Show THE SHE CHARGE ZI aj so S ei TOTS k to the he jury jait v n GS k wr ft 7 I 1 IV s t pa pass oh n to raca and I 1 risk ask the sues atoll ou what man or ft A onion oman banishing nil brej 11 buico ico aud and tho the bible with an honest at ld d single desire to ascertain its truth and ehtle lit say scan s fand 12 any approbation in it of polygamy isaac isanc mar tied but ono wife tile biblo bible gives us its no in information of his bis ever ha having ing married but one or having intercourse with moro more than one woman or desi desiring nug it bo that polygamy cannot bo be reference dorbad or bad ant in tho ewo or L goes his uncle laban and works with him years for hib daughters and is 13 cheated by having another the elder one put to ped bed to him instead of the younger Is IB there anny anal ono hero who can beli belies oso 0 that abo infinite dinitoo puro pure and all wise god tier approved of af of or suggested an act like that wo cannot find in ill the bible or any commentary upon it a nn n expression approving that acl jacob served seven years more and obtained the younger sister and then he had avio tw 0 wives what was the consequence quarreling and contention the children of one woman thrusting thrust illg ono of be only two that belonged belong eZI to the other woman into a well with tho the intention of murd murdering 1 him aud and then taki taking D g lim him out and sending him as a slave into egypt with constant bickering c ng and heart hear burnings among tho the women alad their children childr and hsuch it always will be for I 1 do not can be a divided apropo ly in human on and I 1 think I 1 can safely appeal to thoice who have had expert enco in it which I 1 h have to not for the truth or of this assertion wo find therefore fraud contemplated murder kidnapping and man salling resulting froin polygamy in the family of jacob lu in tho the family of david wo we find gustand lust and murder in consequence of polygamy jati lb tho the bravest officer TOI of tile the hebrew army too brave and conscientiously dutiful to enjoy tho the pleasures of homo home when his place was with the army of israel ori the battlefield uriah confessedly tho the bravest manof the hebrew race was placed in the forefront of the battle that by his death david might tako his wife difo and it is remarkable that ullen ban god bont bent nathan nallian the prophet to remonstrate with david in that beautiful parable of the rich man taking the poor mans single lamb whilo while he ha had abundance of his own in 1 that para blo that will over ever be r read 1 nd al 11 with i t it delight iu in which david was told that lie ho was tho the ono one aih win to k 1 the lamb iamb from the iho poor mau man bigl lie i himself the iho murder which god mot condemned it was the net act of taking wile wife we come now to gitig solomon and the bible tells us that ho be had seven hundred wives and three hundred concubines a pretty w nin family i lly cei cc for the service ot of this very numerous family solomon had baa fourteen n hundred chariots a large number of charlot chariot Z horses and twelve thousand charioteers rs N witha ith numerous houses bouses aud and a palice palace for hii bif egyptian wife opposite the templo almost as magnificent ent as the holy temple itself what was isas the consequence Aft ertho death of solomon when his bon was about to come to tc the all the congregation of israel at its head bead came to him to re mon monserato strato with him about the excessive taxation which bich had pressed so BO heavily upon them jn in the days of his father he put them off for thice days tg 4 tako counsel on the matter the old gray headed counselors of his father men grown aged in service and d full of wisdom urged him to reduce the tha taxes but he consulted with the d adre brought T up N with ith him and they told him to say to bis nis people vy V little fingers fin gershall ball be thicker liticker than my lily fa theis loins if he bound hen heavy VY burdens up upon you I 1 will ivill bind havier hea Tier tho the result was a revolution ten of the twelve tribes off aud and isreal with its glorious memories its inimitable lid cies cica which men will read with kapf rapture uie while human intellect shall dwell with delight upon the beautiful and sublime sub limo was rent asunder a alienated 1 and ruined there is no single fact in history more certain more indubitably easily traceable to its cause as art alf effect than that this cac cs ces resulting from polygamy produced iced this rupture or that the ruin of tafe th 0 He hebrew bieNi race is traceable to polygamy there is no event in history which more plainly undeniably and had bad its origin in in any given cause thau than this revolution and ruin of theBe the Hebrew breW race re resulted stilted from POly polygamy daMY for it stimulated d solomon to lo increased taia tion ion which produced the revolution enyingi in a the dismemberment and ruin m ILL il of the jewish I 1 race now gentlemen turn ts to the polity of mhd hebrews as a people and you cannot find they were ever authorized to practice tico polygamy 9 by any one fundamental ta 1 principle 1111 which governed them nor by anyone luio of the mish jewish law you yea may take the law and you can find no warrant there for tho the practice of polygamy I 1 will you yon h liiv aw polygamy originated tho the asiatic people I 1 the eastern people for jt it never existed in the north rill and west the hardy denof f rome and greece and northern europe never were po it had its origin in in perpetual wars in which the men on one side beia nil all slain and the women all air r avea the cori consequence sequence was that in a state of society like that a dozen women existed for one man thence hence originated pol polygamy E AMY in any command ma iu in tho the bible i it had not its sustain sustaining irig authority in the new testament I 1 have referred to the old testament now refer to the ne ew w the greek word which expresses exar man mall and d ire woman man the ae husband andt and tho the wife are arc used from the beginning to the end of that volume 1 iu I the singular number when husband and wife are spoken of in reference to each other aud I 1 mow have another fact faa approaching the conclusion ofte question u e i 0 to prefer rifer to and it is this i in the eastern countries jbf af asia polygamy 0 has perhaps always existed its itam LIP existed exl sted from the earliest record aie ord of authentic history aud and the most learned and sagacious of travelers trAv elors as tal 0 1 rs aites it as a aason reason why tho the manh maralia aled led hosts hafits of asia A sia abo hrico OB is went down bafaro host of europe that their effete condition their social Wa weakness kness resul resulting tin nom adm polygamy feffe ar cal wn i unable VO is stand eforo tho the dymon 0 amous sons son of europe but the othet day esaw the statement am and doubtless some of you have seen lit it coming froni reports of 1 constantinople that the tha sultan of turkey and his divan or parliament had bad j resolved to abolish polygamy ir if possible tho the pe people aple of th that at natio nation at this moment t the foot of tho the monogamist w is on the no jcck ck of tho the polygamist the world over Bri britain taid with somo some op of her sons now holds iril in subjection a population of in a proT bIce nce seven timmins times iu large argo a as that of great britain et t home put the other day a few 1 I polygamous nation numbering num berina 1 ninny millions and at this heurit is only france and england that enables enable pol polygamous mons turkey to hold bold si a place in europe the he first contest that shall ahau our occur between great britain and uns eusbia sin will crush crash out of existence tho the polygamous empires of persia kind duthoy sachs tho the as c cadency dency which god lids has permitted to monog amista over pol polygamy me amy and anait it will enable us to td economy of DI vino government in ill regard I 1 to th who can find in this an argument in favor avor of polygamy I 1 turn to tho the question 1 of polygamy as determined ter mined by bv human laws and the constitution of the th united slates alp 1 I ano ono of we th 0 1 to tho constitution a UtTi tion which provides protia es shaw malad nolla W re any religious or give privilege vileo to iny in V oun ova any other I 1 ilo not 1 literally il orally but that is ii the quote u 0 0 abu ab r anin c the gi ion in the constitution now you yon wila observe and I 1 iva vant v ant nt you to abid fassi done nn all anxious deser ot to A ascertain ain ill tho 0 truth you 3 ou will observe that tile ho constitution of the united i states encala ppe ala of a religious establishment doci ndoc ody any suppose tuat that the constitution csc meant dut to protect cruce by bv that provision louwill You will bear ith mo me I 1 am about fa enow you that by all ch olizea law that existed at tho the time tho constitution was framed polygamy MAS a crime and it is n fundamental rule i of construction of our constitution th that at its terms term and sand are to be const construed in reference to ili tho 0 common law as it then stood in 1603 J it etwas was about the fint year of tho the reign of james the first of england tho parliament of great cicat britain paired sed a law making polygamy a fi felony with benefit of i alj clergy a and that was construed to lahann itigan a capiL capital ril offence offense in form at lout by tho the judges for a long tuno time in great britain so 80 tho the law stood in great britain when our constitution waa vas framed in sweden it war wan a capital crimo crinion and men were put to death for being long afterwards I 1 have bare not for some years been enabled to follow the changes of jurisprudence J 1 en e in sweden but I 1 think it is i ia stilt still a capital crimo there at the time tile tho constitution was framed in cery ci cry state wo bad no ao stales bates then as wo we now flow liv alve e fu every she we in nation polygamy was a r high of lence deprecated by law law in 1795 seven acara barg after the formation of our constitution in the 3 year car of the reign of george thi third rd the parliament of gre great a t brit britain ain passed au an act making pol polygamy ag yg an punishable uis hablo ns as weepy lai ceny so the lew tol remained t thoro oro until IS 1821 11 when great britain A again i n made polygamy a felony punish punishable able with i soven seven years transportation to her penal colonies coloni cs or two years imprisonment at home AN who beli believes ees that the constitution of tile tho united states framed as it was framed with such laws as those I 1 have reefred referred to among all christian and civilized nations ever meant to protect poly polygamy gainy ns as a religion bious institution I 1 venture naw to say that there is no one human crimo crime that can be dressed up in the forms of religion that the constitution of the united states will vill not protect sooner than I 1 polygamy oly gamy byno by no rule of can it ec bo tortured into tho the support of crime at all ail gentlemen I 1 am telling you plain trutha troths I 1 dasho aill say coword do no act abr tho the injury of any man woman or chil child din ln this ton territory atory but in speaking thus plainly to you vou aud and I 1 do io 40 in the performance of sworn duty I 1 say to you and to thos eyou who have violated the ha law if titio bo be any such within my heating hearing and theio who fire te counseling others to do so 60 you are making a fearful issue between 5 ou oti aud and your govern gove rn mont which you will some bayba day have v a to meet al and RII RI 1 I hurl burl back with unmitigated scorn those charges chames 0 against the government which men mako make when I 1 they ley allego that it is oppressive against ei anybody because it has passed this la N polygamy not in franco france not in E england not in any german nation 0 or r nation out ou t of it do 1 deal with criminal i thus they sw cop them from the faco face 0 of f the earth f foi io lation of law never gaita 6 i people been dealt with so bellien leniently tay in reference to these things is as tho people of this territory those of them who have related reat tho the law in at fer c nc a t to 0 polygamy if there hero bo be any government hai ha i forborne lor borno its officers who ba have bavo been sent rent heie bete laic caucuses caucused caucus used ed their efforts to rag eit bilt bill I 1 bay to you ou nov non that the violation 0 ot I 1 tho the a act et 0 of f ga is A gross Tio violation lation of the law of ave th 0 country it in tile the suture future whatever may se be the consequence to those who in io lating id and T know and I 1 rm am dealing in all candor with bod you I 1 know that last night in the ward meeting houses of this city the most inflammatory in matory aero put forth by persons claiming to bo be the authorized ex po of mormonism Morn aror of polygamy and ng tho the government and so it has been eair ever since I 1 quiet jis lambs when Con congius Congi gims is is in in session these mormon expository expositors exposi tors begin to brag bild cud threaten ns as soon as ever it goes out of bession bession I 1 one to beware how he stimulates this people to a conflict with their government and andi 1 warn them no tonly against violations of tho the law but against violence vio lenco toward F fedora ederae officers Tn a the discharge otheir of their duty for foi jue me I 1 them I 1 am now not young batso but AJ nega never have I 1 declined a I 1 EE lt L t lat 5 1 lur m r and tad if I 1 know myself I 1 lle never faill but centle gentlemen men I 1 warn them and I 1 warn you you that if a federal offic officer eror or any one conein in tho performance of it duty belonging i ng to the vocial government shall be killed or assaulted heie bete I 1 am authorized to say to you it arill bo be followed by a that will be remembered as long A as yonder hills bills stand where they now do they alik anay brag they way may threaten but let them not if they regard their own welfare proceed to action v benti gentlemen vm en in thus addressing you I 1 have not induced ill any any censure ceus except at had been dictated of duty I 1 have tried to tell douthe you the truth as I 1 believe it by nil all my own hopes present and L kindly and candidly I 1 would ifould liko like to reason during hours that may bo be of leisure of both of us k with nith any adro advocate cate of polygamy upon chist sub subject jeet for I 1 nm am not prejudiced beyond the dictates of sworn duty I 1 claim to be the ithe judge ju dge ono man but hero is a law just and necessary as I 1 believe it to be which I 1 am sworn to enforce upon those who have victa violated udd if T rand and I 1 repeat hat hatI I 1 said iSaid at the commencement that this grand jur jury you gentlemen will mill remain in session today to day and tomorrow to morrow and if any man who knows of poli gamy i either in iii his own ease caso or in that of others will come before you as such grand jury and submit tho the question quentio a fairly before you this court will be ready to 6 satisfy the authors author of this memorial in passing upon their polygamy gentlemen of tho the jury I 1 bard finished my charge to you I 1 have dwelt upon this ques gionas I 1 should linao nave des desired ireI any ono one else in my situation to have bavo dwelt upon it had OUT ou situations been reversed and one of you in my place and I 1 know that I iffie done dono it itcan can dudly ia in no spirit of censure in in no unkind in prejudice but with an anxious desire to G gets ea I 1 the e laws observed yon yea are now ready to go to your rooms rooms j will take alto td act your orders and to execute them in tho the larig language 0 of f the oath yon lave you will not si speak eak of matters mattere which como before or mily may be submitted |