Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1889-12-05
ANDERSONIAN LOGIC.

into some kind Of an obligation {
.'avcngc the blood Of the Prophets
,Joseph and Hyrum Smith on thi
nation. The prcponderance o
the testimony, however, on botL
sides OF the case, was that no such
obligation was taken and that il
certainly is not exactei now. There,
fore, John Moore and Walter J.
Edgar, who did not enter into such
obligation and against whom not a
particle of proof was offered show
ing that they had done So, are
denied admission as citizens.
These gentlemen were shown by
competent witnesses TO be men ''of
good, moral character, attached to
the principles Of The Constitution Of
the United States and well disposed
10 the good order and hap
piness Of the same,' but
it was inferred that having
passed through the Endowment |
House, they had joined in Z prayer |
taken from Revelations, 9Th chapter, |
9Th and 10th verses. Therefore
they were not fit 10 be citizens Of the
United States.
Some apDstates, who fatty contra
iictcd each other, tried to tell what
uaths were taken many years ago in !
the Endowment. The evidence
proved that no oath OF any kind is
taken theIe. And therefore these 4,
gentlemen are not allowed 10 be
natualized because Of a mythical
oath which they never subscribed to.
Witnesses who emphaticaIly de-
MED the conflicting apostate stories !
and thus gave overwhelming mega q
tive testimony, declined, son 4 point \
Of honor" to disclose those secret Il
religious ceremonies which had no {,
relation whatever to the subject be- -
fore the court. Therefore John :
Moore and Walter }. Edgar, who =
were not called to testify, were not
entitled to take the oath ofallegiance
10 the Government Of the United = =
States. q
Il was proved that the Endow- :,
ment Of today is the same as that :,
during the lifetime Of =
Joseph ami Hyrum Smith. There "
fore IT Is concluded that part Of it i, -
an obligation to arcage their death -
IN this nation. And consequently =,
hose gentlemen, who never took
md could not have taken any such -.
obligation, must he excluded from .,
citizenship ON the hypothesis that -.
hey did. 'S
a "Liberal@ alien who. it Is adj al
litted has been guilty several -.
mes' Of fornication or adultery is r. r.
man Of good moral character'' =
nd lit to be citizen. But a s:NIor-
ion' who has never been unchaste ''e
nd has taken and kept VOWS Of liu
hastily is, because Of those coven- ue'
ats, not Of good moral character, 'iO'
nj not fit to be citizen. lioi
In 1871, that is forty-eight years fe'r
20, Joseph Smith had q revelation pa
ncernimg the building in Nauvoo silo
a house for the entertainment Of ol
Therefore Charles f. 'lOn
lssold, Carl p. Anderson and Ioni
ler "AlormOns' who never saw 'u''
sePh Smith and were never in
'uvoo, are not eligible to uaturali- Y
ion.
In 1881. Joseph smith receiv- II
n revelation directing Sidney man
lhert, ''the keeper Of the LORDS lcctl
rehouse," a Church establish. wick
MT, in regard to his temporal Sain
lies. Therefore, no Mormon, kno,
today, after the lapse Of fifty here
hit years, a free agent, and there pIod,
2 Is not to he admitted to citizen fabri
,. ince,
'riGham Young, in a public dis whic
Use IN 1917, claimed the right TO cred
t directions to the people in tenn Tn
al affairs, but said, sIt is your Gus 5
'ilege 10 DO rs you please, stron
.refore, Mormon applicants whic
citizenship who never saw siona
CHAM Young, "cannot be made nerve
and loyal citizens under such able
hings, and must therefore lie can O
uded from citizenship. merit,
7NeraI sermons preached years reiter
argued that this Church has les
lle germ oi the Kingdom her !
.oi, which viii not be fully scheu
up till Christ comes. who her
o he its first King. Therefore Of an
Mormon Church s.is an or gress
zation that UNANIMOUSLY and bias Cr a
nously claims TO be the King. course
Of God, = and no member Of if woma
DC admitted as a citizen Of the a Oh
ed States. 4 -tor
the Mormon Church. Rfsb- in
re authorized to hold ecclesias- in III
courts 10 try offenders against sponse
oh discipline, Tut can only peopIe
'h the unrepeutant 10y suspend Clufc
accommodating them from Uniye
-ch fellowship. Therefore No of st,d
oer oil The Mormon Church ing 40.
* ".'iiiit'eu rs a citizen Of the ton:
I'd States. ,,r,
argos Of unchristianlike con- arc ali,
have been presented in certain none br
- courts against Church publish
'ers for sharp practice against can bca
brethren in business Affairs sands o
rendered TO the effect IN the ?
he offenders would not he held City In
iurch fellowship unless they book 81
d repentance by dealing Justly 1ooAs a
Therefore aliens NJ ''iose III
anne Church who We're not ~, ~. 'D -
s to these transactions and had - :,
ig 10 do with them in any incIinoI
ar whatever, are to be denied .Tbo !
enefits Of the naturalization OF being
Of teach
IMAM thirty years ago ssNIor- cradle n
preachers argued that mur- Of the )
and sdulterers who had ,-o hibit int
: been enlightened ~ ca seen in
ID received the Holy Ghost There is
not gain forgiro,,sc - even an
. or5i,o,,. - - '.'eii they are
n, l.,r1 : - e anu 'iia' resented
'ou siio'''u oe exc articles Y
~ '''' III 'neS would atone ''Mrs.
n crimes by death, rs in The Pies
! tunes. But that no one Utah
Necute such pensItv .,,o.,., erued Of