Show li vahl cioll or tit tin rian or faals special to THE I 1 SUT dec 14 ia alie foil text of the official denial of llie church to the charges of dielly alty salt to it liny in of gros of the acini and practices of the of cerii t of litter adny saint cum conly bated the mormon church which haie been promulgated for beare aad have absen revived for political ial purposes and 0 o prevent all aliens othera lie q alio are members of the mormon church from acquiring citizenship ie deem it on behalf of paid to publicly deny these calumnies calum nies and enter our protest against them we solemnly make the following declarations viz that thi chuilli view hie shedding of human blood with the abhorrence that 0 o the killing 0 a human awing except conformity with the civil itar ha u capital crime ahn b be punished by shedding the bloxk of alia criminal after a public trial before a legally constituted court of the land al the taij about the killing of apostates no case 0 this kind haa ever occurred and of course lus never been established against too church we hundreds of se ceders from the church have continuously resided and now live in this territory many of whom have abased considerable wealth though bitte ly hostile to alio mormon laith and laople 1 ea these who hava inace inaje it business to fabricate alie vilest falsehoods and t rendar them plausible by culling isolated pasa gei from old eer mons without alie explanatory context and ave no opportunity to escape them of villi tying and blackening alie characters of the people hava remained among those whom they have thill persistently tal antil the present day without rc calving alie injury we denounce deno as entirely untrue the allegation which has been made that our acors or believes n alie killing ot persona who leave alie ciurca or apostatize from its dou brines trines we woul t view a punishment of this character for such an act with alie utmost horror it la abhorrent to us and is in direct opposition to the fundamental principles of our creed the revelations of god to this church make death alie penalty for capital crime and require that offenders against life and property shall be delivered up to and tried by the laws of the land we declare that no bishops or other court in this church claims or exercises civil or judicial fudi cial functions or the bigit to supersede annul or modify a judgment of any civil court such courts while established to christian conduit are purely ecclesiastical and their bows pows go no further than alie suspension or excommunication of members from church fellowship that this church while offering advice kr the welfare of its members in all conditions of life dos not claim or exercise the eglit to interfere with citizens in the free exercise of Boci 11 or political righta and privilege the ballot in this territory is absolutely and bechet na mins business or oilier altairi are invaded by the church or any 0 its c dicera dicers free agency and direct individual accountability to god are among the essentials 0 our laurch doctrine ml things in the church must b done by common consent and no is appointed without the vote of the body we declare iha there is nothing in alie ceremony of alie endow anent or in any doctrine tenet obligation or injunction of ibis church either private or public which is lios tild or intended to be liot etile to the covern ment of the united S ates on ilia contrary ita members commandment to revere the constitution ai a heaven inspired instrument and obey as supreme all laws made in pursuance of its ut arances of prominent men in the church at a time of great excitement have been selected and grouped to convey the impress on that ore seditious thoe ex were nude more than thirty years ag when through the false hoods of lg afterwards demonstrated to be baerle s troops were tent to this territory and were viewed by the people in their iso laeb condition fifteen li undred milea from railroads as an armed mob coming to renew the bloody eions of yeara before at that time excitement prevailed and strong language was used but no M orda of disloyalty against tho government or its ini were uttered public speakers confined their cemarka to denouncing traitorous of ceals who were prostituting the of their to accomplish nefarious ends criticism of the acts of states officials was not considered then is it now as treason the nation nor as hostility to the government in this connection we may say eliat the members of our church have never altered or intended to offer any insult to the flag of our country but have always honored it as the ensign of laws and liberty we also declare that this church does not claim to be an independent temporal kingdom of god or to la an imperia aiming to overthrow alie united or any other civil government it has been organized by divine revelation preparatory to the second advent of the it proclaims that the kingdom of heaven is at hand its members are commanded of gol to be subject anto alie pow era that be until christ comee w right it is to reign church government add civil government are distinct and in and practice aud we regard it aa part of our destiny to aid in tho maintenance ani perpetuity of the institutions of oar country we claim no religious liberty that we are unwilling to accord to others we aak tor no bivil or political rights which are not granted and guaranteed to citizens in general we desire to be in harmony w ith alie government and people of the staica as an integral part ot the nation Were garl all attempts to exclude aliens from and citizens from the exercise of the elett iio franchise clely bei inse they are merob cra of the mormon church as impolitic and flamier ois upon civil and religious libana tha wrong we we have ed through alie improper execution of nacional na ional law a w e regard those bronga aa the acts 0 men and not of the ga arn and we intend by the help of omnipotent e to remain firm in our fealty and tt alfau in ho maintenance principles and the integrity of this Ue public wo barnea ly appeal to the american press and people not to condemn the latter day a eints unheard must we aldaya b judged by alie misrepresentations of our and never be accorded a fair opportunity ot representing in alie name of justice reason and humanity we aik fur a of national and popular judgment until a tall can he had and all the facts connected witha hat ie called the mormon question can be known and we appeal to the eternal judge of all coen and nations to aid ns the n of our r re Q I 1 SMITH presidency of the chirch 0 je claitt 0 I itter day S eints iuey 0 inacia li if AN jont beny amini TEA hULE J ORANT N W A H lewd Mern bera of alie council ot tl JOHN W J all OF AYD the ollo ing is rom a ves editorial edi toral of last eveking we aro to announce chit the ficht presidency of lie church tet apart the the bir h of tle prophet Iro phet J ceph smith de ember as t dav of fasting and of prayer all the lit erday er day saints throughout these ara requested to join in supplicating the lord on that cay for ills II 11 aly spirit to bo poured out in great power upon II 11 s sa ivanti aadahl the a that v etli aleo blut tue enemies of baon may be confounded in their wicked and design and that lie hearts of the ruders and people of aliis may bo to the end that they may be induced to deal justly and mercifully with the saints aind ba willing to hear our ause and grant to us rights and which belong to hu are to lie constitution and institutions 0 the united state the fast ia to commence at sundown on alie dinst and continue until sundown of alia aid and ii is expected that the members of ane church ft ill have special prayer meeting at home and in their marl aa eem lilies and in those places acet apart for ihlae tae of the salt lake fatalo of zion daeira tho in alio different narda to make for mec tinga on alie instant according to gieir circumstances in thin city it 13 recommended eliat in addition to the regular meetings on sui day evening the icat and afternoon be held on the aad that in lie early moin bog and between the meetings on that day prayer be held in tue placed beet apart for that object it is to bo hoped eliat all business blaies conducted or by member of alie church will bo closed on the dinst B that employed there may ba tree to fast and pray and attend the meetings that blusis an important matter and the results that will aurely accrue will ba of moro value than god and silver and any material interests that may be involved |