The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-06-27
FROM THE OTHER SIDE.
A Gentle who Does Not Share the Views of
Guerillas and ex-Policemen.

The poet truthfully puts it: There is a Di
vinity which shapes our ends, rough hew them as
we may" and we are forced in all candor to
give vent to few remarks in appreciation of a
people, at present the target of the viles4 abuse
and malignant persecution. For the first time
In we'll nigh six years we visited the Tabernacle
on Sunday. the oth inst, and listened very at
tenuvely to the timely remarks they fell
from the lips of the talented few whose good
fortune it was to occupy the pulpit. We are
not connected with The Church of Jesus Christ
OF Latter-day Saints, but we are liberal enough
in our views regarding The Christian world and
It's views to draw the line. when in free -
country legislation is being enacted contrary to
the very spirit OF republican form of govern
ment and contrary to the constitution OF the
United States. Why not wage a religious war
at once? Why permit the Catholic Methodist,
Eplscopalian, Presbyterian, and all other sects
to flourish and be respected. and gag those who
believe in the prophecies of Joseph Smith and
are serving God according to the dictates of
their own conscience, without interfering in any
wise with those differing from them religiously?
The Church OF Rome ffourished amidst the most
malignant prosecutions. A Nero, clad in the
imperial robes of the Roman empire, could not
stay the progress OF the jealous advocates OF
Roman Catholicism, and to-day that church
counts its faithful adherents over the entire
globe. Similarly is it to-day with the followers
OF Joseph Smith. Forced from Nauvoo they
crossed the desert and under the able leader
ship of Brigham Young transformed a waste
tract into a most beautiful home, where, like
the pilgrims of early days. they thought they
were free to do Gods bidding and be free from
persecution.
AS to the zeal in retaining waste lands. the
rich valleys of Utah bear witness; as to their
zeal IN serving God as they desired, the most
magnificent OF structures erected solely for
worship bear witness. Can fair minded man
| find fault with honesty? Can sane men damn
his fellow man for his faithfulneSs to the reli-
gion of his choice To-day the dark cloud hangs
over this people. We are thankful that it is
not attributable to the Democratic party and
are proud that an illustrious trio Chief Justice
Fuller and Justices Field and Lamar diSsented
| from the views of the majority in the recent
decision The Alta, of San Francisco. one of
| the StauncheSt Democratic sheets on the coast
quite recently severely criticized the Baskin-
! Cullom bill, and to our mind no language is
strong enough, consistent with common de-
cency, to sufficiently condemn it. Ridiculous TO
gag the many to enrich the few. Absurd, to dis
foundation OF that hated church Are we to
! suffer for the acts OF our fathers Must the
/ sons OF Brigham Young come under the ban
simply because that noted man was their
father! shame on our law makers Auto
cratic Russia is more lenent to her subjects.
! We do not Tor an instant doubt that the day
VIII come when the constitution of our land
VIII De so abridged by amendments as to render
the old.document obsolete and ineffective. Pro-
phecy declares itself very forcibly and it's full
hllnent Is passing before our very ewes All
Smith for their answering allegiance to the
church of their choice. their consistency, their
candor and cheerfulneSs as they bend their
shoulders to carry the crosses heaped upon
them by a set Of law makers unit TO be classed
as Sucn. A GENTLE.