The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-03-07
CHARGES SMITH
WITH MANY OFFENSES


The editorial entitled AN Address to
the Earthly King of the Kingdom of
God, is follows:
When there is committed supreme ruler
snip to the hands of king. and when
he brings to his paniOnShip and sup
port a set OF ministers-any one of whom
may be called on occasion. to deliver his
will TO subjects, either residing within
the monarchy or elseWhere-it becomes of
vital Importance to the subject that the
prince be both wise and tender toward
hts people, and that his ministries shall
emulate. even If reverence Will not per
init them TO excel in. these high quail
You, sir, are a sovereign of absolute
authority. The written constitution IN
der which your predecessors reigned has.
by steady avoidance. disuse, and miscon-
structiOn by the courts of your appoint
ment, been so changed and so weakened
as that il has no longer either definite
provision or Dlhdlng torce- your preoe-
cesSOrS We're required to adhere To the
word of God. whose kingdom they ad-
ministered a earthly kings-A Your pre-
iates have so mystified that constitution.
upon which the peoDle depended for their
protection. as that che mere subject dare
no longer quote il lest he be deemed
guilty Of treason to the crown. and you
have SO definitely declared that the God
whose kingdom you rule as earthly mon
afch does not announce any VIII 10 you,
that your own personal purpose becomes
both the law and the constitution
This would be a most dangerous state
for a kingdom where the ruler is both
a good and wise man; it becomes doubly
menacing when the ruler is not known
to possess intellect OF a high order. and
when he has not been renowned for any
other goodness than that of announcing
MS own personal purpose and then Nv
ing accordingly.
Even this situation, bad as IL is, be-
comes worse if the ministry. selected to
aid the purposes of the crown. is COM
posed OF men who repOse themselves en-
tirclN within the favor Of the throne ana
forget the rights Of the people of whom
they should be at least defenders, II not
advocates
In a monarchy such as this. the minis
try should be the connecting link between
the throne and the subject. Il is indeed
unfortunate when with no constitution
TO protect the mass and a ruler with no
Difference to Ged TO guide him in the
performance of his duty to HIS subjects,
the ministry is either so corrupted Dy
favor or so weakened py fear that II
fnciineS entirely toward the throne ana
leaves the subjects utterly at the nletSy
OF royal within a careful scrutiny OF the
history of peoples demonstrates that un-
der such sad combina ton of circumstan-
ces the king. unless he be an eSpcclalS
good man amenable to the softer influ-
ences of humanity (and neither the
friends nor the enemies of your majesty
have ever charged this kind of weak
ness upon YOU, is certain 10 make WIDER
and wider demands upon the life and
property of his subjects and to grow
more and more impatient of any resist
ance TO his Will And. too, under Such
circumstances. il has been noted by pa
triots of all times that the ministry SerV-
ing under a monarch who is unrestratned,
and over "a people who are rendered SUI
pine or helpless. take their advantage In
still more complete aggression upon the
subjects rights.
It is with no i'll will toward your ma
jesty that this address is directed 10 YOU
our rule is absolute. / wish II might De
glorious. You are the highest of earthly
potentateS. in that you hold the authority
of the creator of the world. and rule in
his name: I would that your reign might
be filled with the eXceliences which We
ascribe to him as that all your SUBJECTS
might be safe and free and happy. and
that all the rest of the world, gazing on
the splendor Of this kingdom, might de-
sire TO join its prosperous and contented
people. But unfortunately, and even al
the cost of my favor in your court,
must address to YOU these words of re
Droach Having cast aside the constitu-
ton, you have cast aside the principles
which 1t represented: having selected
servile ministry. you have not permitted
the voice of your subjects to reach your
ears; having been gluttenous of power
and impatient OF any assertion OF claim
against your sovereign Will. you rule
by affrighting the courage and conscience
of all. As earthly king of the kindom OF
God you have loosed yourself, and al
your pleasure you have loosed your min
listers. from all bonds.
I charge You with these acts. which
are violativc of the written constitution
of the kingdom Of which you are the
! That you have disdained the laws
which your predecessors esta blished, ana
which YOU interpreted. And there car
come no greater disaster to q kingdom
than that its chief citizen Otis ruler). shall
refuse to obey the law which has been
decreed from the throne For II he viii
not obey. how can he presume that others
will heed2
.. charge you with the selection OF
ministers who 2Te merely the creatures
of your own favor. possessing neither the
ability TO administer nor the confidence
of the people to Justly strengthen thelI
power. Some Of these were unknown
when you designated them for places IN
your ca binet- Some of them were known
and detested. And yet you forced them
upon the kingdom
,. charge you with having made
treaties upon which the safety Of your
subjects depended: and with having ruth
lcssly violated, and with having directed
your ministers to violate these treaties
leaving us to danger OF war with powers
better equipped for earthly struggle
8. I charge yoH with-haVinE taken the
bodies Of daughters of your subjects ane
ties And Won have done this. sometimes
nv the secret method which left YOU free
TO deny your part in the tragedy; anc
could ca iole the fathers and brothers into
silence BY some offer. or frighten them
by some threat.
D 7 charge YOU with having taken the
property which belonged to the widow
and the orphan and having absorbed II
into the possessions of the crown. And
YOU have done this, not only by your
personal autOCracy directly. but by re-
ferring cases to your ministry VINO, be
cause of previous instruction, have de-