Arizona weekly journal-miner., 1892-01-20
noRMoNIsM. FROM A DEMoCRATic
 STAND POINT.


 Our contemporary very frankly admits that it knows very lit'ie about the Mormons. The JOURNAL MINER has recently been endeayor- ing to give it some light on this subject, but of course the charge IS made that its judgment is warped bv partisan bias. We publish below an expression of opinion on this sub feet from a democratic standpoint On January sth, the democratic club of Salt Lake, Utah, gave a ban quet to Col. w. NJ. Terry, q member of the national democratic commit tes. at which an address to the dem ocrats of the nation was adopted. We commend it not only to our con temporary but we invite a careful perusai of it by all our readers. From this 1t will be seen that the question of Mormonism Is not a
 partisan one but one of patriotism and morality, and just as certain as fate, if Arizona Is admitted under it's present Mormon favoring consti- tuition. % sure will the iron heel oi
 this unpatriotic, consciencesless
 organization, called by the holy name of church, be felt in the fu ture c, mmonwealth. Just so sure, also, will those democrats, who are now willing to act the role of de- lenders and apologists of this most unholy institution for the sake of
 the political influence it yields over | it's eringing slaves, by courtesy call | ed members, in the hope of future
 political preierment, be found in
 future years bowling and wailing in the same strain as their Salt Lake
 brethren are now. Some of these
 apologists, no doubt, are sincere.
 Their burning ambition to secure
 some of the political plumbs which
 will be found in the statehood pie,
 has so blinded their judgment that
 they can not see that their action
 would warm into life deadly viper
 that would in return sink its poison
 ous fangs into them. Others that we know have no more conscience thsn Mormonism itself, and have nc
 scruples whatever in matters politi- cal or business, believing and acting always on the principle that "ths ends justify the means"
 The democrats of Salt Lake know by bitter experience what Mormon supremacy means to cisi government, and the fire of patriot ism, truth, morality and justice wa' burning in their souls when the, prepared and adopted this address Here it is. Read it, and then judg, for yourself whether the JOURNAL MINER is sctuated from partisan . prejudice:
 "To the Democrats of the Nation In view of the facts that few Re
 publicans and Democrats in Utal
 have abandoned the liberal partl 3 and joined with the Mormons, anC I are advising the country that condi ? tions have changed here, and tha , the time has come to divide or
 party lines, we, who are Democratl representing more than 2,5OO Gentii' ' Democrats in Salt Lake City alone q and nine -tenths of the Gentle Dem n ocrats of the Territory, feel that VI owe it to ourselves that We state
 our position to the country. In na tional politics we are Democrats Our political gods are Jefferson anC 8 Jackson; We believe in the perfec s justice of exact equality befor' , the law of all men; we believe il the omnipotence of free ballot; VI believe in local self government; W, believe in the personal responsibili t ty of every citizen, but deeper still - we believe the defense of the coun . try and the keeping pure of her in stitutions involves duty highe ' than any party, higher even thai 0 the claims of human affection.
 0 "We believe every true Democra
 has devoted his life to his country
 and that this, his first allegiance, i
 beyond his party and belongs en
 tirely to his country. So, believin,
 in IItah. wa have waived for the tim
 our party prejudices, and We adher, to a party that asks no questions ex cept, "Is man in the highest an' + holiest sense an American citizenf s "Our reasons are that we are in tn |, midst of an organization that ia outnumbers us, which organization more than forty years ago was driv on out of State after State becaus of its disloyalty, and reared to man Q hood and womanhood whole gen
 eration of descendants and helC
 them under that same iron rule un
 til they absolutely had no concep
 ton of the principles of the Ameri can Republic; until they saw n, wrong in debasing the American bal lot to 6 dictation of religion
 creed, which was likewise a civi
 government. As a sound duty t, country and in self-defense tru' men long ago banded themselve : together here and opposed the mer , ciless rule of this alien power. They i, brought peace to the Territory a last: peace and such prosperity a had never been known before, ant anxious as we are to see all conten tions cease and see our fair Terri 1 tory advance to Statehood, we hols | it our sacred duty to keep intact ou 1. liberal organization until such time ss the Mormon thousands hav' !. given full proof of the sincerity O . their Americanism.
 5 "Knowing the situation thorough , l we demanded of Democrats abroad
 who do not understand it that the, shall permit us to adhere to the an l.. cient Democrotic doctrine of hom, 3 rule and keep their influence when , it will do no harm m. Whatever come , we serve notice that we do not pro
 pose to be read out of the nationa democratic party simply because VI : do not feel that the time has com, 5 to place the political power of thi n tarrifovv within tha raach of