The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-10-30
MIR. G0ODWIN'S PLATFORM.

We invite the attention Of the young men
of Utah to the following statemeut
that they are, in the estimation of the
Liberal candidate, several degrees worse
than Cinnamon il the qualifications of
good citizens. Mr.. GOODWIN shows the
superiority of Cinnamon over the young
men of Mormon parentage in the following
words, which we ask the young men of this
territory to paste in their hats:
The Chinaman looks upon our government as
a parvenn affair." But if that China
man becomes the father of a child in this
country that boy will grow up to be an Aneri-
can. But the lesson taught the Mormon child
from its mothers knee is that 1.-THE LORD made
this world; He owns it and all that therein is;
that He has right to rule it and does rule it
through His priesthood; that there i no other
legal government except this and it is the
child's duty TO obey implicitly tae chief priests
who are GoD'S vicegerents on earth That
makes the child an alien. Tribune, March %
1890.
Only one step more is necessary to make
the horrible demonstration consistent, that.
namely, of adding that the mothers of Utah
boys are therefore worse than the Mon
gollan mothers; for the former, according
to Mr.. GOODWIN, lead forth their sons say
ing, These are my traitors, while the
latter present their sons as Jewels in the
crown of glorifed loyalty to their country.
Need we state that the man who reviles
young men for what they were taught at
their mothers knee; who coarsely thrusts
into the memory of their tenderest affec-
tons his glbes that the fountain whence
first they drank their lessons of truth and
love was well-spring of treason; who dis
torts the simple lesson of an over-ruling
providence in all things into command of
rebellion against their country-need we
state that such a man is unworthy, not onlv
of their votes, but of the vote of any man
that ever knew mothers
We think we can hear the answer of
young Utah to that question,
But let the candidate speak State
hood is wanted by the Mormons, said
Mr.. GOODWIN on one occasion, in order
That we may have the further rule of robbinq
and cutting the threats of all who dare to op-
pose any device or order of the chiefs. Tribune
June 81, 1857.
1t is difficult seriously to ask people to
notice this horrible mendacity, as all who
do not feel impatiently indignant at it.
simply laugh at it. But newcomers are de-
ceived by it, for which sole purpose Mr..
GOODWIN put it forth. We can imagine his
inward chuclsle while he penned those dia-
bolical lines against his quiet, inoffensive
neighbors. to think how he would cause
strangers, open mouthed with dismay, to
wonder why the Mormons were not struck
dead for their sins.
If anyone thinks these words of Mr.
GOODWIN were uttered in a passion, and
were not the result of deliberate intention.
he may read the following:
1t is wonder to US that this question in Utah
was not years ago appealed to the sword for
adjudication. e While the wor
ship of GOD is free in America, no crimes will
be permitted under the name OF religion-Trib-
uae, Feb. %, 1890
The church rule here is little better
than that kind of heresy for which men were
broken on the wheel or burned at the stake
Tribune March 81, 1885,
A very dispassionate fanatic is this man
GOODWIN. He knows perfectly well how
TO stop the Mormons from believing in the
second chapter of DANIEL The sword
would do it, Great statesman he, and evil
IDENTIFY a Christian also
Once he deceived the Gentiles of Utah
with this kind of talk:
THE HERALD tells the disgrace which it
would be for the Mormons to surrender to ..po
htical advent'rers." 1t is not and never has
been question Of surrendering to adventurers
Ii is simply question OF surren dering to the
laws OF the United States, and if the laws are
wrong to seek through lawful means to have
them changed or repealed. And people who
VIII not in free land like this, yield to those
conditions, are traitorous people.-7ribune.
Sept l6, 1885.
But observe what SUCCESSFULLY followed
as the Mormons gradually SURRENDERED to
the laws':
Surely the SAINTS should speedily make up