The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-11-23
lest manner possible, it will Jail few con
tractors and agency traders, and hang the
newspaper correspondents who aid the
wicked schemes Of the aforementioned con-
tractors and traders
CONFIsCATION.

Our morning contemporary on Friday
delivered itself of the following bit of
pleasantly:
THE HERALD again declares that n appea
to the Mormon people to ONE within the laws,
to Americanize Utah, lest the government should
pursue them to Acknowledgement and confsca-
ton, is an expression of desire on our part
that they shall be robbed of their property.
OF course the lying hound knows better.
The HERALD declared no such thing.
We simply printed the words of the Tribune
On this subject, and remarked that our
readers could judge for themselves as to
whether the words suggested confscation
or not. To clinch this thing we here re-
produce what was quoted in our columns
from the Tribune editorials (Mr. Coop
WINS Words, SO that the reader may Judge
as to who is ''the lying hound;'' for the
sheet first denied the words, though it has
repeated similar ones score of times, aud
then tried to make out that Senator ED
MrNDs was responsible for them.
One of the strangest features OF Mormonism
and the Mormons is their seeming utter lack of
comprehension of the enormity of disobeying
the laws. + The first thing probably that
which they have so long prostituted. Then they
will find themselves at the mercy of such laws
as may be prescribed for them. If that will not
do, the next attack will be on their property and
no man who believes it right for him to obey the
First Presidency rather than the laws will be
permitted to acquire title to lands. This will
mean f1nal bankruptcy, not only for the masses
but the rich in the organization.-Tr Tribune, Sep
TENDER 10, 1886.
The above is the quotation from the
Tribune, not from Senator EDMUNDs at all,
that we used the other day. We had not
thought OF that other editorial duplicating
Senator EDMUNDs in this advocacy of pill
lage. But since the organ is so proud of
that particular editorial we here give the
gist of it:
Suppose like PHARoAH" suggests the
Tribune, "they still harden their hearts
until another plague shall be sent" 'Sup-
pose the governor \ should begin
suits against saints who own
land, to have their patents set aside and
their lands forfeited because in
no real sense were they citizens" Further
on Judge EDMUNDs is credited with saying
that if the Mormons rejected his gracious
and merciful overtures, eve will next at
tack their property and see by what title
they hold land, ETC." The Tribune adds,
The attack upon the church property is
but trifie by comparison Surely if
the chiefs love their people, they will spare
them such an affection as would come with
the constellation of their homesn 'sThe
priests that are holding this people in their
present course are not only putting off their
prosperity, but they are, moreover, plac-
ing in jeopardy their very homes.'
If this last editorial suits the organ any
better as an exposition of it's allegation
of private property" we have no objec-
tons. But the choice is like that between
Scylla and Charybdis.
The above quotations are from the
Tribune. We have not accused the sheet.
We have merely reprinted its own words.
at which the foolish thing flies into rage,
and calls US a Lying hound" Then it
tries to justify the words by talking about
the utter depravity of people who do not
obey the law; but observe that there is now
no question about ''disobeying the laws.n
The laws are obeyed. When the Tribune
pretended dissatisfaction with the anti
polygamy manifesto, we asked what next
it would have the Mormons do in order to
escape the slavery which Mr.. GOODWIN
and his party were plotting to bring upon
them. Here is the answer made by the
sheet:
Before the Mormon politicians can establish
that Mormonism is not an absolute theocracy.
they must deny the faith They must
blot out the written and published and acted
record The files of all Mormon news
papers and periodicals must be called in + r
They must then lie out of existence the history,
and traditions of Utah and blot out the memo.
ries of all living Mormons.-Tfi5uSs, Octo Der 20
1890.
In other words notning that the Nor
mons could ever do would absolve them
from the so-called crime of ''theocracy,n
and for this crime and this alone the
Liberal organ says they should be dis
franchised, prevented from obtaining
citizenship papers, denied the right to enter
land or even to hold the land they already
own.