| Show V DECISION 0 1 0 H of the supreme court of the united states inthe case I 1 let our eyo jook look upon alon iet jet horba berba hor her bo led iod letus lotus let us enter the private sanctuary of dome domestic stio life where to the honor of this great republic the divinity of the marriage tle tie isac is acknowledged and held sacred and where virtues virtue the crowning glory of the social circle la is bravely and successfully protected let us there with wanton cruelty defy the constitution ot of our country and hy by trampling on the rights of cona conscience clence clonce sever tha holy ties of wedlock separate ep arate husbands hub hue bands and wives parents and children and ignore the finest affections of the human heart yea let us cause thousands of honorable loving wives to be stigmatized as prostitutes and their offspring as bastards let us cause multitudes of innocent children that now are being tenderly cherished and educated to be branded with infamy and deprived of heirs beIrs hipa i let us desecrate their homes and exterminate the only people of whom our nation can truly boast as protectors of purity and innocence lest their virtuous and honorable example shall in the present reign of corruption rise up beform before us as a burning reproof let us immure in loathsome prisons those brave men who for the sake of worshipping wor shipping god according to the dictates of their consciences left their homes and the graves of their noble ancestors and sought desent refuge in the fhe sterile american desert where nerved by the power of faith in the arm of jehovah for a while they battled with the elements for life and at length with indomitable energy overcame the barrenness of the oil soll and made the desert blossom as the rose those are the men who with their stalwart sons the offspring of plural celestial marriage with stern unyielding perseverance established a connecting link between the comfere commercial ial lal cities of the east and the rich mining districts ot of the west and made practicable kne kno me continental antal tran skit glit orthe iron horse let ler us erase broin me bouk bouw book boult of remembrance the countless deeds of hospitality and generosity bestowed by those early settlers of the wilderness on our perishing emi grants when their supplies were exhausted as they were wending their way through to california let us plant the seeds of devastation in a thriving peaceful industrious community a territory brought into existence and made to flourish without th out aid encouragement or protection from the government under which it exists deax yea vea let us abrogate the rights of its founders insomuch that henceforth it shall be controlled bv by eam biers and speculators who have no interest in common with the people instead of the territory or utah as it now is a theme of boast as a nucleus of peace good order and happiness let ua us through our crushing policy exhibit it to the nations a spectacle of confusion desolation and woe let lot us tear asunder that mighty shield of the rights of conscience our glorious constitution let us place our veto on the commands of the almighty and presume to measure arms with the great buler ruler of the universe 1 thus saith the supreme court of oy the united states america the court 0 of f final becis decision eor eon the highest tribunal dri Iri bunal 0 of a great and powerful nation ale last earthly resort to which an oppressed american citizen can car appeal for protection and guf euf tring suffering innocence jor for redress E B R SNOW Balt salt lakee lake city jan 1879 |
