Show JUDGE THE judge anderson in his decision eaters somewhat upon doctrinal matters and quotes at con length fr m lie aw anat organ seems altogether able to its own defence here is what it says at hie risk of being considered in having the er meny to differ in opinion with a federal official we will briefly review some points in this peculiar judicial decision is clearly defined in the of the united states and d espat froan olli cial views is net included in tion yet men herd who claim to represent the government or who have any time it officially asem to take the ground that anything uttered by a mi in criticism 0 the sen ants 0 the keople is so is character aad seditious in its spirit all the treason that either judge anaw eon or the attorneys w joae lie appears to have adopted can bhaga against the mormon church consists simply in tie denunciation of the conduct of individuals charged with altic al duties under the government this is not in aay sense unless the term has acquired a new jiudice Ani lerdon falls into several errors io h s review ot the testimony lie says that among tha eleven witnesses for tha several hid held the of bishop in the church aliis was true of anly one bitnes e in speaking 0 the gamont worn by persona who have received endowment he wro bigly describes it and that near the throat aid over the beail and in the region of the ablo men BM lerain in aad designs iti tended to remind tha weaker of tho that hill be inflicted etc no such evidence evi tence was given and it is not true abo not as iha judge state nor are those biros which exist made for any such object everybody who knobs anything about the anater will the error aid BO will a ly mason v ho has seen the marks the judge says in regard to the testimony of the witnesses for tha ap li ant that their refusal ta otate apeci ricilly what oaths obliga doaa or covenants cove nanta are taken or entered into in thee emons renders the testimony cf but attle alue and anda to confirm rather than contra hot the evidence on point otte reil by the objectors Is this fair and conformable to the rules relating to evidence we th cot the jude in the opening ot the investigation declared that it sh auld go no farther than to determine whether there was aa thing in the endowment in caare of an oath against the gov ot the united states lauw well ho kept liis the of the dings shows these swore there was not and thu there was no mention of or allusion to tho government of the united in this th y were corroborated ro by all the reputable witnesses fir lia objectors positively no proof to the contrary ilia evident fabricatore fabricators fabrica tors of too willing supporters of the objecting attorneys or inference i drawn rom half forgotten wera entirely swam swamped fed by the positive test doiy on both siddi that no such dobli gaion M taken As to an oath it was shown that no oath of any kind is adm in htwe ceremonies now then suppose a cao if a mason were placed on alic etina aad asked Is there anything in the rite is hoitala to tho government of the united ha would answer in the it then questioned in regard to obligations which lie bad agreed to desp secret lie would reply 1 I decline to answer and if he were true to bin agreements he would imprisonment fand even greater penal lies richer than aneal ins decre covenants tho armon were on similar ground would it then bi fair to infer bei anse a alasin would refuse to adale specifically what oaths obliga sons or covenants are taken in ilasvai ila soai ceremonies that his object would tend to any vicious accusation that be made him the jude eab rh evidence brond any rabona ie doubt that th cr monita aie aitu he and duties of aitz n 0 hie united mates we bay the evidence establishes 0 the kind D ir even any approach to it abo julo liia not cited any evidence bioc to that co chia on the actually the contrary the witnesses wi nesses tor the tors mainly c r rot orated forthe arpi on this div tal point and as a m itter of fact wa know an every man and woman wl 0 has received llie endowment knows that there is nothing 0 that in llie ceremony t ut on the contrary every 0 o anant taken therein and every t on imparted ia t make the recipient b ater catiz na and betler 0 in very in denying the apple of he men seeking citizenship on fio ground that they hd cone through the c judge anderton in cur opinion gees d a abst the testimony and in lna written decision ha not aneed any f olid to lih atoo in the case of abe applicants who have not received their endow menti he ir if possible poa sible on still mure untenable soil take all the picked and partial extracts he has from old fer and the eel eced without giving the explanatory context and what do they amount toa stint ly that over aalf a ago under not related by llie judg the prophet joseph inith received rece ivd to individuals as to the of property ahey having lr this divine di redlon as nien did in times of old as related in iho bible eliat in over forty fire years ago a g was erected under chardi the coat rt tf strangers and a revelation wab received in relation to it that in bishops conits have been ecclesiastically tor tried un in rotations roat ions their brethren that ilam haie the dort iino that this church ii the K ng dom of tied not fully ts and ich no kirg till comes from tin s ibe juine daivs the inference eliat the claims and exercises the light to control ilal members in temporal adwell as ual but be fails to show where in the least deace ahia infringes on the liberty of the gill sen ho also announces the extraordinary that one of the dac annes of the churtz is that fi r certain olle es the shall aguer bealli as the only means of aton iii for bis and that any of the church lias tre rifet to died his blood the is I 1 he evidence hows to exact contrary we brand as a wicked falsehood abe nt that the church teaches or lold or has ever held such an ali doctrine all the one bid d utterances of individual fanion which the J aide lias selected fail to bear out his in an unfair and clearly partial manner he injects rt marks as to the meaning of those efe aLers into his coney iiii idas aliat they did cot express or entert nn 0 jedediah SI granta in lo 10 covenant breaker he fays that is those mon also referring to the of the chuch to shed the blood of those who hain young abed the following judges ci eions aid are not the s nse of the quotations he makes but are gratuitous of both alio lan caage and the intention 0 the packers quoting filin a discourse by the he gives three isolate 1 aid carefully tha explanatory context and a meaning contrary to eliat pr claimed aad expound d ly the lecturer the plain declaration aal proofs that blood only celites to murderers aal aho vho hauw anido epochal coie nanta not to commit euch BIOS and that no cil except a ivil officer ba the to ese cn e the death penalty jude au dereba omits a d ilici leaves a balsa falsa impression ade very opposite of that the d secures conveys coin on nt edles anderaon And ereon eab Bi isham young for years rei isted all attempts of the authorities 10 install llie proper llie ial government right to tay who the abe territory should be etc ve denounce thia as utterly ai cl en eliely iely fae history is abe jule in ir as published matter ia against his errice 8 on mormon doctrine the repetition of the detale filewood file hood hat tle buoite 1 states hig was trailed in the dust when brother wella was released from prison ald of the elapid notion that haf the flag winch haia eich been viewed as a token of grief was intended as an t ibe government shows the bias of the judge and hi lo 10 fit her ion the jiin nn giru and bold absurd ties of anti mormon cinat KS the editorial opinion of tha deseret i tiri tor this paper is ne responsible nible lie distort into broulet bro ti bear by the n leaders to prevent members when convicted of the law from promising obedience hal nothing to do with the utterances of this journal and what we bare cad on this matter related not oo beine ih law but agreeing to be governed by the lawless and conflicting of the law by churls which involved kroml es dishonors ole to any man placed in the position referred to judge andrson has from his opinion tha documentary evidencia evi denci of the pair otic entertained by the lea lers of the mormon church which wai intro lucel in profusion lie bai iloco llie sime with the proofs of devotion dev to he in of this republic on the part of the n people 1 by counsel for tha applicants lie ins drawn conclusions utterly unwarranted by lie HB ats done all that tho con to capture the city desired him to do lie has denie 1 citizenship to men proven to la 19 of go d moral chalai ter s b r industrious honest pa wable and thoroughly desirous de sirons of the perpetuity of am republicanism aad thia be ariae aliey aro liberals whose very faces and manners proclaim thair vices and who have hid to confess llie r can ba as citizens and viewed aa of gold moral chara ter we da not know what further estepa can or will ins in t but we do nut pop p op aa to let it reel here the opinion ia not on exposition of mormon doctrine but an e ha of the m akrep awn of iti unscrupulous tea the truth my have 4 hart struggle aganet the aud ii Dotlich naj mis ed it bit think god it mil ultimately and thera a dy appointed whet all aal all m n ahill bo tried aal tl the supreme audgo on fisli for ignal and eternal jui lica |