Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-03-09

stance. IT filled me with emotion and
uplitted me with pride 10 find that hern.
thousands uf miles from horne. Arnerl-
cans or every religious creed and every
poiitlcal protestant and Catholic,
Jew ana Mormon, atheist and Christian,
Giclll t,.l and Republican CIV
iltE lhelr blood and their lives for the
honor az the flag IL was glorious to-
Know mat when tho dag Of our country
ls IFeO ppOu, no matter where Dr BY
NnoN1, men OF all churches and OF ali
pntiles lcnve home and loved ONES and
Journey around the world. IL need be.
10 sufLcr' and dlC IN It's defense.
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE A UNIT.
I'D PEOPLE.
i Witnessed only one othe, j1.,lie,,l IN
the philippines that showed h0w thor
oNehly this republic Is ono and hnw
PROFOUNDLY loyal all It's citizens ara. and
that was In rhc swumps around IIoIlo
me Ieilnessee regiment there had IS lts
officers Col. GraCel- Ch9lde-s snr ~ a
Confederate soldier. Lieut.. Col, Bavliss
son of a. COnfeNdate soldier. and Mai
Chcathofn, son of Gen. Cheat ham. or the
Confederate army. These sons Of men
who had fought as men have seldom
LouSht FOR a principle Of government
had accented as cdnlpleteiy nc thsir
fathers tho settlement Of that s-yent is-
sue and We're as proud of their uniforms
and as devoted to the nation es were
the men whom Washington led through
sacrifice to victory.
No. Mr. President, IL Is not tyun that
any section OF this country Is disloval-
IL Is not true that hundreds OF thou
sands OF American citizens are banded
together to destroy the republic, Tho
men that saw ON the firing line nrove
that 1t ls false. The men killed In battle
beneath the colors prove that 1t Ia
false The graves OF American soldiers
1Js.. EaN
rs In Aiichigan--prove that II Is false.
We are one people, thank God. equally
devoted to free institutions, or which
none is more precious than that ar re-
ngious liberty.
REL1GIoUs LIBERTY.
Religious liberty, Religious lntoler-
ance has stained crimson more of this
earth than any other cause, Religious
tolerance Is one Of the corner stones
OF this republic Attempts have been
made 10 shutter It, but It remains firm
and unin1palrcd. Older senators re-
member the Know Nothing movement
of the tlfties. all OF us remember the
A. F. a. movement OF . few years ago,
When charges We're made against a,
splendid church, In exact words a re-
production of one Of tho charges about
the political domination and purpose,
OF this senator's Church which are now
made here.
cite formal complaints upon which IL
was sought TO inflame the people, and
you could lay them side by side with
this particular charge made here now
and not tell the difference. have here
the history of my own church. tho
Methodist church, which recites the
charges made against the Methudisrs
In England, when. because of such
charges, John and Charles Wesley were
stoned, and but for Gods providence
would have been killed. L have here
the story of the prosecutions of tha
Quakers, and also tho terrible but true
tale OF the burning Of the witches In
New England.
PRINCIPLES THAT MAKE THE
FLAG SACRED.
But against all of these the shirt oe
liberty at last prevailed And this In
the final analysis II the ultimate issue
before us, For polygarny l have q
hatred made stronger by disgust. For
enemies OF our government 1 have a
hatred intensified by the period and cir
cumstances of my birth. But wo have
seen that this accused man is not a
practicer of this revolving crime, but it's
enemy. We have seen that he Is not a
traitor, but q loyal ulan. And so the
only question that remains Is that OF
the tolerance of his religion. And
| though his religion is to me In
| comprehensive, grotesque, and absurd,
hate Intolerance of II and all rellg-
ions as much as | hate treason, with
which he Is falsely charged before this
court, or ihe other unspeakable shame
with which he is falsely charged before
the people
Obedience to law tolerance of opinion.
loyalty TO country--these are the princi-
pies which make the flag sacred thing,
and this republic imnortak These are
the principles that make all Americans
brothers and constitute this nation
Gods highest method of human en-
lightennient and living liberty. BY
these principles let us live ana vote and
die. so that 'this government Of the
people, for the people and by the peopl..
may not perish from the earth" IAp-
pIause In the galleries-I