| Show FAITh AiD LUlALTi Mormons And the Government Authorities I We believe there are rIo where Injthe Union amore I a-more loyal people than the Latterday Saints L They know no other country except this They expect to live and die on this soil To be pt peace with the government and in I harmony with their fellowcitizens who are not of thoir faith and to share In the confidence of the government and people our people have voluntarily put aside something which all their thelI lives they have believed to be a sacred principle I princi-ple As shepherds a patient and coffering people we ask amnesty for them and pledge our faith and honor for their future WILFORD WOODRUFF H J GRANT J GEORGE Q CANNON JOHN HENRT SMITH JOSEPH Surra JOHNW TAYLOR LORE ZO SNOW M W MERRILL MOSES THATCHER ANTHON H LUND FRANCIS M LTMAN ABRAHAM H CANNON FJIANKLIN D RICHARDS SALT LAKE December 19189L To the President Wo have the honor 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 tit sincerity and no doubt that it Is Intended In absolute goodfaiih The signers In elude same who were most determined in adherIng adher-Ing to their religious faith while polygamy either mandatory or permissive was one of its tenets and they are men who would not lightly pledge their faith and honor to the government subscribe to such a docu moot without having tully resolved to make thel r words good In letter let-ter and spirit Signed by A L THOMAS governor CHARLES E ZAM chief Justice Commissioners GOD JRFY SAUNDERS and ROBERTSON and Judges MINER BLACKBURN and ANDERSON SALT LAKE Decembers 1B91 |
