The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-17
simply lived the religion of the govern
ing Mormon high priesthood.
WHY THERE IS NOT PEACE.

night, headed "Pcacc in Utah, - reads
as follows:
II Is very unusual TO applaud speak
ors, or singers. In the tabernacle, dur
ing sunday services. and the people IN
attendance yesterday restrained them
selves long nS they could. but when
pr. Short in one OF his lofty flights OF
cloGuencc and I'm Il voice thrilled With
there was a spontaneous outhurSt all
over the house of applause. Every one
IN this way added his individual plea
for peace in Utah"
And there is no earthly reason why
there should not hc peace in Utah. Here
the hountcous hand OF Providence has
Here a commonwealth has been built
upon the foundations of perfect liberty
and equality TO all. There would be
peace but FOR the efforts of enemies
| of Utah 10 tramplo upon the rights of
part OF the people, The very moment
this thoroughly UNI American effort ceases
and the American principles of govern
mont arc respected and carried out there
| will he peace In Utah. The Latter-day
| Saints now. as ever. arc standing for
/ the laws and the constitution, for equal
rights TO all. and for perfect liberty.
II would be impossible to find any
one in Utah that would be more Joyous
over the Inauguration of A genuine
peace in Utah than The Tribune.
Why. then, is it that there is any
thing here that can Justly be called
trouble. or oven lack of peace? Tho
answer is plain. Because there is an
attempt hereto set mp and exercise q
rule of tbeocracy contrary 10 American
institutions and the spirit of American
Government and life; to erect into
ruie and exemption from laws Just
H. .aI
class.
The efforts of enemies of Utah TO
trample upon the rights of part of the
people" would probably be explained
differently by the News 10 the way in
which that expression would be ex-
planned by The Tribune. and The Trib-
une's explanation would be right, The
enemies referred to are those who
have undertaken TO set up here a
despo;ic theocracy in the place and un.
der the guisc of a popular govern
ment The adhcrcnts of that theocracy
the theocrats in every walk of life. AS
President Joseph T. Smith said in his
open address at Provo, his claim is that
''thc man who admits my right to rule
him spiritually and denies my right TO
rule him temporarily, lies in the face
Of God. - That is concrete express
sion of the theocratic position. The |
right to exercise temporal rule is the |
claim Of the priesthood of the Mormon
church, they not only claim the right of 1
such temporal rule, they exercise such \
rule, and in so exercising il they not |
only "trample upon the rights Of part |
Of the people, but they trample |
on the rights of all the people. They |
trample on the rights Of the people |
whom they have brought into sub
and by the use of the temporal |
power they thus exercise over their |
people, they trample upon the rights
Of those not in their faith by con-
trolling elections and through the forms /
Of republican rule, exercise their
iespotic sway.
The very moment this thoroughly un-
American despotism is rooted out and |
true American principles of government
are substituted, respected. and carried
1ut, there Will be peace in Utah The
priesthood of the Latter. day Saints
now. as heretofore, stand out for the
avs and usages of their church
which give them a temporal power re-
yolting 10 the American sense Of jus.
ice and fair play and directly an.
.agonistic TO free institutions. When
his priesthood claim is fully and abso-
utely surrendered. and all people, both
n and out Of the Mormon church.
are given their equal, unchallenped
rights untampered with by any claim
of authority over them; and when the
church voters cease to be used as tools
10 further the purposes OF priestly
iespotism. to override the free voice
IF American citizens and to crush ont
real American freedom: and when the
Jaws are equally and fairly enforced
upon all. without fear or favor, then
there will be no question whatever
about peace IN Utah any more than
there is in any other State Of thif
blessed American Union.