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Dent, and then advise them 10 ocouheil together
Tor the public good, and to counsel the DEM
ocrais, the aboliiionisls, the pro.slavery men. |
the North and the South, the East end th'
West, to all meet as brethren. Do you noi
see th At by adopting this policy they would
become good natured and stand on equal foot
ing sith each other? Then, ifthey wish to ad-
IHst the question, they could meet in counsel
and agree about it. Then they could treat
that institution upon reasonable and righteous
principles,
d Gentle Larger
From a sermon delivered by President
t Young, il would appear that Mormon Lawyers
are not Immaculate. He says:
: will refer to what have witnessed no
longer ago than yesterday, in the court room
Alawyer rose to make his plea before the jury;
he took up the laWsof Utah, which are strict
and pointed in reference to lawyers making
pleas, binding them to fairly array the facts in
the case, whether they are for or against their
clients-and he was so serious, SO religious,
SO pious, and so honest. that he appealed to
high heaven to witness bis honesty before the
jury. When he had induced the jury 10 be-
lieve that he was honest, he stood there and
misrepresented the merits OF the case COR half
an hour at a stretch, in regular lawyer style
He bad been gentle lawyer for many years
before he had entered this church. and there
fore do not think that he really merits such
severe censurs as he otherwise would for TAX
ing the gentle shoot so faithfully. as the
strong power of tradition and habit still en-
folds him. IAstead of setting before the jury
the true merits Of the case, and nothing else,
he never touched upon them, but avoided
them at every turn, and threw dust in their
eyes. that they might give an unrighteOus de-
ciSiOn.
Brigham Young on Courts
To see professed brethren, old and young,
: idling away their time in and around court
: rooms, proves them to have little or no love for
their religion, and that they care bat little d.
bout their God. would like to see a strictly
honest community, il we can have one, and
then there would be no difference OF opinion
+ brought bafore gentle court-never, never
Every difficulty would be settled amicably,
Y without ever calling upon court. am as
. hamed Of many ofyou; i! is disgrace fol nen
t who profess to be men of dignity and charac.
ter-peA who have been judges in the su-
. plems court of their country, to condescend to
. the mean, low-ved calling Of pettifogger
and miserable fools at that am ashamed
for such persons-their conduct is disgrace
. 10 them, and to the name of Mormon
\ Brigham's Curse on Lagycrs and Clients.
Men who love corruption, contention and
broils and who seek to make them-T curse
you in the name Of the Lord Jesus Christ l
curse you, and the fruits Of your lands shall
be smitten with mildew, your children shall
sicken and die, your cattle shall waste away,
' and pray God to roof you out fiom the sOci.
ETY. Of Saints, To observe such conduct al
f many lawyers are guilty Of, stirring up strife
among peaceabls men. is an outrage upon the
!. feelings of every honest, law-abiding man.
e To sit among them is like sitting in the depths
q Of hell, for they are as corrupt as the bowels o.
s hell, and their hearts are as black as the ace
q of spades. have known them for years;
a know where they were begoden, and by Wkom,
and how they were brought forth, and the his
tory of their lives. They love sin and roll it
under their tongues as sweet morsel and
will creep around like wolves in Sleeps cloth
ing and fll their pockets with the fair earnings
of their neighbors, and devise every artifce 10
their power to reach the property OF the hon
est-and th at is what has caused these courts
: say may God Almighty curse them from
this time benceforth, and let all in this house
say Amen-[a unanimous Amen from 5000
persons resounded through the house for
they are stink in the nosrils Of every Latter
Day Saint in the Territory.
.r The Spawn of Hell.
We have been driven from the face Of man
| into the wilderness, and now the poor devils
s follow us to stir up strife, and to produce the
spawn Of hell, in which tsey delight to dwell
and upon which they feed. And simple ones
. in this community will beg Of them, "CannOt
be on the grand jury? Cannot I get a little
0 to do in the court? You are fools. God will
never pay you; all the pay you will ever re-
ceive will be from the devil, and it will be mis-
cradle pay.
This say 10 lawyers, and to all who will
run after strife, and say it in honesty and So
r berness before high heaven, before my Father
| in heaven, before Jesus Christ His Son, and
, before the holy angels.
What Missionaries are made of.
You men who follow after such course o
, | tbinns as refer To would not give the ashei