Show ia 1 I copy copyright rigia secured f s v HISTORY OF JOSEPH SMITH S FEBRUARY 1943 1844 1 th thi government has mee once flourished nourished under the ahe guidance of trusty servants and the lion hon mir tir monroe in his day while speaking of the constitution says oar commerce has been wisely regulated with foreign nations and be tx tween een the states new states have been ad into our union our territory has his been enlarged by fair and honorable treaty and with great advantage to the original na states stater the states respect respectively bely nely hely protected by y the national government under a mild paternal system against forel forein foreign I 1 n dangers and enjoying within their separate spheres saber s by a wise partition oe of power olver PR a ju just st proportion of the sovereignty lave im provid il their police extended their sett sp t and attained a strength and maturity which are the best proofs of wholesome laws well ivill administered and if we look to the condition of individuals shat wih at a proud spectacle spec table does it exhibit an on whom has oppression fallen in any quarter of dur our union ano has been deprived of any right of person or property 60 who restrained from offering ofT arine erinE h s vows in the diode which he be prefers to the divine author beng it is well known that all these 1 Alp nin 1 1 essin sings s have been enjoyed in their fullest extent and I 1 add with peculiar satisfaction talat there has been no example of a ca capital PL nal hal punishment ment being inflicted on any one for the crime arim of high treason what a delightful picture of power policy and prosperity truly atie the wise mans proverb is just daukant se gg r oman gov goy ka ica bade sade le chah 1 I I 1 I 1 righteousness ex exal albeth teth a nation but rinia etnis a reproach red ren roach to adv people but this is not al all ali the same honorable statesman after having 0 had bad about forty years experience in the government under tinder the tile full tide aide of successful experiment ex peri ment gives the following commendatory comm end atory assurance of the efficiency of tb the charta to answer its geat great end and ind aim 0 to o protect the people in their rights stich such Si ich then is the happy government linder under which we live a government adequate to very purpose for which the social compact ia is 47 formed ormed a government elective elec title tIlle in all its branches under which every citizen may by hiis is merit obtain the highest trust recognized 0 hy the constitution which contains within it yo no cause of discord none to put at variance one portion of the community with another a a government which protects every citizen in the duil kuil full ruil enjoyment enjoy merit of his rights and is able to pro act the nation against injustice from kom foreign pa powers ers ll 11 again ain aln the younger yoi yol ngiT adams in the silver age I 1 0 E oar our 0 a r country count rys s advancement a to fame in his inaugural j address 1825 tb th s candidly declares I 1 the majesty of the youthful republic re IR in its increasing greatness the the year of jubilee ain since bince L the first formation of our union lias has just jast elapsed that of the declaration of face clice elice is at hind the consummation of both awaa an edby adby rf erl efi y this constitution sance S tace that fie period flod a population of four mil lions libs h lifts as I 1 multiplied 1 ird to twelve A territory bounded by the been extended from sea to sea new states have been admitted to the union in numbers nearly equal to those of the first confederation i tr treaties aties atles of peace amity and commerce have been concluded with the principal dominions odthe earth the people of other nations the inhabitants of rez reg regions gions acquired not by conquest but by compact have been united with us its in the participation of our rights and ald duties of our burdens and blessings the forest has fallen by the axe of our woodsman 3 the soil has his beer been mae made to teem terri by th the tha a tillage of our farmers beur fear commerce has whitened every olean ocean k the dominion of man oi over er physical nature has been beet i extended barthe byllie invention of our artists liberty and law have marched hand in hand all tb the e purposes of hum human an association have been accomplished as effectively as under any other government on the globe ani and at a cost coit little exceed exceeding til ill in n a whole generation the expenditures of other e r nations in a single year 7 in continuation of or such noble sentiments gen jackson upon his ascension to the great chair of the chief magistracy 1 said As long iong as government our is administered for the he 9 good 0 0 1 I 1 of the p people eople and is regulated by their will 11 i il as iong long as it secures to us the ri rights ats of per person so n and property liberty of con conscience constien c e and of the press it will be bi worth def dei defend defendis endine in and so long as it is worth defending a patriotic militia will cover it with an impenetrable aegis general jacksons id administration ministration may be lie denominated the acme of american Amei amel ican idan glory liberty and prosperity for the national debt t which in 1815 on account OE af the late war was and ad being lessened gradually was paid up tip in his golden day and preparations were made to distribute the il lie lle surplus rev enne among the several states and that august patriot to use his own words in his farewell address retired retired leavin leaving li a great people pros porous ardd andt halpy ll 11 opy in g t the e full enjoyment of liberty and peace honored i and respected by every nation of til the w world orld orid at the age age 11 then of sixty years our blooming republic began befanto to decline de clitie udder un der the withering erl eri ng touch of martin van buren disalv power cor cori party spirit faction patronage perquisites qui sites fame tangling alliances I 1 raft and spiritual wickedness in places struck hands and reveled in toul trouble vexation perplexity and contention mingled with hope fear and murmuring ruin bled through the union iii til and agitated the whole nation a as s would an earthquake at the centre of the earth the world heaving th tb sea beyond 1 its bounds arid shai shaking ling cing the everlasting hills so in in hopes of 0 better times while jealousy hypocritical pretensions and pompous ambi tion were luxuriating on the illen gott gotten spoils of the people they rose in their majesty like a tornado and swept through the land bilgen till gen eral hari harl harrisoh appe appeared aredas as a star achong the tha storm clouds for better weather the calm camei cam cand fand and the jan language biage of that venerable patriot in his binau inaugural kral ural address while de Ae scanting upon the merits merits of the constitution ution and its framers frame rethus thus expressed himself there were in it features which appeared pear ednot not to be with til their thein air ideas of a simple representative democracy or republic and knowing the tendency of poyer pow er to increase itself when executed by a single I 1 individual predictions were made that at no j very remote period the government would ter minate min ate in virtual monarchy I 1 ft it would not become me to say that the tile fears i of or these patriots have been already realize but as I 1 sincerely believe that the tendency of measures mia measures and of mens menis opinions for some years I 1 past pact has been in that direction it is 18 1 I conceive strictly proper that I 1 should take this occasion to repeat the assurances I 1 have heretofore gimeli of my determination to arrest the progress of 0 that tendency if it really exists and anti restore the government to its heal hi vigor visor this good in man an died before lie had he opportunity port unity of applying one bairn balin to ease case the pain of our 0 ur groaning country and I 1 am willing the nation should bethe be the judge whether general genera era Harri sonin in his exalted statton station stat tort fort upon the eve of his entrance into the world of spirits told the truth or liol itol with acting president tylers eylers three years of perplexity and add sendo whig democrat reign to heal the breaches er or show tb the e wounds altum according to art a r I 1 I 1 9 subsequent ballent events all things cons cong considered van barens burens Bi irena downfall harrisons exit and tylers eylers self sufficient turn to the whole go to shew as a chaldean might exclaim beram eta etal belauh gauhan cey rey certainly thare there is a gad abd in hearen to reveal secrets ko no honest man can doubt for a mo mant but the glory af pf f american Aine rican liberty is on oil the wane and arid that calamity and confusion will sooner or later destroy the tile peace of the people speculators cli cil cula tors will urge a n national bank as a savior savlar of credit and comfort A hireling pseudo priesthood wilf plausibly push ablai abolition i uon don doctrines and doings and human rights 11 into congress con ress and into every other place where conquest smells of fame or opposition swells to popularity democracy Demo nemo croy cruy and cli query will iii attract t their elements and aud foment I 1 divisions amon among the people to accomplish sh fancied schemes and accumulate te pow power er while vv I 1 e poverty driven to despair like irke hunger forcing its way through a wall will break through the statutes of men iren to savelL sate save saveli life ilfe fe and mend mend the breach in prison glooms A still higher grade grad e of what nhat shat the nobility tv of nations nati ong ond call cail great men m e n 1 will dally with all rights in order tto tio to smuggle smuggie a fortune at one fell swoops swoop 7 mortgage mort agag texas possess oregon Or egort 1 and claim all the unsettled regions of the wor world id for hunting and trapping and should a humble honest bonest man red black or white exhibit a better title thes gentry luve have 1 only I 1 to 0 clothe the judge judg c with kith N richer ermine and spangle the layers awyers finger with finer rings to have bave the ji judgment of his peers and tile the honor of his lords as a pattern of honesty virtue and humanity while the motto hangs bangs on his na nations t 1 0 n I 1 s evary ever every y mm vian has bas cashis ills itis price now oh people people turn unto the lord hord and live and reform this nation frustrate frustrate the designs of wicked men reduce congress Cor cress gress at least two thirds two senators from a state and two members to a I million of population will do more business byn lin siness than the army that now occupy the halls of the national legis la lature turf pay them two dollars and their board per diem except sundays that is more mo re than tile the farmer gets and he lives honestly curtail cortail 1 1 the officers office s of government in an pay number 1 and power for tile the philistine lords llave have shorn I 1 our nation of its goodly locks in the lap of delilah I 1 petition your state legislatures to pardon every convict in their several penitentiaries aries blessing them as they go and aud saying to them in the name of the lord go thy way and ami sin vo tio lnore more advise your legislators when they nl mawe make aice alce laws for lar larceny ceni bir burglary glary or any felony to I 1 make malce the penalty applicable to work upon roads public works or any place where the culprit can car carbe be taught more more wisdom and more virtue and become more enlightened rigor and seclusion will never do ai as much to reform i i the propensities of men as reason and friendship murder only call can claim confinement or death let the penitentiaries aries be turned into seminaries of learning le where intelligence like I 1 the angels of heaven would banin banfi bania Ph such frag ments merits of barbarism 13 a meaner practice than the savage tolerates with all ail his ferocity amor vincit omila 11 love lo 10 e conquers all petition petition also ye goodly inhabitants of the slave slav e states bour legislators to abolish slavery by the year ear 1831 isoo or oil now and save the abolitionist it from reproach an and d ruin infamy and shame shaine pray pram pra con congress aass to pay ever c ery ers man a reasonable price for hi his s slaves staves I 1 out of it the TI ie sur surplus lus ius revenue altising from the sale of public lands and from the deduction of pay fro from m the members of congress break off the shackles from the poor black man and hire him to labor like other human beings for an hour of virtuous liberty on 01 earth is is worth a whole eternity of bondage abolish the practice in in the army and navy of trying men by court martial for des desertion if a soldier or marine runs away send him ins his wags ways with this instruction that his country count y will never trust him aim again he behas lehus bas has forfeited his honor make honor the standard stan dard with all men merv be sure that good is is rendered for evil in in all casesi cales cases and the whole nation like ilke a kingdom of kings icings and priest priests will rise up in in righteousness and be respected as wise a and n UN worthy on earth and as just and holy for heaven by b jehovah the author of perfection nore yore ore economy in in the national and state gov ern ernic meats its woula would make mike less taxes armong among the people more equality through the cities towns and countr country aj would make less distinction distinctions aifong dia dip people and more mone honesty and familiarity ili arity in societies would make mke less by hypocrisy aro ato ani flattery in all branches of the ahe community and open frank candid decorum to all men ill in I 1 this boasted land of liberty would begot beget esteem confidence conn jenca Jence union and love iove ae aid and neighbor 11 from flom any state sta te or any oe of whatever color clime or tongue could rejoice when he be put his foot on the tho sacred soil boil of freedom and exclaim 3 the very nai nar 0 O of 0 ini ani er encin is fraught with friendship oh then J create condid confidences en cel eel restore freedom break down slavery banish imprisonment for debt and lie be in love lore fellowship ani peace peare with all the world that honesty is 13 not subject to law the law was male made for transgressors trans gre arst wherefore a dutchman might ex exclaim claFin ki betser besser als Reichi hinn Atun 1 a good name is better than riches for the th e becom mo dation ution of the ati people ople opie in every state and territory let congress sli sil shew their by granting a national bank with I 1 1 tr ran anches clies ciles in each state stats and terri Territory altory where the i capital stock shall be held heid by the til e nation for tha mother bank bink ainley ohp th states and terri terni tonnes lories far for the this branches and awl whose officers and andl directors shall be elected yearly ll 11 hy the people with wages at the tiie rate ol 01 two do dollars I 1 lars larh per day for services ilich idich chich several banks shall never issue any more bills than the amount of capital stock incer in her vaults and the interest the nett gain aia ain of the mother bank shall be applied to the llie national revenue and bat that of the branc branches hes to the stat ea es rev revenues e ill lit i eg and the tile bills hall bebar be ear par throughout the nation chich ai will mercifully cire cire cira that fatal dis Us order cities as broke the peoples co les ies money iii in their own pockets w freedom freedon fre fie edom edon give e every man his constitutional and the president full power to se send nd all an P army riny to suppress mobs and arid the states authority to repeal and impugn that relic of I 1 fol foi olly y which makes it necessary for 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