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in s.ar.ins, but had made but dye Journey when
Nj. tam. weye ,toten from him. and be WA forced

in rtsrtins. but had made but dvs journey WIEN
his t.,ns were stolen from him. and DO WA forced
10 return.
In The FsA Of 1855 there arrived here among TOE
Mormon converts party from TeI". One "in-
ter. boseyer satisfied them with Mofmonsm, sod
last Spring they determined to return Before
.t ring they called for and settled all claims ~mco
were pre.ented against them; one OF them ivbg 10
GIants,ile bavDg to pay taxes for teheoI house
uhich IRA, To bs built. Uofurtunst@ly, young
man { the party bad during the Winter married
Mormon gr add she naturally was anxious !" NE
sitb her husband from PandeD- nom; ou' pr"cee'i-
irqs lie these cannot be sanctioned here. Accpld-
pg j. soon after they started Po' 'e "as sent 1lei
Them and brought back the wtole parry vi d W.
two exceptions. The young man was thea hned
s2G6 for tsklng bis wife with bicI against the VIII
O., her ia her Another Of the party was suei i'r
4 deb; Of So; he, however, sho Sed receipt TOT
the ,ame, wbereupon they made him pay Sl2 coSs
for bringing him back. Upon similar pretenses the
whole ou If! 4 the party Wa seized. thus present
ing them from leaving the Territory.
These Jude proceedings may be considered
ius,ifisble when We find the following clause 10
Law Of the Territory (see Revised Laws OF Ctab,
page 2G0, sec. ~
rArdr 70 lave nor parts Of Laws shall be read, ar
gued cited or adopted in any court daring any lria
except She AZ enacted by the Governor and Le!lsauve
Assem- bly, Of tts Territory and lose p1ssed oy tns
Congrtss Of TIE United SAFES WhsH GPptcdbej and
no r. port dtcsioD, or d'iOgs Of any c ur sha be
red argued cited or adopted a. prece lent III aay
other trlsl.
Again, in lar defining the duties Of Judges, it
is declared that they mrst judge upon The merits OF
the case alone Of course, in the aforementioned
instsn the men were gtong il attempting to leave
Zlop, and therefore ought + pay heavy lines and
cost.
Last Spring man named Ph lips, 10 making
preparations 10 get away, tod half Of bis property
for four hui dred dollars. Tue Church, Knowing
his intentions, Immediately seized and conflsca'ed
the remaDirg half for taxes. They then persuaded
an intimate friend Of bis TO borrow the remainder
Of the moIcy. Of which he succeeded in OBJ aiming
some three hundred dolars by stating that be
wished it but for few days, aud giving some suit
able reason for asking it. When the time had
elapsed and Phillips asked for the money, he was
told that Br gtam had taken possession OF It and
al refused to return IT, if It 10 be taken out of
the Territory.
You Will find the following paragraphs 10 dis
course delivered by Brigham Young December D,
1853, zee vol Of the Journal Of ID scourses pub
hsLed by the Church, page 3iO) indicative Of his
ideas aid principles on this subject. In speaking
Of the fact that persons who had lent large sums of
money to Elders Of the Church had complained be-
cause il was not returned to them, he says:
IF sD Elder has borrowed from you, aHd you hnd
be lie goiog 10 dJosat1.e then you may ughten ne
scrers upon HIM bat if he is willing to pre4ch the
gospel without pure scrip il is none Of your ba"'
ness uhat he does r,k the money he has borrowed from
vou Ard if the Lord wants il to Use, let it 60 and II
Il. none Of Jour business what he does with IL AuG
if YOU mumur against that Eloer, IL will prove your
'daanaton The money WAS not youis but the Lo'd
Anigl y put INTO your hands to see wha, yod would
do with IT,
This is consolation to al who have lent money to
MOImOns.