Show remarks marxs ny pres president ident tabernacle tabe anac e REPORTED zt zev G D WATT I 1 am very much grAtified with what I 1 have heard fron frola our hr ethren brethren today today to tr aay day I 1 the they lave have well weli P I 1 hasa hase been interested and instructed As I 1 bave often told yati I 1 am unable to draw ilic dividing line between the spiritual aud the tsipora tern we tet eeb teb apart one day in th week for the tle purpose b of f kneeling together to administer the sacrament of the lord hord lords hords sl supper supper and to speak upon things which per pera 1 laam to building bail ball ding up the k ngu ngi om 0 G A on I 1 theearta this is in our or tuis this labor 1 I 13 s upon spon us usand and I 1 do not know that we f rave ave anthi fg else to do for abr it comprehend compre hen s the Y whole existence of nan nati nau thus barwe far we haie hake bed blen ben ill in great work in it we hae eave kave been blessed and in it we delint delight to be blessed bless biess cd every person is arter after happiness f andrall persons pursue dursee a course coure thit tint seems to lead to the possession of ha when they pursue nn in opposite course to that they are tuti futi fully y aware of it I 1 the he most profi kate gate ate and wilcken person is always alvayd ready to aih hen willing illing to tell the he truth tha thai he be knows that he does wrong and is not lappy in doing sc so andt an that hat it if he be ever enjoys happ happiness mebs mess he be munt nuit cense canso to do 3 evil ands andi earn to do well we W wish wyth to obtain we wish to obtain our rights in rt re ard to our political rights cwill ask have we ever seen beena seena 1 day 2 I 1 since aseph found the plates from which w wa as bakri the bb babok 01 I 1 of oe cotmon 4 utti util this ilay in which tiie thet christi n the moral noral and the political world worl id or any kotlier an petition cioll of the thet inhabitants of the earth ever p g ve to tl joseph smith and his brethren one ol il s R ry that they could possibly lepp keep frim tle tte fie eie albey they have withheld every favor evel evely y b e esing easing sing sine every accommodation that was vai po h e for alieni to hold from the later day sll sli tg is yet every move they rave have m de fc s actually tended to build up r arengi alln lin and increase the tha very power ower they were trying to destroy they 1 ave oyied to destroy the ay to hinder the inc ease case of 0 Uie Latter datter day S eints to le lesen leben sen ben their rob them thein of 0 their location and homes and lar laj laKo ait att all drive them thern from fromm what is ia called cal cai ed but the res results fits lits of oc all these acts instead bl 6 aar what they desired have iven ivan lie he latter day saints sainta and coin corn ay iy all the evil they have hav e sought tw to bring upon us the fhe lord through his inscrutable has las converted convert rd irit into blessings blessina for his people we ve are infinitely more blessed b atho perse pene butiong and injustice tice we have suffered than we could have been it if we had haa din aln ain our habitations from which we have b been e eai driven than it if we had been suffered to occupy our codr farms gaudi garais is bui boi esl est mills ma machinery chi acry qua rd everything we e had in our former possessions llad had we not been persecuted we would no now w be inthe midst of the thew wars arsand and bloodshed that abat are desolating the nation instead or of where we are comfortably located locate d in our peaceful dwellings in these silent far off mountains mountains and valleys instead of seeing my may brethren comfortably comfort atly seated aromnd me today loday to lo today day many of them would be faund iti ili the front ranks on the battle heid field lreh freh idealize ilze lize the blessings t of god lre irr idour our oun present safety we are greatly blei blessed sed t great y favored and greatly exalted while chile du our r enemies who sought bought to destroy us are re biln bung humbled I 1 we want our oar politic il rights and they are here within our rea reach c we need not g go 0 to california oregon Or egron washington ton territory nebraska Miss missouri onri nor new york to obtain them the pepie pe pie ale are here and they possess etc elc rights lits ilus we have a right to labor to accumulate foo too 1 I and clothing to gather the various products of the earth to cut the timber and sarit saw san it into boards to make mako adot adol liei and quarry rock nock and build habitations and an then we havo have a right to inhabit them we have a i tight to drink of the water that flows from twe the mountains and we have a right to td get up in the morn n ng when we are sufficiently rested eda weha beha ve a right to too I 1 0 to the kenyons after bodor or to barrness harr harn fess ess 0 our 7 ur teams and go on a visit to dil v i sUtah or any other caunt county y wc ave abo alo a to as we did ald a short time ago av in the rapacity of 0 a mass meet meeting trig and we have a right to say that we ite wilt fiade laws rule bulei s and the public good and officers and aad adjudicators of the laws it is faour our righetto right to fraine frame out our own laws and to elect our own effi officers cers to administer tham them we were told this thu morning t that ailt some bome me brethren re thren prayed but did noe not beilech t they dey dby hey would receive an answer 1 do not find hinda binda fault with them for this but I 1 say bay bax say pray oil on until you can make your seles selea hea hes believe belleve that your players prayers v ill be fully answered according accordingly accor dinglo that thac which is best for you to receive self ar argument ament is the most moat effectual argi argument ameni ament faai can be used let each person penson argue t himself 1 abo aro I nto the belief that god will grant to him ili lis its tin in righteousness some people are naturally nat brally braily of a doubtful kaind min dand Jand and have haver to f contend continua ly against unbelief the enemies ot of god and truth do not love us ug any better tins this year than they did last lost 5 3 ear nor will their love for us increase jn the year that is to come they would dethrone the airn AlTig lowy hy and would have destroyed joseph smith when he had not three men to stand by him had hall they the thee power to do so and the they would blot out every ves ige e of this kingdom it if they could the body may be destroyed but the spirit still lives according to the constitution constitution of our government vern ment we me have rights tights in common wih mh our fillow countrymen we have a right to 1 I 1 set la in any and mi unclaimed claimed part of oe the public domain owna A by ou our G govern overn merit ment aare the tha inachin pry of the has not extended and there govern and control ourselves according to republican principles and the congress of the united states is not authorized in the least by the constitution that governs it to make laws for that n nw ni i settlement and appoint adjudicators and ad of the law for it any more than vve ive w have hava lave a right to make laws and a apponi s of the law for Califor idil ia ohio I 1 illinois oz un this however is 19 dole doie do e by the congress of cathe the united sate states but it is I 1 an assumption assumpta ion of power not within the con sti of tt the ae american ite lie public C when con congress grebs gress or the president or of the T united uni ted states appoints a Go governor vernor vernot for a territory that appointment is not according tb the C institution though it is 13 according to laws enacted by congress in am amendments to the h e C 0 ll 11 or of the united states state 11 articles nine i e and ang ten it is definitely desi stated that ahe P en enumeration m 0 in the As constitution of certain right agh taj ehalt thail not be const construed vied tied viea to deny or dr its r retained d b ay the llie people 1 tho the powers not delegated to the tue united st states ates by the constitution nor prohibited by it to ane the states stated are reserved to the state s respectively or to the people I 1 are wo ale were tod this morning that wo meo shall inot not always he be driven were w we wc c driven id ird 1857 and lson no and they might have traveled tl up and down haus bilatti Is fork 11 to 0 this day aej we still would have re rained regained here enjoying in our safe retreat they had no power alc alz addid i d did not exercise any I 1 say to the enemies of truth that I 1 can tell them the that are spoken in ili their p I 1 vate counsels the very thoughts of their hearts are made known to me they lay idy their pana to accomplish su h arid arld such a work in bolong a time and then plan a i movi movement to destroy the mormons cormons Mor mons that is what they talk about and what is in their hearts hie tre arts arta but they will be ba disappointed in it all every time they make a movement against this ibis kingdom th they ey will lii iii sink sinka still lower in tb the scale of natio national a I 1 p power ower while the kingdom 0 of god will r so more moie and more in influence and aad in the e ey a 3 of all perle if ay ay of you ire are afraid think not that you I 1 can escape danger by fleeing to the tates east or wes to california for fon for tor it shall come to pass that he be who fleeth ra the noise of the fear tear shall fall into the pit at ai d he that cometh up out ot of the midst of the pit shall be taken in the snare again the fear of man bri bringe ngeth ih a snare but whoso choso his trust in the lord shall be safe the valleys of utah are the safest places in the wor d there is not another place upon this globe where a people can with ith more assert their rights before the heavens and ana in the face of all men look at those ranges of rocky peaks with which we are surrounded for he that walseth righteously and spda keth abeth uprightly he that the gain of shaketha hla his bans from holding bribes that stop peth his ers e rs fro n hearlon of blood and tb his eyes from seeing e evil vil vii ile he shall dwell on high his plate of defence sha 1 l be the munitions of rocks bread shall be given him his bis waters shall be sure sute 11 and it shall come to dabs nabs pass in the last list days that the mountain of the lords hords house shall be established in the top of the mountains and shall shail be exalted above the hills bills and all ali al nations shall flow unto it 1 the noise of a multitude in the mountains like as of A great people a tumultuous noise or of the kingdoms ot of nations gathered together ahe lorg lord 0 hosts must ereth the host lost of the battle therefore 0 israel fear not if any are afraid search out among the raves eaves of these impregnable rocks sate safe places to sore soro up grain and other nutritious substances and when trouble troubie comes you can retire and cawi cawl c cawl awl awi into your hiding places while the more mare courageous of your bret iiren shall bl batti attles atties cs and we tye will whip your ene ere enemies soundly god being our helper when 1 I 1 think ot the tife wea weakness kness knets of men and the folly of their trying to thwart the purposes of the almighty it makes me feel like the prophet elijah for it came to pass at noon that elijah mocked them and said aid cry aloud for he is a god either he be is talking or he is persuing per Suing guing or he is on a J journey our or peradventure he slee peth and must be araud 11 I 1 laugh at their heir folly gl god od laughs I 1 1 uhs ht t their folly so longas the latter day buhs sa s1 stints ints will five live their religion zion nion they shall never bo be confounded worlds without end never be afraid your hearts are ura b rave v e y your ou arms dams are strong and got 00 is ig our dele debei se e there are those among us who are timid and arc apt to flee from froin under me the protecting care of our heavenly father and be caught weak and unprotected by the ery very cry enemy eriety they are trying 0 esa escape apt apo from we will cling to the constitution of our country and to the government that revered reveies that charter 0 02 fre emens rights and if necessary pour out our best bloof blood for the defense of every good and righteous prin atile cr ie I 1 heard a gentleman say not long iong ago that he was was going to td stick to the union when the southern re v it transpired transpire trans tran spir pird A it was waa asked of him where is the union now there are now two governments instead of 0 me cne uis nig reply was that he should stick to the govern merit that protected tim nul in the possession of fre emens rights lights the th spirit S and nd letter tetter of oe our const aution and laws will always give us our rights tights and under them we could have served god in Alis sou bou I 1 and illinois as well weli as in the courts court s of high If lihaven heaven haven eaven but the administrators inilisi orators of or the law trampled trample dit it under linder their f feet e e t a and n d willfully 11 ad and openly desecrated the holy oly princ pies ples j I 1 es held foith in tb the e constitution ot of our dr country the kim elm kingdom 0 dom of 0 god dod haa has sustained me a good while and I 1 mean melan to stick to it we shall form a state government and you nee need A ariot diot riot fear any consequences that may way I 1 arise arise from such a course yuu may tell your bors bora that thad in this ibis step we do not sot any ally law nor i m i n the least transcend the bounds of our rights if we me do not nol do this vyt ute lre living beneath thosa thoss right rights s at t I 1 orth j i the declaration la ration of independence an adl aul ehe the privileges I 1 granted to ui u in hi the conom udon of the he united states which fathers bought so dea dearby for us 9 lt att unfurl tup tur stars and stripes the fla of oui oun onn country let us sustain the constitution th thit atoun atour toun balliers fai fal tiers liers have bequeathed to us in stood an ani ant t those who violate it wiil will havo have to meet the crp crushing shing and damning that will bury them in the mire of disgrace if we sustain it irwill it will h ie 1 otherwise other oiher wise it will nut letus let lei us so 0 o kive 1 ive lve that we tte tie sin sia pt it and power or of our religion will be constantly with us up that ithe itse thil loly ghost will be ba our constant com corm nanton canton anlon anion opening for us an unobstructed intercourse with our heavenly filter and his son jesus christ and all is 13 right there is no danger then our own evils make for us danger hanger and if chastisement comes upon us it I 1 is s i be the result of our own unrighteous acts but i if f we 1 live i ve our religion honor our ged god and his Pie pietroo priesthood thoo od then we vve shall honor every wholesome orn oin government go e rement and law there is upon the tha earth and become alle aliens i to all unrighteous i uli nii t alid aird ever they i may be found in the various potions ki kingdoms and governments of he i world are to be found law ordinances and sta tta atutes as good as can be made for mortal man we bave have for forsaken the kingdom ol of darkie ps have come out in I 1 IT open re rebellion bellio 1 n to the power of the devil on this earth and I 1 for one will fight him so help me god as aa long as there i Is s breath in my body ant an ani I 1 do all in my power to overthrow his government and rule abid ai d if he complains that I 1 am infringing upon his ground I 1 shall very politely ask him to go to his own place where he be belongs belong s if any arly among this community want to sustain the tie government of the devil in preference to the kingdom of god I 1 wish them to go where they belong I 1 want to sustain the government of heaven and shall stick fast to it by the help of god it I 1 we 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