Show THE MEETING OF or THE MAL MAT CONTENTS THOSE meet meetings inja of two IWO or three thred score seditious mamo mako malcontents on saturday ay april it 11 and the utterances I 1 indulged u d bulged thereat are of ofa piece with the general ie fenor tenor odthe the course of that thit q las of people they simply W wish ish tat tornie hiie or ruin if they cannot have llave the power in their own hands they do not hof wish anybody to have it viewing the actions these characters with the utmost ph arity they must be heid held to labor labon under the awful delusion that whatever patriotism 3 justice and w wisdom they do not possess is not worth possessing and therefore that any people who happen to think differently to what they do dg are not worthy to enjoy the common rights and paid privileges of american citizens in fact are really worthy ot of nothing but dis franchi ement despoilment and deatti death word lyord them them as th they ey please disguise them as they please those are the sentiments of the rabid malcontents who are leading spirits of as such uth meetings but some of the do dd not attempt to disguise g gl e their real sentiments 9 or if they d do 0 at attempt tempt itchey prove themselves miserable bunglers at such de deception e atlon for ahe the cloven foot will not pot be hid it will and does show itself bolens volens let us pay a little attention to their string of resolutions adopted atthe last meeting condensing their substance into a few words the resolutions resolution assert i 1 that thai the iopal local lopal authorities s of the territory aro are arv and have ever been inimical to the laws of the united states I 1 seek to evade and defeat them and acknowledge alle alie glance to ecclesiastical organization alone this is false the q local authorities are not opposed io the laws of be united states slates nor V to any good and laws they know that good laws aie ate necessary to the well weil being aw and cl prosperity of any eople people consequently they honor r the he laws and do not seek to evade and defeat them it might be bo said with truth that thai there is not a more peaceably abl abi a annd and law liw abiding community than the people of this territory there have beenu feel fool federal eral eTal officers abts here laid governors in the executive ohain and j judges on the bl bench enem ench who have app arp appeared gared to do all in their power to turn twist evade and defeat the lawi law federal and territorial in lu order to further their own ulterior purposes such federal official officials it are among the first and foremost L the moad moat blit blatant arit atif and bellowing in those malcontent meetings misrepresenting the peoples people the tho territory and und the situation endeavoring to prejudice the ther au gli ministration congress and the public against the community herek here and alid dohn g a everything possible to domitro destroy confidence create disturbance irive drive drive away capital and prevent peace and prosperity in the territory the people of of this territory are americans chiefly mostly by birth many others by naturalization mapy more would have become citizens b by naturalization i had hsei not they by been een prevented by bigoted judges on the bench who proved themselves prejudiced and anti perverse ob in denying naturalization OB ort account of thel the religion ot of the applicants these people therefore prove themselves more anai pus to be subject to the tho laws of the Coi col country lutry than their judicial persecutors will allow them to be be some of those obstructive federal judges are among the noisiest nois iest and most slanderous of all the speakers at those malcontent meetings mee tinga 2 that the tho failure of the ailio lormon mont mons authorities to bring certain persons to justice etc demonstrates deman the necessity of further efon congressional legislation etc this Is false aliat have bavo the Mor mormon mons authorities to do with bringing people to justice the judicial power lies in the hand hands of federal officials if justice is not liot don elbey eibey are to blame not the bornton mora Morn ton authorities if th the a i federal era officials were to act justly all the time there would be littre little complaint plaint in utah J except from those seditious maul malcontents contents who never will be satis Batis satisfied nied fied until they have robbed the people of everything they have lot let us have a little more justice but it would be bad for those malcontents oo 00 ii S that the practice of polygamy ison lson the increase and the federal government ought to stop it y excluding polygamists f from rom office and djury an jury I 1 wo V chave not as ked k ed the question whether polygamy is increasing or decreasing we do not trouble about it iny any way it is a correct principle andi and andt nose who un understand de 8 correct principle will sustain t that hat system of marriage according to circumstances and god will sus ads tain them in righteousness no matter what their enemies may say or do As to d depriving dep r rivine i v lne ing polygamists of the right to hold hoid hp 0 1 d office off leeor jor sit inthe ilabe jury box thatis thattis an old bid proposition of such a baturo nature that congress has rejected it several time times the rascally object of the being too apparent 4 that plural marriage ia Is cubas debasing and degrading bringing ultimate ruin ruins and is a disgrace dis dip grace to the tho nation and age this is not true tho the apostle baid eaid marriage is honorable a in all which is a saying worthy of all acceptation some bome people would make ake ally aily anything debasing degrade ing ng ruinous ruin gus pus and if we b had bad ume and space we could point but some practices which are aro inherently debasing ipg degrading fjug s rui rul ruinous igus and disgraceful and aud which prevail i in every city in the united states stafe s outside of utah but those malcontents are silent as death about such real evils clinging to their 0 own wn shirts 5 that there ought tobe tobo more law jaw ontjo on the ni marriage arriage question make all the law that ia is needful and good concerning marriage hut but honorable men and women will live above and beyond d I 1 atall t al 1 6 thata secret ballot is nic nie necessary essary in utah this is a mere matter of opt ogmon inon if a secret ballot bailot would c cause carse a se tho those e malcontents mal mai contentA and their like to tb voie vole only lawfully and add honest honestly lYs it would be a good i thing but blit there is no hope of tha that t they thes are gone some people prefer open ballot and I 1 others secret balla ballot scripture plure intimates that wie wic wicked ked men prefer and darkness to openness and light because their deeds are evil 1 1 7 that the liberal malcontents are nat adventurers who desire desiro to drive the people from their homes from mercenary or gr any improper motives who can believe belleve such a disclaimer from rom such a party especially when whenn they know a few facts that tell fell an opposite tale taie besides did aid not one bathe of the speaker sat that very meeting announce would by ii and by take an eagle eakle that did not belong to td them if they would steal the american bird of freedom what would they not steal if they had the chance the people have no desire to be driven from their homes from any n motive en ary improper or any ot other hei hel by that c crowd of malcontents their motives indeed they are too p patent latent too pronounced ali all already cady 8 S that utah ought po no to xo have a 6 Stale hae government v sor ra according to bohose hose ma malcontents I 1 unless they me ane and nd vi clousi minority could dould run rud it iq that the local rulers will nat do ai as the tho malcontents wab a and antt a ther therefore afo rd ibe the latt latter iatter er have no hope but in congress i which hope it isto is to beho bebo be limped ped will prove to be what it richly deserves to be the forlorn est of forlorn hopes and will never be bb realized worlds without end |