Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-08-06

!, Of light, the development Of i'm
. mature minds, the education, OF
drawing out Of intellectual and
spiritual powers, is to be both wei
coined and encouraged in and by
any civilized community. But the
, mere claim that the society which
establishes q school, has not done
anything "disloyaP'-as understood
by a partisan politicians a very
poor and paltTy argument for its
support. While the fact that It is
built for the purpose of aiding in
secular assaults upon the members
Of a religious body with whose
tenets its promoters differ, is po-
tent reason in its disfsvc-.
The Governor admitted that Il IVES
''On political grounds that he vel
coined the founding Of an institu-
ton Of learning which is to be I'M
der the control Of a religious de-
nomination" And yet enc Of the
most prominent charges he made
against the Church which this uni
versity is to fight, was that its
"priestly leaders, make their re-
ligious belief a political and bust
ness commodity" The assertion is
q falsehoOd, but supposing it were
true, what becomes Of his welcome,
on political grounds, nof an insti-
tuition of learning which is to be
used for political ends?
And how does he reconcile the fol-
lowing with his political welcome ola
religious concern and its employment
for political purposes, in assisting
the government in = substantial
way?" He says:
The experience Of 4 later, better ard
higher civilization teaches Us that the
church anc the state should be irreyOcably
separated, and that 10 force the church TO
take part in political aHairs wosld rob It
OF that reverence which mankind is now
pleased 10 pay II
On this line Of reasoning, how
much reverence should "mankind
pay'' to the Methodist university,
which is to be forced into the poll |
teal affairs" Of Utah. The Church 4
and the State should Ice irrevocably 1
separated except in the case Of a
Methodist combination with politi- |
cal schemers, to rob the "Mormons"
oftheir politicalrightsand privileges.
All through the speech Governor
Thomas injected spurts OF mIsrep-
resentation and jets Of absolute IN
truth. Under the pretense Of eulO-
giving a Methodist establishment, he
squirted vensm at the Mormon"
Church anu q "haud Of priesGy
leaders, repeating the term again
and again. He charged that:
They clam he privilege under alleged
divine right 10 say what particular lave of
the land they will obey, how many are soa-
and who neither respect nc-
obey the laws OF Congress nor the decisions
OF the supreme CoErt Of the United states
when these laws or decisions m con
dict with their peculiar belief or practices, !
and who claim under the authority Of pre-
Tended revelation from the Almighty, that
ms Government which has given them the
and on which they live and protects them
n the possession OF 1t. will finally be over I
thrown and be succeeded by government ,
which they alone can control"
He asked:
"Why this attempt 10y designing priests
o break 1t down and 10 establish in its
place a system Of government which Is un-
Inown 10 our lave and foreign to or
civilization"
at Is q testimony 20 the generous for
,esranoe that long ago were not enacted
. Law that would have stripped these priest
y Leaders OF all power except that which
belongs TO them in their re-
IgiOus capacity"
But not content with assailisg q
gentlemen who are as far above
him in personal character, mental ;
ami the respect Of just d
,eople,. as the shining stars are {
hove the Pickering firebug, he
,roadened his attack TO cover the 4
ntire "MOrmons' population. Said 4
Ie:
"a strange spectacle Is presented to the
eople of the United States and Of the q
-orld by the attitude ef the msj 1ritY OF the {.
eople of the Territory toward their Gov =.
Now, II Governor Thomas does
ot know that all the accusations in -
ne sentences we have cited from
is speech are positive falsehoois, q
e has spent his time In Utah to
tile account, or his mental calibre
lust be such as TO rank him with
le imbeciles.
Why cannot these anti 'Mormon'' e
,hOers OF 'sLiberal'' lies. fabricated !,
T political purposes, find some Fl
ling more solid to hurl at the &
priestly leaders" and the law N,
'eying Mormon" people, than II
Iese stale chunks OF exploded SIAN "
r, these malignant carnations Of Fl
iseased and fanatical minds n,
And now, will the honorable On
iicial who, instead Of using the ~
NE for which he was paid in n OH
lsiness interest, spent it largely in w
irving 70 rob good citizens Of the eli
lnchise and in striving TO gain ur- i
publican and despOtic powers, e,- VI
ain how he would strip these IN
testify leaGers'' nf any powers they On
ssess under the laws Of the United ii,
ates? Just please tell us what i'm
Ose powers are And then show tn
" they can be taken away with h.
killing those ''priestly leaders, Ii
fright. In his anti-"MorInon'' IN,
d pro-Methodist zeal, the Cover. mn
r was as silly as he was untruth- nm
=, and some Of his sentences are
vapid as others are venomous. ~,
The principal leaders of the ..AIor- scr
N" Church are disfranchised. vi
ey neither vote nor hold Office IA,
ey do not figure in political 9th
.herings or utter political frn
eches. They mind their own ke,
'iness, and attend to such affairs 7
are Of right under their ,Iirec.io, -