punish
Sc swearing, and by all known or
.coveEable means. apart from reli- !
'uS persecution, put down the power
the church to maintain, propagate .
perpetuate polygamy.' But do not t
US follow the maxim: The end JUS il
IS the means Let your modera- c
n be known unto all men. The q
I'd is at hand.-Phil. iy:5." a
The foregoing is a strong and in $,
iigently presented plea for reiig- b
IS liberation aud equal treat t
mt, and the paper in which IT p
ginally appeared lie compelled 70 o.
N to its usual refuge in order 10 5
ak Its salutary effect. In place of C
'ument it uses sophissry and mis- 81
resentstion. l. holds 10 as n d
Ferful point in its favor that the Il
: under which "ereei property'' "
'oniscated has existed since 1862 "
1 Is applicable to all churches t
re. AS to what is meant by to
'eed property" we leave our &C
1ers to conjecture. But in refer NJ
e to the applicability OF the law, n,
: pertinent to ask why it has INST eff
n applied 10 other churches DC
veil as to that Of the Lalter-Iay u,
nts. The genius of Ameri. TO