Show REMARKS by president B young after elder johr john bernhisel delegate cee gate to qt on h had d given en a brief sketch of his droin doings there tabernacle june 19 1853 I 1 do not feel like making a military or political speech on the present occasion but I 1 wish t to say ay a few words in reference to some of the items that have occupied the tongue and lips 0 of go 60 many of this community the expression that lid old zachary taylor was dead and in hell bell and I 1 am glad of it which the returning officers in their report A a al I 1 lebed was said by me I 1 do not know that I 1 ever eve thought of it until I 1 heard brocchus aimse on the stand in the old bowery when aben he made the statement there I 1 simply bore testimony to the truth of it but until then I 1 so not know that it ever came int into 0 my find whether taylor was in hell any more mor than han it did that any other wicked man was thern there I 1 suppose he is where all the ignorant wicked are gone and where they will continue to agn I 1 the bible declares that the lord almighty turns turn the wicked into bell with all the nations that f forget gel god but I 1 did not suppose that zacha zachary T taylor syl r could be classed with those that forget god for he never knew anything about him I 1 am confident that such a thing was never neve mentioned by me when zachary taylor or any other wicked man maim dies they go to hell this has bait been explained X to a congregation in tills this hall by elder ryde hyde and also in the frontier tsu guardian ardlan I 1 I 1 if as all good a man as jesus christ went to hell bell vie we M may a well expect that a wicked and ad ungodly man ial Z will w go there to atone for his sins tie enough upon that matter suffice it il to say may that all when they die g gi somewhere and it tb thea people want to know particularly where t they ey are am going when they die let them read the e bible and learn I 1 As for this people and as for the disturbances disturbance and reports of the returned judges as an for the say may so of one nation or of all the nations upon the earth I 1 am entirely unconcerned but I 1 hope one thing concerning this people and king dom of god which is established upon the earth that they will turn neither to the right nor to the left but maintain continually a steady and uti ned pace to build up the cause 0 ofa truth and let small men or large men officers 0 of state or commoners kings or beggars say a or do what they please it is all the same to the thea almighty the king upon his bis throne tho pre pe aident in his chair the judges upon the be bench and the beggar in the street are all over ruled in their actions by the almighty god of heavens heaven and earth who ean can successfully fight against him j all persons who are acquainted with this kingdom who knew joseph smith from hi his boyhood from the time the lord revealed t to him where the plates containing the matter int in fhe he book of mormon was deposited from the time the first revelation was given to him andi and as far back as he was known in anywise whit what j ever a as a person professing to lave received a visitation from heaven must know that as much raft as was then within the circle of the knowledge of joseph smith jun ju just 0 mach cinch he had to beer bear on his bis back and lift from time to time on the other hand sit as his name spread abro abroad d and the principles of the gospel gopel be began an to he be more extensively taught and in the same main pro ro portion I 1 he had more to bear the lord be began an to toj raise him up and endow him with wisdom and F power ower 1 that tat astonished both his friends aid ad hi his foes 1111 did joseph rise he did did his influence grow and spread far and wide it did under unde what circumstances circumstance sV why with all the j ence eam and power that could possibly be ar arrayed e against dinst him by priests and people by d doctors rig and clawy lawyers re judges and juries backed up by the whole mass of the wicked world all this thi he had to raise u up p and carry with him if anything opposes the progress of this preat great work if any person whether great 0 or mani mall shall stand in the way of it do you i suppose it will stop do da you think the great car ca will stay stav in its onward progress because some infer internal infernal naf scoundrel stands on the track nobu no but the wheels of it will roll over him and crush himi him until like the P pig ig bro Bern bernhisel hivel spoke of hr he will die all over I 1 admit it W is hard for our elders for qu eur brethren that are abroad when anything of aj transverse nature occurs in the midst of this people ale especially in our present organization mis ft is hard for our oar elders to meet with lions in their course to 0 o meet with and have t to combat the prejudices of the people but who causes prejudice against this thin people do t thea e daviss it themselves no it is the the they court it and nourish and cherish i it they e suck 41 it in like the infant child the m mothers er milk they love it they languish for it it is their food it is their lire life why do they love it rectum became it is in falsehood do the righteous of this people cause persecution to come upon themselves no does the principle of the goelet iti create reate prejudice and persecution a against dinst feat no but bat it is the disposition of the kil 2 I 1 I 1 I 1 wiled ked to oppose oppose thi the principles in caples I 1 of truth am a righteousness piteousness whick which causes it when the officers returned from this thia territory r rj y to th he states eStates did we send them away WB oil NOT but I 1 will tell ion you what I 1 did and whai will ill do again I 1 did chastise the mean r ruffian U S an n the poor miserable creature who c came aspe here by b y the name of brooch brocchus when he arose before re is people to preach to them and tell them of ol 01 the supposed meanness they were guilty of anc and tid uce their character but they hare the insult iti like saints of god it is true as it is said ir in the report of these officers IF I 1 had bad crooked d my little finger he be would have been used up p but I 1 did not bend it if I 1 had the sisters slone alone felt indignant enough to have chopped him in pieces es I 1 did not however do it but suffered him to fill up th the e measure of his bis shame and ini city y until his cup is running over he was wai t hurt in the least with vh regard to the four diffie different rent reports ol of hose ie judges wh ch were in existence at the ame e time bro bernhisel seems to wonder how hey r came I 1 know how they came some friend id of those judges thinking they could bethe ter matter for them were the ati authors thore 0 of hose e extra reports but they found that they did not answer their expectations and tho hose officers ers themselves would not acknowledge who wrote te them in this instance they overshot over shot their r mark and foiled in a signal manners manner their wn purposes there here is one circumstance the doctor did not relate ie which is in worthy of notice secretary harris ria stated that he did not sign dr bernhisel certificate but that he was intimidated by goor arnor young and durst but do it how could this be when no person knew about this signing dignin ut the doctor and harris thus bus every man that operates against tit the truth b will forestall himself and be confounded by his is own arguments and operations in every movement ement and act that he shall perform it will 11 work cork to his own injury and disgrace ever every man that comes to impose upon this people n no matter ler by whom they are sent or who they ar are hat are sent they lay the aze axe at the root of the ree to kill themselves 1 will do as I 1 said I 1 would lost last conference apos i ates or men who have never made any pro bession ion of religion had better be careful how they come here lest I 1 should bond bend my little anzer er if the cong congregation wishes to know it we are well situated for territorial officers at I 1 he present presen time I 1 will say sav for your information I 1 believe belaev we ire are I 1 will speak for this people and say we cannot annot be situated better in that respect than we ire are at the present time so f far ar as we know one of our judges judge shaver hits has been here her through ugh the winter and as far as he is known he is i a straightforward judicious upright man ad a good ot of the law this I 1 believe and so 0 o do others who are acqua acquainted acquaints inte d with hi his acts he cannot be beat by jews or Ge gentiles wiles ile and judge read who has lately arrived I 1 believe ve will do the best beat they can and all i 1 is right t they have not come here with an i im sion that we are going to send them as aa ou our delegates gates to washington as others did too so they re not disappointed As far as I 1 know we are as well situated in this respect as an we need ask to be I 1 have no fears whatever of franklin pierce excusing ising me from office and say that another anoche an shall be the governor of this territory rom n the beginning of our settlements here when n we sent almon W babbitt to washing on with our constitution for a state government nd to ask leave to adopt it he requested i ild not sign my name to it as governor for aid he if you do it will thwart all 11 ll your plans I 1 said id my name wilt will go as it is in that docu ent t and stay there from this time henceforth for ever r now I 1 continued isyou if you do not alieve ve it you mav go to wash washington and give one papers to dr bernhisel and operate agai against ast im and against our getti getting nIr a state government and I 1 will bet governor still and you cannot canno i rider er it after you have done everything you bly canto can to prevent it we fe have got a territorial rial government and f ind will be the ff vernor or and w no can hinder er it until the lord almighty says D brig rig am you need not be governor any lo longer nyer and en i I 1 am willing to yield to another I 1 have bave old you the truth about that I 1 entertain n no concern sern about it or about the cha changing riming ot of any 0 of our other officers lve are well enough off in this thin aspect act at present it came into my mind when bro bernhisel bei chisel w wa a feakins Fe aking and the same thing strikes me now viz i inasmuch as he does first rate as our conr dele te in washington I 1 was going to move MOTO the that we fend nd him again next season though it is th the sabbath bath day I 1 understand these there things and gay as obea people pie say we are mormons cormons Mor mons we do that are necessary to be done when the lime comes acs ics for us to do them if we wish to owai make political speeches echor and it is is necessary for the best interest of the cause and kingdom of god goad to mak lake a them on the sabbath we do it no non suffer er not your early prejudices to hurt you d not suffer this to try you and be tempted in con sequence iunce of it or think we are wandering out nl the way for it is all embraced in our religion beligio reli gior from n first to last bro kimball has seconded the motion that dr BL bernhisel be sent back t washington as our dele delegate gati all who are in ii favor r of it raise your right hands more than two thousand hands were at once seen aboy the heads of the congregation i this has bai turned led into a caucus meeting it is all right I 1 would donld call for an opposite vote if I 1 thou though h ny pera person n would vote I 1 will try it however not t a single hand was raised in opposition 1 I 1 will now say not only to our delegate t igreja but to the elders that leave the bod boda r the he church ach lie he our oar delegate thought tha th all the he catt cats and kittens were let out of the baa when abro bro pratt went back last fiall fall and published pub lishe ishee the revelation concerning the plurality of wives it was as thought there wax was no other eat cat to let out allow me to tell you elders of israel and an delegates gates to congress you may inay expect an eter anity r of eats cats that have not yet escaped from thi the bag bless baur souls there is no end efthem of them for if there i is not one thing there will always alway mother another do 0 o you von suppose that this thin people will ever sei se he day that they will rest in perfect security in ii hapes es of becoming lik another people nation e king kingdom adom or society NEVER christ let and satan never can be friends ligh an d darkness will always remain two opposites ea the i kingdom of god and the kingdom of satan will I 1 always remain two kingdoms kingdom s and so ion u they hey are you will find from time to time tha the citizens of gatans satans kingdom will be telling tellin you i of cats that are ready to leap out of th bag of something that is wonderful and alarm ng in in its nature as much so as the circumstance which ach bro bernhisel touched at which cr create abed great real excitement in washington that we hai bald rev 0 cited from the parent government and hoist foiste the flag bag of our independence I 1 know bo how that t r report port originated the letter conta containing contain inin ini his 1 startling intelligence and purporting to have hav n received at california from this place wa ritten aten in washington after they had failed faile in their heir object they supposed that nothing more mor would lid be said about it but the whole of th lh united cited states believed the report to be true nd I 1 thought that all the citizens in utah reason isomers iso ners ers do 0 o you understand the reason why such feel fee s exist against this people go 0 o into th united cited states and in europe or w wherever a ver y yo come ae across men who have been in t the midst c is i people one will tell you that we are a poor pooi orant borant deluded people the next will tell te i that we we ce the most industrious and intel nt people on earth and are destined to ri ria to erain m ened as 9 a nation and spread and co conti ue i to spread until they revolutionize the whole th if you pass on to the third roan man and inre vire what he thinks of the mormons cormons Mor mons he be will wi say they are fools duped and led astray by jo smith lith who was a knave a false pro prophet ipher and money ney digger why is all this it is beal there re is a spirit in man and when the gape gospel c I 1 I 1 jesus e ewis christ is preached on the earth aarti and the tb it ki r in of god is established there is alcoa also i it 4 p ciril iru in that and an almighty spirit too when W hei t thie 1090 two spirits pints come in in contact one with the tb t ther lher b the spirit odthe of the gospel reflects ta I 1 light ight u upa t the h ie spirit which god hat ha placed in ma man ard an w wakes abea him up to a of his trw true ate t e aholt makes hiu him afraid be will be con COB ened for lie he perceives at once that mormon ism a m is true our craft is in danger is the th fis first thought that strikes the wicked and dis dia honest h meat of mankind when the light of truth trull shi shines lines upon them say they if this people red latter day saints are cor correct reet in views aws the whole world must be wrong and anc what hat will become of our time honored eions ans 9 and of our influence which we have swayed rayed successfully over the minds of the peo ale e for ages age this mormonism must be pw down turn 11 so raft presents a bold and extended front ant against the truth and with thisbe this we have hare 0 contend this is our deadliest fee why should there be any more excite excitement men when ben a public officer is chastised in utah foi fo publicly insulting a loyal people than there would auld be if a similar occurrence had transpired a oregon minnesota or any other territory h is because we ars are latter day saints and I 1 me tell you the devil has put |