| Show FROM THE PEOPLE aws wa and t thele heir execution liere ilire iii ili re anil and a na intent of ghe the crusade exgene extent of lne the ellonor lor for integrity oct 27 1 M vitor ai or deseret wems 1 am not a polygamist nor the son of for lor which circumstance I 1 knot inot not dot claim any special honor nor noram am to own that I 1 am a native of reat at britain one of those aliens about nob BOB in the american gentlemen who vr enjoy so much fatness from the mormon crusade have so much pas pay me ng the national characteristics of demeng emong t old told monarchy there is none that I 1 more proud of than the rever reverence ence wb wh laws and honest legisla rs and officers of the law which is infested inife sted generally by my fellow antry men will not pretend to argue that the inci ples pies upon which the govern stal stai tal tai fabric of britain Is founded are ny any way more desirable or more duelee to the protection of the in nabie dable rights of life liberty and the asuit uit of happiness than are those positions which are comprised in t kil kii glorious orious document bequeathed to igind nd under the name of the conation of the united states but bu t I 1 will assert that 1 I believe and t supreme court and his legal lumi auml sity sity C 8 SZ ozane zane ane by the grace of the bently shorn hin republican party of the eted states temporarily chief juse of the territory of utah and t eri erl limbs of the law have declared it t belief remains BE PERMANENT AND undisturbed BOON the citizens of this land of liberty id the home of shefree the free I 1 therefore pelt felt vat peat I 1 believe that with all the erm i incident to british government laws are executed much more con bently with its theory of civil and tous ious ous liberty than the people of the trad states are arc governed in refer medo medd their count rys constitution liras taught in far off england by rj 01 ormon formon parents as ion lon long ago as I 1 ii remember m anything to revere the institution t tuft li t of the united states iley ey labored earnestly to demonstrate i my mind the fact that the hand and fluence aenice ware were wore div divine lne ine which guided the lids jens ns and inspired the utterances utterance a of the guers kuers of the declaration ot jeand the 0 in in lin the days of my childhood and vath vilh aney impressed me with the idea privileges contended wand bv those immortal c cu ments were the gifts of almighty iod jod though I 1 may in common with py co to religionists the latte rd kateta be counted fanatic by ard pro testa esita christians for tor acknowledging uuie toie favor in the possession of those alleges I 1 still thank god for them far Par pursuant to the counsel I 1 received these subjects in my native land I 1 aled one hundred miles to declare I 1 intention to become a citizen alch in due time I 1 fulfilled at the be ne time renouncing all allegiance to lil foreign princes potentates etc n notably to victoria queen of fat fit britain etc etc i t did not adopt these measures for i sake of what pecuniary benefits tel tei be derived from my acquired ship I 1 trust my motive was ller iler mer tier than that I 1 may sin af against ainest ir r old uncle sam in other ways but lain uain no dancer danger of his ever charging chargin with grabbing a very large larg ge area of k land a perfecting my title as a citizen I 1 ired ired to use the power thus con ed for the protection of my rights they appeared to me that I 1 in might ih t yet yen I 1 the country I 1 had adopted as my iny ws me in the development of true chiv wion ution and the promotion of an era of W od will among men and I 1 believe I 1 ino more in this respect than the mity wity of my brethren who have like ilke le become naturalized I 1 have vol associated myself with the PEOPLE Is PARTY lutah tah because I 1 am assured that y are the only true friends frie lidl of the aerial in interests teresta of tha th overwhelming bority of the inhabitants olour ter cry b athe the exercise of my jutt just aa fe le I 1 have always used my franchise lid ild jid id of that party and so 80 long iong longas As it tives lives as well as it has and I 1 re e sa sanity ity enough left me to prevent co committing ittin political suicide I 1 al js s will wiil ill lii iou lou I iok hok ok with the profoundest profound cst est con pt on those who have bave robbed mao man marny marty y ar ilar best v of that and that Is which ic distinguishes freemen from freih as t the e privilege of exercising the itt lit t of conscience and of voting for ai I 1 and irea itea measures of their choice ire ere beare are those who have nou noc only le this but who now the of men who frore every ell ill Il igent standpoint are IT lU comparable incomparable superiors in all it is good and noble would ouid be dull indeed if I 1 failed to in that those who are alleged be polygamists and who have tem tern t rid y abstained from voting because the most flagrant violation ot con pledges pled pied ses on the part of the weis t that t be e by the paz passage sage and par partisan isan enforcement of me the ed adds ands act 1 I say I 1 would be worse w iti an idiot if it I 1 could couick not at once twelve blye t that t the objects of this pl astr ostracism ism are and have been from re W beginning till now TILE THE VERY BONE AND SINEW la in the development of the material resources of the territory I 1 am not now for the poleg amista any dezree decree of infallibility I 1 am aware that it may be possible to find men who are living in plural marriage who are not much credit to that or any other principle but during the past half century I 1 have lived with christian monogamists and inith imor mormon I 1 must admit tuat the comparison is ANYTHING BUT FAVORABLE TO THE monogamists I 1 have tried to use my own eyes and not depend on others vision for my ayin in formation eor for more than a decade I 1 have dwelt in this territory I 1 have never known a single instance of a female havin having been forced in any way to enter into plural marital relations I 1 have lived in polygamists families I 1 have seen the most peaceful harmony existing with them earnest and devout prayers continually proceed mornin I 1 egand and evening irom these households hodds and with a regularity I 1 have bave never seen s surpassed ur passed in the most estimable christian families I 1 have seen families amules and they may be easily found by ay iy others it if they are desirous to learn the he truth for the sake of that priceless jewel ewel in which there are more than one wife perhaps two perhaps three or more and the youngest child of the latest wife is as much er an object of ilove and receives as much of the paternal pat ernal ernat solicitude as the first child of the wife of his youth and vicc vice versa I 1 in the sabbath schools young reo peo eo ples associations da day 3 r schools etc we meet these norrid horrid polygamist ls 1 children A stranger would naturally conclude that he Incompetent was to draw any distinction between them any more than between the members of any well regulated family our w worst arst enemies lust must admit that no children in the world are more comfortably fort ably aply housed fed and clothed considering si the character of the country and the vicissitudes of life in this intermountain inter mountain region that are the offspring sp r i of those honorable but bv by wic wicked ked knaves stigmatized citizen citizens who ano are reputed to be MORMON MOR 1402 at polygamists 9 thatis that is the good solid whole gouled true gritt gritter gritted elkind kind s such as they are who inhabit the pen peal rather than be r recreant ec to god and his laws by renouncing ren bunc as per the dictum of an unprincipled judiciary their wives and offspring I 1 glory in the integrity ot of my polygamist brethren gud bless biess them in n their allegiance to his laws and to the noblest principles of manhood I 1 have found that where anything has been done in the interests of the peo reo people building canals roads establishing industries s and the thousand and one other accomplishments for the public good and for the development of 0 our ur loved territory there are these persecuted polygamists ista at the head and front it is alleged that utah was under the direct domination and now the indirect rule of the old 11 ay theres the place the shoe ahde pinches I 1 tae the mormons cormons Mor mons are not nearly as shrewd as they the should be but they are just clearheaded clear headed enough to have some idea as to who are their friends and who are ther the r enemies the utah re have unintentionally but none the less effectually taught them this and they are sensible enough to stand by their true friends 9 and thus keep the of th the conspirators out ol 01 their HARI nari EARNED rie PIE in that almost obsolete book adiong among so called christians called the bible bibie we read of jesus christ the savior of the world wherever he went he did abod and never uever evil but there were some very pious M people then as now they did not like him and were determined to harass him and put him out of the way if possible how his acts and words were werd watched how they tried tiled to draw him into saying treasonable ag against mins t caesar not that they were so very loyal to that ruler but they wanted to make carlst Carist ts disloyalty manifest that he might be destroyed desti oyed they succeeded so far as to have him cruel crucified tied lied TO LAW LIW remember gloried in his defeat bat in this ery very cry circumstance he was made victorious lie he rose from the dieal dead and beyond their poorer and in th this way y gods plan developed so aiso also today to day men may be imprisoned sonea for their integrity and by the ruling of the judges it appears tome to me th that it it Is for that on only y yea they mav suffer death itself but there t ere ends th the power of our unmerciful enemies over them but as god lives it is but working out his design and when the purging of gods people is accini alcoff pil sued woe bulo buto our oun our oun persecutor persecutors sif if they repent not wu we need liba ask god to have vengeance on them that will surely be their lot aimin anu and in such a measure thau that even those whom they persecute will be led to pray that the lull punishment be not meted to the them m i tle tte rule role that whatsoever measure ye to others shall be measured to 1 you will be t a fearful penalty for i thise who now eul eui in the imprison T im 1 nt of men whom they know to be he 1 tuela superiors in morality and in all thai that would elevate and ennoble irian trian mankind yes ties we can i WAIT AND nn BE PATIENT or the darkest hour of the night Is i that which precedes the dawn of day the rhe severer the test the sooner it will cease let there be no knee trembling surrendering or compromise of principle in israel but two courses are before us we have either to serve god or man holy writ informs us that we cannot serve two masters misters raul faul said if he preached to please men then he was nol longer a servant of christ etc history is full of the record of men who esteemed the law of conscience and of god infinitely paramount to the tyrannical edicts of of men kneir names are extolled today to day lay though thong while they lived they were heretics 11 dangerous fellows law deflers 1 and turned the world upside down let us choose whom we will serve a aad and nd fear not to the martyrs who are in bonds for the gospels sake it may very appropriately be said as it was said to one of old fear not nut brethren be of good cheer for you are lighting a candle this day which by the grace wf of god shall never be extinguished respectfully yours JOSEPH joserh IRWIN |
