The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-08-25
LAW, GOSPEL, LIBERTY.

men. They have put forth a vigorous
growth. They have borne fruit for
long centuries, and men and nations
generations and races have sat be-
neaJh their OvershadOwing branches
and partaken of their fruit
The legal proceedings by which VII
liam D. Haywood was tried. the legal
forms that Clarence Darrow was com
PEELED TO use. the sentiments of iustica
tempered by mercy which insnirs5 tbo
judge who presided at the trial and
the jury who brought in the verdict
Of acquitta1 all go back and have their
ultimate roots i'm the laws of the tables
brought by Moses from the mountain
top. These principles and sentiments
were cultivated and watered by the
limpid streams from the River of Life.
which flow through every sentence of
the Sermon on the Mount. These prin-
cipIes and sentiments spring as vigor-
Gus CRAFTS from every word in the de-
claratiOn of independence, and from
every article and section in the con-
stitution of the United States
we can look over the horde of ig-
norant slaves who first heard the deca-
| logue read and pass on to the fruits of
| these just principles in the life of
Joshua, of a David. of a Samuel and a
| solomon. When Israel turned aside
from them we have the bitter fruit
produced in the life of an Ahab and a
Jezeoel We have Israel under the
Herods and the Festuses transformed
| INTO the new Israel in Paul and John.
From then until today we have the
fruits OF these sacred vines of thought
and morals as the vineyard has spread
over the world. The art of the middle
ages, the literature Of all ages. the
spread of just laws over the earth, the
emancipation Of men from the cruelty.
lust and cupidity of tyrants. all have
their roots in the law of Moses and the
gospel of Christ
The constitution of the United States
is more than a century old. For all
these years its principles Of equal JUS
tice to all, regardless of condition of
birth. of wealth. of influence of anv
kind, have caused men to lie down i'm
peace, secure from attack. and 10 rise
in confidence, secure of protection to
life and property. This instrument Of
exact righteousness has for the first
time in the history of the world made
the common brotherhood Of men q fact
As to the root principles out of which
socialism grows, Mr.. Darrow's speech
and the testimony laid before the court
at Boise City are the latest examples
of the fruits these thorny branches
bear. Had the Western Federation Of
Miners and their constitution been I'm
the place Of the sovereign state Of
Idaho, had Clarence DaTTOW sat on the
bench occupied by Judge Wood, had
the jury been composed of unrepentant
Orchard, as he was when a member
of the federation with PettibOne,
Simpkins. Steve Adams. Meyer and
others, and the murdered Steunenberg
stood at the bar charged with OBJ
structing Orchard and Simpkins i'm
their bloody work. we know what the
proceedings would have been like, and
we know what the verdict would have
been.
Will the propaganda which is to
spread Darrow's speech broadcast over
the world print by it's side the ten
commandments, the sermon on the
mount and the bill Of rights. that read
ers may see clearly not only what Is
proposed as the basis of our future CT
viliZatiOn, but also what this new de-
claratiOn Of hate and strife proposes to
replace ?-Los Angeles Times.