| Show judge ofPria ini JID to show rane john score aej bolhen or istl ip tl fiad am boro shall not ba Cil irin 11 I 1 SALT lukk nov 30 1 this morning at 10 f adral court room waa crowded with an audience largely antl mormon at 10 15 anda andersen came in with hii decision on the quo lion of the el nf members of lie of jesus latter day saint fur a 0 the united states lie real from the cypa writer copy occupying a little over an licar at ilg cont lomon the anti cormons mormons their approval by clapping of hands anil the op aioo la aa follows in taw district court fur third judicial of the territory vf in the matte the aepli of ji ain moore frej W miller alemy J aen walter J ld char es K clissold sr ila aldemon An deMon uarl 1 lar pen thoma M momford john garbat and arthur Town to become citizens of the blaes ANDERSON ill aliee applications ahn usual ev deace on behalf of the applicants af re ilenea moral etc was introduced at a former and was deemed objection was mail homeer ho weer to the sion moore and william J edgr upon the ground that they were anem afra of the shonnon and also because they hail none the endowment lionie of this church and there had t ken an oath or obligation incompatible with the oath of they be required to take if admitted the admission ol 01 the oilier applicants uns un s objected 0 o allely on lie ground that liy their own they ere alie shonnon cli although aliey biad gone through the endowment honga n 1 had not ahn oath usually administered aar in fact any olli citizenship the cla m is made alio ob eject to the to of aliee pei son that the ii aad alias ha ln a Maso naMe in ils feitli ings and its practices hostile government ot the united drs obedient toils lwe and beckin iti overthrow and that ill aith adm n to ita B aix the endowment houpe binda ahn un ler penalty of death to implicit obedience in all things temporal as well is cp rinal to the priesthood and to arenga the death of lie prop heta joseph and lly rum amith apon the and people of the united alie taking of further toi at tins time is for the purpose of whether or not these allegations ae true the third bob division of ejection 1165 of the statutes of the united states provides that in order to entitle an alien to ba as a citizen of the united fatum it to appear t llie satisfaction of the curt c urt lucli alien that he baa resided in the unveil states and the stile or territory teri tory where budi court ii at the time held one year at least and tint during eliat time be has be ar a man of good moral charac iler attached to ahe principles of the constitution of the state and ell the good order and happiness of the auoe thos ob to the right of these applicants to hi to introduced eleven viha had been of tho church of jesus chrit of lafer commonly called the mormon several til thesa bad held the pogi tion ot bishop iu alia church and all laal gone through the endowment house aid participated in its cere i ocies the testimony of aliese witnesses is to the effect that every mem of the church is expected to go through the endowment house and that all do BO that are usually here aad that married elsewhere po through the endowment ceremonies at 09 early a date thereafter as practicable in order eliat alie marital belai in eliell continue eternity eliat theae ceremonies occupy uie greiter part of a day and include the taking of an oath obligation or oie nant by all who receive their that they will avenge the blood il the prop heta joseph and elvrum smith upon the of the united sates S ates and will e join ali B obligation upon their children anto the third and fourtly generations and they will obey priesthood in all abina and will never reveal the excreta ol 01 the endowment bouie under the penalty of having their throats cut from ear to ear I 1 heir bowels torn out and their beai ts cut boutot thair bodies the right arm is that it may bo strong to avanee the blood of the prophets an under garment a sort of combination of ehart and draw iera called the endowment robe is then ant on and is to be worn ever after on this robe near the and oter the heart and in thal region of tha abdomen are certain birks or designs intended to remind the wearer of the penalties that will be infected in ca of a violation of the oath ob 1 or covenant lie or eho has taken or made on leh alot tin applicants four testified concerning the endow ceremonies but all of them declined to etao what oaths are there taken or abat obligations or covenants aw there into or what penalties are batched Bt ched to violation viol aion and the e when for their reason tir declining to answer they did M on a point cf honor while reveral elated they hd for gotton what was eaid about avenging the blood of tha pru pieta john II 11 smith one of the twelve testified tetti fied that all that is said in the endowment elonies about avenging the blood of the prop heta m baij bij in a lestara in which the ninth and tenth venes of be cah chapter of tiona is recited aa follows and when lie had opened the fifth neal I 1 under the a tr alie boula of them that were slain or the rl of 1 and or the testimony which hy held and they fried with a loul oice saying how long 0 Lord holy and true dost thou not judge avenge our blood on them dwell on he earth other for the applicants testified that this is the only place in the carem the blood of the prophets ie mentioned john dark a witness tar aepli cota edified he boak toak some obligations male some promises entered intoe ome covenants in the endowment and w ro bis endowment robe hut did not know lie significance of the flit over the heart K L T harrison another of witnesses ho had a ilear recollection that liis right arm was baliel va liel and said about it besun made strong to avenge aliu death of the prophets and that the names of anil were not but were under to be among the whose blood was to bo and 1 G woolley a for chev ft ere to pay to the lord to avenge alie bleed of the prophets lery other bitnes for who was asked the question stated hit joseph and smith understood to be included ainone the prophets whose blood wag to be avenged the witnesses for alio aepli cants while to the oath promise and 0 the endowment and the pen aliea attached thereto ratified generally that there was nothing in the ceremonies inconsistent with loyal y to the government of the united states and that the go eminent waa not mentioned one of the objects of this investigation is to aai eram whether the oaths and obligations of the endowment house are ible with rood citizenship and it is not for applicants wit ti de termite tins the of applicants witnesses to slate what oaths obligations or cos coanta are bayen or entered into in the caremon es renders their inny of but little value and to confirm rather alian contradict the evidence on this point offered by the ob j caora the evadnie evid nie establishes beyond any ico doubt that the ceremonies are inconsistent with the oath an applicant for citizenship is required to take and that the r atar obligations or covenants there made or entered into are incompatible with alie obligations obliga ions and duties 0 citizens of the baites alie of jolin moore and walter J imgard bith of whom were shown on the fornier examination to be iT embers ol 01 the mormon chach and to lieve rone through the endowment boue are therefore denied As to the oj ct on mada ti the a 1 inisi ion of the other applicants upon the ground solely of their being members of alie dorinin chare a larke amount 0 evidence mostly d cu inc nury has ben only a small portion of which can be noticed in opinion without extending it to too krat a kennth tiie evidence concitta coni itta of the and writings of fie mormon rulers and leaders published under the diorec iain of ahr chu cli on lle of alie right of tin priesthood and rulers to die ae to lie members in temporal mailer portions of section page hii it the I 1 carine la offered by tins objectors the prophecies of joseph smith as follos and now I 1 fay unto you as per to my boarding boar bousi which I 1 eliav commanded you to build for the bourdin of strangers let it ba lu it unto roy name and let my name ba named upon it and let my servant joseph and his house have place therein frona generation to generation for this anno inting have I 1 put upon his hrail that hia blessie g chilli al o be put upon the held of his post aly after liim and ai I 1 unto abraham coin the kindreds kind redi of alie hartli even so I 1 pay unto my eer vant joaeph in thee and in thy sed f liall the of the barta be blessed therefore let my servant J ceph and his feed after him have pace in alia house aiom to generation tor eier and eer balth alie lord and now let the mine of that be called naive and let ibba a delightful hah man anla abla tor the gaary traveler that he may con the globy of zon and the glory of ihie alie corner thereof inathe may reteia als otlia conns 1 from whom I 1 bae ret to tw as plants of renown and as upon her walls behold verily I 1 ray unto yon let my servant milie and my cervant lyman tand my beryant john bayder ard my servant ieter and appoint one of tarm to ho a president over their quorum for the p ir pose of building that liouta and they ahill form a ion where by they may receive stock for alie build D of ahat house and twy shall cot receive less than fifty d liars tor share of elook in that jnue and they shall be permitted to receive fifteen thousand dulla s fram aay one man for stock in eliat luus but tl ey ahall not be permitted to receive over fifteen thousand dollina stock from any one man and they shall not he if receive any man as a stockholder in this boue except alie eaino shall pay his etuk aiuto their hands at fihs ihs time he le relves stork alao from bagu af the same book as follows and now verila I 1 sy that it is ex adient edi ent in lae that my servant sidney ahlbert th lbert ater a faw weeks elio retarn llam laiq ansin ca end lo 10 his agency in the of and that winch he hali reen and heild may b malu known unto my dig cai IP anat they perish not and for chiw cabau I 1 kiive spoken these and ageia I 1 fay unto you that my morley may not ba tempted above iha which he la ab e to bair and ciuni el u rong fully to hiir hurt 1 I aade cobmand li s firm should be bold from p iga ut alio ane book aa foil i s and it is not meet tint my per vails bewel K and S daay gilbert their stores and their heie for chis is not until the residue of alie cloinch cli inch h in plaice shall go up unto the land of zon alo an extra 1 l from a dif ourse by Pren dent young delivered la the taber nicla in this chiy junn 10 li in which he aed tho follow ID you may ay it ia hard that I 1 should dictate you in your temporal affard Is it not my to iiii tate ti you it not my to gf vethia people counsel to dicag bliem so aliat their labors will build up the kingdom of aid of the kingdom of the devil I 1 will quite a litile scripture if TOU the words of aa apu tie of the lord jesus christ to me you may ahat I 1 saw him in a aimon aadil it was a vision riven liht ia broad adny light baid he never pend another daiy diy to build up a gentilo city but depend your days dolli nod dimes for the up building 0 the zon of upon earth to ir omoto and righteous and to prepare lor alie coming of the hon of mai and ha who does not abide this law will suffer ions that is a of one tf the apostles of the lord basos christ lie said it to rne do you want to know his name it la not in the new testa he acot lc but it w as an w bom the I 1 ord called and ordained in this my day and in the day of a good porton of this conre gallon and lug name vai jospeh jr these ards delivered loine in july 1835 in tho town of kirtland granga county in till 0 ohio the ward to the elders who were waa never from alna liine do you one hour to alie kingdoms of llila world or the kingdoms of llie deMl alie kingdom ft now if I 1 acro to ask the elders of israel to abide thic what would ho lie reply of otoe alie language in the hearts of some woul 1 be it is none of your business there I 1 trade I 1 will those will never enter the celestial kinf idom of our ltv er and iod tint is in v bui iese it ia my buinis buin cs to preach the brulli to alm pai le and it will be my a by and by to tea kiy far the just and to bear witness apai rBt the ungodly it ia your privilege to do as you pease yourselves hut when you do eo will ou please bar tha results and not whine over them journal ot dis vol 12 p 59 in another male in the taberna ie in this city march ath the same dis leader used the follow ing lannae lanu ae thiera is not a roan upon the carlli who could even an earthly office without the power and wisdom of gad to a d him when mr me governor of utah 1 proclaimed openly that my priest hoed 1 govern and control that ollice I 1 am of the fame mind today we have not yet received our election geairn re airn but should I 1 be elected governor of the atte of debret De eret that office shall be and controlled by the powers of alie eternal priesthood of alie hon ol 01 exl or I 1 will walk the ollice uner my feet heir it both saint and sinner and send it to the parts of alie airth that whatever office I 1 hold fron any government on this eartle shall honor alie government of heaven or I 1 will not bold it journal of discourses vol 10 p 42 elder george Q cannon in anal dress iii this city on the lat day of january used the following when alie counsel of god comes through bis servants to 11 we should bow to hut no matter low macli it may come in contact with our ideas submit to it as though god spoke it aad feel anch a rever nce towards it a though we believed that the servant of gd had the inspiration of the almighty resting upon him journal dij discourses V p 71 lo 10 a discourse delivered in this city on alia 30 li day of august 1857 elder john taylor afterwards one of the presidents 0 the church ased the follow ins god has established jis kingdom lie has rolled back that cloud that has overspread the moral horizon of I 1 lie world ilo has opened tt e li arenc revealed the of alie everlasting isrel or this his kingdom according acco iding to lie pattern tint exists in alie heavens and he lias placed certain keys and e are alie of god we aie his the upon tho ear h 13 the legi tima e government of god whether in alie heaven or on alie earth journal of discourses vol in a by president 0 Kirn bal delivered in tins cily sunday morning august 1807 he aeed the following language 1 I want ta tell some ot my gi here to day in a few words relative to brother brigham I 1 call him brother he aya it I 1 call him president lie tall me president and just as sure an lie does I 1 am as flat a a pin cake I 1 eliell only cal him president before alie maintain tain tain hia culig I 1 was to say o ir enemies but damn them they shall never come hee excuse me I 1 never ante words only when 1 come in with rough thing aid 1 use words when I 1 talk upon smooth and fo on to the nature of the chae buat cirner ms you all acknowledge brother aham ai alie cipuch of beina christ 0 later day saints anen you acknowledge him as conr leader rj phet ster and revelator and then you ledge hica ia every capacity that perta iua to his adl iiii ath in and state do you not voices yea well he ia our governor what is a governor 7 0 e who presides ides and micros oi cros well now we have declared in capacity capi city that we will not have poor rotten ursra to rulo oser us eiula aa some the have baen acua tomed to send we dratted a memorial and the council and houses of depre it and we B nt to them tte lamca ot the men of our choice as many as from five to eight men for eccli ollice men from our oan to for this territory we tent that number for alio nt 0 lie united states to make a selection from and asked him to give us men of our own atio K e m accor dinco with the rights guaranteed to all american citizens we told them light up and down that it they ent auy more such miserable ceif ei as some they biad pent were |
