Show 1 i it MISS ISS MEETINGS i A sj botish ol of lic ile speeches bel belverud vered in logan josan tabernacle I 1 f and and a keport or onnic tile 91 at tile lne in jinx box alder following 0 is fi a synopsis of the speeches 1 delivered I ea evered nt at tile M lisa ss electing or alip I 1 I 1 ey v so ere aen in ili n ai erinest maimer mill it it loudly tile and protest wa unald ado adopted I 1 0 c Ily 1 a wits was announced and epolt as s follows i I 1 must confess that il is wal ai cia irely v unexpected on oil my lity part that I 1 should be called upon to address yol yoi today to day tile question before us its deever he boi ever is I 1 is so potent in its bearings aid refers so dire directly Atly to 0 o tile interests of every individual i mithie athin tic the bould of my voice as as 89 tile s of this territory lit in general ouie ahn antono ought to tin lie afi n 19 0 osay y mccuing thiner 0 upon it the rucia lies that wo sic hao 0 c O tic heard ard read tin this afternoon cause tic wind to revert back to tile early astory of the american people to th petitions of our pil pilgrim garim fathers to tic protests of the colonists colo niata A alf andrii Anc rii 1 against I 0 adlist infringements tip upon 01 thelt tj OS n ats t rhey petitioned in tile the ark 11 tier in ill which we ire are petitioning today to day 11 bein apo deprived as we are of rights tights ty and libert liberties ibs that justly belon gri to them I 1 stand before you ape is as an american citizen arid and net I 1 ever hope to be I 1 am proud of tha sl LIT aib and stripes that goat oat as in an m blem of liberty of that liberty which guarantees guarantees to every man fand ild gomill woman the right to worship god coll an ae cording cordin to the dictates of conscience and to enjoy unmolested such privileges 0 and blessings as they would like so long oil a ns is they lid did not interfere with the enjoyment of similar privileges 0 by their fellow citizens thi th ij a great r eat american government of which I 1 I 1 I 1 we form a part is in my humble op opinion lillon the greatest government that the sun still has haa over shone upon our fathers ill planted anted tho the neo of liberty it is growing but to grow growing slowly its branches are expanding grada gradually tilly and tit they ey will continue to lo expand until they will bring under tinder their fold every people under unde tile the sun suit who are arc desirous of livili living 0 accordia according to correct principles and who nrc are desirous 1 desirous es irous of worshiping ilia him who created tile lieI liekens ens th alic e batth tile seas and the fountains of water the grievances rici rances that we have heard set forth ia today to day are certainly and decidedly correct ire flot couched in ili inis mista kalile 0 they ire arc so lie lafit the presidency of t ids great republic pai not no I 1 i them hene they are arc so well viell trained framed smili eil and lety lall a albu J government cannot ignore they will ivill appear to the or of lilt great nation is with ith that power that I 1 will ill cause thern them to be read and considered they will proclaim pro clum that there is i a n people in we tops of the mountains rho are being 0 unjustly with a people who alio are arc not di disloyal a people that liivi live demonet demonstrated in ill tile past that they ever have been and over ever desire to liu ile a i loyal people loyalty in ii my opinion consists it in being ct beatly bady to defend tile hie stars and stripes to defend the goern government ment that offers us its protection to defend and protect tile the rights of each other oilier ind and to tie 10 lo everyl king I 1 dint klinl ito i calcei tei ted bring 0 neve at home and extend peace abroad I 1 have noticed the conduct of this people ever senove I 1 canic came here nineteen years year sago go understanding before I 1 c canic line that they were con considered a disloyal 1100 people I 1 bave failed to find a 1 single evidence of the correctness of that I 1 ani am proud to say toda to da 1 0 lit to li it is 18 never been beell a single sin 0 le thin thing I 1 have been beell able to see sec that could lead tile inc to think that this thia is not tin the anol loyal loval of all people sons soils arill ill stand 1 I lit ial I 1 as tile he bearers of the stars slurs nail anil stripes carry thern to the nation atoll declare to tile world that they a nr re loyal to the he government flint was t to protect the alic weak all and d don of all nations arld and will fill people to come under its fold and enjoy its 0 glorious lor ioui privileges 0 no ito macer of what nationality they may be v vf W it II you kit all do 10 know eliat I 1 anina am no kuplic speaker hut but which one I 1 tinong all this vast assembly coul could I 1 not bay 5 something oin ethin 0 on such lit an oe diott as this in ili tre defence fence of justice and re ligi V outi liberty we are arc sons arid and daw daughters liters af of noble fathers and virtu virtuous mothers and in our unjust laws have been arain against 1 st our honored parents ani wicked men are arc cruelly them we are arc not permitted to worship god according to the dirtat die tats s of out our own conscience or to our parents virtues but ji w lb e will continue to love and revere their and help support their declining mcclin nr years our parents like the Pil grain fathers lat liers of new 17 11 ivere were cruelly persecuted find and dri cn from comfortable fire firc siderto seek a shelter among the 0 nn an lilt uninviting country an and like hern they were viere kindly ki protected by in an over ruling providence until landed will bleeding feet and way worn garments in th the 0 uninviting valley of the alio great salt sail lake jere they alicy were one thousand bacs acs ics from civilization surrounded bahe bloodthirsty d savage with no ito ferid to c call all upon but their god ye elzir courage f failed ailed them lliam not but bilt ath nil imite the I 1 energy and yeal at tho they the waste ond and barren plate place and caused them t teem ocein with life and vegetation Ati they have long 1019 since unfurled to tia breeze tile the gag flag of freedom free fre edoil doi and raised on the ilc mountain lops a standard of 01 1 liberty to where the lie poor and op pressed of all nations dinote led fled null and found refuge gc and ill safety today to day ay these saine patriots who never broke a law of their country are arc hunted down like murderers or wild beasts will ami then confined in dark 0 gloomy I 1 dungeons but tile libertine arid and the prostitute cati can walk the streets in safety in del defiance lance of law favor aud and morality against such monstrous rotis injustice we tile young youn cl 1 people cople of utah solemnly protest and in sending our humble petition to the chief magistrate of our notion nation arid and to tile the american A merican i people we invoke the blessings of almi almighty lity god upon our country and earnestly pray that hint justice and mercy may lie be extended to the down trodden mormons cormons Mor mons sinking singing by the choir 01 A ol ll 11 I the document we have read this thia afternoon is onu one of vast importance to he people of the territory and to aliis liis nation generally it is it a state mena I 1 p af pf aja 0 gri grievances evinces of the main portion af pf 1 alic e inhabitants abi tints of this I territory addressed a V e to pur pur ports to ile be the must liber liberal al of MI all governments upon the earth the causes abich led tile the fathers fal liers of this government to leave their native lands and to turn their footsteps westward to seek seck a land of freedom aro are the a is which impel us today to day they ivar were tolen denied led tile ano right to q ship god according to t alio lie dicta dictates tea of their own consciences here in ili free america they were enabled with willi the afifi elivine protection to found a government upon the babie of right and justice acknowledging 0 lights inalienable in the mind 0 of i man mail and am holding that hat ill all men are arc bom chua and arop scarcely had the founders of if alila I 1 ove time tu ill fouw tile the const constitution Uti r tion of the united states slates be bc fole foie that hat amendment w sins as introduced which det declares lares that congress shall make ake TO no law respecting tile hie c establishment lish ment of religion C or prohibiting tile the free exercise thereof this provision was made to suit this people in the midst of the mountains it was made to suit the case pf af any ana people who might C be in the minority Ii tory has nis proven roven that the tendencies of mail mankind were to intolerance and this was to those having power denying 0 to others the ri rights gats which tile flioy 1 irra r ate themselves our reli religion M ion is jl not 0 t of our own making tile privileges 0 winch which we claim are nothing new they ard arc ria rights ats and privileges which were thought of id and provided for before our time mention hat buff intile in ili these trial rial by jury this in our territory lias has become a farce why should I 1 not say it the principles involved in ili fildi judiciary I 1 ciary arii by jury are arc ignored file history of the alic past giafes to prove that alion 6 jor fram ltv ahll I 1 fielt naturally evolved this system of trial by gilr jury 1 n I system oystein by which tile nian man lecuse accused d could not too lio but liy tile the decision established by bv proper ovid evidence enve of bielie tw alvo men etien who alho were its ills peers it IL was handed down for hundreds of years in em england gland and was vas in grafted by tile the framers of our count rys constitution it liis has stood the test it lisis has answered tile end for which it was adopted to to prevent the condemnation of the it innocent tt tile the tit IH elve men were to lie be as r just ibid and as men this is tile principle that hat laih been followed in ili this and in other oilier corinti les tor for of years year yes down dovin to lo the year 1883 1885 ll it is 11 principle too which is scle maly giar iii 1111 tou ell by tile llie constitution 11 of tit the e united states but in our ense case we cio gerve men inen chosen to sit as jurors who are ar known to be til owed enemies to tile men 1110 ho inay be accused 1 I hie ile first legal of this right was mide made by tile passage of tile 1 law aw this law 0 guaranteed to 0 till people the right to 3 select elect halt half tile llie ilir jurors ors as it if they n ecru ere only half thil in population in instead abad of four fifths and this infringement 0 gement has been gol going i n on oil until now if a man inan is drawn or presented as 1 a I juror lie I 1 i asked I 1 arc ale vol a 1 mormon lonnon 6 docs yes then ve no more inore use for von foil this then is men inell Ie aeillo being illo 0 tried by their c and just jul s so 0 sui sill c as isa a latter laefer day saint is arraigned fi lie is convicted isted this is ane one yf our aur 0 grievances rie vances burror tins lias existed axi in ages gone D one by god has big raised up tip nice men to correct ditc these se evils in III doing so 80 they haic had bad to figlie their way through oh the struggle no is still going 0 on oil the lat ter day saints ire arc but continuing it this is pur warfare may god it licup elp us its to wac wa wage C C it E L I 1 I 1 ain proud to state stale to you that I 1 vv was as born in utah ilah and consequently till am a native born citizen of the united states and have in connection tion with the vit vast majori majority fy of tile young people associated with those who arc termed latter day saints natural rights 0 rights m guaranteed by tile the conati constitution t r rights ih is which havo have been handed down for a number of generations u to those aho who vho should bv be conle come or tire arc biorn citizens of tile the unite il states it seems that the spirit of freedom is a spirit that is with tills land of america Ai fiod td evidently designed a that hint it should lc ile so tile people called latter day saints a 1 body of religious worshippers shippers wor a accept as a divine ft a record called the book of 31 mormon ormon in that record we are arc lold that this was to lie he a free land ind the people called latter day saints believe that this land was ili discovered through ii tile int influence luence of inspiration eilcy alicy believe that tile constitution of the united states was inspired of god coil this belief is founded upon evidence because tile spirit of some of those noble men who took part in protesting 0 against to tile the wrongs bugs 0 that were placed tip upon the early settlers of america by the mother country england that they evidently saw evidently felto felt evidently realized tant this w was IS to b be c a 21 land of the free arid and it ir proof of tills I 1 have a short quotation to rund read from a 1 I speech Riv given enby by patrick henry before the declaration of independence was signed ile he says alic lie voice ol of jehovah speaks out irom fron tile the awful cious let J ct there be light again let there be a new vt bild tell ray my people the pool downtrodden i millions nil lions to izo go out ont I 1 from ruin tile the old tell r ell thelm to to RO go out from wrong op pies sion and blood tell them to go out ont from the old world to build up P toy tny altar in the new As god h alic Cs luy iny friends I 1 belleva belleba that to lie his bis noice oce yes were ere my loy soul pont trembling on oil the aug diug of 0 were thi this hand free freezing in ili death i were ray voice choking with the last ell borle I 1 would still with the thelmet last gnp P 1 erlat I that bolee iolee implore you yol to remember tile linth god ha his s given Alli elica to ho be fi tree ae A aliis from t alie speech bech of patrick henry shows to us its that lie was evidently guided t by the spirit of inspiration because the spirit of this remark coincides w etli tile spirit of he remark referred to in the book of mormon my friends I 1 believe most freel freely yand and ottily that hafid designed tills this bo a free land although 11 it is is not such at the present time althou although 01 I there are arc citizens lit in these mountain v allies vallice who are arc deprived of their privileges lees who are in ili bondage 0 who are arc suffer suffering it 0 wrongs wrongs 0 yet I 1 believe tit eliat at tit alie e p 1 I it c aaion that tit at we are arc receiving C tile the development that Is taking place at it the present time the experience that we are arc gaining 0 will bre breathe a the into us that spirit of freedom that spirit of lovo love for the mother country that will by and by produce a 1 race of me men n and women mornen who will possess that spirit ta t sustain the alic principles of liberty as given to us in ili the constitution of tile united samps tvs In reading the alic history of the forefathers we ind find that they passed through an all experience of a number of years in ili inc incepting eting together in as from time to time in talking int e and discussing 0 in in various ways th alie wrongs they had to cuduri end tire in ill time the spirit of liberty developed it und utter crall all that t training baini it a and expel bence isy by and in by nil an opportunity eunity for freedom came a strike was made and lid freed freedom quil was gainel gained I 1 fc believe lieve that I 1 tile the protest that we have heard read will have in an influx encie for m good I 1 I 1 believe that it will attract act t the he aitt attention antion of the alie honorable and int intelligent ellig ac tit incie inan in the world I 1 believe that it will place tills people in a proper light liblit before those who love justice and before those who alio liberty I 1 can call sustain with alt all my iny heart the atie cimpl complaint lint and 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