| Show ri byrhe the city subscribers will please call at oar or kofl alece ace and get their papers for the present the location is convenient conven bent and until we can make other arran arrangements geraerts gern erts we bouli request this 0 of them 7 the held head quarters of the church cb Chur ch ci ft owma they lav had 1 l just been expelled I 1 fro fron from n nau a and t the preat great amount of distress prevailing ailing it at that tha time buie in the british i islands ule hie latter r day saints bunts here wider under me fie advice of elders hyde 11 ie pratt prat ard and taylor laylor presented in n february lebr uary ilary 1847 1347 a memorial to the queen scottn g forth the distress e ci stent a among to on a I 1 large arge coition or of her maje sub echi and proposing t 1 plan for emigration ic to oregon or vao ar ver island sach is tile s spirit of 0 loyalty lov alty and an love tor for the constitution on and la laws s of oc en ir country manifested by or orgon ron hyde alyd nd d jolin john taylor both apostles I 1 in n the carch Clr ct rth ch and ter late editor ol ct the V no published in in new mw york ork city thay T 7 write te avill will not net your majesty loot look vel ell to Bri british interest in those regions and adopt timely and pre in cautionary autio nary ini ra to maintain i a balance fin ot find the pa t do il 9 rea ready d y t to 0 assist angland en tiff land in a an attempt to check I 1 possible the exten on of our constitution and laws law s and to oaken eaken our national strength anti an 1 pov power er but hey go so tar far as to beg be to be all allow aved ed the arv privilege e of using all their might and influx nce ence in accomplishing shing this end these same men are stilt still leaders in in the mormon ch church arci and are as anxious as ever to io bring about injury to the rational nation al gov goi eram eni if not dot in in one way way et etin in another they are ever ready to league uth ole tb ene ede mies of the republic this in in itself Is not treason tut but it clearly exhibits the annulus animus of this peonie 11 this anxiety for british interests cettin certainly y man manifests dests no great love lometor for the if S gotera menton oa tile the contrary the whole tenor tei or and tone of the memorial is based upon the idea of 0 protection tor for british subjects ard is anti american vt pi every eie y particular and an yet et loth both from their press and their pulpit they aai e the assurance to chaulle ge their loyalty exclusiveness is a par part of their the r system and that they acknowledge ledere no allegiance to so any except for temporal purposes s a fact that cannot be quests questioned aw d N upon a strict interpretation orthis me memorial oria in regard to treason the con station st ution of the he united states says treason against ainest the united states shall consist 0 oily in in levying lev ing war against them or in adhering to their enemies giving them a aid id and comfort no iso person shall be co convicted dac to d of treason unless on the testimony of two N witnesses it nesses to the same a eiert ert act or on confession in open court we vre reproduce the question as published in in the church organ on ti the he 10 ai 1 of november ho vember ind and the answer made to it as published ili in our ur paper nov koy in which the 1101 eiert ert let and I lev eviR ingwar g is 13 e p catly set bet artl rih i ulten I 1 d has utah defied th the e au authority tho rity of the U b S government 21 if the shouldering ing ruma ruing of the provision train of the army is no not t a sufficient answer I 1 would call to mind the proclamation of brigham youn loung to the mormon troops sent sento to oppose the th a advance of athe the U b S troops and point to the fortify C aaion in in 1 echo cho i han yon on which still I 1 ornain a i monument of mormon mormon tr treason earin and an ex ec of the superior skill of mormon engineers but bat it may be answered anaw ered the presidents proclamation covers this thia whole question tie the question then recurs has IF been accept oil d not pro forma but in good faith it if it has aas been bee accepted acce pd then this N very ery admission is is in itself a confession of the fact and the legal question then arises arises whether this proclamation cla mation is 19 one of t those lose public acts which a judge of the U S district court is is bound to take judicial notice of our own opinion is is that this proclamation must be specially pleaded and in this view of the matter we ive entirely coincide with judge sinclair who in his bis charge says of this pardon gentlemen although a public fact in in the history of the country this C court ourt cannot take judicial cognizance the supreme court of the united states in in the case of the united states vs va wilson see 7 ath th peters R p holds this language an tiao e the constitution gh gnes ea to the president I 1 in n general terms the power to grant pardons for of fences against the united states 11 A pardon is is a deed to the validity of which delivery is essential and delivery is is not complete without accept acceptance acceptor ar ce it may then be rejected by the person to whom hom it I 1 i ter tendered idere and it if it be rejected vi we e have discovered no power er in a coul cobit t to force it on him hiah judge judg e sinclair has done lug his duty in in the the premises but the action of mr air wilson the U S district attorney whose argument we present in another part of our paper utterly precludes any investigation upon this subject by the present grand jury jury no indictment will be found because the prosecuting attorney for the united states will not assist in it and while therefore the proclamation cla mation or of the president is 13 used as a shield andlee and like the veil icil of charity chanty to cover a mul of sins dinsy we know from the most rew re liable authority that it was spit upon and treated in in the most ignominious manner by some of the members of that very convention vt who he professed to accept it it answers ther their purpose just now and while they despise it we certainly do not blame them for avail ai ailing them themselves seles of its gracious provisions to our mind however Lo how wever ever it looks very much like there was ingims on the lawer er road and thit that threat through gh the woods moods was the safest athe united states slates district court will meet to day friday and take up the question of the expulsion of james ferguson as a member of the bar the grand and Petie juries have been adjoin jouines ned until next monday weel week tile the question or conflict of 0 jurisdiction which has been elaborately arg argued aed within the last week relating to certain territory j al and united states officers will be passed upon by the court Courtl we vo presume at this time |
