The Mountaineer. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1859-1861, 1860-04-28
VOL.

sot Congress 70 declare any ACT criminal which
g NOT SANCTIONED 81 authorized " the pro-
visions ~ tho Constitution 1be ccinuiittce,
thetetore, Deem n within the leg timate power Il
ot Compress 20 prohibit pilggauiy Ia The Iersk
4 torlea by legislative enactEasntssf II
The attention Of the comnfftfre has btsn
directed - book entitled ..Aetss resolutions
AND Incnaofinls pnssed at the several annual
4 sestions Of the legislative Assefnbg ~ tho e
4 Territory % Utah &c. published "a tirsha
u ssls Lake CITY. NJ J9ssph Carr ,pssi; pstasss
Il chapter XVII An ordinance Incorporating
1.-The Church VI tesps Christ 81 hstter Day Z
4 saints Iii Tcading this statate, ma. inslegd B
& Id considering the mhnls subject suhnsiitsf "
them, thu goinuittes are Painfully ferttndfd
Of The Injunction, ehire q i.t-e ptvphrts {
/ which como to YOU III sheep ciothing. Nut
invariably they are ravtniIig wolves. 2 nnl
know them hy their fruits Do men gatntf
A grapes Of tforHs or AgR Of thistlcst Eyennp
lferefy good tree bringeth forth good fruit, but
4 i corrupt ttce bfingtth forth evil huit
kood tree cannot hrinsy fSrth evil fruit neither
can. corrupt tree bring toIih good l. s::
i Isstsy tgee liat bripgeth nok forth good ffuit Il
I q hcwn down, and cast Into The FIRE. Where
fore. by thags fruits, ye shall know them; !.
Aud again X Ana. many false prophets shall
arise aid shall de, sive man Ana " an ~,
ss thero were false sl3p9 +, aiaS
people even as there S,, 81 II ~ n, .la,nr.
anong you, who priyily ~ M ori that
able leresies, even sien5a,s 4, n a,aselycs
bought tbrm,s and bring ~ eSli.,sss sls.lr
s LIZ estrHciiony and iafI ~.
psspiesplls ways, ~ reason q N MA through
of truth shall he evil SPOKEN OLE hnu,
gUyetousress shall they, wi Vi
make inetehARdisa of you, hv w. INA their
nov os a long tune ifngeret ~ 49, an these
damnaion slulnheffth not DIV, s -. ana
words ~ inspiration would " Z, NV, VI. Il M
q wohdes tha, In the midst OF ~ 3 s,,,ss and
light of the nineteenth cent ttft ~ re,Ti
daTlsness shonld sseFsLadow Of y q 80 ~, StI,r
tories OF the American Union, anY t,,ae
should be made III remote aris 80 y,
eesssble part % tho .cOnledercy ~ " a. IN,
Eheiy religion Into contempt, III 1870 n
ions Of The dyiliz.d world. md ss.sa,r, ana
Vengeance of Heaven by d new ssss;sss 4,
new GofHOFfah 70 attract ia ligi sss,.s N
anpease Us wrath Without CONNIE n cs,trn,
i the wicSedncsg and arrogance Of sue M - one,
IeGs pretehtjOns. sntiice Il 70 eay hi 81 ~
Il under consideration is obnoxious 70 srSly
Il oljertons which have been 20 repeal i Hi - 81
4 So foreihly urged against any religion III, a.
tiislimeat In the United States. II thc -,
aud execFable hereay of MoFmonisln -
lonornd with the name Of religion, III ~
very attempt 10 incorporate the ChHI ~ 4,
Jesus Chyist 81 l4atter Hay Saintss is an 10 III
8 70 accomplish In Gtalr, what has nowhere
been Effected Liy our authority upon ihissct
nent the cstah lishment Of one form u ~
gla 'Ia =, M9ssliR e 81 NJ kisSA
y that ssc.ongrcx5 shah make no law Respecting
an establishment of religion, or rr0hibi.ing the
! free exercise thareof;. Tor, # congress itself
has no authority TO pass d law to establish 8
: religion, Il has no power to delegate such d
, power % 4 Territory, and The arrogant aespmp-
! ton OF such an authority ON the part Of III tab
u in direct condemnation Of zine 0f the most
Ichefislied principlesOf that reyered instrument.
Our ancestors, justly aroused and alarmed BY
the experience Of centuries we're opposed 10 the
establishment Of any ecclesiastical domination
whatsoever. and " the establishment or rec0gni-
81 ton Of amy clerical rights and preFogatlves %
Il this Union, without sncumhering this report
with a history Of Alterations ia nioktinAin CONF
nun fecoyefies, or the statute 81 uses. shfIIce
10 say, that for eentuEies jealousy has exist
u cd In England and In this country against al
Ilowing property especially real property. 70 b
tied up In the hands oil ecclesiastical corpora
L tlUns. The law Rnder consideration not only
auth 0rfzes lIe sChAfch Of Jesus Christ o. Lat
.sl Day saints g q h9ls and occupy real and
said act II Is declared that the real and per-
fsonal property Of said church shall be exempt
from tnxatioh; aud, by the third section It's
Il .salso declared that said clutch does aud shall
possess and enjoy continually the power aud
1 Authority iisand Of itself, to originate, make,
1 pass, and establish rnlsss regulations ordlns
hanees, laws customs, and eritetiops for the
Il good order safety government. conyeniencet,
CON fort mud control Of said church, and for the
/ punishment and forgiveness Of all offences re-
u latiye 10 fellowship, according to church coyens
lantsi thus ESTABLISHING q hierarchy Qpno1leu1
to the spirit of our Institutions, and eontevting
privileges and pnetegaiiyes unknown 70 any
d other ecclesiastical tl,nomination Sngb; mon.
81 strous poMers and arrogant assumptions are ~
b war with the genius OF our government and
Z should meet promptly and without hesitation
I the Indignant fei,Iplsatien OF gong efs 3.
E The aef thus anitnaayerted npcnis N elect
n. enacted by AN net approved january ~. 1899,
! cIiapteI 81 entitled An act in relation 20 HE
ccoInpilation aud revision Of tue laws and re1o-
tluIiens IN iprce In Utah Territory, their publ,
q cation and distribution and the committees,
F5aWithput hesitation, recommend tnat h,ss -
well as tic act already ahveEted 70, be declared
. null aad void ~ provided In the bill suumitted
! 10 them itEss5 ssa, as
= L the committee are Of opinion that yaEiors
81 other statutes enacted blythe Territory OF utan
c arc subject 70 just apinalsersion, and should
be annuIled by Congress but, as this seolscts
! WIS not submitted 20 their consideration, they
. do not deem il expedtutto enter upon lis dts-'
4 chssion; but they cannot abstain from declaring
A III as their solemn conviction whether u pe Z
Il necessary, inordeT % reform one OF the most
. glazing abuses Of the present century, Y teals
81 vide the Territory OF uah or bring ms eiusens
4 90 4 faithful Observance Of the gonstltuilon2
i ana laws If the Upited States, BY the employ.
i ment. ii need be, TO Its utmost extent, OF our
/: military power; tho must prompt and enelsese
/, measures are demanded to show our abhpIgenss
: IL a vile supcEstitioB5 which Is antagonlsuc
I'll alike 10 tho laws Of God and man and dsgIacet
fuI 10 the spiritof the age In which We live. r
The committee therefore report the DID e
:. submitted TO them, ADdrespeetfnily Eecemtnsh1
les passage. . ]. ..ss 80 =
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