The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-05-05

81, 600 600 people of the United States
was held up to awe the weak and
trembling. The speaker referred to the
actions of certain officials, who, with
their authority as representatives OF
%, 000, 900 people, sought to Cypress and
tyranHiZe over the people of Utah. He
also mentioned the circumstance of the
venom exhibited by the Judge of the
Third District Court on saturday, in
sentencing Farley P Pratt, and won
dered that officia. did not require the
doomed man to get down on his knees
and kiss the uttermoSt neither extremity
of the concentrated essence of 55 600 600
people J (This reference, delivered III
the speakers most sarcastic manner,
caused an outburst of applause, which
was speedily checked.) He referred to
the parody on justice of the ruling with
regard to men being required to put
away their wives and children. The
Constitution was being continually
and always being dished up to the
citizens of Salt Lake City. He re-
viewed the enactment of unconstItu-
tional laws, which were so, notwith-
standing the assertions of those who
perverted the Constitution to make
them so. The Constitution had been
outraged in the INSCRIPTIONS crusade
against the Mormons; particularly he
cited the refusal of bail in recent case
before the court here. The Supreme
court had sustained the issue in this
case: but if the Supreme Court told him
white horse was black, he would say it
was white. He spoke of those who
''went back" on their religion in times
of trial, and likened them to those who,
being held up, with guns pOinted at
them, took their wives and children to
protect them from the bullets.
APOSTLE H. J. GRANT said he could
not find fault with Elder Nicholson,
for warming up when treating of the
manifold wrongs of the people of Utah.
He, himself, tried to curb his feelings
when men branded those as infamous
whom he knew to be good and pure; it
created within him a spirit of resent
ment. The case of Rudger Clawson
was referred to by Elder Nicholson; he
was In the penitentiary for four years
for taking more than one wife. while
the judge who sentenced him turned
loose upon the community man who
had seduced his wife's sister and had
had child by her; but as he did not
commit the crime of marrying her and
holding her out as his wife" he was
discharged. Some of the purest women
who ever drew the breath of life had
entered into plural marriage. The
speaker himself had been taught by his
mother to be honest, upright, yirtu-
Gus, temperate and prayerful. When
she was branded as a criminal, what
respect could he have for those who so
branded herr He referred to the trait
orous and said he could have no res
clt1r
which he received with pride and some
praises which he questioned as being
genuine. He respected many officials
in preference to men who broke their
covenants with God. He was grateful
for the passage of the Edmunds law.
for it brought out the hypocrites and
showed who were staunch and true. He
expressed his contempt for those who
straddled the fence and were neither one
thing nor the other. He respected
those who coHscientiously worshiped
God as they believed; but for those who
would rob him of his rights and privi-
leges he had no respect or regard.
Apostle Grant then spoke of the per-
mission given the Saints by the Supreme
Court of the United States, to believe
what they pleased, but they must not
practice certain things; that was a
liberty no man could give or take away
the liberty to believe. He had heard
considerable of the 50,000,000 people,
and ikened himself to the juror who
stood out against the eleven. He as
serted that the Bible sanctioned polyg-
amy, and cited the fact that DR.. New
man had come to Salt Lake City to dis
cusS the subject and was worsted. So
long as he was virtuOus, he said, what
Aa1 lit "a @f l.. T.
knew the Saints were upright and
honest His earnest desire was to be
preserved from committing sin,
1enied God but had COM
nitted sin; when a man had once
received light and knowledge, it would
never leave him unless he committed |
sin. The world had said the Saints were
were serfs. This was ridicu- |
Gus. They had left their homes, |
affiuence and wealth, suffered persecu-
ion and passed through trials, for the |
gospels sake. Would serfs do this? |
He referred with pride to the action of !
and remarked that if he were |
he Governor of the Territory and ex-
)erienced the applause then, he would |
want to hide his head in shame. If the !
eaders of the people were bad men,
hey had gained the esteem and respect |
# the majority of the people of Utah
lie hoped none OF his hearers would |
yer become so depraved and degraded
IS to rejoice at the downfall Of young
nen.
The choir sang an anthem and bene-
fiction was pronounced by Elder E. B.
Tripp.
The announcement was made that a
Meeting would be held in the Tabernacle
t in the evening, at which President
!. NJ. Cannon would speak.
Thegevening meeting commenced at
o'clock, with the choir singing the
ymn. Come, all We sons of Zien."
Elder A. H. Raleigh offered the open
1g prayer; and the choir sang. anoth er
ymn: 80 my Father, thou that
wellest."
President Angus NJ. Cannon said
Genes that have transpired within the
asst week, have brought to mind
ividly the events of my life. Forty
We years, on the 18th of February last,
,lder John Taylor, now our President,
aptized my father and mother into
his church. In the year 1912, my