The sun., 1892-03-27

The President OF Harvard College was in
Salt Lake City the week before last as the
guest of the Board of Education of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints;
and on the night of March II he made an
address to some 1000 people in tho Tabcr-
nacc. This address. if We may judge from
such reports Of it as we have seen. con-
tained much molasses for Mormons. At any
rate it has made the Utah Gentlcs to
steam with fury. According to the report
in tho Sat Lake Tribune. DR.. ELIOT began
with comparison OF the Mormons and the
Pilgrim Fathers LAS I came over tho
plains" he is reported to have said. Il
thought Of that early journey when the first
colonists marched under the guidance of a
Christian Church, and this reminded me of
another pilgrimage. though across the
water. ! refer to the Pilgrim Fathers
They. too. went a long way to escape perse-
cution; they, too. suffered hardship for
principle: they. too. were fired with rclig-
ious enthusiasm, and sought freedom to
worship GOD." DR.. ELIOT went on to
make n plea for religious liberty in Utah.
President WOODRUFF and various Apos-
Ties thanked the speaker warmly. A
correspondent of the Boston News, Il pub
lcation not devoid Of Imagination, AYERS
that Harvard graduate in the audience
said that "unless some one builds a fence
around ELIOT and coops him in. he will
knock Shcol out OF Harvard" but this is
probably to be classcd with the speeches
which the ancient historians we're so fond
Of putting into the mouths of their readers.
Other Gcntilcs nrc reported to have sug-
gestcd that DR.. ELIOT had been bribcd or
had softcning Of the brain. The SAT- Lake
Tribune told him that he had made ian |
cgrcEious idiot of himself" and "given |
away the fact that the mistake was made |
when he was given any education at al."
The same journal said in reply to Mormon |
papers which had rebuked it for attacking
President ELIOT:
"The Mormon press affects to bc very much inoenaed
because tho 7iinae two days ago spoke OF President
Eliot Of Harvard College as lie deserved TO be. Tho
Nfrs ntimates that the cause OF the article duo to
the fact that President ELIuI vixen lie came here made
the Saint. h- assoc-'es .r>a, many o:.er gentle
men have done the same thing and they have received
no chnst!sencnt ~ the hands OF the Tribune. What wa
raid was because President Eliot dsgtaced himself and
isgraced tho country ho came from. by his speech in
the Tabernacle The whole burden OF IL was to show
that this people had suffered many woes because of
their religious faith and because OF the
the Government OF the United Statos Comparing the
the wilderness. the wilderness OF the they. too
sought freedom 10 worship Con; they. to, fought to
Iubiuo the Wilderness
THAT places the people OF Ohio. of Missouri, Of ILL.,
nos in the same category with The brutal Engiishmen
" ho first drove the rutans to Holland: 1t makes tho
com ing or the Mormons parallel case to tho com.
ins Of the Puritans to New England and draws around
the Mormon people, who came here solely to be law
unto III crnsclyes an air OF sancti.y.
Again. aft er saying; They came here the 0noHt
spirit IN tho hope OF worshpp!ng Con according to
their conscences he declares that here has already
arisen the question OF religious liberty Then he pro.
ceeds further 10 state what religious liberty means III
and carries the idea all through that
some OF the blessings which the churches enjoy In
denied to certain reigonists here
md that in Massachusetts there is protection to
schools which IL denied the schools OF this Territory
Ills speech all the way through was a direct insult
to the Government of tho United states and to tho
rne here who have been trying through the years
10 buid up an American community; and instead Of
certain sancity surrounding this man because he 10
President Of Harvard College, he deserves excoriation
Infinitely More on that account because he has no !
business. occupying that position, TO come here and
make nsstatements and to draw false and dshonor-
able CONCLUSIONS 1t would be easy to enlarge upon
vha, said before. and he would deserve 1t MI Iis
'ot the first time he has made a fool of himself"
We think that President ELIOT has a
certain tendency, not uncommon in New
England. to instruct persons who have
passed the school ago as TO their duties:
md in his peregrinations through tho coun-
ny he is sometimes little unfortunate in
ais choice Of subjects. But we are not at
Ill suro that his comparison OF the Nor
mons with the Pilgrims is not fair. Neither
he Mormons nor the people of Plymouth
md Massachusetts, Bay had tho slightest
dea OF religious liberty. The emigrants to |
came to o new country for
he purpose OF worshipping Con In thsar
'wn manner. and raising thunder With any
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