The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-06-24
fFor'we're the true born sons Of Zion,
y Who with us that ran com ha n.

Sex, on yonder distant mountain,
~. j. Ziens standard wide IN furled, \, y. M 4
.s.t ana Far above M issouriis fountain.
go. - Lo it waves for sh the world.
4 IL r.. For we're the true born sons, SC.
r. Y, Fresdou, peace and full salvation, ,.
i ttt. e. Are the blessings guaranteed, q i.
-,.si: Liberty to sysrp nation, -,:t.t j. 80
Every tongue and every creed. ssEr,''. :
2 ' To- For we're the true born sons, &c X T..
: :, \. Come, We Christian sect and Pagan,
) osf.s Pope. and Protestsnt> and priest.
..a ,-rr., Worshppers Of God or Dagon, n.y..
no. Z COME veto fair freedom feast ."Fr..
For we're the true born sons, &c.,, e
Come, 70 sons Of doubt and wonder,
Il Indian Mosiem, Greek, OF jew,
Al your shackles burst asunder, .a-. Ell
Freedoms banner waves for you.
-.,. For we're the true born sons &c.
Cease to butcher one another, ,-~...
" Join the covenant Of peace,
BE to all friend, = brother, -
This will bring the world release. Gil
= Tor we're the true born sers, SC.
Lo. our King, the great Messiah,
r. Prince of Peace, shall come to reign
Sound again ye heavenly choir, 80 ,.s,
Peace on earth good will to men.
II For we're the true born sons sc.
After this, the choir in the gallery struck up an.
other song" Oh! say what is truthP'-and, on Its
! conclusion, Elder Thomas Squires, the chaplain,
'fead the sigh chapter Of Nephi, In the Book d
Mormon, and the tenth chapter Of st. John, il the
New Testament. He then offered up fervid and
eloquent prayer, and the whole assembly after
!. words Joined IN hymn-fG loriOus things aresups
Elder Cook. one Of the fathers" next advanced
upon the platform, and delivered an address Illus
.trstiyeI OF the faith and obedience Of Latter day
Saints and expressive Of their loyalty and detet
.minati0n to uphold the government vt Queen Vic
'toria.. He said it was with the most ardent emo.
ticns of love and esteem that hv rose on behalf Of
his brethren, who were aged sires or fathers OF
Israel to congratulate the presidency OF the Church
of esus Christ of Latter day Saints in this king
dom and the brethren in the apostleship and minis
try ON their assembling together on that happy oc-
.'casen,. which would hereafter be RENE bercd as
ofsurpassing interest to them rs people whose
rising greatness had began to dawn upon the world,
whose nefeorc appearance above the moral horizon
was rega rded by the various classes of observers
with mingled feelings of wonder, admiration, and
fear, and though there were Thousands who would
not turn their faces to the quarter from whence the
light came, its influences would, nevertheless, be
universal and its rays would dispel the gross dark
ness which covered the minds the people. They
felt gratefully conscious Of the protection afforded
them by the Just and tolerant laws of the con-
siitution under which II Was their happiness
TO End. shelter. and they gladly took that OPP
pcrtunity of declaring their loyal and undivided
the os Soss
Az it was the teaching Of Ghtst that they should
always respect the laws of the country wherein
their los cast, they would ever DO found ready
TO defend the lawfully constituted authorities Of any
state; and should The time erer arrive when the
peace .9f this country was menaced by foreign ag
Rression thc outburst of revolutionary faction,
thor fcyaity' as people woaid prove an additional
safeguard to the throne, the consttation and laws
Of the kingdom. Their prospects on every hand
were most cheering, even in that country whore the
Latter day Saintswere cruelty and relentessly per-
secuted, where sunrestraiDed inobs could assemble
with IMMUNITY in broad day, and shed the blood of
the prophet Joseph and the patriarch Hiram, and
Afterwards cossuIlmats. their, guilt by foreibly
e,ecting from their homes, in the midst Of severe
winter, II 200 unoffeiiding, unresisting cai1eas,
whose only crime was that they were Latter-day
Saints--e,en In thut country the hand of persecu
tron bhs been Mayed, ana the federal govarnment
dsspief it juS 70 confer honots on the man whom
they, had previously affected u 'iesrise. Their
prospects in this country were al,c very gratifying,
Tor though buts lew years AZ oy VIII ~ three elders
came III u from America 10 preach The everlasting
TIE Lord had added "a their body tsps OF th6rsanfs
sssd, therefore, with boandisg rkessrts they might
ekeIsim, The Ierd ID with gs-the God OF Jacob
isieur rsfo Tho secret &c the unparalleled sue
CO.'S which Cad attended the labors Of the APOSTLES
and The other elders ar tho cAasca, thong opposed
by cyery form or rrc.tcraf. assisted by tia. N sd
Se.s II igrcrspce and superstition, lsy IN that un-
p0ya isd ash % tAAliIAx and reallnoss to obey
tE@c placed over them ineho lord which had at all
TINES tharSertti.cf yhc saints Wills Jthec cons
purities had befeyrlt up into fragment by int.t.
,ai dsssn'tions and soeharian sArife uhsfs church
lu-ene,s,di InIty Aalssx ef'ssbs spift, I'M,
and he predicted they .ssald ,oss day become >
mighty people, whose influence should DO folt and
nth pratas atsd through all nAtions 81 the earth
+. he chorus and proeess on. then ,p,pedin song
ton che Nstnp Gkfy dssIion;n after which y -,tF
r Mr., IoBS .gE,-ls, deiyegsd az esllress on be-
half ~ abe young ss, illustrative 81 the rise aoQ
progress iefi thc' church in "A h4erea IN the British
iscs, alit b. Lorlqn and 'sieiltY, With referenee
~ Ainerea. he SAID the dark ignorance AMI super.
estions htch r~~sisd ia the world, ~ w3ll the
diysioysamea tho people, fosterod ny debate and
leEpetu aied by 5ss scots, ed that thcsprit
Nbith nrtzed unto one body Ind lied; that the
y n ~. 49, al. - -. ~.
di.Penssticn ef Justice and mercy TO mau, and il
ttestige tieasedt tho ord ou The hight ofhc 2Tst
of,Stpttmter, l,23,to FciII an ptgsl t. Mr. j0mph
SMITH ~, native ~ Sharon Windsor county, Yer
mont; tell him hissins we're forgiven, and shat
hy vas the chosen q God 70 csraolsh hs, cha,cb,
sEa ushsT iniSe day u propagation fos thc mLlsn-
Mum ri Jesus hrist 4 nc angel revealed many
ihpg., he origin Qfthe anctican Indians, and the
tlc baas Of APrnUu was oftcrwtrds translated. and
the lffIQssfuf t,Vt m reftrcpcg 20 thsm. "a tier
cGllnUeI revelations for four ysars. on the 22j OF
September. is@5, The angel delivered the reco,ds
into his tarts. -Mg. smith, bv thd power OF Gcd,
tfsnAlsttd some 1T The inscription on tile plates
and an fditlon ~ sueh Translation Was Published IN
lSs0 on the dth. Of April IN tim. .ycar. SHE
Chord" wa' o'rani'tdin thc town ~ Man chester,
Ontario eGulty, -Aes York, tbs n46nth d Deem
hcT following The speaker then went on t. relate
how thr t'fa; by eveiation directed chem to the
Ntstcrn border u the Alissei, the place where
the Ncw trrurT'cm was 20 DC built, how they a.
Ttetcd ihcE strs thhcr, and ulgt fsr the rst time
~ ooBiesenc in Jackson county, the lth Of Au-
purt i~ciiy howt the inhabltsntS drove
them from their chosen city, ki,sing many andwhip
ping others burning their houses, destroying their
ctpgs thgving their turhlture Iieccheal into tho
streets. land compelling great numbcrs % perish
iiom starvation and exposure, how the heavens
opened and angts went to SIZE tic arrOcyo OF maH,
Whilst metcoric shower 6f shooting stars struck
terror into the hearts - their persocutur1 but In
fused hopes htc The bosom ofthe ssjuts; how they
sft eCuufutfV egttl9I IN Clay mn tygre
gain q RELIED, and obliged to procure a refuge in
firneock county, Illinois, their way ththor being
marked ~ graves filed With their dead, or e be
traced ~ blood FROM their suffering, enieeblcd and
EN- seated France Tho MissoOrians, instead Of re-.
retitg these deeds ofraptne, outrage, and murder,
rcoced ia tht IN, and uous sBds Ut soldiers. under
General CLARK. marched by the order Of Governor
PrEg' n plumber thcfrpropeity IN drive them out
eaoe mere. Tho Legislature was appealed 90 IN
tuini Tor instead Of hee hing the cry Of fifteen thou
Sand sufcrug wfdfc rlihg, and deeply injured citi
Yens Il sanctioned tAc act, and voted 20 no dollars
t. gefrsy the expenses attending the attempted ex
termination ana accomplished bauishment Of the