The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-03-20
THE MAD FANATIC.

The morning Liberal organ puts forth a
bland, insipld and evasive answer to our
charge that it seeks the political destruc-
ton of all members of the Mormon church,
simply because they are Mormons. 1t does
not dispute any of the things we charged
upon it, but says:
The Tribune has never asked aught except
that, the Mormon church should make its insti-
tuition conform to American institutions that it
should become in fact a church, nd not politi-
cal and commercial enterprise founded on the
assumption that the majority of the people
should work for the few and that the gratifica-
ton of animal passions should be letter of
recommendation to be honored in paradise.
But what does this pious atheist who
runs his paper in the interest of the angels,
mean by the mormon institutions" Po-
lygamy, we suppose: but he knows that
has been done away; and as to his assumed
indignation over ''the qualification of ami
NAL passions" he, the constant defender of
the libertine and apologist for the brothel,
knows too well that it is members of his
own party, not the Mormons, that are
guilty, as the court records plainly show.
For the rest of his accusation that the
Mormon church is "a political and CONNER
cial enterprise" there is only one answer
to be made, the reply of HORACE GREELY,
'You lie, you villain, you lie"
But he lies further, in saying this is what
he always demanded of the Mormons. His
demands were once in this line:
The Gentiles have never made any trouble
here, unless to insist that necessary laws be
obeyed is calculated to make troube.-TribuRe,
Hay 2S 1889.
To-day he pretends that he has always
urged the disfranchisement, denial of the
right to enter lands, attacks on their prop
erty, and 'inal bankruptcy OF the Nor
mons on the absurd ground that their
church was "a political and commercial
enterprise" But as we have on record the
demands he once made, it will be seen how
desperate his lying has become:
Is it not time for the chiefs of the organiza-
ton sto determine upon one of two courses,
either to leave the United States or to place
themselves frankly and fairly within the just
laws of the republic? = The Gen tiles OF
Utah are anxious to meet you half way: anx-
ious to join with your people to help build up a
|
Nor can the MAD fanatic find in all his
| former demands, such proposition as he
now makes for the disfranchisement,
degradation and ,"fnal bankruptcy of the
MormOns, on the ground that their church
is ga political and commercial enterprise ~
| His present proposition that the Gentiles
of Utah should stand together till the Nor
J oIi \
is justified in this way:
We do not consider that the manifesto was a
concession; 1t was. exactly as they described il
to le change of front, brought about by force
compelled because they could not resist the
power OF the United States. They did not do il
from any principle 1t was no convic
ton on their part that polygamy was wrong
inhuman or uncivilized-not at all, the alterna
tive was given them to be utterly disfrancbisec
or to suspend that prophecy Tribune, Marcl
10, 1891
And for this novel crime of obeying the
law because it is a law, and not because
they think the law is right, the mad fanatic
says they should be utterly cut off by tn,
government they thus obey.
The only people in Utah fit to vote are
the non-Mormons, says this fanatic; fol
though the iails and penitentiary contain
ten non Mormons to one Mormon, sen
there by Gentle jurors and Gentle courts
yet non Mormons break the laws believing
the law to be right, while Mormons obey
the laws, while believing one of them to be
wrong, ergo, the Mormons are unfit to vot
or to own land in this country!
The fanatic urges that the solidity of tn
Mormon vote against himself, the man VIII
here declares he told them they wer,
priest-ridden and unfit to vote, is an abso
lutte proof that they cast their votes at tn
dictation of their priests" Even whel
they have voted for outsiders" this ma
wag says it was only because thei
''priests" told them to do so. Now that i,
one county they have divided on natlona
lines, he declares the "priests" did it; an
where they have not so divided, he say
the "priests" are also responsible for tina
condition. 1t is easy to talk about 'priestl,
dictation," but we know of people dictate
to and led as if by ring in their noses, b
a libertlne newspaper, a worse "priest
than which, in a moral sense, never tro
the earth. And if people are to be disfran
chised, and 5ankrupted for being led by
"priest," what shall be done with thos
that are led by a newspaper they know I
be vicious, but whose lash they fear
much that they dare not disobey.
That paper says we copy its appeals
the Saints to come within the laws, whel
this paper pointed out if they did not the
y would put in jeopardy their property an
: their peace, and points to them as desil
on our part that these misfortunes shoul
t come to them"
Y That is precisely our position. This
: paper says to-day that there has occurre
: nothing in the Mormon church that in an
e way entities its members to the rights
t citizens; and that the old war against the
r must be kept up, that there has been CT
) change" etc. 1t said formerly that Il
g first attack should be on their franchis
that "the next attack will be on the
e property" and that this would me;
y ''final bankruptcy" for both rich and DO
P among them That is what it really asl
}, the Gentiles Of Utah to-day to help it
Q accomplish.
9 Last Monday it said the Mormons we
K unfit to use the American ballot"
h week ago to-day, speaking of himself
: the Liberal candidate for Congress til
e same editor that protests he has no desi
L that ''those misfortunes" should come
), the Mormon people, said ::
~ The sentiments of the candidate were W