Show FAITH AM LuiALTY Mormons and the Government AnthcrHItB We believe there are no where in the Union amore a-more loyal people than the Latterday Saints They know no other country except this They expect to live and die on this soil < To be nt peace with the government and In harmony with their fellowcitizens who are not of their faith and to share In the confidence of the government and people our people have voluntarily put aside something which all their lives they have believed to be a sacred principle princi-ple As shepherds of a patient and suffering people we ask amnesty for them and pledge our faUh and honor for their future WiLroRo WOODRUFF H J GRANT GEORGE Q CANNON JOHN HENRY SMITH JOSEPH F SMITH JOE W TAYLOR LORENZO SNOW M W MERRILL HOSES THATCHER ANTHOK H LUND FRANCIS M LVMAN ABRAHAM H CANKOW FRANKLIN D RICHARDS SALT LAKE December 19 1631 To the President Wo have the honor to forward herewith a petition pe-tition signed by the president and most Influential Influen-tial members of the Mormon church We have no doubt of iti sincerity and no doubt that It Is intended in absolute good faith Tho signers in elude some who were moat determined in adhcr log to their religious faith while polygamy either mandatory or permissive was one of its tenets and they are men who would not lightly I fledge their faith and honor to the government or subscribe to such a docu merit without having I fully resolved to make the r words good In letter let-ter and spirit Signed by A L THOMAE governor CHARLES S ZANE chief justice Commissioners GOD TRET SAUNDERS and ROBERTSON and Judges I iliNin BLACKBURN and ANDERSOX sALT LAKE Decembers 1S9L |