Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-02-25

: on application 10 vote or for naturalization
The United states should be careful not tC
appear 70 peEsecute even the Mormons f0i
mere religious opinion.
Evidently this MEXICAN man
thinks polygamists are sill voting
r and holding offices in Utah. The
second is an editorial from the
: Catholic Home of Chicago, Februars
10, 1899. Here il is:
LIMITS or RELIGIOUS LiBEKrT
The crime Of poiygany which the Nor.
mons sought 10 shelter Under the cover Of a
: religious tenet Is described in Ire late a.
ei-ion Of the Suprcme ,oart a. "a
crime pernlcious 70 the best interests
OF socieiy,' tending to Destroy tn
: purity OF the marriage relation, 10
disturb the peace Of families, 10 degrade
woman and 10 deba-e man 10
call such crime "a Tenet o; religion %
says the supreme Court, as 10 offend IN L.
common sense OF mankind" How could a
iieious 10 the best interests Of society. he
made tenet OF rchE Ons The preteTt =
OF course, transparent and The rtieF
value Of the srpreme Court ,Ieci.isn
consists IN "stri ping this crime OF II.
Glssuise and exposing lis true chararf,lr
To declare that this "crimes dessrves
punishment and that no cloak Of so-,.Nlled
| Religion can exempt II from the uenaItv on
me law Is no interference with religions
| iioerty- To see in This decision ~ ov,-
highest court limit OF Religions l,i,.-,S .
rs an anti Catholic i1aTBE Of tins city doe,
j. 10 see what has M eNssisnce Where ~,
FeiSl1us riEhts' arc invOised there can. ~
course, be no limit or restriction ~ 80
lgions liberty" This Is pr,r,seI, ,rt,, ~,
Supreme Court decides, that tfers h ~,
question OF religious fiJerfy'' an. am
call tne ADVOCACY OF such crime q tenet 81
Iellsluh, SAYS The court. 81. Is 10 offend the
1 ri n. a -
With disioriing this decision into ! ..Iir,i,
/ % reiiEipus liberty the anti Catholic
| 1ftoaHc feloices al Wha. il Is tileased
feSaId As blow at .'relIEious
rel giOus liberty" Il rejoiccs ie,,pss \,
| secs IN thIs righteous dcrislon az ~, ~,
I preme C1urt,in condemnation Of = ac-ir,a >,
weapon which IN the hands OF iIloslc,i
| anu uLscI luloGs pariisans like itself NAV
! % turned AGAINST the parental rfrhfs -
/ Inc scTupics'of Conscience and Inc $50
/ hslous Tlshta' OF the Lulnerans and indeed
OF All those who send their children 10
bSrochiai or private schools. In Il, blind
! hatred OF religious equality ana Tho clan,
! OF parents 10 give their chiidrpn > .-tei,-
/ lous edncations 1t would hail any law na
l matter now unjust and fyTant,icaI ttist
Nou declare such parental rishtsi'
= crime against the Stare T-ny,,',, -,
the civil and religious rights Of ~, ,o., ~
nunliy, the Tribune sophist must wan a
/ long time before the American uullic viii
see IN the decision ~ the Supreme I'ourt a
~, ~ fsiisloGs liberty" or admit that
me uSnt oil Christian parents TO give
their children Christian education u "a
| society,"" %
The Tribune wants TO know u-hs. exnIs.
nst3on The editor Of the Catholic Horls
viii make when he appea-s before pier
/ 70 answer FOR his lies and fals. as.--tsr.
lions. Neither the editor OF nc Uo-.s
20 Ger Tribune, nor any other Catholic,
eApects that II Is ST. Peter who will be ms
! Judge Seriarian sabbath school boots are
Catholicism.
The third clipping is an editorial
from the Chicago TTi5ulleof Feb Il
1899, in reply partly to the above
ana TO similar other editorials which
appeared in the Catholic Home i'm
recent issues. The Home and the
ITlonHe are mortal foes, and the
4T1oune has come out oneniy as an
anti-Roman organ. Here i thee
torial referred TO:
DANGEROUS CONCESSION.
The Cafhelie HOn.s of this city. a paper
Nhlch claims 10 be an exponent Of SOUND
hoinln Catholic doctrines, approves OF ne
aeSlsl9n OF the supreme Court susfairip.
me h"rmon test cath. In this there Is
no.Ilhs surprisir, for no religions Journal
eouid even Indirectly array Itself on ne
I slde OF polygamy. Bat II goes further than
lllEht DC expected, further pertains Than
~ spiritual teachers, pastors and r,hs.rrs /
-, 80 approve OF sshen II heartily endorses
the sentiment Of the court thar 40 cali m I
advocacy Of such a crime as t,olvrsr,y- a I
Tenet OF religion : to offend the common I.
sense OF mankind"
MOI that this Is untrue, but it makes '.the 1
common sense OF mankind" the arliIter ~ I
the soundness OF a religious do,1,a - - /
-, though Is strange 20 hear a Roman 4
Satnolic organ" saying 50. Polvramy Il 3
par OF the Mormon religion or imp0sture. /
It's i ? -rt OF the religion Of the ur,ubet or 4
lmpostor Mohamme l. Yet ~, StDra..e ]
SyuIt say II cannot be tolerated bscsuee 4
lhe common sense Of mankindp has con
u-inhed u That same judge has deersed I
lhAt some OF the tcnets OF the pra.st,y-fo-i.-,,
confession OF Faith mus. 20. Tho Cen
mon sense OF mankind" rather than logic
1enles that non-eiect infants eau suffer m
1 l through the unending years II asa
uenles that Roman Catholics arc fdolafsrs
or that the Pope. whose virtues fsr 80
number MS iaults, Is aniichrist
we're lnere ever 10 come before the su. 1
Prehle tourt case which involved The
question Of papal infsliibiufy it ,souid a.,
that the doctrine offended the cc,,,,,,yy
sense OF mankind" The Poue savs ~, ~. ]
latest encychcal: ''''
IL the laws Of the State are in. omen con.
.sl1lctloh OF the Divine law IOf which he i
- z 10 H. D
dicial 10 the church, or are hostile IL fbe I
uuties IMPOSED b. religion. or violate IN |
nc person iof the supreme POn;iH ne
authority Of Jesus Christ. then, indcei. h
them - ''i'e 70 o"e4
II an American citizen we're to resist the
enforcement OF one OF the laws Of this conn.
~ an Inc ground ihst the Pope has sad II
inGst not be obeyed. and the Pope Wa IN
fallible, the Supreme Court or anv OH.
court would make short work OF him and
ms re sOninE. even though the defend mi
t tal, protest that religious liberty was
II parent under the cloak OF arv religion
irlrs 10 have his child grow CD in Ignorance
OF 70 rear % so thar 70 Will be a sirsns-,.r 10
me language, laws and traditions n this ]
.sa,ii.,i ilAAlng the bog bad citizen aAd
: lhenta4ly crIpp.ed man. the courts Will !
s'ty, 10 call the advocacy OF such a crirr,. /
a tenet OF religion Is To offend the CONN.,, l {
sense OF mankind" ,
II appears TO me that the main
point IN this Idaho case has been
entirely lost sight of 10th by the Su-
preme Court and by the newspapers.
have an idea that this Idaho man
was an eX-member Of the MORMON,
Church, but that sincerity was
questioned by the Idaho Judges. The
DEsERET NEWS should give a clear
'ynopsls or this case as il first an ..
Deared in the Idaho courts, and =
end marked copy of the paper To !
heSe newspapers here mentioned. :
II polysamy is the odious crime a
hat the Supreme Court specifies II :
$, surely that august body ought
lot to dignity it into a religions
enet by DISTINGUISHING a man who 7,
'ntertains only hazy religious
pinion about it. Polygamy as it r.
M exist in Utah was no more the :.
olygamy that is interpreted by the !,
ourts and the, newspapers than is
he transubstantiation OF the Catho- :,
e cannibalism. y
As TO common sense being made y
n arbirer,it is rather unsafe in some .,
ases. Prohibition Is not a bad :,
ling, yet the Tribune maintains that Vi
le common sense Of mankind is
sainst it. There has not been an
in mechanics or in art
in science that the common sense
the period did not pronounce &C
osurd and criminal. Prouerly th
'eaking polygamy should have no Ii
ace IN the "Mormon''questiOn Otto
~. There are laws enacted against pr
tactical polygamists, and these m
VS. are vigorously enforced. If it q
a crime, apply the legitimate Grim
al procedure TO il; this Is common tiC
nse; but to hunt me and brand me al
criminal because / entertain be- sp
rs or opinions not in harmony
lth my neighbors, or part of them. 20
common dlaeoism- JUNIUs. Z.