The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-10-24
MR.. GooDwIN's REASONING.

We call the attention Of the young men OF
Utah to the subjoined libels from the pen
of Mr. GOODWIN, the Liberal candidate for
Congress:
Referring to our statement that no man
whose conscience is bound to another, bound so
slsvishly that he will vote as that other d.
reefs is entitled 10 cast a ballot in free coun-
try. and that this applies to all Mormons in
good standing, THE HERALD says 1.-The Nor
mons deny this and offer their acts in support
of their denial" What are the actsg There is
the whole point. What proof can THE HERALD
supply in support of its baldheaded statement?
Proof of what? Mr.. GOODWIN charges
the Mormons with being slaves. We deny
it, and he demands our proof The mad
wag fails to see that the burden of proof
rests on him, and not on US.
"What are the acts?' Why, those of
good citizens. Shall we enumerate that
Mormons buy and sell, come and go, read
and think, build and plow! These are
the acts of the law-abiding Mormons whom
Mr.. GooDwIN is seeking to disfranchise for
what he says is their thoughts. He doesn't
accuse them of any law-breaking whatever,
but says they don't own their souls. We
deny this charge and he says, ''What proof
can THE HERALD supply in support of its
baldheaded statement!n The statement is
his, not ours. Great reasoner, this Coop
VIM
Then he becomes thoroughly bewildered
and asks THE HERALD to find one word in
any public declaration by any one in au-
thority in the Mormon church,
Zone word' about what! Does he think
these words" of public speakers furnish
the proof of the acts of others? If so we
can readily furnish them. But here he ex-
cepts the constitution framed for state
hood, he excerpts the platform of the Peo-
pies party, he excerpts the very things he
says does not exist. He demanded words
but found them so ready at hand that he
FASTENED to add, "But these are mere empty
words" There is scarcely "a church au-
thority'' that he would not have to except
in the same manner, or do as he did in this
case and say these expressions are mere
words.
He says the Peoples platform ''boldly
asserted that the supreme court of the
United States is the final tribunal, and
that all members of the Peoples party are
bound 10 obey its decisions But he says
further, 1.-The proof is they do not. The
proof is that thousands are living in utter
violation of the law that was declared con-
stitutional by the supreme court of the
United States twelve years ago.
Here the ''proof'' ends. Mr.. GooDwIN
always mistakes his assertion for proof
Those who have broken the law in Utah
have been punished for their offense; the,
are also disfranchised. Mr.. GOODWIN men
tions their case as a reason why theil
faiends who have broken no law
should be punished He knavishly seek.
to convey the impression that he i.
only advocating the punishment of law
breakers. Their cases are already disposed
of. There is no dispute about the purish
ment of those who have violated the law
What we are cortending is that those VIII,
have not violated the law shall not be pun
ished. What Mr.. GOODWIN argues for AM
demands is that innocent persons shall b,
punished because some of their friend.
once broke a certain law. He demand:
that they conform their belief to his no
tons, besides obeying the laws in word ant
act. Once he made this sole accusation
against his opponents:
II those high in authority in the Mormon
church told Governor STEVENSON anything lilz
that, he knew while they were talking that the,
had from one to i've wives each; that they ha
never surrendered point and did not meal
TO; that by the very conduct of their lives the,
were counseling, teaching and advising polye
amy; that his assertion that the best citizen
of Idaho have no wish to prosecute, wrong o
Cypress the Mormons, - was a covert assertion
that they had formerly been oppressed, Eronge
and prosecuted; and that it was false as hell
that no demand has ever been made upon tn
Mormon people, except that they should com
and bring their institutions with them unde
the same laws that Governor STEVENSON ha
obeyed all his life as matter OF course-T5fl
une December /, 1855.
But now that he has lost mis- fayorit
bugaboo, polygamy, he bowls louder tha
ever about belief.