Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-06-12

act all allus;on to marriages. an,
are there not a large number o
fuses and purposes" named that ar
PERFECTLY moral, polite and lawful
even in the eyes of the most vigor
Gus opponent Of plural marriage
i. providing he is not 'idiotc or in
sane?';
: Furthermore the same decision
adjudges and DEGREES that,
"The Temple Block be and tn,
same is hereby sci apart to tn,
voluntary religions worshipers and
unincorporated sect and body known
rs the Church OF Jesus Christ Of Lat.
ter-day Saints, and that the said W.
b. Preston, Robert 7. Burton and John
r. Winder, trustees appointed by the
Probate Court OF Salt Lake County, as
hcreinbelore sc; out, do hold. manage
and control said property, so set aside
for the benefit OF said voluntary re-
ligious worshipers and unincorporated
sec; and body. and for the erection
and use by them OF houses Of wor-
ship and for their use and convenience
in the lawful exercise Of worship &c
cordings o the tenets Of said sect and
BODY
Here are uses which the court
iudicalIy recognizes as legal, and
which are the same rs set forth in
the act defining them as those for
which the property, whether it be
real or personal, was Originally,
acquired" They are not opposed to
''public policy, good morals and the
laws OF the United States" or
neither the act Of Congress nor the
decree OF the court would have set
apart this realty for the purpose.
AMI why should dedication Of real
estate to the Use and Convenience
Of the Latte--iay Saints, according
10 the teugts Of said sect aud BODY
he polite, moral and lawful, and
the devotion ofpersonai property 10
The same use he impOIitic, immoral
and unlawful? Indeed the prop
cTty 50 set apart FOR the benefit OF
the Iatt-r-day Saints cannot be
used fU- the purposes named by the
court without some personal prop
crty. There are certain things es-
sential to Pablic worship, ceremonial,
and otherwise, and all den0mina-
lions require them.
Thus there is neither legal nor
moral ground for The confsca;ion
and esCheat Of the ersonaI prop
erty Of the Church, and the Latter
day Saints are fully justified in the
conviction that they ale to he pill
aged and Pluudered by the force Of
night over right, and 70 crafty
Prejudice, intolerance and bigotry.
1t must not be forgotten that the !
proposition in this new Edmunds I
bill, which is an amplifcation OF |
the purpose Of the act of 1857, en- |
lOdies rank injustice and a violation /
Of the principles OF Jurisprudence |
charitable uses, ex-
pounded by the court Of last resort. |
1t contemplates taking property
donated by the Latter-day SHUTS
FOR specific purposes, and diverting
them TO other and different uses,
and for the benefit Of persons who /
have not and 90 not make any claim
upon It whatever. The common
schools Of Utsh are foraII classes OF
the community. Noc only for
.'Mormons, "but for Jews, Gentfles,
.ufilels and apos;ates. To flch it
rom the Lotter-day Saints and give
s 70 people not OF their Church, is
rot only rank robbery uut is an
agoEistic to the theory and practice
1t forth IN the argument Of the
supreme Court or the United States
Is judicislly recognized in both
.emispheres.
1t is not improbable that the new
Idmunds bill will become a law.
t is woried SO as to catch the
.verage Congressman, and lead him
0 believe that it Is merely a needful
to existing law, for the
'urpose Of relieving the Supreme
'Ourt ola technical difficulty. Its
innate vogueTy viii not appear uu- ,
sss it is exposed in a striking
manner. The friends Of justice and Z
onesty throughout the land should !
c moved to resist this further ami (
lnEcr0us encrUachment upon re- c
gious liberty. For it will open the i
'ay to evils ia other directions, and .
NY le. in such abuses rs are now H
sarcely contemplated. It ought to y
e stTsDSled ere it is born. "a