The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-10-11

set the guilty free. God will govern his
kingdom as he governs throughout His
universe, by the laws of Justice and
equity. What l say to the Latter-dav
Saints Is, let US be of good cheer. l
n ever have seen a better day than this.
The kingdom will come off victorious.
and those who have hated us wlil see
! the day when much woe and and attic
ton will come upon them. We hear
/ talk about 50, 000, 600 of people being OBJ
posed TO the Latter-dav Saints. I offer
! to you this afternoon nv tes-
/ timOny that that is not true
There are not 100000 in this
glorious government of ours who are
! opposed to the Latter-day Saints; but
there are thousands in the United
! States to-day who are anxiously wait
| ing for the solving OF the Mormon
problem" who are praying for the
! deliverance OF this people. It's great
mistake to suppose that every man,
woman and child in this nation is op-
posed 10 this people; there are scores
! that, while they have not courage TO
come out and speak word for them.
! have a warm throbbing in their hearts
! for them and they are not blind to their
surroundings either
tell the Latter-day Saints this after
noon that this great government is not
strong and the reason is, they have torn
up the foundation of the structure that
was built by our fathers. They have
ripped up the mOOrings of the great
| ship. They have allowed mob rule TO
get control in this land and like dark
cloud these secret societies are gather
ing around. tell you this nation
stands as it were upon mine. When
the Knights Of Labor and The different
brOtherhoods can say in calm language
that within 30 minutes they can stop
the motion of every car wheel between
Omaha and Butte, Montana. l say to
you there is power there. More than
five years ago certain secret societies
instituted what were called the Pitts
burgh riots. The State militia was
called out to quell them, and they were
not able to do it. The army of the
national government was appealed to,
and United States officer told me
that, when he led his soldiers to Pitts
burg he feared in his heart TO give the
word of command TO fire upon those
insurgents, for. said he, l did not
know whether they would obey or n N
round and fire upon their commanding
officers. l have heard the merchants
of Chicago declare that they had piles
Of private arms stackeI away because
they could not trust the municipal
the county, the State, or the national
power; will you tell me that a nation is
strong thus situated? 1t is no.. The
iron heel OF the monopOlist has long
been upon the neck OF labor, and the
great question which is looming up in
this nation to-day is that of labor and
capital. Would to God we had States
men with eyes clear enough 10 see
Would to God that they would pull out
OF their eyes the beam Of the Mormon
question" and behold the mote that
threatens the nation. The occurrence
at Rock Springs, and the mutterIngs
we hear from the Atlantic 70 the Pacific
ought to be a warning that the day is
not lar distant, unless the Democratic
and Republican parties open their eyes
to the situation, when desolation ard
war will be In this government. When
men who live in the east, in San Fran
cisco and Chicago have said to me.
Mr.. Thatcher, why don't you re-
nounce this Objectionable feature of
yuor religion, the nation IS opposed 70
il, the civilization Of the age does not
want to per nit 1t, why don't you denv
it and live in peace2'' I have said 70
them, 81 thank you tor your kind
sentiments, l thank you for the
friendly feelings that you entertain,
and as an evidence that I feel il
1 will say when this nation, having
sown TO the wind, reaps the Wnirlwind.
when brother takes up sword against
brother, when father contends against
son, and son against father, when he
who will not take up his sword against
his brother must needs fee to Zion for
safety, then ] wOuld say 10 my friends,
come TO Utah, for the judgments OF
God, commencing az the house of the
Lord, will have passed away, and Utah,
undiSturbed, will be the most delightful
place in all the Union. When war and
dcsolation and bloodshed, and the
ripping up of society, come upon the
nation, have said TO such, Come to
Utah and we will divide our morsel of
food with you, we will divide our cloth
ing with you, and we will offer you pro-
lection; tor I will tel you, my brethren
and sisters, that the day Will come. and
tits not far distant when he who will not
take up his sword against his brother
will have to flee TO Zion for safety; and
it is presupposed in this prediction that
Zion will have power TO give them pre-
lection. We are not going to do il out
side of the government, either; we are
going to do il inside the government.
There is no power in this land to turn
this people against the government OF
the United States They VIII maintain
the constitution of this country inYio- /
late and although Il may havS been torn
to shreds they viii tie it together again, /
and maintain every principle OF it, |
holding it up TO the down trodden of |
every nation, kindred, tongue and people |
and they will do it, too, under the Stars |
and Stripes. They win stand with their
feet firmly upon the backbone of the |
American continent and maintain the |
principles which cost their fathers $50 !
much, and those principles can not be /
taken away by men who violate their !
oath OF office and destroy their trust.
1 tell you that there are boys growing |
up in these mountains who have the /
principles Of human liberty grounded |
deep in their hearts, and they Will /
maintain them, not only for them |
selves, but for others. God speed the /
day-if the nation pursues its down /
ward course and dries up those funda
mental principles of government which /
have made them strOng-Then the Con- /
stitutiOn may be rescued and all men !
and women shall free again. But / !
would pray in my heart that Grover |
Cleveland may stand up as the chief /
executive oil the greatest nation that |
there is on Gods fOotstnol to-day, and |
cav IN tho u-auaS of mn hIio aui7ion and |