Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-08-07
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sIIBERTY.

We have Fecel we'd copies OF d mnsst-
zine entitled Liberty and devoted
3speciall to the cause OF ieli gdous fiee-s
dom, 1t is d, neat ittls publication is-
sued quart erly by the Rel gious Liberty
Associ alton, akor,iA Park, Washing
l!ton, D. is s-ei.y readable and
though apIiearing I'M the interest Of the
.saes S,ntnat aiss as seyenth-day
Adventists, contains man inst ruct i've
elrti Giles on vali Gus subject tibet Will
appeal to the general public 1t might
be asked whet hei. an this free country
"a magazine sperially devoted to re-.
Ifligious freedom is not an snachronis in.'
ITS it not superanoils2 But no thought
isful observer of the trend Of events
lean have failed to notice that Sintoler-
sance and bigotry are almost as easily
aroused by agIta tors In cur age as they
were In the days Of Roger Hams
and the persecution OF the Quakers:a
The nlartyrdoin Of Joseph and Hyruin,l
1.-the enforced exile of the Saints from
Missouri and Illinois. ana other a ts
OF persecution prove what bigptry can
accomplish even In this country. 1t /
Ills not fully unde rstood by all that un-
der our glorious flag each person is
perfectly free To have his own BELIEF
and TO worship accord ngly. And SO we
still find sinduisitors who are seeking
Ito pervert the political machinery Of
tho state into an engine OF persecu-
| ton. II is J5
But the magazine itself, In an article
under the caption, "Repudiating the
Principles shows the great need Of
such u publ 1t shows that
there is at present In this country
al tendency to repudiate both Protest.
nntism and popular form Of govern
ment. "a sS u "A. Vi
On the latter point the magazine ar
ricle points out the we'll known fact
that the founders OF this Republic
maintained that governments derive
their Just powers from the consent uf
the governed, and upon this founda-
ttion they built their pol Utica l structure.
They recognized. in theory at least,
that all men were created equal, and
that 1t was the duty Of governments
to protect the people In the enjoyment
OF their human rights. A written con-
stitution was therefore adopted, defin-1
ling and limiting governmental powers,
and retaining to thu people all powers
not specifically delegated to their repre-
sentatives. In such an atmosphere as
this, political liberty has hourished, and
the oppressed OF other countries have
found a refuge In this land.
From these automatic truths present
day teachers deviate In a most start
| ling manner, as will be seen from lie
following extract from an article IN
the Cosmopolitan. by Mr.. Harold
Bolce:
eminent college nien--among them
Pres. Woodrow Wilson, OF Princeton:
Prof. Barrett Wendell. of Harvard;
and Prof. William G raham Sumner, of
| Yale-hold that the doctrines OF the
founders of this Republic have long!
| since served their day, and should no
/ longer be applied to the needs OF the
present |. Professor Summer has
little respect for the great principles
4 of 1776 They Were Invented, he teach
4 es. because some new classes had won
wealth and economic power, and want
\ ed to secure political recognIt iong He
4 asserts fearlessly, and other professors,
! in other institutions support him, that
/ what we have been accustomed to re-.
4 gard as lofty teachings Developer III
that day, are nothing but high sound.
| ing rodomontade; and he does not con-
/ ceal his delight over the fact, as lis
4 proclaims 1t. that some OF the old jin-
\ gle of words is dead. Conspicuous
among these rhe torical decisions of
4 colonial times is the doctrine that pro-
4 claims that governments get their Just
powers from the consent of the gov
erned Professor Summer teaches that
4 this doctrine is untrue that It has
been trodden underfoot, and that the
i same fate awaits the rest or the prin-
4 eiples which. seen through the mists afy
4 the Reynip tionary War. have seemed
4 great to u.s. 4
A There lis a scholastic refusal To wor-
ship the past. A number OF professors
agree that the Declaration Of Inde-