Show I 1 moroni Morl aril brown makes a telling speech before the court our leaders rile familiar with the proceedings ce in tile brown cases before tile lit let district coin t oil 0 saturday batur saturday 16 day P F A aud and I 1 brown we Ns ai 0 sentenced tuc the follows fol lowIn ll 11 account bf i tile proceedings lit in their cases oil 0 that day Is ii front from the ogden i lemd I 1 the cobit then parsed noo upon mr 11 r F A A brown as follows follow a mr brown 3 olt nn hivo been indicted Indi ctol by a grand jiny of this coutt ou on the C cli baro alge e ot of uail unlawful awful cohabitation lit in living with two or more women noman as is your u alea I 1 es you baie been convicted convict cd bi by a jury ot of your awu countrymen upon your onn own al t testimony I 1 nour the court lia has citie tully fully rend read taft statement which you yott the other oilier day loll 1011 the alic occasion ot of your trial but blit I 1 would youl dILe ik to lhoir mi whether lether ad sou I 1 ha hate a all am thing bug further to say N why lay terace should not ilot ww be pass passed etl apai pun ll 11 youit so 0 o I 1 N will ill lie to hoar hear you oil M ill I 1 blow u said lie had bad nol liln further io to say gay the court you aind K nd I 1 occupy positions today to day daiy it Is tor for a lobing ali to bp be compelled to execute tile the liw upon one so leticia older 1 pid I mho has the sti IU i the that you han alae e and ami who lias has 1 I in 1 I the positions lons lit in you haie served yoi oil 1 neat to toe lue that y you simply aid T billat illat 11 I 1 do to be your duty and have done it ly 0 o matter how aliu task and it i js Is maedi ba Pant min fill nl for or I 1 take no DO plea tile mc in ill what jilg amr man and 1 ply tio 10 it its is a bilty illy couil try enjoins enjo ins inc it Is ia empet ted I 1 will pei ill iby t dily till n as ni as you hive told 1116 ic ou hiiro done yoiiro jt it iiii has borin my 1113 object and I 1 trust it will ril be lit ID tho the future while I 1 till 1111 upon the benah to gho every tuan a fair air and impartial trial lia as two eno objects jn in tile first place it ts Is a n punishment to the do de feu end dant tiit and secondly Is in au to others I 1 lemet I 1 kill jo pass as severe it 11 sc sentence as I 1 led feel it my duty to tit wj I 1 1 to ar livent avoil d be 10 tl 4 correct conclusion aud I 1 dinst my illy conclusion is ij TI ht I 1 would mould like to seethe cac the people in ilia ihli Ter gai agne e obedience to the lie liw law as a well mell as a in al other ollie sections section of tile country the abe Yd althe ii if that you lie be lin fill pil lit in the llie penitentiary for six Ino months ullis aud and that you pay it 1 tine fine of and that you stand commuted until such midi liuo fine is paid mr moroni bi blown own the R addressed tho the con oil t it t Is as to follows llos I 1 A I 1 tint am aware your room that it becomes 3 your butir duty however linuci cr p to i you yoo in ili pass sen sentence upon me inu today to day tor for tile the A violation of 0 it a liw law but to tile melt it Is lid crill t oil otly aa italis liias as becu sudi by thu tho erlach bems ot of pon giess 1 it is ia well veil known by nil all tile the hattei Latt elday day saints that not berlied all our go cencer concerning ning god heaven ancis ani fill ahli i life and the be life to come crith e 13 y from tile lie books of u the bible yec we believe fluit all our and notions are in ill lice wilh tit and abc to alist thice by the bible co we a believe in now liew leve revelations lations land bodiee that god his has many things to lu out oui le ie ligion we c illse believe ile he ila lias revealed icv caled none alone that lie ale inconsistent lilt lh like of 1 al I ini asit a sacred ered tight light gila I 1 to all by the constitution of 0 01 I 1 r countey count ly I 1 with now to make inake one in to tin alii ril or celestial lin 0 lied thu the hublit mind so much of late 1 I bar mille Is s to be found lit in tile iho set es laid and her C in ill full cup poll it was nut be C it was practiced futar four thou thousand saud years ugo ago by the servants auts ibid till of col or because it lias has been practiced by bv any its or gatior lit ill any of the 1 I i ill ills history ih tint it the hattei day saints icae adopted it and made it a pirt part of 0 their practice tice halt but it il Is becal lse bod our E father litle riM bils leve revealed aled it apito ito us its it 11 there etc cc no record of its practice to be found ami alla II if tile bible jook of NOT moi ind booko of doat I 1 I 1 tie binl covenants ocic silent in respect to tills this it itt 0 o t lid bu be Lii bin liny dirig it ua as a people got god alln hc bell log given a r rev PI abiol I 1 I 1 or its I 1 to 0 Il artico it it tile ta lelit time it is to janow lint leierer lever that 0 HO O oil me e not tin tile tit gning pt olahs ilis aitu IvIl tale this pie lis it n are only ful loing lit lie hie foo footsteps loofs lups steps of it those vim aillo have ili seceded ua ila in ili lite ilic woi k of gud god and ami that wo we today to day ale only czar oil ilie lie bicci bi ell boils people ob b berged lit in obed obedience icum to revelation ilion from ilin wand ot of years ago your lionor honor it is also tu to 1110 1 filato ale that hint no ae ale aio will hilll title lines aud and impi for or ly iv tin lite same pilu ciple which abdall a all tile ladief I 1 of 0 tile faithful tile the briend of 0 goil in his life ami tui glit to ills clail dlen after him it hall ill the tile ilia euith lit it lite lt time veto before gods god at and both S ally tl wel e faithful in keep keel jn hilll und the abc alij a of tile ibe sexes ol of a ario exactly equal there mould cr tild be rio for any such institution eya eva ny my I 1 nian man could hinc ills to quit there be no plus it to c finales but I 1 lint hat arn tile lefts in fly tela llou lion to this matter old ilagan Ii gin inome ome and greece wor chIpPer of liol 1 a I law 1 11 I nian man to vile one wito ito alere lias his been it a great salt plus of 0 cloce who have laid biad ito possible cli clinice atice of 0 go trill untied nia nied you von may inay think this at a vei bt statement but it is ta fact eliat ahoo t llie he founders of 0 eliat Is ii vernied monog linly and all other oilier ions few had followed tin ile scriptural 1111 1 ot of ballag lii ilu more ell it I 1 I 1 one these isaman oman an anil d gle gic cian ci in nations however A were ere very powerful ili and when vile vilno cune tu to them especially the lie roman nation jt it iad had to lo bow bove to their and cn cu tho lle fill 91 ill adopted tile hie system I 1 alch 1114 laid the foundation lur fur prostitution anil the iho evila an and diseases ilia fuwa iab ile aio most reve it icik lit lit ill their character so au honest inno aimy ilay Is tile lie net ll 11 nu it 6 I 1 I 1 it it is a fritelli Fr Stelli ol of i Y it ii a veil of assumed to correal 1 1 miss masi 0 of corruption I 1 ts is tendency ii to stimulate fill roil c oil temp tible V vices of intrigue and lying as yell as 1 bloo 1 a tit ution nod adol teV it this Nation would the 0 of polygamy us its sexual ju un lie hie in aniie robt tion thele their lie ho no of ill fame line lit in the land no nal illegitimate childr elp crying lot in the ilia i ewt ul of our nor cities cilli for bread arc id linvle having no nil fiill icib a or to claim laid protect thelan infanticide would also alio bu be acsa somi be cuine conie a lans of tile the past under abia system ot mono atily it ft Is lAp for more than the MODI to mairy their dunber me so reater thin that of tile men anti then their there hicri arra am tells adi s of thousands of inert indi nho ito will nour mairy so go long as an they cau call gratify their sexual dex I 1 tea without the a of ian it A lie and finlly adare e birc not unmindful of 0 the tact fact ila that at american libei ty to us ITS Is s merely nut nil in tilts its application aiom tho daiy this church win avas organized the red hand baud ot of lie ilia assassin lias has been upon our path the he blood of saints and have been shed flie times we ae have been driven from our hou homes ind all this nai k you it at a time A when lien the practice of it poly polygamy gArny among its iiii was unknown to tile ho hut but still the line and cry ills has gone orth forth that wo we were nvere disloyal to the government and should of right 0 be but one of th tho most notable evidences to the alie contrary lies in ia the tact fact that while the saints lit in 1810 18 38 10 wens encamped I 1 in a their NAIN wagons gous nua nud tents on tile he banks of the missouri ither noar near where here tho the olty of omaha now nov stands live bil hundred odred ot of our best met men in ili iLs to a call by the government and went to assist in the war ivar with ilc mexico sico leaving their families ott on the alio open lit in tit almost help ily idy lather father two brothers an uncle anti and one coll cousin I 1 were eie among ki the number that tt cc r pil to servo serve their counti in ili the 01 iw president ni young youn lit the licad head ol of men aud and children pioneered the lie road tron from the river to tilts tills 1 III lin ol of 1 a I place R hola his gould could enjoy tha privilege ot of worshiping WILT god recording according to the diot dio atea of t their L beir own conscience a a light bolit guaranteed to us LIS by A virtue of tile lie constitution of our country nut but since we ave have redeemed tile soil ind and made the desert to blosom as lite rose Con congre greas aured by political fl ill land aind lill ests has passed laws in ill colli trad tra diction to tile constitution th the e direct tendency ol of which is to separate us its from our alpa aad bastardize our children wacl tit abc c more dear to I 1 us than life lac IT t self IV wherein it emelil I 1 I 1 would A bula 1116 ilac to coukis couii ls I 1 tins lie justice ustice ol of stall a law that will lra arn innocent locq ipen tile the boults fall and coil 1 el their Is ahm 1 ca and to give to testimony ti that lint vill consign them eb 11 ni 11 tt tho it a bolts bolli anti and hors hari ot of n f prison wall vall e lit li notte it is only a repetition of tile tho tyran lOll yoko yoke once calico placed upon the neck beels of our colonial fathers by 1 n I british sovereign in conclusion in obeying the law t c celestial diania mari fit lage as 1 I a am al I 1 C con ca it cornea 1 I leave entered lute into the most covenants covan ints nith my wives mul and my god alit chilli 11 11 oct tire arc not cillia binding for or time but forrill tor all eternity a aiu 11 1 I I 1 h linc tic don bonu ethis aliis nith it ii Ruca Medge of what I 1 wa was s doln doing with me it has been no guess gues ayure burk hotd himself hanin liing revealed it to uie me for iny illy oil onn 11 benefit ind and your kronor it is ter mv lit him tit bell belief c i that no ile time plan although god repealed this through tile the joseph Sil billith lith should enter into tilli this law antl ile he receives a knowledge for or himself of tile llie truth of the same therefore I 1 have been sincere cincere lit in the alie matter and lit in practicing it I 1 did not consider I 1 was ulas brei breaking kitag ratty any constitutional liw law but have bave broken a law lav specially pre prepared for the people of this Ter Teni altory tory allow me inc to thank you oil for tho liberty you lime gisen file at ebli time and I 1 now submit to illy any sentence you may feel eel it your duty to 0 o alss p ais upon inc then passed paired S sentence clarence oil mr ir 11 caroul Beti virti qs follows mr idron in cabo as in ill ell alio llio to c case of the nt hom I 1 lim IQ c just solee sentenced n tell cad 1 vish 1111 1 feel it irly dt duty i ty t lu t t i 1 e jid k sou c att tence u e in liotti cases las c a e c ali s c while N 1 i i 1 c you t 0 li ii 1 ne N e each viol i red itei the law li tiel neither ut ot you as yet yd tee lee the ibe stir wi nevertheless you have been eusiblo seli M bible 3 a uil al have indi indicated bated by your cout so that blut however mistaken you may be you ila liac diac e thought you ott ai were ere I 1 light 1 bt 1 ibbe ahne biot or bladed alic L lav 3 oil it bavo not ot lied facin the pi at lesses of 0 tile celli t I 1 eithne ait oit ba e not put the llie court all aud lite of tile law to any ally undue tio trouble uble you veil have not allo allowed ed hiir bour tu bo bragard drag ed lute hito tile coutt room land you have not licit sat salt by ind litt kittened ened to their testimony otty when they to shield you halt but you runic come tot foi ward bo both ell of 5 ott and submitted I 1 to uha whatever tevel punish lite lit tile the liw law would put upon you nevertheless I 1 I 1 caul cannot lordo do if you yot cie my illy own IV father I 1 must upon liptan yell may allay feel fed wit they must obey the laws I 1 aill here to lu give tit all men ii a lair air trial aud and il if alicy anre convicted isted to such i e t ns as will not only hanc its effect t aron alie I 1 1 e but lii upon lite hie N liole hole community I 1 sit that iu hiis as I 1 ln aig sou sout I 1 could siy say something aliat 1 lat would cause this A hole people to wake nil to the knowledge the they must jakc UP lip to sooner or later that hint tile llie ot of the lle countey be obeyed tho the sentence or 0 fill coit coin t is ia that you lie be in ilk tiu tile penitential tot loi six ant that yon it pay 1 a I title line of 0 and kt mill the flue is il paid sir arp V A drown it agur lionor will oui lit air anti and pay our line ie ftc ini ill find tile the peni ilona y without willi lie c compary 0 t n P illy ot of luy ol oi tile the t tile ilic I 1 i kunrt stilted that catch a i lu in would be out of hn lii iio cr |