| Show awn ann or A iii DELIVERED in the TOMS ic city af pf kt yam YAV T export REPORT BY B jonn john john JOHH E ua leoa r r I 1 AM th tha ibias kheav h fifley nor ibl t the ifo peace f sul sui ua claih circumstances hleb bleb th thad that f a burry eurry ip rig uda uDd by ua lam iam I 1 am these thebe mountain volleys hgo odly degree 61 liberty preva idi ibi and abd the people ae am are anle anie ad to meet to worship god od by fe fear the I 1 saying of the savior saylor N S exceedingly ho hb taught llis liis that thai to the day lathe ovil idva Ufer nier cof iru if wo latter day saints did not enjoy the present and lived jived in anticipation of the dreaded iquio I 1 imagine that wo should N ba k nery seix vely veix arih unhappy app y I 1 people leople for there nevar has betia beun a day or at leist least a period period in our history whenn hen R bo 0 tar tan tai tan as aa threats were were gere concerned oarn earn ii tho the future it if welo look ok at it naturally from mens standpoint did not nop look took forbidding but wo we have j I 1 proved ts dreaded abed evils when me met t courage courageously and with an undaunted spirit generally vaniah vanish we wet are in in nil mil an excellent position today to day as zis wo we h havo have avo ave been at many times an fn A jago W rast rash I 1 to 0 have 0 our oun u r fail fainn ta test edothe ano proof to eee bee whether we really bially have faith falth in god or not noh the idea generally prevails among those iwho aref not familiar us na ana and with our methods i of bf preaching and teaching that tha t in order to gather gathen tha people together from the the tho elders of this church hoid hola hold bold out extraordinary in duce duee mento to their converts conver tg telling them flattering tales about the life ilfe that they will MATH jasd jaad if they will enly eniy gather td etab and by meae maae tilee moans menns they are in beguiling we ignorant and unsuspecting inducing them to forsake their homos homes and connections connect lons tons nutt Butt hobo hoso who mho hive been the teachings of the ridera elders of the church know that the of this thi has been the course and d the style of the teaching adopted by those who kavo vo faithfully preached this glaiel Go blei hiel to the InhabIt inhabitants ts ot of tho e earth larth from erom the beginning bl been en taught to expect adherence Adli erenee trence to this G gospel might cost coat m w everything t thau that was nar near and said dear to us upon the eh earth th that god designed to have llave a tried people ti a people that should be tested to the very utmost that should bo be felt atterlin atter atten ln the moat trying manner magneri a that would be willingto willing to pase through and endure faithfully the tho moat devere severe or ordes ordea desla ls and up to th the ohe a breont present time those who have entered phia thia church ano hax hav 6 es espoused ed the doot rines rinea taught by th the a ser servants of god have not b been boen oe n disappointed it is true th that at in many res reb respects thet faithful people of godsave Go god eod have bave had a much better time lime have enjoyed circumstances that havo been heen more plessant pleasant a and navo prosperous sper spar us than thard eie were ere led to expect but this han ban been bay bey because cambe canse they ethey have had the faith saith to overlook the evils by which they were threatened and attached no importance to them and did not willow them to disturb their peace or to annoy thomm thorn la any tiny manner pon fon if it hau had not ax faith tho the falth ralth that god planted plated in the hearts of those thoe 0 who capou espoused eed ged tho truth it would ji have alowen been impossible ifor roz them to have hate endur endured bed eed vhey they would have I 1 abson so frightened that they never could baye bave nemat nemai remained ned faithful to this work fork and one of tho the most moat kimt kift evidences that this thia people offer to the world ivorid of the divinity cf I 1 this corli which the wold woid oppre brion sly siy call mormonism is the fact that in the midst of thomast thu tho most moat bevere severe trials and aud surrounded by tt tuat in conle been boen the abb most threatening in their thein character the people of tot god have rema nema remained ined thed true andL and faithful united ind and bridia yr undisturbed idia curbed one by one the falsehoods that are fere propagated ropa gated conc cone concerning arning us ua are ex el posed poked the idea iden has bleen industriously circulated printed and published that the people throughout the valleys of utah were wore only held together by tho iha strength of bf superstition inh and ind delusion thai thal the few fow cunn cunning ingmen men falio wilo had succeeded in gaming P power 0 wee wei and ind tiace place among them by their shied shrewdness nem new and PY by their cunning arts had taa bue suc ceeder in duping thu tho people and holding tham them together I 1 do not that ahat any single eingle idea hag has bee beeny nymore more mone widely circulated con in ab nb th thia thib and und I 1 do no i y acca a fit 0 y 1 f 11 s supple upp b th that nuy ang at other her hen ld iden idea an la Is more mote widely believed about us than this legreat ahe she great majority of people who donot do not understand by actual con oon tact with us ua or who take tahe no paine to investigate our oun doctrines imagine in e iti bythia meada meana that the jeatter day saints have been gathered together and held heid in these meu whytt 20 y years yearb a I 1 ra ago hat bat jono atthe most frer frequently circulated published 11 libed hed bed and a welt dwelt upon upon the platform and fla fia atho the public presa press was wab that no man mau X lat lar or woman woman could leave utah without iho tho content vf of president brigham Yo young ring fing that no manor man pr wordan woman could write a jet letter ietter ier ter tro fro from in without it beings b ep ted led by him that we vie ifred here ig in ii a of ae upon b by president young and those that were vere am mediately immediately asso with him lafin andi andu nd hat that it if a man mon br attempted to hav a I 1 es pec lally if ho he or she bid left the faith he would bo be followed by destroying ang angelair elif elir and that if he escaped d at git all ali it would be abd at can car th the tho risk of hia lim life and probably I 1 the he on entire tiro idra of all ahat be ho owned so firmly had fand thib this idea obtained poss pass possession easlon of in many any minds that to day it forms the staple of two or three threw dramas that are played upon lupori the stage and that receive conel east cast and west vest vilen when albert johnson carno canno hero here herowitz with the army an 1857 ai S the popular idea was the troops reached thia th valley there would be a complete outburst on the part pi of the ye people ople opie that they would hall hali hallwirth with unbounded unbound bd joy the pres preb ence once of the brara ana and their midst and arid that women by hundreds would leave lea iea the bandage in which they were d to td belving beaving be iving IN dow kow aw us as I 1 have said one by bue we have havo a proved the falsity of these statements but buu des dea this ciare rese rebe and slander concerning cease ceabe not rot in the leas leahti the manufacture a still till continues every eveny conceivable slander blander is manufactured and pub put pu t in circulation no sooner h ono one llo ile nailed to the counter counte than nthan another is star started tidd and pastes passes current until there are many people who scarcely know what to think they having such euch exaggerated ideas Concern concerning mg tuo tue people of utah territory i the railroad has done idoner us an IM fm menson bount of cf good an in making us better known the travel to anti anel fro across the contin continent enit eriv together with the travel throughout these valleys nort hand kontzi ea east aud west has hab had effect but with increased knowledge conie com an increased dieal di eau A feeling hag hab taken posses possession lon of a great many mady minda that tse pre bre a people greatly to pe be dread dreaded cd this thys this brings to tony touy MY mind a roma xania ike rk made madu by a pa man an whose name you aira are familiar am diat with he baving having tallen aken a very iery very prominent part partin in the discussion of our oun calein Cori gitas in the houe home of representatives 0 senta tives a representative by the aa name namo m beof of ha haskee ski adl all a i sort rort of half preacher pre one oue day with me at tho the time the edmunds edmunda bill mas vas mashing washing ia cussed lie he demark remarked hav e and aeb mr can exa examine mil mii qi and am somewhat familiar with wi ilk tik thero man mati catholic organization an 1 J I have also paid some sonie attention to the or of your church lining it the strongest brid arid most machin cant organization that exists at the present predent time ilme in christendom or within the range ofay of my knowledge where where did you get it it wab was no of bf admiration thai that prompted thom remarks r jsu 11 followed them thom u up p by stat stating frig irig that the time lime would b come bifid itibus leg lerfald fald tion did not answer when the army MY would be ba brought to bear and our organization would bo be wiped wied out ln blood you see the feeling he hau had was one of dread of bf apprehension instead of viewing this organization in its true light he be looked upon it as gis an rit engine of evil that th atwould would te be likely to accomplish dreadful insults that tha wat was in anja anfang 9 onidas to exist exis ine lne tlona 9 and that thal at would have to be lint put down by adah law KB R the edmunds law jaw or it if buo buc h legis ati failed then thery by i of the military by the use ube of bf weapons of war var and thet the shedding of cot blood that la Is the thio feeling that some bome men have concerning conc nning ua lis la in the course of our conversation I 1 invited him to come out to utah come out said sald I 1 and know what you are talking about you have ideas about us which are entirely incorrect if you yon will travel through 9 h our vai val aj joys an aa I 1 will furnish you yon opportunities to do if you nou will come out I 1 wili wiil give you letters of introduction which will enable you to see tee our hoople at their dommi conaw end d ivym if yeu yua arg ars JK I 1 r 1 s j a fair rain man a man disposed to iko ikc accept the evidence of your your awn own jieh jaeh 9 fes ies you yoo hlll change youn your slewo con people I 1 represent eat there aral him men a ube idso use of tum lum uela tumia ao ahlf cf with those tu who h enve eave strong re i andr midi bui but juthe knowledge knowle know leage oge uge C m berning urr ngi there ar are oiin anen lii lei iii who vii ietto ficek to gain gaan i ain nin po approval in this way and bustead ju stead ns tead of telling the troth r being lh atthe troth th should should ie be told thild aud nud knon 1 they are eve r hiag ning to elve eive hav every fe indof sto story atory r howey er falBe it may be will there therol be finy jiny change in this thier aspect respect yve we vve baij hav peen for it for the past 62 ever since tho church wag waa as organized but that change haw wik not ohnie chmel aar As I 1 have said aa soon boon anfone slander blander has hab disproved disprove j been put in circulation there ip no end will wili there be tp to that ahat W will ili iii be told pan ran piron concerning ua tib it maybo maybe ma boas bons asked kede why is thib mil for the beit bebb tot of all reason evergood has attempted to do dor adyr thiril thine ip floon uhe ube eartha from bf F father thor adam down through ane until to day dav dy all hell heil haff hafe Ji abeen been aroused against that work nd in engaged R I 1 as inen inep have bad only partial truar and apa haqq tem reform existing errors wre aj av eliad bill bili 18 6 08 tion to contla f a gr T less extent eirten ti nna and nee tip fihe fife ever been ennic effic effected tia tid upon aslea ab without coating the beat iff kif the I 1 generations which was attempted our genera Hona hons ind no exception in this thib reb res respect efer even evin in this land ander under oui oan oun 0 government the thi most glorious ever frawd framed by min ma udder aich which mus ale langst largest amount of liberty Is to aie eie be enjoy even n under fi derit it the blood blod at prophets p he P t 3 a and nd ii hard hadd ko beeh ched an affa K a t earth V and d jive ike because b 0 our b were obliged liiv our homeland i nd in these mountain V wilily lidh and build up new pk w bomes bomea in order might live wolli fel iel peace and in quiet unmolested by those 0 who o hate us thih this Is not a new thing thang in tv the e earth the antagonism det jet yeen er forand truth between betwee if iba wrong g a and n d right between betat i en who seeks to usurp d dominion upon n the iho earth and the folo followers weri ot bf t ibi uhl oe S that antagonism bis bas been blu a perpetual ono anc an undying one it cost the blood bloo of t the be best belt being boing that ever trod the eart earl heveri beverl eveln egeln thi the bon son of god himba Hime 11 and all elif eilf his apontes and nii ali the prophets they all withrow pith with few exceptions md jala down daw n their lives for tho the truth and yet fet k we tak talk taw about our adur civilization ibe ibb eu lightened enlightened nineteenth F century endur y 9 and we rny fay isdio as did the R generation e in which the savior lived jived it we had lived in the days day s of our oui fath lath father bra jpe jve we would not have sian bian elain the pro peets we would not have bave been I 1 gull ty or of shedding their blood thes this was the cry of ihie the generation in which the savior lived yet that crucified him I 1 in a the most ignominious manner now sid eld eid e id to wa Us and r f cannot tell how r ninny nany times I 1 haye have been told it w if you mor moue mone mons would only jonly do ao away with some of your doctrines that are so objectionable there bould be no trop trouble troubie ble bie I 1 bavei had men speak to io me in 16 whose opinion I 1 respect very verj highly who were or friendly i who were disposed who were anxious to haver hawer these thebe difficulties settie settled dand and to have afa eg eb cape the evila with which they relieved we a were threatened and im alight perhaps to be overwhelmed it bince since a prominent man inan baid said to me why mr cannon there are fifty mil mii ilona iiona of people that are opposed to you now cannot you waive botne some of your peculiarities liari ilari ties if you yon will bay say that you will do thib this this y year ear or next nedd year sear or within a certain while I 1 am not authorized to for the government yet ye tr I 1 can sak bay there need be no trouble about your af mrs no now iv t have not a sinkie binkle doubt in my mind that there are thou thousands sands bands ot weli weil meaning 9 people who odi oai would oal ike like to see us enjoy peace in if thee valleys and enjoy enoy the lano iano which we a lave have reclaimed at fo toll und sacrifice from a wil deiners dei del nesb nebs by outside in fluentes fluen ces they firmly bellve bell beil ve that this thia is attainable if we baily would forego aume sume of our peculiarities there never was a greater mistake 8 never uever a nabie a int staken idea entertained by anybody how do we know ji it by the sad bad and bitter ex ear of thelast the past lt it is true tf if wa were to apostatize if gewere we were to ce dub dab redgia if va tre were to t 0 t yn K ism irm alsy 7 q y F r put nut nide alde that which we ve belleve believe god had entrusted to us and commanded bato japart impart to the world I 1 ihnot doubt doot but what we would |
