| Show of tNJEJNItN lOflf IIMS nllegeil that wjnie juitoiifs mini jiais up In receiving a If I ficat religions ceremony entered into 0111 kind of in obligation to ujigi Hit liiood of the IrojilitU Jo rjTli and II > nim uiilli on this imlioiu TIll nixmUernncu of i < thnnll IIOenr ou lOth A i uof the COM ira that no Mich obligation was tiLeii and that it certainly is not exacted liOn There fore John Ioore and Walter J Kelgar who tilt not niter into such Obligation anti ngaitIt whom not a particle of jiroof was olTeml showing show-ing that they had done BO are I eliniexl atlinioioii as citizen fhIe gentlemen were fhuuii ly competent witnS tol Ire men of good moral character attnuutl to the lriueIIe > of the Constitution of the United 1 States and nillilijiool I to the good order anil hap i im < of the tame but it Ww iiiferml tliat Iiaring kiNeiI through Hit Endowment Jfewc Ullj Iiiiijoiiuti lu a jinyer ilceii from Jlet elation Cth chapter fill and 10th ior > Therefore thy 0e re not fit to IK citizenof Jhc tTiilteetfetates HwmeajpotateS who flatly contra dieted inch either tried to tell what oaths were takin many years ago in ho Jiiilounient The evidence jirovetl that no oath of any Kind is l titiu then And tliiriforu bH gentlemen arc not ah1owel l to be naturalized bccauu of a mythical oath which tliei mversulrcnbed to Witnesses who imj liatically denied de-nied the conflicting apostate stories lull thus gao overwhelming ucga He liinouj declined onanoint CM nonor 10 encioM incewcrei rdiji iouJ irimonic which had no reJalion wlntitir to the FUlgcit before be-fore the court Therefore John Moore and Walter J Edgar who nero not called to testify were not oitHleil to take tiicoalhofallcgiuict to the Oonriiiiiut of the United btate It las prated that the Endow jnuit of today is the ame as that jtilminMeml during tIe lifetime of Jo < iliand Iljnim Smith There tore it is coniliideil tint Part of it ian i-an obligation to arcitge trw death on this nation And lOn > tllIeuUy theses gentlemen who never took aim couu not liae taken I1nj Ricli oWigaUon mu < t be excluded from citizuithiii on the hyjiotlie i that thcy dId A ijiLertl alien uho it toad Miittitl has been guilty foiral limes of fornication or adultery Is a jiian of good moral character and tit 10 Lc a citizen But a Olor nioii who has never teen unchaste ansi lIftS taken and kIt ows of cJiatlit is Ucaujc of those covenants coven-ants not of good moral character and not fit to bt a citizen In 1SJI that isfbrt > eight joars ago Joseph Smith had ireelatim concerning the building in tauoo of a house for tin inttrtalumint of strangers Therefore Charles K CJI4shd Carll Anderson and other Jlormoi who never taw Je ij H fcmitli ind were never in ± inij 3 are not eligible 10 naturalization naturali-zation In IS3I Joseph SmIth reieir cd a revilatron directing Sidney Gilbert tho keener of the orde Monliousc a Church establish nient in regard to his temporal Unties Therefore no Mormon is I loooj after the bIo of fifty cjght j car a free agent and there fore ii not to 1e I ailnuttcd 1 to citizen tlilp Ilnghani Young in a public dis courHs in 15 iT elaimul the right to give liriwttons to the jivple in tern poralafTiir but said It is your jirltikgc to till rs you please Tlierefori Jlormon appicants for citlzeiihij who never faw Jirigham Young cannrt Iiu I made true ainl loyal citizen under mill I teaching ami must thereTorc It I excluded from citizen biji Several sermons preaehcd years ago argued that this hurch has ill it the gent of tho Kingdom l i m Oi uJ WIIICII will not fullj oct up till Christ comes who i to be lU first JCmg Therefore tho Alormon Church is an organization or-ganization that infamously UIII tIns phimously claims to be the King dom of GuI and no luimber of it can In admitted as a citizen of the United Itail In the Momion Church fish ohs are authariztd lo hold ecclesias heal court to tryofleiidirbagainst Church discipline but can only punish the iiiirijxtitiiil 13 H < puiJ huger excommunicating thim from Church fillowohlp Thircforu no inembtr of the Monnon Church can be luiittcd as a citizen of the United Blat Charged of unchritianlikc con duct he bee nI > = inted in certain J5ilioi > s courts against Church U lor snarl lrtetie nsainLI their bnthrun in urintS nlTnirs ami decisions rendered to the fleet that the oQlixIers would not lie I lucId in Church fellowship unle they Mionul npeulnncclix dealing justly and honestly Therefore alIens of the same Church who Mire uot I < artu > to thc e transactions and had nothing to do with tliim in any manner whatever are to be denied thin benefits of the naturalization 111 < More than thirty j ears ago Mormon Mor-mon preachers argued tint mur derers and adulterers rel who land previously pre-viously been enlightened of God and had received the Hob Ghost couM not gain forgiveness of heir sins like ordinarj oflendirsaud that when the law of God should be exe cutest on the earth they would alone fur their crimes bv death as in > uutiu uujes jiui mat no one could execute such jnalty except after trial under the laws of the hand and hj a civil otlicer There fore aceordmtj to Aiidersonian logic theoUellder shall niOereleath for his transgression and any member of the lurch ban the right to shed his Mood And con equtntly no member even if he z never heard this doctrine or this gros jierTtniou of it may bo admitted ad-mitted to the privilege of citIzen Mp a i Brigham Young denounced the t sending of an army here In 1S5T ucllci was oflictred by men who afterwards took up arms agninst the Uniltal Stales Therefore Mormons Mor-mons who were not litre at that I tt time and had nothing to do with t t what was aid or done are to be excluded ex-cluded from naturalization I I Daniel II Write was w loomed from prison bJ the Mormon populace pop-ulace hero ten years ago because he would rather surer than disclose matters whIch he had agreed to keep ecret and with which the courts had nothing legally to do and somebody started the story that at that time the United States flog hither hj accident or not was not determined was dropped 1 to the ground Therefore aliens who have come lo this country sluice that time must not naturalized If they are Mormon Four jears ago half adozen of the United States flags which were flung to the breeze in tub city on Independence I Day wire placed at I u III as UII u v OV lag l > ecau e the leading men of the community were in exile through the outrageous and llcgil execution exe-cution of harsh law X ever before in tilt history nations was thehalf mnU ng of A tn Idcredanythiug eke than a sign of mourning But forantiMornioniuri > o eii frothy fanatics pretended to construe this token of grief Into an insult to the i lag though in a week after they hilf masted it themselves Xo connection con-nection of the Mormon Church or its leaders who were all absent was ever traced to this act There fore nn mien member of the Mor mon Church whether he endorsed or knew anything of this business or not I fit to be a citizenof the United Slates Several prominent Mormon IraJcn have been indicted for polygamy Therefore monogamous Moirnoni applicants for naturalization natur-alization some of whom do not be lee in polygamy and all ot whom are ready to take an oath not to violate the anti polygani net are not to be permlttcJ to swear allegiance allegi-ance to the Government obey I too laws The DKtWT NFWS has commended com-mended 1 men who refused to make a promise which no court had the I right to exact anJ criticized the conduct of others who have made nnCmenl which nmcr to L dishonorable Therefore alien Mormons seeking rlUzui > lip must l > e denied the pnvilfgewhith er thej ever read the Dnsi n T Nears or not Itha alwaysbecii and still is the policy of this government to encourage i encour-age nliens who in goat faith come tore I to-re idc in this country to become citizen zen Therefore all such pirton prot ided tiny are Mormons must be excluded from citizenship 1 Tho Mormon Church lunches j that tho Constitution of time fintoU Stales is inspired of God I and that alI laws made in jiursunncc thereof t ho 1cvs d Thercfure flu I members of tho Mormon Church nre anlnJ ted by n fueling of hostil ilj to the Government and It laws ant therefore an alien who Is a member of said Church is not a fit person to be made a citizen of the United Slates These premises and deductions are of course extremely logical and must strike readers of Judge An dersons decision in the naturalization naturaliza-tion caseo w itli wonder and admiration admira-tion lit the acumen and profound reason an 1 judicial equIty dis played therein Thu document should le preserved in the archives of the Church and in private collections collec-tions of legal curiosities for thu lS on hment if not the pra < o of future gineTOlions |
