Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1890-05-21
FIXING THE RESPONSIBILITY.

AN7a- z /. aa4 a.e I.-#- iaLULate 10 tLE
extent Of their wgMI departure
from true prialifIes- livery citizen
who approves q the passage Of a
bad Law. shares ia the moral re-
spoHsibility FOX IT, subject 10 the
same Limitation. a nation gov
erned b. representatives, chosen d.
recty from the ranks Of ;he people.
viii thus reflect unou IFS statute
book its moral status. Hence the
citizens Of such q nation msv De-,
judged morally, rs they are literally
IN the courts, by their code Of laws.
II. is possible Tor an element 10 ex-
ist IN connection with the ccnsure a
nation may deserve, from a moral
standpoint, OF account Of its laws.
which, If given due weight viii
considerably mitigate that c5nIem-
nation. Thus, 81 q band Of deter
mined conspiEat0rs, taking alvaut.
age Of peculiar conditions :avcr-
able 10 their purpose, flood
The country with lalsehood, fiji IFS
press with Misrepresentation OF
facts ami circumstances, fuaane
the passions OF religious haze. ey-
cite political Jeai .usies, and by such
means as these rouse public on.uigu
10 pitch 1t which it iusLffes. or
even demands, the euartmsnt Of Ina
laws, 'heuthe primal responsibility
Tor my response to such n public
opinion, in tie form OF an evil
statute, res.s upon the cons1irsto-s.
What is here ssiJ of the original
enactment Of q bad law. covers il.
administration by tle Judicial and
executive Departments u the GOV
crameuL In 50 llras Cscy G=vist,.
rom correct PRINCIPLES. knowingly.
obey are under condemnation: but
tn 50 lar - they are Jed asl-av by
the mashina-ons 81 al1..ers. r5e
judgement against them siuuIi be
modified There exists a moral law
which hoiIsuuivc-aI man ur,Isri,s
3Ids iie;icn, En- his individual. COM
man.i and ua.i.u1i camri.ies.
Laws have been passed ay Con
Er s. designed f5r the overthrow
Of the LatFeg-iay saints. against
the evil and uucausuud1nal fea-
tufes Of which we have often r-5-
tested Judicial decisions. having
similar characteristics. have been
treated iH Ike manner by us. Blu,
while we hSveua. sought 20 ai-5lve
Consres ana the courts from their
gust share Of responsibility in the
premises, We have % along insisted
that there exists, here in Utah. n
small body II CONSIDERATIONS uu8u
whom rests the guilt OF originally
instisating very large p-ouortion
OF the wrong aui suffering that have.
been Leaped upon the Latter-dsv
Saints, during recent years. In|
confirmation. Of what We have held
lpoE this point, We reproduce the
tett0wins extract from an editorial
article which appeared in the organ
Of The opposition yesterday:
"In coming TO a decision, in eonsfd-
eriuG tie Cuiiom bill. the men o. mi,
city ought 90 be careful not 10 lose
sight Of cer.ain facts. The reason thar
this city is a. tLis moment under the !
control Of Geutf,es Is because Judrs
Anderson after a patient iuve.tira- |
ton, decided that members of tba |
Mormon Church, born abroad. are NOT |
entitled 10 naturalization IL tli, conn
'Fy, because the obligations .bsv
into upon joining Giro Church
make IL impossible --r mem 10 bs true
citizens Of the United S.aros. Roach
ing t1st enc conclusion. Jud-e sDdo--
son refused naturalization q, t.r-
hundred foreigners. Had tb,S, men
csen M ura.izad and had thov voted. !
lhis city would >l.ll have been ru.l..-
Marmon rule. The Gcn.iles OF This /
city approved Of the decision. for #
was direct appeal 20 their Judgment
Somuch SO thar when it was rendered |
every Gentle, acquainted with the af-
.airS IN this Territory felt. that at last
d notorious fac; had been crvstaIszed |
mo rule Of law. In our Judgment
hat decision Of JUDGE Anderson. |
naae controlling factor in the de- I
'i~ion Of tho Justices Of the Sur-en,.
Court Of the United States, when thev
declared the entire conz.ilu.io,slf,-
md vindicated the business Of NJ
IDAHO Tss, Oath"
Here Is a confession Of what we
ave charged uron the clique oil
.lotters from whose uouthpfcce this
uctationi is made. BY means Of The |
Anderson decision, the Eearle Of
ais city were rohlca OF tia ri-I,i r.
ale IL By means Of the same iu- J
ioisi Proceeding the leading flctor
'as created which resulted in III,
establishment Of a religious t,..f
'hich excludes Lalier-5ay S1iutst :
ON the privileges Of citizenship
.gd whst led to the Anderson de-
.si'n: A conspiracy as black G. :
light. Traitors were sought ami >.
'gEd who were willing to testify rs =.
esired- Pegurcrs were suLornei ],
swear to the commission Of c!imss b
lat were never committed, and 10 n.
-oceedings that never took place. II
Oae man sworn to have been uur- "
'red at tie insiigation Of the Nor. d
on Priesthood'' was produced alive 81
III vel. The horrible falsebosls il
at eeIe uttered by witnesses mo m
.Ted by the pl1;tors were met
II denied by business aud profes. n,
1nai men Of the highest standing &c
tie community, whose simple C,
ord wOald be deemed a bond n
a business transaction, and who ii
presented both 'sAJ0rmousv aud hi
n-"Mormous." The judge who th
ssiGed showed a Partially in d
-or Of tie conspira.ors, and an
linus towards the defense, which III
Re disgrsceful, and in his sum II
ng up ignored tie testimony Of 70
n whose word he would take FOR III
: sum Of money, and gave ere Of
ice instead to the fllsehoods Of sol
sons who, Is his native judg- wi
ut must have told him, were dis