Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1865-11-25
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.landss' ThNCsyhe reason You are'here Ne
dhadl been sdriyen out frdoi Kiriland o.. |
Joseph Smith $id Go, Eand wents i
preached Gods truth. Any man who ts
,not willing tolbc' 'saEed as5 have been, Mill
be damuch tbaptized by tile authority of
Jesuss Christ. III iisst baptizeds two SICK, !
women. They had to be carried in beds
from the carriages to the water. The doc
tors had given them up. But when zap.
tized them, both recovered from that hour
Ohe,was brothef John Watts lnpther the
'otlier was sister WormsleS. Many were heal
ed by touching the hem of my garments.
did not know it, but they were.
"Property9 Why, as L told you this morn
ing, have got property enough, i didn't
steal it. l worked for it. am working
teller. If you cont believe it, come up to
my house and see; come and help me a
a little. will start tile sweat on you;
willraise the dantler on your jacket. Come
and grind wheat with me; am a miller. L
ANA Observation-Disclosures trade Of my
father Come up and InWiil show you. Il
am "a potter, l learned that trade. You
don't believe it2 Then come upnnd see it /
don't mould you into something. Laughter
And as for chopping, l can chop with any
one of you. / have chopped cord wood all
! day, day after day, with Joseph Smith,
! Samuel Smith, John Smith and James
Smith, and it was just nip and tuck between
u.s. And am as good u carpenter as there
is in this Territory iua ,,, .3.p!} $50 ".in
! t"Many strangers come through here now.
They are a great deal more plenty than they
used 10 be. They arc disgusted with the
corruption and oppression of the United
States. I (To the GENTLE hearers:) Amt
that sol Some who settle here want to
steal our wives and daughters. Before they
\ came here we were at peace. We never had
II lawsuit till the Judges came And as for
The sinking lawyers--why lawyer is the
damndest thing ia the world lie is even
. worse than priest. Officials are sent
among US. All of them but two or three
are hostile, and want to destroy US. Does
it make much difference2 Let's see; have
!, we Governor now, or Is there one comingl
A VoICE-Therc is one cunning.
r"HEBER-Well he is just like the Gov
ernor we have-no worse--no better AL
the Governor has to do is to pay the Legis
lature and administer justice. Are the Gov
ernors our mastersa No, sir; not for me
they are Our servants, We have our Apos
tohc Government. Brigham Young is ou
leader, our President our Governor. an
Lieutenant Governor Amt a terrible fel
| ler2 Why, it has taken the hair all off m,
head Laughter. At least it would, i
hadn't lost it before. lost it in my hard
ships, while going out to preach the king
dom of God, without purse or scrip. .'
ITO the Gentiles. oh, don't be scarf a
me! Come up to my house and see me.
will give you some peaches, and make yo'
: happy. | have two sons abroad preachin.
!; !: the Kingdom of God. Brother Byrd say
they are good boys. 1t makes me proud t
, Il .l,o,,
can send out fifty of my sons to preach, a
at one lick. Come up and see Inc. wi
: give you some peaches. | will give yu
= some apples. / would give you some mea
!. if 1 had 1t, but am about out. l don't hat
u you because you are strangers. May Go
y bless all good men and women; that is in
y blessing. May God bless the stranger
) CoNGREGATIoN--Ame d ."... .''
, And so ended the Sunday religious" Sc
/. vices. am assured they are fair specimer
II of the Mormon preaching, though less ho
y tile to the Government than the averag
:, Though it was no. stated in so many word
:, the plain, Girect, only inference from I'll
= lang Iage was that if any possible attemI
y should be made to render the Anti i-Polyg;
" my law operative, they would resist it b
!, force of arms.
4 THE MonMoNs ARMING AND DRILLING.
II According to statements published in ii
Mormon papers, and the concurrent test
d mony of all Genties, whether in civil life
,r connected with the army, the Mormon
D: are pertecting their military organization
)f which extends throughout the Territor
e drilling the people, and of late, with pee
d liar carnestness and zeal, obtaining all tt
% arms and ammunition they can purcha
1t from ols.hNrged soldiers, miners and other
y TIE ANrIPoLYeAMY LAW \ DEAD LETTE
W By the act of Congress of 1862, Polygan
is crime punishable with imprisorme
not to exceed five years, and fine of $500
less. But the act is utterly imperative.
r Judges Titus Drake and McCurdy, wi
&c represent the United States Government al
~ form the district and Supreme Court
though sworn to enforce the laws, are po'
~ erless. The selection of jurors is in d
II : hands of the Mormon officials. The o
-, Man power is supreme. Brigham Young
=. the Church and the Territory. OF cour
~ the masses here, as everywhere else, are 81
=, cere; but they yield absolute and unique
y tioning obedience to the mandates of 4
a. Church. They have no free schools, TIL
- read no newspapers, except those OF thu
, own faith.
u. u. The Church of Rome, in its palmiest da,
allegiance from its followers than is renG,
9 ed to Brigham. No Mormon Jury could
u, empanneled which would convict of Polyg
-, - my-indeed Of anything contrary to t
~ ~ mandate of Brigham. Hence the law is n
~ ~ onlya dead letter, but scott and by
NJ word. The Mormons profess to believe
~ unconstitutional. But if they were since
:, in that belief their remedy would be SC
rs easy. The Government officials have offer
40 40 to agree upon case, and furnished eve
- - facility for taking it up to the Suprer
~ Court of the United States. If Brigham
" loyal, as he claims, let him concur in this
l. test the law, and abide by the result. The
u is no escaping this issue.
he WHAT TIE GoyEnNaENT Is DOING.
ou The original design was to station 2,5
IS. troops for the coming Winter, and suppl
of for the one already stored, at Camp Dougl
n three miles from this city. But within I
n. last few days notice has been given to t
u eommandant that only 1000 soldiers "
rs, Winter here, and the Comnlissary has
it ceived ORDERS to sell the surplus suppl
to They have cost a million of dollars, aud I
re- officers assure me that their sale will invol
Ip- loss of from 20 to 80 per cent upon tn