Show the decision continued JAW ellk FIRST their members when convicted of alinK the lw from brorn haidi I 1 quota two reil in evid arm alie atut alie clinich oran 0 date sr ISA on in regard to a member who hal refused to make such promis the pt gilion by bi eliop II 11 B atia morning will be endorsed by every true latter day maln he could other and be true to his religion liia family nj hii own manhood 1 lie in which ha wan placed wai tersely defined by himself lie was left to elect between imprisonment and honor and liberty md dislo ncr to h norbeit aid in time and ct anity tt at he chose thi former 0 o man under similar cir cn angi antly take any oher course r adopting the stand he tok to k were theirly briefly given by the accused they liht however be indefinitely there is one principle involved that makes the the standpoint of the La trdy saint Ce elial marr age including inc ludine of whai lias been accepted by tem t em as a divine revelation 1 leoee w ho anter into the covenant take that andina and eliat god is d in the lorr naion of the contract this being the status of the member to I 1 that any peranna w ho lave entered into tin relation can consistently take part in a divorce contract with a y other and lower power to render it lor any portice of time ia abu ab u d ane agreement is for time and it ia coir ly in tone broken by one or the other 0 the partie ye aurli is ahe in which alie c urta pace the latter day sainta in the prosecutions they demand eliat a covenant of renunciation ba entered ino with them ania ia tin of alie saint to a infallible prin i ale 1 of jur eliat no entered ret supervision of a tribunal can be disturbed or nullified by one of iab ei I 1 this be the caw in ordinary oid inary legal affairs how much more force is given to it when applied to god himself his in for the benefit of those of his children who to obey bis lane aoe point ad by bishop clan sou as evidently cruelly taken ad of by the court who dwelt upon it as if anicat d by a desire ti make it apt ear lie maia bash f r bis po the rel bious and con principles involved were what atie condict of the defendant the sentiment of h community being arnast him had le ifould rot haye influenced him one way or the etli r lle was to his pea and n and would have hii hopeb for eternal sill vi tion thee fonn deil alia basis of li s altitude in im and honor in place of liberty and dishonor yet the genii community io chih a man elivea is entitled to respect it ia correct the court however baugit at tins straw in arler to air cuse air cavon of coward ca when that gentl man vaa ebli b fing an act of ilia herci sni perhaps we may here suggest tint when a judge or any kotlier person olli ial 0 other nise lakes of his position to an intuit upon a in ills power he cannot Leca seed agiou govess courage of the hiah est order which ia connected with magnanimity ant tho gratuitous of bis lionor were not confined to his immediate vc ims they were dis d amborg aid poured the beada of women and children abow ra cot bufore him be fors the loaned judge can ly tak of take tome k bona in and cre anjer arieas orIe as fonn ome of the mor mons who are brought into his cobit tais g lie was confronted by a courageous man who dired in the fare of IM and imprison dicent decline to recant liis religious and discard his family while he snatched at the opportunity to inflict upon them a grab and un warra table insult bishop Clatt foi baa kobie to but he has been rendered rei dered a prisoner pris ocer mely by pro the offense offence for which lia wag in no in se the best ft ashes of a liot of friends including tie while ochia co religionists n an eliat one tarns from the noble and manly picture presented by the conduct of brother clawson to ita in the craven course of T 0 angell jr it is a from f to gl om fram the heroic to the con temp ible had the gentleman cliche I 1 to any r inthe of on and other lif he might have been designated a falen angl ang l As it i ha probably but carriea out the highest ideal lia asand may not be dpn to censure as severe as would be the just doe of minds of greater advancement it does not appear that sir angel can parsecs anything alie a correct conception of the grandeur of being con fit fittest tent let him pass AAU DISHONOR this afternoon mr septimus W sars as will be seen by a statement Ise where went bedoe abe court with the same alternative as bi hop claw eon lie cooee libery and dishonor ro is but litte for comment on the cae let the readar peruse what we have eald in relation to air Clau foa and he has but to imagine ita opposite op posie in order to our es limae of ilie tirs sept 2 1885 As further ati owing how tha mormon church honors choie alio violate of the united biatek it is only nece aary to asok at tho cases of bime of ita leders john taylor lately one of alie presidents of the church wai indicted for unlawful cohabitation and died while in to avoid arret faill retaining his position aa georgo Q cannon who is now one of the prebi denti of tho chii rih was indicted for the bamo of lence and was nil served a term la the penitentiary aboa la john henry smith a in this ca e testified tied that lie ia a and that he married his lural wife since alio law f lio waa prohibiting polygamy charlca W sydre who was a in cis and who indicted for cohabitation and wa pardoned by the of the united states ia today the editor of the newspaper new paper orgin of the church joseph F inith is alo one of abe identa of church is and lias been for several barg under iu it for unlawful cohabitation and has bien from the cullers ia cajer to avoid arrest it is claimed by concil con tor apall canta and hosae evidence eviden cn was sin ro danced tendre to how tl at in alie doctrine and ad other church publications ob dienna to the of ia kinght and alai that ton of llie united states is an I 1 but tha daiil cei aliu tie aaion of the unveil ia c an ine dired t is that it ia COBB rued by cormons mormons to pr hibit the passing of any law against abid all bubli lawe are by them an in violation 0 the aa to their teaching ence to lawa 0 abo land it la anly taught in beneral beima the ten diya this in not a word 0 evi dancu a artro ecedor offered showing that any preacher tr of church faver in a ringle instance a tied obedie nua to la lawa poli lamy on the tho evidence in athla caa and whole history of thal mormon in urah it has persistently refused obedience to at a porton of the laws 0 tle government haa insulted and driven unie uniel l S ales from the lia denied alie authority 0 aba united S aea a ea to papa laws prohibiting polygamy ai an inter leoce with religion and generally bail antagonized and denounced ahe in almost every possible way undoubtedly there anro many of this church alio fol friendly to the ioveno iove nm antan I 1 gladly alio llio that bind bliem U the M annon it they felt t lat aliey tiara slofco but organization the mot mo t thor digh that can ba imami el taa be against them they remain in tt e church than tike be rik of run aad bobial oa tra cism the laurch teaches fiat that it w alia actual and erl table of hotl on earth not in ita fulner ful neB carbt has not yet aoe to in bat for the he rules tho airiest 0 abe Chur cli atho are hia ake berentson ger entson carlli second that lails kingdom is both a temporal and should rightfully control and ia en tle 1 guest allegiance 0 men in all their affa ra tard that this wu overthrow the united yates y ates and im other christ ill rein in fourth that tha doctrine of eliat under it certain afna the bawd ol 01 cenat abnot atone for may be re by shedding the blood 0 tho fifth that polygamy poly eamy is a command of god he faill in the fatme life above dhosi who di not trat abe conerus of the united states lias no right under abe on to pa a any law in any manner inter ferice ft ith the ices of the mormon religion and that abe acts of congress poy namy and eich tabo practice it are unwarrantable interferences their religion can men be mode true and loyal citizens by elih or are they likely t remain so by audi influence i will anen become a cached to ahe principles of the constitution of the united bates when they hear the government con as tyrannical and it bould be aya lo 10 expect anch a result is it would be to espe t to gather grapes from thorna or fins from whistles thistles es it haa always been and still is he thia to encourage aldeis vilio in faita come to reside m this coun ry to become citizens but w ion a man of foreign lira and joins an organization though pr religious of him an alk biance paramount to hia allegiance to the n organization eliat ini lionly and alaun to be the kingdom of god to control iu barB under alls aioo and 30 teithem and a a of dorala to christin ne pie eve where and under waith atie tf or mo e Biste iBor to a outlier ad daughter is an tion that sanctions blued as a means of gia e and as a penalty for repealing abe secrets of its and for more alaa liaf a lias refused to the ru y of the united or render obedience to its la s it is time for abe courts to and inquire whether such in ant should be admitted to the evidence in llila case establishes abat the teaching and aims of alie churtz ar to abe botin dept of tha united states guerly bubber he of good morals and the well being of eo ciet and that its members are animated by a eeling of hohti lily howarda alie government and its laws and therefore an alien who ia a member of said church is not a fit person to be made a citizen of the united states applications of fred W millar henry J often john alleri charles L Cht suld bilg anderson carl P larsan thomas II 11 john barbett and townsend to become tire therefore den td feigned associate justice court ard ichird judicial |