The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-04-20
DECLINE OF MANHOOD.

DECLINE OF MANHOOD.
The House committee on territories, by
strict party vote, has agreed to report
favorably the bill DISTINGUISHING the mem
bers of the Mormon church. 1t is quite
confidently asserted by local Liberals, and
generally believed, even by the Mormon
part of our population, that the bill will be-
come a law.
The same ignorant prejudice and political
reasons that cause the Republican majority
OF the committee, without exception, to
favor the bill, it is thought, will be power
full enough to carry the cruel measure
through Congress and to secure the exc
cutive sanction. That Congress has the
power to enact such a measure is deter
mined by the recent extraordinary de-
clslon OF the supreme court in the Idaho
test oath case; that the Mormons should be
dlsfranchlsed because of their reasonable
and otherwise Objectionable belief and
practices has been decided by no less
person than his ponderous honor, Judge T.
JEFFERSON ANDERSON, by the grace, and to
the disgrace, of the President of the United
States, an associate justice of our SUI
preme bench: that the Mormons should be
denied the franchise, it is quite clear, is
necessary to the future success of the Re
publican party. 1t may be set down as a
TACT that local enemies of the Mormon PEG
pie, those who have been for years de-
nouncing their practices and demanding
their political scalps, have been actuated
hxv M IN rrba
cal nature; the cry of Mormon, Mormon''
has been necessary in order to disfranchise
men and women, to destroy the right of
trial by jury, retain control of all local of
fees within the gift of the President, ETC.,
and finally in order to gain complete con-
troll OF the territory; it has not been be-
cause OF the purity, incorruptlbility, and
saintliness of Liberal leaders, but purely
and simply for political reasons that Nor
mons have been denounced.
Now 1t seems that the same motives have
seized the national Republican leaders. 1t
has been pointed out to them how Utah
might be admitted as Republican state
by DISTINGUISHING all members of the OBJ
lectionable church; by passing an act
enabling Utah to become state upon its
citizens, exclusive of Mormons, taxed,
adopting constitution forever debarring
Mormons from voting
So 1t seems that this monumental wrong
is about to be consummated What we de-
sire particularly to ask this morning is, how
does such probability strike the conser-
'vative, non political part of the non Nor
mon populations How do you merchants
view it, who have had satisfactory dealings
for years with the Mormon people; and YOU
bankers and business and railroad men.
who have found the Mormon people quite
up to the average American community in
commercial morality, how do you regard
such thing? You all know that so far as
business integrity, honesty, morality,
sobriety, thrift and those other virtues
that make men good citizens are concerned.
tue Mormon part of the community are not
one whit inferior to their Gentle fellow
citizens.
You know, also, that the great bulk of
the Mormon adults have always been mo-
nogamlsts, and must know that polyga
nous practices have largely ceased among
them. You know that the voting part of
the laws, and you have no reason to doubt
their sincerity and honesty. In short. your
intercourse with Mormon and Gentle has
taught you precisely the character of the
Mormon and the nature and purpose of
Liberal opposition. We would ask Won to
pause for few minutes to think the mat
ter over. Call to mind some of the Latter
day Saints with whom you are brought
in daily contact ask yourselves if you
think the supremacy OF Republican prin-
ciples in this Territory demands their dis
reimbursement; ask yourselves if patriot
ism and high morality are the basis of Ill
tra-Liberal opposition to the Mormons:
andwhat is more important ask yourselves
if you, no matter your politics Or creed.
are going to sit still and without protest
see such wrong perpetrated.
Can it be possible that large number of
our Gentle friends, who have always done
business with the Mormons, who have as
ISOLATED with them on terms of friendship
who know their character and worth, who
understand the nature of the relentless
warfare that is being waged against them
will be content to sit idlv nv
without uttering one word of protests
Is Acknowledgement such trivial matter
that the probability of it's imposition does
not deserve notice, or is the fear of the re-
proach of the partisan, who would sacrifice
everything, even the liberties of his fellow
men, to secure his Objects enough to deter
you from raising your voices. Where are
the local Democrats, that they should re-
main in silence while Republicans triumph.
Where are ministers of the gospel9 Are
they of the opinion that their designs upon
the belief of the Latterday saints NAV be
better served by harshness than by moder
alton, that there is no room for Christian
charitys Manhood has ebbed pretty low
in this the last decade of the nineteenth
century, if meH under such circumstances
shall remain dumb.
THE REAL ESTATE MARKET.