Show GOVERNORS REPORT to the secretary ot of the interior of the united Sta states tits A an astonishing document full of maligning Mal Mali irnine gning statements ments or OF UTAJI UTAH orfice OFFICE SALT LAKE OLT october wa 1885 safi R 1 R the past year inay very properly be said to have be been ell tile eventful one in tiiu the history ol of the tere 1 uri altory of 0 utah the of bf national law in ill ille face abc of a bitter opposition upon the lie pait of those alio tie assume tew temporal as mell ell its as ecclesiastical tin the great majority of bile allu 1 61 people cople lias has luceo to 1 a I dacorte chich by many fe 0 IrtI ail a int im iles pos sible lihle A it crisis is ii koiv auty at hand iliili mii A l have li one of tuo to results rr stills tile lie wait yield its claim for continued oi in er crone one ot or its tt permit its ill power to ile he broken and laws nullified or there lul hullt lt lac bel a surrender to tit the fight frightful ful a t 11 hority of the government upon lite part 1 art of thu lite majority of tile people on 0 tile the duties doties ol of got goer er nor I 1 undertook to acquaint aint myself with ill the wants and till requirements of tin the territory I 1 lii 13 3 atilt and it detail to tu 1111 cal 0 of the of ili difference Ifer enVe I 1 a condition of affairs I 1 had little rison ft ID biclie belinic C could exi tile the gov er vinent 5 r i S I 1 aiding as 1 tu to it avol 14 wlm who levered tile I 1 as a uin to bothem ise knowing lliam to liu lie gircie triv ell to pei polygamy 11 13 I 1 felt f 1 t alitt t thil excess would ca carry r r y V t ci I 1 t ni ti iiii und that aliat time lime and celli act with willi tile people of i 1 CO chmillon MIllon try who ivilo iid hot lite all I 1 0 I 1 1 9 system tc tit 0 of f trial mairia ratip gf I 1 tam a i the erl ry of our to it a controlled toy lite people I 1 was wai slow to conclude that a fixed purpose existed to furre force their diews upon ahl country ind and to build up tip a kino liing dom shiell was to s tip plant int this and every other oilier I 1 found eliat adri illis hall been misled that pro proposal legisla hall had been robbed of effective features still and that congressional action I 1 hall had been defeated by by misrepresentations on alic floor of congress a I 1 found cunil that appeals from good citizens hall had beell unanswered nail tit that it a fcC feeling lill 0 of hope losness acsa ncsa pervaded v thole ullo lindl liadi con fidell fly looked to government for redress of the many funny wron wrongs s they I 1 lia 1 od d be ion long borne and c grica alleca they had S so ci often presented for redress allour al your request I 1 now pret present clit for lite he information of tile liei dent facts und lind 0 gleiner gle ined front from nearly six years year of residence res dence atilt official and ul ell lain ata sure the business und ollie oll leial a I 1 records rewords and history of I 1 hie c terra territory w U more than fully the utterances of the pr il ident nil nd me inc that it is I 1 iliin for inc ile to how that phevous grievous 11 ros exist I 1 diall therefore ther elore teat giorc particularly with willi thle 1 ent fuld anil such f att ats U as s tend to shan shown r bat lill remedies Il have fallen bhart of a bolit bO lution 1011 ut of our tr atilt what reni remedies edies are required to solve them the marinou linquest control tile great body of the people atilt and by of legislatures 0 named by tacui hire have persistently thwarted t thu 1 0 purposes of congress 0 by nicalas n cout cottrol rot over its ils best territory is perverted unbearable a as alis condition volk I 1 is regard edby all goo good people in ill every section the llie furt further tier fact is shown in ili the present terni term of the llie district strict li court of this city m here a number of leading cormons mormons Mor Morn mons ions coo convicted of crime under the latici of tile Ul united litell S altes bille I Ille to ackil ackmon ook ledge d C tile lie binding effect of lam to of tho ul united cited slates declare deul their purpose to continue tile practice of tile llie disobedience for bicy aland arraigned or convicted and till its 0 a reason for such action assert that aliat to tie do would bring thern wider under tho liau of lie or is 14 10 ailcy be bc lot loag and mould leave thein to lie ile regarded ith ilia scorn ind contempt by their associates and people soine of tile better adien of thoe w adrai arraigned ned recognized ilicia olli obliga a lious libua as I 1 saturni lazed cd citizens have hav t promised to obey tile lw laws null and to de thit d mt from counseling couin cling others to violater violate then for u aich they ila liao e been beef ilc dc bounced as traitors in ili violent manner atilt in ili innumerable hayti I 1 refer to tile call bac of leitel ln itel ted stat states vs 11 II it II cla claifon ClAW woon fOn ulli L teil stites slates I 1 aillet 4 aill st 0 1 Arti arthold old states slates against john sharp ind ami others ollic rf and ami to copies of the official olli cial mormon organ the deseret bews yews on oil the diar fol to lon ina iii the of their respective s spec tive cac in ill tilt lle aurta t lie ile yontl all this is the fact that lint an all ecclesiastical court of the cormons lor mons tile higl icil authority on oil C earth art tic nc knowl c bcd it by them the fart presidency with ellich the quorum of the twelve norce agree decilles that tile supreme court at the aliel united fates ill n in ili error and solemnly asserts assert that laws determined by that court to ile be constitutional ire arc in fact tut ional anil and therefore not binding upon the mormon people ail the distinguished jurists jurista composing that court of the first presidency frota froia their places of wit con boru the L states marbal counsel null ami direct their followers rn to in the violation viola tiou of tile the laws of the country I 1 a ask ak k your attention to the deflyer atice made by the art presidency arki lemicy tit nt the I 1 osian conference ili iring this thi I 1 ceic rilene statements atau brin trill it ir is 11 true that but a rj minot od be a brood Il kz ii givlio dt uri gremard regard anil ana tem li 11 other to ta violate alic tile laws and ami all al these 10 alo lo belong IMI to mid and 0 give material aid to la or maniza tiong which teach advise and anti counsel others to commit tiny at nit t tic defined tined hy law to be a crime should si sl to say the least be deprived of tile alio pon fotr r to write lows laws for the 0 government of oily any part of our country I 1 ry treatment of the ulah bucs lion lien tip to the present enactments has cebul le bul d in ill allowing a treaso here of illan li en sentiment which derisive decisive measures measure would have adjusted vears ago L the C government file tit opp to so fearful that it mia jit daj giong lias has tailed failed to to do right wid and to that ext mit may be taid said to be morally responsible if ruder lily any circumstances a blunder may lie regarded c at as norse than I 1 a 1 crime certainly indifference gil tile part of those charged with willi le legislation isla tie ind and lie execl execution flail of the laws lairs be regarded as soni ething inore dball a blunder it is if true that dur ing thirty years tile 0 government tills has for hen he the mormon 0 11 leaders for a open re bellion against the hie armed forces and ami authorities of the united states and ami olli other crand and innumerable indignities linit ici to 0 o lie nation itself it has appealed to 1 them time limo after timuel time to lo olcy obey tile laws a and n d I 1 to I 1 be u like the lest of us in it lias has legitimated note 1 null and ghan ghen C honorable place before lie world to lo their childen th ilden on born out of lawful wedlock the ener ut of this they ila ciaio 0 disregarded they hn binic I 1 accepted tile the 0 gifts nl ha hae e smitten it lie hie hands di of 0 T aln lle gher tho ali ay iy have abused this genero generosity ity to lu their power flower arrn a too confiding people large u of it hoin try to vel re and under other oilier circumstance s would bu be citizens of our co milry and have abused null made outcasts of ilia iho few alio announced their litter mi nation to 0 o obey the laws the right of the people to believe they clidio is 13 unquestioned atilt ami in ill th A cief they tire are entitled to whatever of comfort and happiness such quell belief eniy bring to them ili ether in ill this world or in ili the llie after null further tile government will ivill as it il hai doup protect klicin in ili the fullest exercise of that in bilica lief lie I 1 e it il reli religious ious or ollier 0 lier wise one aop ma anay believe lie aei e that tile the ones him a living ind and that in ili order to 0 alain t thol lot ii lit ing 0 lie he Is 13 warranted ar rantui rant CI to lo a go olit upon thu ihu highway hig 0 liway ind and rob to that extent it mill hardly be claimed dien tic lie puts that bellef belief into pric lice flint aliat it would be uron rong c for the to lo punit li liviu for robbery A person may inay I 1 that ho t the llie book of if is ia of divine origin orgin 0 and that plural marriage 1711 le is ij althon authon aed by b but vi den in ill lite fare face of 1 I statute 1 I 11 ell is intended to lo protect the war riago 0 sa stein of one trial man to one 0 to I 1 lie indu indulges loes that belief to tile the extent of ili marrying arr ving more all than ajl pin pile woman lie be coine s 1 1 I bi bigamist alii st in and lit amil it A answer for tit llie e offense the ilie 4 law of byj as a s 3 tile tic first t to make bigamy 0 1 a I statutory crime in ill tins this territory TI that I 1 at alad lite poland bill of 4 I 1 nud tile later moral tomp bire st sant ilac knoon as is I 1 ls law MIMI lias 1113 boun ill sustained J bailie by lie Su supreme loius jill are by all ul law abiding 0 citizens as lite law of aliu land but we vie are arc confronted here ill in moll b by y tile decision of tin the high Ct until of the morico n church declaring and dujany people following that decision have subjected themselves to lines and imprisonment rather than conform to national law atilt and thousands thou sunds Ou outride title ot of llie penitentiary III who to ire arc enjoying 11 ilc r protection ind and bell of teiei government v unit and ilia j of t he elective franchise are nut not less 0 guilty bilty in ill one sense and ire arc not bett belter er it if so good as many who tire nrc in prison every very territorial officer liy by virtue of statutes null and these are always and necessarily mormons Morn Mor ioni mons every legis legislature liture of tile llie past atilt anil the iho Delc delegate of lite 1 lormon church it in cl lave have ailed nud and aie to using ising ili every effort to the execution of thew lai lans s atilt and to break dowl those ito ho under tile liw are intelligently 0 and oil honestly to enforce thorn alj these ese pro aio followill ful following lowill the edict of the llie eccli siai lical fical high 0 council and toy by words atilt and acts gr art e ur urging in others ta to to do so iso 9 nud and 0 I 1 those bilici upon con coil diction act boll in tile llie courts purpose ie 0 ile o live fire up till to their privilege COT aa a SQ Q con construed of option are arc pre rented in the brevell ol 01 llon 1011 jolin III C caine I 1 delegate to lo coil congress cl rem delivered beford tile logan conference a 1 few days since null the following 0 extract front from liis his paper fill Si liLlo 0 Jl je tober 11 lia afy 8 1 george aws wa to tile penitentiary the follo following winn 0 day dac mr caines paper so 91 I 1 there is if 6 1 ulic iia a inan t bliku 1 i k e gloro 11 lui nuey goesle but alien han one does go ills and nc be q r cil like I 1 oft 0 their lial bat 10 i fillo to fo they ibry ft 4 1 it brine atilt honest ivoin n Is filloff I ili because cl bla lil an ami I 1 JA liefl aill not notier tier ailt aul bills III othel 1 I lie vile fact tit that the territorial cers of 1 lioni I A ever every k 1 gisla ture of tile pitin deho coil res siou at al delag ate and alint that too 11 the le lei le legislatures I I 1 and ail delegate leIte paid out of ts he hc Trea Miry of the tf L kited St Stat ittes cg nil indie ively joining and ami leading lit in a loo to defeat rolf pf af la laft j of tin tile stale bresci I 1 ils it a tra travesty esty upon government parallel but it iiii is tid these ila isaie e committed no crimes crime null nd therefore licit ito Is thit true anny atilt and it it lc ile true irue would it il plot not be viell it in juan c toie to peal some laws and el ennet 1 others oilier fly by A brids pr privilege avile es chich should lie be esteemed bo be cI forfeit e d to such conspirators against the well belli being 4 of lail ali ami order and tile cul i i lit ened aval of the world alic ill iiii atho c in inspires pires inath abnot tier and lim out into tile tho reel to commit up ill in a 3 pal pai ser by ind anil covers his bis co conspire tor for from danger it at the attic hands of their victim with aa a rifle from his P alicc I 1 bocc 0 ol 01 f concealment is 1 n I guilty man loan the mail ile io lie holds ill it a woman woma 11 while er cr ravis ravishes lieg tier lier is alike guilty this thi being true it follows that all it a C anilse mormon is not 1 deserving I ct erving of 39 a touch consideration as a 1 polygamist for the reason that 1 where here two in oman men claim to believe that polygamy is ili di uin illk ly appointed pointed ip tile one ito ho follows that belief into a coll conscientious I 1 lots praet practice ice is the honester of 0 the two tuo if you punish the honester duo you at least should di 5 fr a achim tile ali other w the ho belongs anil gives material aid and support and defense deafen se tool to an organization banded to tie do an ail unlawful of 0 this c ciplic i lite isyou ott d embodied iii the idalgo statutes ill alir validity ot of which has been ell sustained by chief justice I 1 aliases iab es with this enactment the lite monster was throttle 1 I and with willi it 1 tile the growth olind political efti P power ower of ifor is ended in d klinl tat territory national supremacy cann cannot ot be upheld in utah ns as long ionn 0 oa as political power is nested in ili those ullo ire arc en cn agn aged med in fit nullifying c the statutes of congress longress and for so doing tire are out oll of tile the at washington I 1 protest for myself and for off all good people that eliat such application of pubic lie funds be no longer inide alade the territory is dh bided into three judi manial jai districts presided over le by the chief justice ao abid the associate justices justice of tile alic supreme court there should lie four districts or perhaps not nol more districts hit but certainly felir judges ca anil tile united states attorney should ito bo alow dy lobed cd thecie good atilt and a clerk for the hie acason that tile km la of congress of 1871 imposes upon it clial I 1 at the of all terri tonal onal in addition to the united states stalls cases besides tile duties abich pertain to like olli evirs iu in ill alic C states slates and other oilier territory lie stands stand in the reli relation tion of tile genca at al ind and prosecuting bilker oll ncr of ill alie icv eral datri districts ts in lions tins tills it will be seen imposes responsibility atilt and cical teat labor upon that bial of officer licer A more vigorous broic ution of pei polygamy P ramy atilt and unlawful to 10 habit arioli ci es eldell lilii requires call for still further IMP nud and mole moio court under the edmunds law nil and by this court poly polygamy c in all its bide liidi I 1 ess s lias hal b laid barehand bare and tile the power of the hie government to ical deal successfully with the llie question 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