| Show REMARKS by nr president BRIGHAM YOUNG tabernacle june 17 1855 ism reported BY 0 0 WATT perhaps it is expected that I 1 will make a few remarks after hearing the statements made by our delegate the hon ilon J M bernhisel f r I 1 pres preb presume urne that but few of congregation ani and I 1 I 1 may say that but few of the people of tins this territory have a thorough knowledge knowledg ej or even a it general understanding of the business transactions and responsibilities of our Da delegate legate in coll coil congress I 1 ress it is a matter malter this people have not immediately before them it does not directly concern them hence they do not inquire into it br bernhisel Bern hise bise has given you a very brief sketch of the flie doings of necessarily I 1 omitting most of them doubtless the people of this territory were perfectly satisfied atif fied with tile the labors of their delegate during the last session of congress or in other words it would be hard bard to find an individual who is the least dissatisfied with him tho it is true that ill fil ule HIP greater part dart of the people do not understand what should constitute a proper cause for approbation or disapprobation they are not dissatisfied with wilh him and I 1 am not dissatisfied with him neither have I 1 ever been beer lie he has been in washington during the past six years most of which time lime he has G s spent there for this people the tile general government ment paid him for the he services of foun four years yeam the appropriation for the services of 0 the first two years another received I 1 ican can say freely that I 1 am perfectly satisfied with the labors of of f dr bernhisel ill in washington and I 1 will further say for the satisfaction of the parties conc concerned erred that I 1 very much doubt whether we could ciril find another man belonging to the church of jesus christ of latter day saints who could go to washington and do as much fon for this people in ili the capacity of a representative enta senta tive as the one we have sent for years past why do I 1 doubt this in the first 0 place ace ce he lie is a t man of sterling integrity firm to his faith punctual E unc tua industrious industrious fervent and always on band hand arid to do every thin thing that call can be done another reason is but few of the tile talented men who belong to thi church could go to the seat sent of government and endure the slang siang and arid misrepresentations ions which the dr lias has endured the dr is different from that class in this respect lie he can endure their insults and abuses it is true they have to be offered if at all behind is back for you cannot easily find a man roan who eliol will abuse him film to his face as li he is so kind in b his is manner wanner so gentlemanly in his appearance and so easy in his deportment treating ir everybody with tue lue courtesy ard respect when i a deadly lead ay foe to his operations and ant ani to the interests of his con is in tile the field that is the first man tile the dr visits and he be labors to make him our frien frield fri erd d having blavid cliffore us these reasons wilh vilh kith many man others equally weighty that might 3 be given I 1 doubt whether there is another m man an in the territory or belonging to the church in or out ot of the territory who could have fcc accomplished what br bernhisel has done in washington tn for this people I 1 am that I 1 sho should tild not stay there long for there is too much fight in me you have seen some persons who when mad torild bight fight a whole crowd as readily as they the would a single person I 1 am so cf of that temperament if I 1 should get mad in washington I 1 would as soon fight the whole crowd as a one individual and they would use me up there are but few spirited men who would endure the abuse and iles lies heaped upon this ibis people 46 J there is one statement which I 1 have already made in this stand twice or thrice but I 1 will now make it argain before our delegate for it has caused him much trouble rouble it har has been reported ia in the united states stales that brinham aham abam sham s ham bam should have said that the resident Pes Pies ident of lh ili united states could not remove him from chiq hi office I 1 will repeat what I 1 did say aa nearly as my memoir will serve me exhorting Exhort inZ the Br ehren elbren and sisters I 1 said 11 do not be alarmed neither let your hearts sink within you or be worried in the least with regard to a rew governors coming to this territory for the lord almighty will pre preserve geve seve your present governor unto you as long iong on as he I 1 please lis ease and no power can hinder and if it is his will to remove the present governor kaow know ye that hat it will be for the best 11 that is the spirit of what I 1 said if nit the exact words and I 1 say so now president pierce lias ilas been in power long enough to try the ibe experiment add and there have been many to influence him to remove the governor of this terii teril territory tory from office la 13 it done it is not tho thol we neaily thou thought glit it was when wilen col steptoe step oe received the ap appointment but th the e lord operated ted upon the col coi td continue his march to california ile he oce received ece ived his lis commission but he would not be qualified there were many applicants for tile the office but they have not yet got it and the lord enli baffle them as long lonz as he pleases lie he turn turns the IP hearts of men when heg hey they know it not and lie the mysterious workings of his providence among tte ite tie IP people they hey do not understand ile he rues rutes rules in leir beir e r midst ard controls the nations of the earth ar according cording g to his will andy and pleasure leasure so he does ill in his case and will continue to do just as ion lon iong long as is him blin cooil gool when be wishes another another governor here the he proper will be been on hand antl then hen there is no power beneath the heavens eavens eivens hat can simply remove demov the pr rent governor of L U all ah much less the loyal people who inhabit tape nonEt nonia ains sins the people Veople abroad are arc at enmity with us we expect this for the they y have been our enemies ever luce ince we have hare been saints or professed to be are they opposed to us in consequence of the doctrine which has been alluded to by br bernhisel I 1 mean wean polygamy no let the methodists church of ea england land band presbyterian or any other popular church adopt that principle and I 1 it t krould rould could be applauded to the skis slie they are mt not opposed apo ed to us an consequence consequence of the doctrine cf of polygamy pol poi Y a my lias has the wrath of the en enemy effia become any more enraged since hat doctrine has been published than it was before no not one on particle christ and cannot be made friend the devil is at t war with tile the kingdom of god on the earth and always has been and will continue to be until he is is bound they do not penio pento personally nally hate you nor me any more than they did joseph smith whom they have hife slain they do not hate bate the latter day saints airl airi t s any more now ban than they did twenty years ago the same sanie deadly hatred was wag then theft in the heart of every one who had the privilege of hear in ing te the doctrines of this cht chi church ir ch and refused to embrace e race them that we see exhibited at this day if they had had the power twenty or twenty five years ago they would have hare slain the prophet joseph as readily reality and with as much rejoicing as the they did when they massacred him in carthage jail jai in the state of illinois it is not any particular docar doctrine i ne or men and women that hat they are opposed to but hev they hey are opposed to christ and to the kingdom of god on the earth I 1 observed here last sabbath let the wicked rage and the people mock on for now is their day and it will soon be over let hem them do all they can and if they have power to destroy a any n mor more e of this people armen aroen to it what wha t wilt w i yi it t do dd it will I 1 only augment atiz ment the cause of zion spread the go gospel pei pet of sal Sil salvation and increase the he kingdom of god on the earth their persecutions will never destroy this people or I 1 he ie everlasting gospel every time they filey have killed any of this people and opposed lle ile lie the gospel both have increased ten fold and the work has spread still the more yes more than it would have done had they let it alone and not have come against the saints to daive drive them from their possessions if it is wisdom that the saints should be driven again azain it would be the greatest bles bies blessing sinZ that could come to thi this people 0 p le for it would give greater permanency lo 10 to t tile b e king kingdom dom of god on the earth As I 1 said when I 1 commenced preaching preachy anz twenty three years ago and saw the same spirit of persecution se exhibited then as subsequently let us alone persecutors we do not wish to fight you for we have not come to destroy mens lives or to take peace from the earth but we have come to preach the gospel and to make known to you the things of the kingdom of god if your doctrine is better than ours let us know jt it for we are se searching archim after the true rue richs we wish the tiie light of heaven to company accompany re us we are searching after salvation and if you have anything better than tb this iset let iet us its have it a and 11 d 1 if we have anything better than you you are welcome to it but just let us alone for we are determined in the name of israels god not to rest until WP we have revolutionized the world with truth and if yo you yon n persecute ils us we will do it the qui quicker tIcer I 1 1 say I a y the same now let ilet us alone and we will s end send elders to the uttermost parts of the earth and gaiber gather out israel wherever they are and if you persecute us we will do it the quicker because we are naturally dull when let alone a one and are disposed to take a little sleep a little slumber and a litile azitile rest if you fetui let iet us alone we will do it a little more leisurely but if you persecute us we will sit up nights to preach the gospel to return to our delegate it is not my in at this tills inting meeting to mention whom I 1 think we had beatr send to washington as I 1 alid odid two years ago this summer when br Bem hisel hipel arose to speak here at which time we nominated him for our next delegate before he be is again elected I 1 wish to learn whether he is willing to return the office is a toilsome toil tome rome one and is is a mi sion slon which is not desirable to any elder in this kingdom but if afi I 1 can learn that he will accept the mission I 1 have no question gil estion but that he will have to round up tip his big shoulders and ond go again if it lie declines accepting and wishes to be bs excused we will pik pick up somebody elsei else who why the man who will do the least hurt of an any y man roan we can find as for doing much there in the way of getting our just hare bare of the appropriation appropriations pria tion we care not whether he be can do it ori or not for we care not whether they make them or no not true the members of the th utah legislature get their per diem arid and some money has been ampro to this territory but is it paid to territory no only a mail mall portion of it and it has leaked 0 out ut that they have determined in washington never to pay another dollar to utah until they can have all the federal offices in this territory filled by persons persona of their own choice A fe few W cf of the he brethren have received some money for the labor they have done on the military road but I 1 thlik thick I 1 can take men onto that robite roh row te for which 25 were appropriated and said to have leen been expended and do more mere good work with or than has been done dose with the they wish political gamblers to have the money in order to work corruption aud aid make the influence of money effect the he ballot box as in the united states and thus use the appropriations for this to party purposes and pander to corrupt favoritism they the bad better keep the money out of the territory than bring it here with such objects in view if the tile government of the united states never pay another dime to this territory orv I 1 will insure i that in ten years we hail hali shall hall be teatime ten times q better off than if we received a hundred thousand dollars dollar a vear year year from alem and that too upon natural principles I 1 wil will use a familiar comparison to illustrate this ibis suppose that a father bas hai a number of sons and one of them wishes to set up tip for bim himself self whereupon the old man furnishes him a farm buys him a team eam cam builds him a house and puts bread into the house for his family buys his seed corn a plow and harrow shows him how bow to P plow ow and perhaps sends one of his hired men to plow p ow for him im in a great majority of such instances the son will remain inactive upon his plantation leaning upon his father for support until he becomes indolent and say 11 if I 1 want I 1 cah can go and get et it from my father or if I 1 want a team a abara barn a houe howe or anything else the old manwill man will supply the therl them ri I 1 have nothing to do but call upon my rny father now what is that bov boy boy box good for ile he is ii not worth a red ri cent tent ent turn him out into the world alone and be he will starve to death but girst first learn leann him to co go and earn his farm his teams earns and his bread to unGer understand stand the value of everything by knowing hofto how to earn it and he will become independent like the father and know how to take care of himself so it is with states and territories L it lt t them i be unduly fostered and sustained by the general i government and it will lead them into idleness lelis id leiis inactivity and corruption they will not riot be as spirited and active as when they are made to rely upon their own resources what does docs it do still further you distribute money here and what would you see should mn men come in here this fall willing to pay nay a hi high 11 II price in money for the little grain that will be raised here tins this season I 1 tell you these poor men and women would have to suffer for the want of it as those who have it at least many of thein them will sell the last mouthful for money as has been done men have taken their grain their thein wives and children and made them live on wolf flesh in order to get money the love of money raises tro troubie trouble lible among among a people and sends them thema to the devil weigant we want none of their money and if they are not disposed to send it here I 1 care nothing about their moneys coming and this proves to me and should to you that I 1 do not care about a moans malls mails roans getting ona dime appropriated to bis this his territory but we will send a delegate who will do no hurt and if it were not that the hue liue and rind cry of 11 treason against the general government would be made we e would not send a delegate at all or were it not that they would say now you have proof sufficient that the mormon mean to secede from the union as they have sent no delegate and thiis thus hatch up a pretext for commencing fresh hostilities against us it has been observed that the people where judge fudge douglas reside say sav to him hi lm 11 what are you going to 6 do with utah we hope you will do something to put down this odious doctrine for they will have bare more women than ona ono on and they will acknowledge them openly 1 I am now talking in accordance with their practice cewe we want to hire our women in the dark and pay them a few dime dimes or dollars use them as |
