Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-05-26
THE MORMON CHURCH AND
THE REPUBLIC.

THE REPUBLIC.
NEITHER the Herald northe NEWS
preiends Ihat the M0rmon's first ale
glance is to the Government Of the
United States. Neithcr Of them deny
that the whole teaching Of the Nor
mon Church ia Utah Tor forty years
has been that q is the mission Of the
Church 20 eventually overthrow the
Republic Of tie United States, and on
lis ruins 10 establish an absolute the
ocracy. Neither q them deny that II
it had The power the Mormon king
dom would make it impossible Tor any
uiau 10 vote or hold office who did MOI:
subscribe 10 all the tenc.s Of tho Nor
mon faith, and vet they both declare
thar il would he unconstitutional and
uugenerous 10 take from men, so
tainted and so enihraIled. the one safe
guard that the fathers Of this Republic
placed in the hands Of the American
people, through which they might
preserve their Government - the
American ballot
The foregoing Is, uf course, from
the "Liberal7 organ I'm this city,
and Is a repetition of la'sehooJsupon
which It has harped for months.
The 'Palygany'' cry Is nearly
VlsyeI cut. For many years it
served the purpose Of the plotters
who desired 90 gain control Of this
Territory and is treasury. When
ever it IS possible 70 put It 20 use in
the same direction it is revived. But
rs q rule Il isanauLoaei for the later
hul1uh.
We DO not g.c1k for the Herald;
that paper is able 70 speak for itself.
Neither DO we sprC5ead' anything
in our own behalf What we put on
record is the truth, without any pre-
tense, OF evasion OF avoidance Of the
issue. We s.aie umphaJically that
"lhe Morm0n's first aIleg lance, " in
matters that pertain 30 civil ard 20
l:jival affairs. $3.50 the Government
oC the UuitcI States" In ecclcsi-
as-ieal alairs. those that relate 10 re
iigi0n, j. is 10 ihe Church Of which
he Is q member. He must .'rrui=r
unto Caesar the things which are
Gears, and unto God the things
that are Gods"
We d. .-leuy'' tina. Sins whole
teaching Of the Mormon Church
iu- forty years has bggn that it,
mission is TO eventually overthrow
the Republic Of tie United States,
This Church DOS net either teach
that this is It's mission or make any
attempt in that direction. On the
contrary, 80 iur Us i.has any right
or power TO do 81, it has sustained
AMI VIII sustain the Government OF
the Uulted States ia every cOns.i-
tu,ioual exercise of its authority,
which is and must lie supreme in
national affairs.
Weare aware that the reply viii
lie made that the Church claims 10
decide for itself what Is aud what i
nO. constitutional authority. But
this is just rs false Is the other
things alleged against il. The
Church has never done any
thing Of the kind. Individual
members have expressed their
opinions. We have given our
views on this question, Is it might
bear ON some public issue. But the
Church does not attempt 10 decide
on such matters, and al the assur-
tiOus 10y the "Libcral'' organ that it
has done 50 &c eatiroly without
foundation OF excuse.
We also deny ,hat If 1t had the
power the Mormon kingdom would
make It impossible f1- any man TO
vote or hold Office who did not sub
scribe to al the tenCts Of the Nor
mon faith" We aver that the
"M0rmOn' Church teaches and
urges the doctrine tina; the political
rights Of any citizen should never
be affected 10y his religious o. Unions
or She lack Of them. Tie Nor
mon Church has never interlvrgd
wish the rights OF any u0n-s'NI 2
mon" or anti Mormon" 10 vote or I
to hold Office under the laws OF the |
land. It has been part Of the !
Mormon creed from the Je-
ginning, aud is embodied IN |
the revelations which it holds to be |
that every human being [
should he perfectly free Is to faith |
and worship and the exercise Of 10 |
HtCal choice and opinion. II il |
had the rover It would 50 influence
the people. that full AMI complete
opportunity would lie afforded 70 4
every citizen 10 vote without re- 1
straint ana toaoIJ any Office to
which be might be legally elected, |
aud that every class and party, II
Of creed, would have it,
.Trr .,-.... ...a..-.F..g--.,
We can prove from the standards |
Of Church doctrine that what we
have here set forth is genuine ssMor-
mouism, F." and that anything to the
contrary, whether stated 10y friend |
1r foe, is not Mormon principle
1r what the Church aulhorita-
lively enuuciatts.
The same organ Of misrepresenta-
ton says:
Any one who viii read in the Jour
sal o. DiSc0grses the sermons deliv-
cred by brigham Young. Heller c. |
himball, Jed-diah Grant and the resi-.
between the ytsrs 1850 and 1850, yes, !
DOWN 10 lSSU or lSs5, viii sec that the
same kind Of abuse, couohed in much
he same language, was hurled at
svery Federal official in UIah who
vas true 10 his office and his OATH
Well, we have "read in the Jour
laE o fDisc0tESes sermons deliver.d''
ly those departed veterans in the
saGse Of humanity while they were
,liye, but not any delivered by them
'down to 1850 or 1856, = as reports Of
iiseourses do not come to us from
bal spirit world. And we know
hat whiie they used some very
trong language occasionally in re-
,ard TO Federal ofli ciais in Utah
hat this did not relate TO or affect
u any way the princlples of liberty