| Show ral rat THE BILL A emery county inah utah april sib issa tor sor hope bonwill dou Ton will wiil excuse butine 6 liberty 1 ki ake beof of the sub tub so prominent before the public tira tikA ach present resent namely the tha edmunds ti in III relation io to tha ida ika bality tda lity or of factions 8 mid wid 9 0 of baw sam t 1 I will win quo e froni from broom and ti t co on the iiii llvy va of or england wath amerian Ameri amerl cn fass Ns by Wm Walt wait vom vou pages 27 B 0 9 I 1 will also aiso state stata that I 1 1 have nate nave k h assured by prominent lawyers giltne attye above commentaries ales aiea edard authority la in the united tes kes big ot of the publicity that a khouli have bave before the abound bound by them it nayip ge 27 NJ lyet ly yet et whale whatever ver ven method is IS made rol idl lof of etli incumbent on 04 the ard ii gators of a law to notify n it in ga ra j at most public ala lla and perspicuous a kuner riner Bi Tiner not bot like Call cail gum guV wha who dording to dlo cassilus wro wrote i e hig big tta nta tery kery keny ery ezy small charac character characters ter tvr aud and hung g mt in upon high pillars lill lars khe he more snore actually to the people fe e la is a til I 1 more unreasonable thod than this which is called hen ten king of laws when IZA at arii shii 16 r an action ut in itself ommittee rhe the legislature then L athe the first time alme e to have B kii wll n a crime and inflicts a punish eilent blint nt upon the argon who has hae hascom comi leht buted ln reut keul Ht it it kaga maga aee alo ago 23 28 says phere shere it la 11 that the 1 vitty could foresee that nn an action it was waa cone should converted to guilt by ekit subsequent jaw he had yma rma cause from fram tand all cornot soi foi liot abstaining laist of consequence be cru eru cruel eVand and din bin just laws should sh ouid therefore in tei rai ral be made mado to cOMi commence neMe in turo figuro iuro and be belou beDoU notified ned before their M ra which ig is implied in x term prescribed elow bylow fl it efly be claimed hy by the ena t iaea pies of the ratter latter day saints that key hey ey did know lwow they were commit marrying more lnore than e wre fe bince glace 1869 1 I will have to awer that by saving saying asu biu that for six aj aasa dasa an years after that law was passed a mormons cormons Mor mons aa PA well aa as a large the people of the united 45 4 5 5 ates ales believed that law to be un and did not think it fit upon them until passed up i by the supreme court cout of the cited states and als ais as far as f ie e 1 mormon lem themselves selves aie are con ned they aie fire willing to biana island by ja id d obey any y just law passed by oa gress but are not Willing 10 give a 3 fon lon unconstitutional law that man aay bay sy mahe mate but are bre Nw illing to stand 11 ity iky ibe constitution and obey its mandates k ss la 14 they dr doi that me lae order oriler of celestial In arriagO la Is as inding upon them aa as any part of A air religion also kne lepto w g that that was revea revealed to joseph eith pith mith giving to him a cornand wand command that it should be obeyed just j much as they know that any gher g her principle of the gospel was waa re baled aled to bim him or that tho the t ho got goabel apel wf wt Sl sleeve leve in today to day is la the same gospel aught acht by jesus or the apostles or 01 1 ie e prophets pt pr arte artz ancient fent lent days dayonot not tha the christia christian n nain min aiters of eber clay day contrad contradict lct let them dives aives in rt regard garito to the delty deity dalty by lying ha be la is unchangeable that the ruptures rip tures turca birb ire fulls tuil full and that all reve kioh is done away with isow tsow those try wry scriptures scrip tares tarea 4 bay aay the L lind lond rd Is the od adot of abrham abriham kb nham isaac and jacobs jacob e same hame jet jot yea jea yesterday ferday erday to iby siy tha atha gre pre enop ent and forever Ih nil all tim tinb to come now if ie 16 lord revealed himself to hia hla 0 mil Mii 11 1 dren dreo a anciently I 1 Vs why not today to day by hy n not nob ot at any anytime inthe fumare ibal z fhe the edmunds bill not only all that married more ian lan ian ran one wina wife since 1882 1862 but con amna ardd arid punishes all who did so rey Fro previous rev lous loua to that time section 6 5 bays says lat in any prosecution for bigamy polygamy oly gamy gams or unlawful cohabitation rader any statute of the fhe united states ft vales tales it shall e sufficient cauce cause of c ahai phai longe lenge 19 f any person drawn ar or ammon edas edaa as a 9 jullman or tales lan aan ural unal thal that he As is or hag has been 1 ving ving in the practice of hot bigamy polygamy oly gamy etc etc second tha t he ilg sieves it right riot ct for aimse if but br ir my one el else eise sefor por for a nain rain man to have aars laore than one living and ancl orbed wife at sst the game same time beeton seeton becton 8 alq dis dh franchises ril alj married marr led 0 more than one wife whether whether narried arrles before or after 1852 1862 section I 1 lor for itself I 1 wili will again quote frani from the above otolea jt glea olea pago page 0 27 the tha constitution of the ri united ted states stales forbids Con congress greis gregs from passing ex ez po pos facto laws const art 1 sec see 0 alj land laud it also prohibits bits every stat from froni passing such laws const art 1 bec sec 10 at A law that thai punish tB a citizen tor for or au an luno cerit aeton acton er or la in other words for da du act which when wien donaj done was waa in violation of DO no existing law laclaw a law that destroys or impairs the lawful private contract of 01 citizens a law that makes a lii man sludge in nig big blawn own ou bluee seon eeor or a aw law that takes property from A and gives it to B 3 the legislature may enlo enjo enjoins tes irs permit forbid and punish they may declare new crimea and establish luies lules of conduct for all its citizen citizens in future case cabet the thoy may command what chatis is right light and prohibit what is wrong but they cannot chairge In innocence into guli gull gui gul lt or punish innocenc Innocent Basa ri asla crime or violate the of kh an antecedent lawful private contracts contract or the right of vate property ety 11 Cald caid caldera erv ery bulaz dallas 1 an ex post poso acao 1 law la Is thus defined abt ast every law th that t ays syb an action done beevre bes bei ore bre tbt he passing of the law jaw and which was innocent when done brimi criminal nals and punishes such action ad every law that a crime or makes it greater berthan than it waa was when page 23 3 ad every law that changet cha the punishment and inflicts a greater thin the lavy larf annexed to the crime when committed ath every law that alters aters the tho legal rules of evidence and re receives delves less leas or different testimony than the tho law required at the time of the commission on of 0 the of fenee fence in or i der to convict the he of dender offender ib 39 no gino state slater under the rom form or pretense of creating a qualification or attaching a condition to the exercise of any office right or duty can irk li effect inflict a punishment for a past act which was not punishable at the time it was commit commuted ed cum dungs v state of missouri 4 wall U 8 to deprive or suspend any person from tha the exercise of any civil right for fon past conduct ja H punishment for such conduct cond act ib A clause in a state constitution which requires priests or clergy clergyman clergymen mells melis na As a condition to their right to teach and preach to take tahe and sub BUD scribe an oath that they have not don e certain specified acts which at the time they werm were committed were gerein in in themselves them selve seive constitutes a bill of at att ati alner talner within the meaning of the constitution of the united I 1 states and anait it is therefore void vold ib lb in new york tho the rule isthan Is that a law changing the punishment for committed before its age la Is ex most post facco facto and vold void ull bir under der den the constitution unless the change con cou consists slits in the remis remission sign of some bome separable patt part of the punishment I 1 before prescribed hastin basting hasting g vs people 2 22 27 7 N Y 8 smith shepherd vs people sia 5 r Y 11 smith and several other othen authorities talking of changes it says but ifert TW no change can be made maae which df deprives thet the accused person of any substantial protection protections which wa waa table established d for the purpose of securing a fair treav hari hart ys vs 40 ala als 21 I 1 could go on and refer you to enough precedents of the above kind to ml fill a volume but I 1 am afraid 1 I 1 have now overstepped over stepped the apace you can allow me provided you yosl think this chiala is bortl worth but the tho above la is enough to show that con gress grass has already overstepped over stepped and trampled under foot ilie c rights of the people but ner pez haps they think As the tha ancients did that Might maks maka right kight it they do think thir ikEo eo let them try its it ani aai there may be more for them to do than dandil handing n g the mor carmons mormons Mor Mar mong mons n yours respectfully W 11 |
