Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-03-02
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A TIUKLlsH SUBJECT.

which violate tho very nrst prinolpIcl
OF equity. Aisn appropriate and s.cs
without any qualus OF cslIc,gnco be-
cause they can DO IL, aud Shy locks lin,
tue highway Of mans necessity
taking their victim by the throat Will
the nonchhlEnca Of Robin Hood
only That the nfst sols under the coycl
Of a statute, and grabs because he is q
legal thief
On gigantic scale, the Latter.day
Saints were thus dispo5sessei Of their
Accommodations by the vagabouilsm Of
politics. twas assumed ail TOO readily
that this Injury could be- irllIcted on
an unpopular people without comment,
save that which Floatud over tho BE- .
famous spoliation. To-day perchauco
the most prominent actors, us we'll NJ
the rank r' il.o who cried huzzah Tor
the loadri. aid be- truly glad u the
condemnatOfy record could 10 ox.
Plunged from tho pages OF history
NJ unworthy OF q civilized people.
The Injustice, however, OF that whole
movement, whether Il affected an o..
ganizalion or Individual members
thereof has never yet been settled.
That part Of the Church property
which was returned a. we'll 10 tue mart
which 10 siill retained had 10 to de.
fondod At an immense cost, and 10
would only socm fair that any In.
deDtcdncss 20 incurred should bo re-
funded, % Right is to be supreme.
II may DO thought that tho respond.
biliIy for wrong 10 difficult to fix, no
divided ani sub iivlisd itgis to
human ken; but there IL an "oyc that
neither plumbers nor sleeps" aGd n Ia
this life wrong trlumphs and oppres.
sion rules, tho swif. judgment Of the
Eternal will reward every man accsrd.
ing to his woTt6.
That there Is a great deal OF inorsdul.
ily In regard TO this IL readily nd.
mitied. That selhshness often leads
persons into acts Of oppression Ia equal.
~ lruei ami Il is Just 10 truo that thai
which Ia acquired by violation Of right
carfiea with II curse Instead ofa
blessing. Fate, % some would call IL,
seems to hover atound that which ha.
been uDJuslly acquired. Easy come ID
often easy 20. Though the grip that
Il over u may be Ike the grip OF wise,
IL Ia seen 10 slackon, aud ~ tenaclty by
unseen forces Is often relaxed Ia tho
very moment Of apparent success.
IL IL quite possible 10 10 through the
streets Of this city ami with PRESIDENT
eye TO note how, where property has
been unimtly even II legally acquired,
that tho finger Of rsiTibutlon seems 10 DO
laid upon IT, No shrowdness, no
human wisdom, no change, great or
email, seems able 10 oblitutats or nulll-
~ the originally wrongful acquisition.
We know Of places melting away b..
iJre the elements, and stricken appar-
emily with rust aud blight, because
from thence by legal pressure was
driven the widowed wife anu orphaned
children into the public street.
We know Of places whore tho iron
hand Of the mortgage has eagerly
the coveted property at a
moieiy OF It's real value. Injustice has
laughingly aud boastingly told OF the
grand acquisition and speculation It
had made. But the tuara aud prayers
Of even an unwise owner have entered
into the ears OF "the Lord oi sabaolh,D
until the legal usurpor has had no rest
VI until ho bad got rid OF this "weige
Of Aohau" which carried with It the |
unseen but not uuielt curse VI retrl. |
outlye Providence.
10 may be said that tho loser ia psysr
blsmeless In those cases; but n con.
coded, &c is also noted that this form of
modern injustice was guarded ar.Inst
Ia tao Divine economy a. 80, 90
Moses, and mtn'a momentarlly allen
Nted iuhcrltauces reverted again even
10 the foolish rs 10 the wise. There was
provision against undue exaclion;
lsury was absolutely forbidden, aud
so The Inheritance came again 10 ia
owner every few years. Was 1t In.
tended In tails to excuse any debtor?
iio 10 under moral aud religious obi.
cation iu this community to honor oil
bio promises aud covenants, But some
nre tho victims Of circumstances; thoy
want 10 be and do right, yet they can.
not bccllied aucocsslu Ia tho strange
and trying battle Of NE. somu there
lre psrchanoe IN all Glasses Of society,
who approximate 20 right for ienr of
penalty on the other hand tho one
" no takes biz brother by tho throat,
,ul says "Pay me that thou owest,''
aud then casts him toto prison Tor pow.
sriy) until he has paid the uttermost
RrIhing, is quite likely to have pre-.
.eulei 10 him the same inhexiblo pro.
'eiurr, from which no may 10 only to-
lad TO escape.
That VIVA TD0d autnority ,vbi,l, g,t4