The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1856-06-03

been Judges in the 6apreme Court of their country,
to condescend 10 che mean, low-fived calling OF Q
pettifogger, and miserable tools at that. ! am
ashamed for such persons-their conduct is o dis
grace TO them and to the name Of Mormon. ! wish
we had In our midst thousands and millions Of such
men as Joseph Hovey--I would then bid defiance TO
all the powers Of darkness. Bat while we have
hundreds and thousands of men whom we bold In
fellowship--who would rather take Oft their hats
and scrape their shoes to O servant of the devil and
black his boots tell you we are in danger.
BRI0HAh CURSES THE LAWYERS, THEIR CHILDREN,
THEIR LANDS AND THEIR CATTLE.
Men VINO love corruption, contention and br0lls,
and VINO seek to make them, curse you in the
name of the Lord Jesus Christ; curse you, and the
fruits OF your lands shall be smi.ten with mildew.
your children 81 sicken and die, your cattle shall
waste away, and / pray God to root you ont from
the society VI the saints To observe such conduct
as many lawyers are guilty OF, stirring up strife
among peaceable men, is an outrage upon the feel
Dgs OF every honest, law abiding man. To nit am0ug
them ID like sitting in the depths of hell and their
hearts are as black as the of spades. have known
them for years; know where they were begotten and
by whom, and how they were brought forth, and the
history OF their lives. They love sin, and roll it
der their tongues as q sweet morsel, and will
creep around like wolves in sleeps clothing and
fill their pockets with the fair earnings Of their
neighbors, and devise every article in their power
to reach the property OF the honest, and that is
what has caused these courts. say, may God Al
mighty curse them from this time henceforth, and
let all the saints in this house say Amen, Ia unani
nous amen from 5000 persons resounded through
the house tor they are stink In the nostrs Of God
and angels and in the nostris Of every latter day
saint in this Territory. We have been driven rom
the face OF man into the wilderness and the poor
eevs follow us to stir up STRIFE and to produce the
spawn Of hell in which they delight to live and
community will beg of them, Cannot be on
the grand jury !? Cannot get little to do in the
court Z" You are fools; God wi II never pay you;
all the pay you will receive will be from the de-
yers and to all who will after strife and say it
in honesty and soberness before high heaven, before
my Father in heaven, and before Jesus Christ his
Son. and before the holy angels. To see vwyers, as
eSe them aSd then throw dust int
who will reward you for this !? The devil, when he
gets you in deep suffering and trouble, for there he
will leave you and say that he has no more use for
you. You would do better to labor for the Lord and
you would get better pay. And the people of this
Territory will make money by paying their honest
debts, and gain property and be blessed in their
basket and in their store i'll their fields and in their
crops, in their focks and herds in their wives aud
children, while the whitening touch Of the Almighty
will be upon them, II they practise wickedness.
NO DECENT MAN WILL 90 TO COURT HOUSE,
CLOSING ADMONITION.
Keep away from court houses; no decent man
will go there unless he goes as Witness or is in
some manner compelled to. know that many are
obliged to co. but those who creep around to what
is gong on let me tell you the devil has possession
Of them. wish such persons to go to California il
they wish to. l counsel you to keep away from
courts; we have got the names of those who have
attended that court room, and we will send those
characters on long missions, for we want to get rid
of them, and we do not care whether they aposta
TIE or not If the world complain of this, say l. if
you have not sense enough to know an honest man
from devil, you must run the risk Of it. I could
always discern the difference, and If you have not
insight enough to know when they tell the truth
and when they lie, you have to run the same chance
that we have People abroad may say, "Why
send them. We wish them to stay here re
only those whom it is necessary to have go,
but we have no business for those pour miserable
the Almighty has no fellowship for you; your
names are written with ours here, and also in the
Lambs book Of life, as have often told you, where
they will remain until you sin against the Holy
have |: Now go and prove yourselves, and If you
desire TO be saints you have an opportunity. We're
it not for your ignorance, there would be severng
between the righteous and the wicked. ! would not
righteous or not, would make q scattering among
this people and make the wicked leave forthwith
wanted to give you this brief exhortation. You
may say that have talked rather hard, but do not
care what you say about it, not partlsle. viii
tell you what think about the matter, if you do
not stop your wickedness we will lay judgment to
the line and righteousness to the plnmmet and i
tell You that the haistOrm that will be around you
will sweep away the refuge of lies and all liars.
SOME OF TIRE SAINTS ARE SOFT SHELLS.
lam not afraid of all hell, nor Of all the world, in
laying judgment to the line when the Lord says SO
Now then behave yourselves, you old gray.headed
know nothings, you are dotted; you are, shall say
hard shells ?-no you are poor old soft shell fogies
that few pounds of tea and sugar will buy. feel
as ready as any man to honor gray hairs, but also
believe in the old proverb which reads that "a wise
child is better than an old and foolish king" We do
not want any such men to 60 to courts. When they
case themselves, and you keep away and mind your
own business. Let me ask you, is there man OBJ
iged to 60 into a court and sit on jury? No. Our
law will not oblige him to do it, only on certain con-
because you love- be there Yo% dow the
drink that is there, eat the food that is there and
sup the broth that is there, because it is Of hell and
you like it better than You do the saints and the
in heart, and separate the wicked and unrighteous
from them and curse the latter class from this time
hence1Orth Amen.
TIE BISHOPS ARE OLD GRANIEs-BRIdHAM PROMISES
TO TRAIN THE SAINTS
feel like taking men and women by the hair OF
their heads, fguratively speaking, and singing them
miles and miles, and like crying stop, before you
ruin yourselves. But have not the power to do
this; can talk to you little and can beseech you
to stop your mad career and can ask your Father In
ueaNcu w give yVu tuc ukut VI LIB oplTlt, anu WITCH
you receive that you will find every word that said
last Sabbath to be true. There are men here by
the score who do not know their right hands from
their left SO far as the principle Of Justice is con-
cerned. Does our high council? No, for they
will let men throw dust in their eyes, until you
cannot find the hundredth millionth part of an
ounce Of common sense in them. You may 20
to the bishops courts, and what are they? Set
of old grannies. They cannot judge case pend
ing between two old women, to say nothing Of a
case between man and man. We have already
dropped many Of them, and we are picking up
young men. We will train them and tell them to
serve God or apostatze. The time is coming when
justice will he laid to the line and righteousness to
the plummet; when we shall take the old broad
sword and ask, "are you for God2" And if you are
not heartily on the Lords side you will be hewn
down. I feel like reproving you; you are like o
wild ass that rears and almost breaks his neck be-
fore he will be tanned. 1t is so with this people.
Have we not given you salt enough to season you?
You have been sweetened with velvet lips until you
do not know salt from anything else. Will you hear
it, | will come here and train YOU eyery Sabbath.
and I wish my sermons to be like the raining Of