Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-10-16
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In these days OF general talk about
Anarchism and the proper remedy for
that evil, 1t may be as well to remind
those convened about the welfareof the
public that such cutbursts Of violence
as that reported from Bowersvllle, Ga.
are a sad evidence OF the existence,
among the people In some statss, OF
that ignorance and that moral deprav-
Ivy which form the proper soil for An
archism Those masked bandits evid-
entity argued that the Mormon" FL
ders were dangerous for some reason or
other. But instead OF applying to the
courts for protection, they acted as II
they had never heard OF law or courts.
or the rights Of citizens. Or. II they
had heard OF them. they pre-
sumed that they themselves were far
above such adjuncts OF civilization.
They constituted themselves courts,
jurors judges, sheriffs and everything.
They made their own law and executed
- ~ 'oi hiVhs Win Nicil OWn bIuAdi
Instincts. What else are Anarchists
doing? In what, except the degree Of
the crime, did the outrage Of the Geor-
gla mob differ from that Of the wretch
that murdered the President? Let II
be understood throughout this land.
that murderous Anarchism cannot be
suppressed. until the mobs are taught
TO respect the laws of the land. and
the legally constituted authorities.
But we are disposed to Judge charit-
ably the acts Of mobs, moved by drink
and ignorant passion to violence against
unoffending messengers of the Gospel Of
peace. They know not what they do.
IL asked TO state whether Mormon"
Elder ever harmed them, or IL their
teachings, public or private. to their
own knowledge. ever were of a nature
90 cause trouble, they would be COM
PEELED to say no, II they had any regard
for truth. But they have heard that
"Mormonism' is polygamy; that Nor
mons" are traitors and slaves to the
Priesthood They have heard a great
amount OF falsehood, 50 persistently
told that they believe II. No doubt
some OF them actually think they are
serving the Almighty, when they
prosecute His servants. But the
responsibility rests with the null
titude that has made 1t the mis-
sion Of their lives to defame, villfy.
and spread scandalous stories about
the Latter-day Saints. And many Of
these know better They know they
are perverters of the truth. The word
liar is branded indelibly ON their own
eonsciences, as In pulpit and press they
conjure up, from the abyss OF hell, the
evil spirits Of persecution. They are
the real breeders OF Anarchism In some
Of its hideous forms.
1t is great mistake to suppose that
religious persecution, no matter what |
form 1t takes, can be carried on with. |
out Injury to the institutions Of the
COUNTY, that tolerates II. Russia fui- |
aishes an example. There perfection
OF ihG Jews was for a long time the |
order oil the day. But the spirit Of |
persecution has spread. Now II en-
braces rot only Jews and tie unpopular
Hocts, slcf as Stdndists and Others. but
a!sl eau olics ana Protestlnts. and the
result Is said 20 be general unrest
throughout the empire, an unrest that
has spread to all classes. And this il
natural. Poison taken into the body
polite is sure to injure the entire or
ganism. The Roman empire. drunk wl,h
the spirit Of intolerance. finally expired
In agony Let the people of the United
states take warning from the history
OF the nations now decayed,