Show I SOUNDING SNOWS SOUL I It Idiinil to Contain Vitliltig Hut Pnnnttclsui Kiiurnnr Mists Offers of Cliiiiincjr Ilcjcctcil I Is I tun to lit II Murljr nail Utli the Slum Martyrs Sllnd 1 nrlj yesterday nftcrnoon Governor West iccompinieJ by Secretir Tlioinn M ifliil Ireland anil others mode his II 111111 1 cal iiiol tlio Mormon prisoners nl the Ienitcnlinr for tlio purpose of informing in-forming lilni ° ell of their feelings loHirdi tile Government nnd to offer clemency to those who wOlld pronusa for tIle future ooljo tile IftXiH of tlio country Tint his klmH offers were treited with Hcorn COCCI tn tint due nnd that lug Until eellne1 let with tlio strong repnl o of iimliciini might is dsllx Inxe l > en uessed When tile put arrived nt the IVn x > rtii70 Snon was called out nnd thu olloxln > eoincrnatlon took place be tw eon HIM mid tin Executive Governor esiMr Snow I eon e-on arcadvised of Ills I action of thohti i II II iremu Court In l ourciso HIIOX Yes sir I hlvo hoard that thev concluded that tho had no jurisdiction In Ill case GoOf tourbei > ou are aware thill Iml decision ily that court makes flnil he decision of tin cite by tho Territorial bill rune Court inoxx Imipposoit does Gov Under I thoio clrcum taiceH I ol eotireo that ll now tho law II because Slt is tile decision of tile highest jndlciil tnt mill to which It could bo submitted tine I 1 euneuvo t hit It would ben very oppor hmo time to call nnd submit to you a ropoiitiori which ill conjunction will Inde None and Mr Dickson wo lIMO tliuuulit ndvmbla to makn ill order to fihoxx vou I unil tile people I of tlio Territory i N r fll that thov are mistnkon in believing l that those enaieed xxith tho oeeiltion of tho InxiH In the li rntorv ircnniinati bj nnv Bpirilof innllco or viiitlutlvciicss toward Sue people who no ill tile majority In tile Territory tli it on tho comrnrj their only wish und only I desire ono vxlnch Is nearest to their hem tn is to have tho people ol tho Territory obey mil lesirect tile law Upon consultation with Inclgumil I ill Mr Dickson slId the Mippoitmg tho MCXV tlmt I hnxo utiKystcil I halo como to say to YOII and jour people hero thnt xxo xxonM uiitto in a Hlition to the I xecutivi to Issue Ins pInion In them cases pOI n promise in Kooil filth tint jou silt obey nnii looped tho laxxH nml thnt jouvxill lontiiuio no oilier to live in Violation of them SliowVehl Governor 80 far lS I un conceiiu it pirsonalh I I mil not in eonflict vxitli 11l113iI Ifr I Inxxri I of f tho rotintrv icf h ivoobejeil the loss as fjithfullv nml eoiiseientiouslv ns I nn thus fir mil nm not IJ hcru tin mso l of 1 illsohcdienco I lo OTIS IIW 1 imhi lowrongfullv convicted mill xvroivfullv sentenced GocYcobuit tint is from your standpoint stand-point Of course that is I question SnowXulo perhaps von nusunder Ft mil me I ilont mean particulnrlx mil exclusively tho dmunds loss I me m tho 1IW8 I nf < f the mil I that I consider BUpremo liov lliolixx is u mllv ss lint the eourt Clips It is I 3 oil uro hero un Icr I tonviction of tlmt kind und yom mten lieu xx is to obey tlm lal 1 as v on say you halo done then J oil Call sacrifice nothing if jou promise and ULrco to obI tho law 1 ill fhu future Yon then rid xourself of a eomietion whirl jou say is wrongful mil ptotect vo irself from n fibre pro ° e ulion if you obey tho laws fcnoxx Well but Gov ernor why 0110111 1 this requlred of mo inasmuch ns 1 ecrt unlv Ilave not ns yet iltsoboxed tile Inxx The li lass 1 has been lt vvionimll nml Illegally ndministered m tile CItIeS of mall in the lel iosllut xxo hixe to submit to ills 11151 1 is administered 113 its ionls and propeilx loiistitiile I mthorittcs Not ono of us ns I citicn Ins i nUit to put ills opinion apunst hInt dctcnnmatiun ono o-no bound 10 submit to the construction of ills lils which Ibo court ties Vio einiiot adopt our own construction and follow that bee mso tho decisions of tlio courts eoiititule what tho lass is You are 0 Intelllentn man to linxo asked mo tbo question whether > oti should bo requited to make eueh 11 promise as that been so > on know very well you have taught nnd hehcvcd that certain pric tie es are right which tho lass has put I hal upon I has been said bj our lav lookIng power hit it is not rigId nnd lot only that but such prictiees cannot bo loleritediu this land nnd that pun Islinicnt vxill follow I violation of it Snoxx defy mi mal to come forward for-ward 01111 teslil > that I have taught mv person to dmobox the lasss Thcro is no jierHon that e in eomo forward nml tes lily to that hay That his been the leiehitiBof 01 tho hotly that von belong lo SiossIt has been ill tlio past hit it is not with mo m tile present GoI nm not talking nbont tho last Of comBO ilont cal to discuss tint I siv you aio hero under n eonvietion in u court for u past ofllnte mid 1 collIe to pro D30 that tho Federal officials nnlto in nskiiv tho Ilosident for pinion for you 1111 others to relieve 3011 from mv pun ihinent JOH mi halo incurred if jou m I gosh 1 faith for Ilrn futuio submit I xour cell lo tie 1 laws is interpreted t nnd I ion btrnul b 1 tile courts IIJ bnoxx ellimx I Governor of eourno tliera is no niu vxnstin tlmo on this I vou uslv mo II lelinuneo tho prmelplci of plural intiriiifce I will nnsxxtir 3Olt it oneo GOIXO that m t not tho question File question 1 loll von is sill poll iiLren in gooli ilili bincerelx ill Ilio future lo rennet md obov hIll 1 ixxs ns inlerjirpted In tho t eonrts which 1 and every other tood citizen on lil to do mid must 1111 unil f 11111117 U do iiu nr pnmhnient nowI was onco uskel tlmt balls quleltillil In tile t l First J Iisti let Court nt Siestion It llt Oglioll i nnd I exllrebSII 1 to the Court my wishes that I bhould not bo required to iiiswci that question I lonsidued It u qtioatlon tint Ibex hallo business ask 1 bad olJeylI lila InvvH and was eonvuled Illegally md vxroiiufiillv mil I did not eonsider It vxasn > rsonal qncetlon is to blue future sust underntaiid Unit flint was n question that xxasaski I 5OU In louit unil 1101 had n litbt to il 1 lino to nnsxxcr N 01 I COllie with tim tamest desire to savo mibcrx loUd trnnbln to thu people vxitli xxhom I urn to bo nssoei ileil of Icil1 mid 1 lino it ver > hear to in heait if posblblu to relieve iou i peoplo here of n erent ill nl of nmiecessarx biif fennt bceaubo I nm atislie l that nil tub oobleliag BO fIr lS tIll roteetlon if bio peculiar institution xxhleh I vou luvu est uilislied ri isconeerned is usefess i tlmt it II ill do no good xxliatove r not ono par tide and that nil thu KUiltlccs vxhleli ou makoand nil thusiilleriiis that you enilmu will go for naught 1 coma vxitli that 1 gint aliI wilt tliosu motives Snow uislbUd Unit Mr Wcst but tpoko from opinion wbilo ho spoke from lnov beige and he blotted out on tho usual sermon about how tlm SaInts arn JH rue I cuted and tried repeatedly to discuss religion re-ligion with Ills Excellency He also be Ilion gut tbo usual tirade against the Court for 11 convicting 8rla evidence still md that if the Governor bad como alone 101111 tho propositions they would have lore confidence in them To this tho Governor answered You c1 hale confidence in the propositions whether I tell you or they bccau they are made in entire good ft Woll SnosvWilat I did I tell SOil ill the talk wo had tIle other dav in reference to tho Supreme Court GosTluot nrcmo Court has Ii dntv 10 perform Of course i could not take jllr j diction of the case whIch 55151 not Mtlnn its jurisdiction SnowThoy took juris llctlon in the first cn ° o that went up there 00101 course then it ttev were wronl in the first plnce I would not liMe co great a respect for them if the 11111 not turn nround soIl rectify it in the oIlier case Of course 300 can have what opiniolls you please about the courts or hoollkials but as I say no good citl zen cal have nn opinion which will jus lily him in violating the law none There is I no excuse for that SllOSl1ii right iuyOf course I did not know what the result ot this would be hut I cans xlth tbo disj > o itloii to chow you and tho icoplc hero that there is I nn opportunitv or them to cheapo tho punishment tiey invo incurred I thcv should conform to be 11155 1 and escape the miser nnd trouble trou-ble the are endllrllj 101 inconsequence If llheil f violation of f the law HnowI Juige lane nnd Dickson wish to take tbo course to obtain oily proposition proposi-tion from mo in this matter let them fir ft release mo nnd my friends from the 1eni ten Ilr GovTho could not ilo it nobod jut tho 1rcsfdent could Snow AVcll see do not ask i UOITho refutation of tho claim that it Is 1 persecution for religion sake lies in the fact that of the hundreds lint linn Ircds of dilfcrcnt denominations in lisa United Mates nono ol them over had tin complaint to make bnow That is bee mso they lT manmade man-made Christian whllo we arc Gods people 5nallesstloil ll1 II nrrlpnl pnu1 in xvblch Shall insisted 1 that ho had beet i wrongful imprisoned and p nd that he did not ask for clemency I caving tho ungrateful l Snow hall goIng go-Ing el into tIle enclosure the remaining i I marlrs were brought before tie Doe croon ml In nn imprcsslxe speech IK 11111 1 before them the proposition be luu made to Snoxx He n sled them of the sincerity of his desire to help them nnd I ItKf telr asking of them but a simple i II promise to oho tho law he ollcrcd In ictiirn the bite glorious pmiltL0 0 hbert and begged them to accept it His kmdncs xx it r55lurlidli 1 only by Impertinent questions ques-tions i fnin Homo of lien number The pat left the 1cn leaving tin pnsomis to understand that if at tollS time thev vxishcd to como within i the lax tlnv bid hh to send word bv tbo Marshal Mar-shal for and their release would bp appboi |