Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1891-02-20

ltically, they are no longer English or
German, Welsh or Scandinavian, Gel.
tic or saxon; they are Americans.
Roligiously, they are neither "Jew nor
Greek, GENTLE nor Hebrew: they are
all one Ia Christ Jesus"
Let the intelligent readers compare
this with the Tribune writer's larver-
sion of our meaning and absolute re-
versal OF our language, and form their
own conclusion M 10 the honor and
veraci,y and decency Of that utterly
unprlncipled creature.
The article was written In depreca.
ton Of divisions here among people Of
European birth into national factions.
We are opposed to the Idea Of Irish,
Scotch, Engllsh. German, Danish,
swedish, Norwegian aud other divl.
sions Of that character, and dcslrc that
all these national lines be- oblltorated
and the people from all lands be Joined
In this country rs Americans politically
and Il they bc Lstter.day Saints, rs
one rcligiously. Aud the wilnnl per.
verier Of our language aud meaning
says We want TO prevent their "taking
any thought upon National subjects"
Perceived The words which he says We
did not use aud which he argues would
have made the meaning all right, We
did use, aud the idea he prcicnds We
conveyed we neither expressed nor
hint.d at.
While we ass ON this subject We will
makeanothcfq quotation from his article.
Here IL Il;
in answer the Neirs says; II l. no
earthly use 10 dispute with an opponent
whose mind l. W donse that II cannot
understand how two or dozen or morn
persons eau DO brought 10 understand
given Idea or principle alike without los
Ing their Individual liberty We take Il
that every na,ivo.born. unfcticrcd Amer
lean citircn will have the same density OF
mind on this subject"
VIII any "nativo.born. unfettcrcd
American citizen" whose brain IA not
befogged by drug or stimulan, OF ccre.
bropaihy, acknowledge that he has this
"denslty Of mind?" L. II possible that
u living soul outside Of the Tribune
office viii contend that two or more
persons cannot bo brought To under.
stand given Idea alike without losing
their Individual liberty? Vet this IL
his contention AMI he thinks every
unfcttercd American citizen viii agree
with him.
In one column he biackgnards every
body who countenanco. anything tend.
ing 10 divide the "Llberal, party; :,
tho next column, side by side with that
dcnunclation ho condemns all people
who underrtand n principle alike, and
finally declares them unft 10 have the
ballot, 10 hold Office or 10 make laws
under the Government.
The question may 10 asked, What l. |
the use Of paying attention to such a |
deliberate falsincr and no utterly ira. |
tlonai writer? The answer ia, not |
much. But all this Misrepresentation |
aud vicious endcavor to malign the
"Aformonsvls put forth for III. purpose
of working for the political destruction
Of the majority Of Utahs citizens, |
And we want such person. ms may
through prejudice or thong htlossness
he carried away with the project, 10
sec on what thoroughly false aud sonso.
less grounds its advocate POUNDS his
prctensions.
The whoe argument may be thus
summed up: "The Mormon= are united;
therefore they should be- dlsfanchl-od.
some OF the Mormons once practlcoI
polygamy, the law forbade Il; there.
fore all those Mormons who never prae.
tIccd II arc ilsloyai and should lie dis.
franchlscd. Some Mormon- who hay.
never violated the law believe that
uolypnny IA l,nth levnlly mud morail,,