Show UTAH AND THE MORMONS LETTER ietter 2 edt edi editor tot lot lor deseret news dear sir in pursuing the investigation of this much looted mooted question of mormonism it maj may to ce well for us t to 0 inquire a little into the nature of the legislation contemplated tem plated in those bills now beffi bedole e congress and what the results will b be e upon atal utah ulah and the nation mr air Freling huVen huyen has introduced two mr logan one mr poland one mr sargent two and how many more have bi been een introduced we have not yet ascertained utah certainly cannot complain of being neglected in the national councils and if these bills were intended to work workout out the good indicated in their titles she would have just cause to be proud of this distinguished attention but when then we reflect that these bills without exception cep tion are e v direct attack upon the territory as well as upon republican institutions and calculated to strip the people of the last vestige of civil and religious reli gous liberty it puts another phase upon matters it is alleged that the original bill from which these were taken for several of them are nearly duplicates was gotten up tip by some parties here bere what if it was wae was there is no necessity for tor blaming any ring here or any anywhere where else these bills have been before committee the sen ate or Hous rous eor both no matter who are the framers or originators the gentlemen who introduced them are responsible for them and nd so are the committees who sanction or permit sueh such principles und and ind so are the members of each house so mar far as they adopt them we are not to suppose that the introducers introduce rs of those bills nor the members of several s evera evern I 1 committees nor those gentlemen on composing the senate and housea of representatives of the united T JI tb s are ignorant either cither of the contents of bills or thel ivri injustice ustice and ad allty nor norm norin M most instances of the demoralizing effects of such legis leggis upon tipon the nation not kot oldie one of thiem dare such le islat tion for the governing of constituents all ali know or should know that these ulese aeta acta are unconstitutional tut ional all know that they are or of tile the treaty bf guadaloupe hidalgo allenow all ali know they are unjust and oppressive all know that thuu ij isa breach of the covenant entered into in our organic act allenow All AIl know that they are at variance with representation and republicanism all understand that it is a religion reli rell giom persecution and that these bills are gotten up as pro scrip tive intolerant acts and that in passing dg them they violate all the known guarantees of public and personal rights social and religious iddis freedom municipal aud and individual immunities and are intro dueing measures too tog palpable and flagrant ld 1 to be known by any other namer ethan than that of despotism 1 1 this iatter latter ferrn sounds harsh and V I 1 would buld not be discourteous but in all ali candor it is right to call things b by their theli proper roper names I 1 it t is th the fact that I 1 would broach despotism is not eon ton confined fined tined alone to tb emperors or autocrats there is the despotism of a mob judicial despotism iii military civil and religious despotism manifested by generals legislatures anad atad religious dictators as dellaa well weli as a variety of other forms normy in public and private life the despotism of the sans cur cul otle in their v various arlous sanguinary 1 siony in pari part as well as that of and marat under the republic of france yas vas was quite as reprehensible as that thai of catharine de medico in the butchery but cherk of the huguenots Huguen genots the despotisms despotis ms manifested in the republic dictatorship or empire or of christian or pagan rome were not very dissimilar in their effects upon their victims diplomacy intrigue ue and finesse though they may cover over the acts and doings of men and give color to fraud i i and tind injustice cannot fein remove 0 ve 1 the crime webster defines a despot as one who rules rulen regardless of a constitution and taji a tyrant and to be dis franchised by spec spee special 1 ial lal legislation on purely religious grounds regardless ga gard rilles less of constitutional and other guara guarantees by the Con congress giess of we the united states is more reprehensible than that mob despotism which dro drave Us from missouri and illinois because while tile the latter who wilo were unlettered and alid 1 ignorant did it under the influence of frenzy and excitement the former in cal eal calm caim in deliberative council in committee rooms and in their 1 congressional halls where with the united talent of this this au august assembly these solon suf sut the nation I 1 del dei deliberately I 1 and in cold cola blood ignore rend to atoms and trample under foot the most sacred guarantees 0 of f aur bourna na tion tiou trin franchise chise chiso i aswill We WS will now brley briefly examine e these bills and as there is a reat great teat similarity among them simply glance at soma some of the leading provisions of Freling huysen and loman logan Stick ton I 1 rhe rne th fhe e V U S marshal marshai Mir shulls Is authorized i zed to appo appoint ilat lilt deputies in each of the judicial districts of said sald territory to be approved by the judge oft of the h e district court coure and rend ta execute all ali processes whether in id the da district strict courts of the united tate tale or inthe n the courts of this thiis territory 11 section 2 GI gives Y es the same power of appointment of deputies toabe to the united states district Mt attorney oTney orney to together eter with ith tho the exclusive right to officiate dinall in all ali courts ted tates or territorial ma 11 the i above interfere with the prerogative or of the tho legislature and ruid people dep depriving them right la in regard to th the of officers beers for the manaem nt ne of their own local iq and place placed i all tile tiie power ln irethe twe mederal federal government it also make distinction between this allia and iid tid other terri terrt tor tonie torie led leg sJ i wily why does this bill trot appoint these thes meers officers a place in the tha lobby V in washington V A t per pen rabaa faman and liti itil v vilify tho the mor mons for that is wb what t they ie have been doth or engaged I 1 4 L d 1 in in s since n 3 the aa assembling sem bling of congress 0 o g section 7 at gives vs mhd the power powe gotlie to the U S judge marshal and vend elerk Clerk to select the juried 11 depriving the people of any ahik voice in ilo iio the lie matten matter and thenG thene ven with this thia jury 0 of f thel their ra own n selection tile tiie the clio counti court and dud t af I 1 1 i not nob the jury shall pronounce punishment why not let court do it ail all af a first there no need of a jury in such sucila a case only hypocritically tor gover cover the tyranny contemplated it true a number of names are be selected and they are to thoroughly mixed and shaken but then tile the manipulators federal not local shall we blamed for a lack of in the these 4 gent gentlemen lemerl when I 1 a assert thal that on oil the trial triai of president young and others under the administration of his honor judge I 1 mckean adler ayler ajder after thoroughly mixing and meyling m na lna ina under oath I 1 etc etc out of one hundred and thirty thousand citizen mormon Mor mons s non not one of them found this jury and wo we are demurely told that this tried by our peers Is this federal justice justlee sections auctions 8 and 9 provide bhat that the federal officers shall have power to regulate fees these fees are by provided federal officers paid by them to themselves and their own appointees appointee collected from ahad abad paid by citizens for the tile privilege of being oppressed a very pretty federal arrangement and one that was used very effectually by judge du rell of louisiana in behalf of his friend norton section lols lois 10 Is a sin singular conglomeration igan aeration of contradictions contradict 10 ns it makes a woman acoman a 60 consort niort and not a lawful wn wife 2nd and this woman or consort call eail go to a united states court aa a court of law asking to be discharged from a relationship which is not nut in law and therefore there foie fole not binding and of which the court can take no legal co cognizance ni zance the court then is empowered to discharge her from a relationship ghi ahl ell eli is not binding and therefore null to give her her children and apportion her hen herbus hus no her tier paramours par amours property 3rd ard this illegal act shall be registered on the records off of this legal court and then shoo sheo she sho shall liall be a femme foze soze ar or a single woman what was she before if she was not got married ath nothing in this section contained shallie shail shall be construed to have the effect of recognizing the validity validity 1 of any auy any dual or plural marriage this his law is made to the validity of an act which it does not recognize or declares declared hi invalid valid now it is visible and then invisible it can and it t cant cault 4 it is legal und and illegal fast and juose A woman is not married and lind yet she shim is she is divorced ed from a man to whom she is not legally bound for no dual duni mari ariage 0 is reco recognized is adjudged alimony from a man to whom she was never llever married and last of all she is declared a single woman an and q all this is done bylaw by law to stich crooked shifts arcemen are nen uen put in zeek ing to violate justice egui equi equity ty and n law a w either thep ther relation relationship ship is lawful or unlawful nl awful if unlawful t is not binding it is is M simply m i ply A fl figment if lawful lawful it cannot be broken Section 12 gives power to a judge at his discretion to dech declare fire tire any prison unsafe and to place placer their thein victims in a military prison such an act is a fit finale of the above abote federal again section 13 3 S provides that if the IT S marshal or any of his deputies shall be resisted or threatened in the execution of his process which these bills are especially designed deigned s 1 to provoke he may way then call upon a military posse if lie he in his bl s judgment thinks it requisite now as I 1 said before more then than than one of these officials have been pho eluted for felony but the officer commanding abany at any military fortis forfia authorized to detail sueh such posse on ibe fhe tiie requisition of f buch ruch such men at and d furthermore ato to furnish force when whenn necessary to oppress suppress any mob or riot did we e have a mob or riot in this thes Terri territa tb ry these those bills evidently eon con template contemplate goading the people to desperation the framers trainers naturally think that the people will wilf riot stand mand the amount of tyranny contemplated aud und that mobs and riots hots will ensue then mhd military nAili tary i called upon anarchy is afie res rei 1 uit uld followed eu b by y confiscation of property and a division of the spoil blood carnage nace nage and desolation are evidently fui jui t ii lloy at jo oot rot rc euf cur cun it will be ila iia nu faull ui lle ile lie jle framers and ab ettora of trese these diabolical production on a fourth of july celebration in Jn this city elty the gramme pro p provided provided that each dep department artmen t should bo be headed heade d by a company 10 militias af the theace h ct etl 4 ing governor issued a proclamation PY prohibiting ohl ohi biting tho thu ass aas embling assembling of mili 1 f tia and called upon gen de tr 0 for t troop roo 1 1 and requested i ested estea him to fo fire tipon 1 P n the citizens citizen if their militia should assemble on this national jubilee the general being more humane humano than this quixotic governor sald said 1 I feel called upon to perform my duty but do not wish to destroy peaceable citizens I 1 will therefore b bring rin thet tho men place them in position order them to make ready but you shall shail give the word FM FIREs E the rhe militia did not assemble they listened to the command of this dignal digna no blood was wa s shed the G general eng ong however not being considered 0 orthodox was removed section 17 provides that the probate judges and notaries Not aries public bali bail shall hall 66 by the goti gov errio and removed i by jum jam an ani 1 other federal arrangement lt it Is isi true that the legislature like so many figure heads beads or dumm clumm dummies les ies tes fes P may make a taw law and these officers may hold their offices forthe for nor the time which the law provides but what has tile the legislature to do with it if the governor annuls it removes the parties and appoints others other 9 the they power is with the governor the acts of the legislature are fictitious section Is 18 provides provide that tho the sup supreme e ma court pr cr its judges only jarg shave to d 0 sug sue units writs of habeas cor cop corpus puff AL AIA 1 fid fic DL R ar the bederak l iederan calr can make their anwa special appointments manipulate or air veto all laws lawo serve processes by olL cers the U marshal arll arli and alli ris hs deputies select and pack their own juries try them before thel own jud judge gest prosecute them by thel rown ne s put theiu hem in their own military jails and then thon refuse them any redress or of bf habeas corpus only through those very men who have thus thug condemned condemn et them how much in advance ad vanee vande la is this of the government of hobesh ere eue and murat of parl the action ot of the tho sans calote culot ef T where vr la ic jeffreys ff marlor ys it is true you have appeals from the inferior to tro the supreme courts so had william tell to gesler so S 0 o had the christians when they were being sacrificed in romo homo to nero noro so had jesus to herod atod tile tiie pharisees eharis Pharis oes ees S so had the tha and to tn the pope so had our forefathers to the british government dutton button ou ean ran appeal to the united states supreme co court urt N 0 t inthey they can help it The these sesame samo same creatures res reb are ara to fo point out the way the road leads leada through them arthey shut itaho it who can open it the Tha crowning infamy of these till bills Is place plue to foreign rule rulo and then prevent t an appeal for no appeal can be hm hd to the supreme court of 0 the united states it these bills pass thee theiline lipe ten placed at nive five 1 nen men stran strangers gea gem and enemies A century tur ago our seniors and fathers in their declaration on of independence enunciated the tho following sentiment and declared to this nand the world that governments deelee derive their JUST powers POWER from the consent of mhd 1 these sentiments gava eava haveit been taught in our schools school Sr declared irom from the pulpit and forum have been read once a rear whar to on our r ten twenty thirty and forty millions of listeners in the various decades do you wish to throw in ilief the teeth of your venerable seniors and ancestry that they rab iab laborer brea under a delus dely sioe loi that they ther were id ia erro erron n in plain words that they i lied led 7 on thu tho other band bandt do you yon wish to pronounce to the world that your government 13 unjust gentlemen 7 take which hornor hornot horn of the tha ou please you ha have v e so saras faras fan san as you have gone and not 1 I written writ ten record you are inviting Indi ting youn own history with all the revore revere reverence uee hed and respect due to the tho rulers ot of a mighty the tho tops of the theo these Q distant m mountains I 1 call cill upon yoa boti your career for I 1 ais 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