Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1889-11-30

property, they having sought for
this divide direction rs men did In
| time3 Of old as related in the Bible.
That in Nauvoo over fcrty-five
years ago n building was erected
under church auspices FOR the COM
fort Of visiting strangers and a reve-
Iation was received in relation 10 it.
That in Bishops courts Church
members have been tried ecclesias-
ticalIy for understandable conduct
in their business relations with
their brethren. That Elders have
preached the doctrine that this
| Church is the Kingdom Of God, not
fully established and with no King
till Christ comes. From this the
Judge draws the inference that the
Church claims and exercises the
right to control its members in
temporal rs well as spiritual things,
but he fails to show where, in. the
least degree, this infringes on the
liberty Of the citizen.
He also announces the extra
ordinary decision that zone of the
doctrines Of the Church" is that
'.for certain cffenses the offender
shall suffer death, as the only means
Of atoning for his transgressions, and
that any member Of tine Church has
the right to shed his blood" The
truth Is, the evidence shows 10 the
exact contrary. We unhesitatingly
brand as wicked falsehOOd
the statement that the Church
teaches, or holds, or has
ever taught or held such an
aJominable doctrine. All the one-
sided uiterances Of individual opin-
ion which the Judge has selected,
fail to bear out his assertion. In an
unfair and clearly partial manner,
he injects remarks as TO the mean
ing Of those speakers, into his COM
ments, conveying ideas that they
did not express or entertain.
For instance, speaking ofJedediah
NJ. Grants sayings in regard to COW
enant breakers, he says: That is,
those who leave the Mormon
Church" Also: Referring TO the
right of the Church TO shed the
blood Of those who apostatized,
Brigham Young used the following
language
These are the Judges own fab
relations and are not the sense Of
the quotations he makes, but are
gratuitous Misrepresentation Of
both the language ana the
Intention Of the speakers. Quot
ing from n discourse by the
Editor Of the DEsERET NEWS, he
gives three isolated paragraphs and
carefully suppresses the explanatory
context, and thus conveys n mean
ing contrary to that actually pro-
claimed and eNpOunded by the
lecturer. The plain declaration and
proofs that "bloOd at0nement'' only
relates 10 murderers AMI adulterers
who nave made special covenants not
to commit such sins, and that no one
except a legal, civil officer has the
right TO execute the death penalty
Judge Anderson Omits and thus
leaves n false impression the very
opposite Of that which the discourse
conveys. Comment on this is need
less.
Judge Anderson says: "Brl}gs nam nam
'uHbS - sfil aeatAiAl'sS
- - She proper
olieers Tor carving on the Tar-it,
rial government" 'sHe claimed the
right to say who the officers Of the
Territory should he, !" etc. We de-
nounee this as utterly and entirely
false History Is against the Judge
in this particular, as published mat
ter is against his erroneous assertions
on mormon" doctrine. The rene
tition Of the stale falsehood that the
United States flag was trailed in tn.
dust when Brother Wells was re-
leased from prison, and Of the
stupid notion that half-mastinE the
flag, which has ever been viewed
as token Of grief, was intended
as an insult to the Government.
shows the bias OF the Judge and
his eagerness to father and sanction
the vain imaginations and hald
ansITdities Of Embellishments fauat-
les.
The editorial opinions ofthe DIS
Fret NEWS for which this paper |
alone IS responsible, he distorts into
pressure brought to bear ky the /
Mormon leaders to prevent mem
oers when convicted Of violating
The lawsfrom promising obedience
They had nothing to do with the
ltterances Of this journal, and what
we have said on this matter related
not to obeying the law, but agreeing
o be governed by the lawless and
conflicting constructions of the law
" the courts, which involved
promises dishonorable to any man
'iaced in the position referred 10.
Judge Anderson has suppressed
rom his opinion the documentary
of the patriotic sentiments
Entertained by the leaders Of the
Mormon" Church which was in
reduced in profusion. He has
one the same with the proofs Of
eviction TO the institutions OF this
'epublic -On the part of the s.AIor-
non" people, presented 10y counsel
Ir the applicants. He has drawn
onclusions utterly unwarrantei
y the premises. He has done all
nat the conspiratOrs to capture this
ity desired he should do 50. He /;
as denied citizenship to men {
roven to be of good moral char !
'ter, sober, industrious, honest !
saceable, and thoroughly DESTROYS
the perpetuity Of American
publicanism, and this be- {
use they are Enormous, while I
liberals whose very faces and man !
.rs proclaim their vices and who '
I'VE had TO confess their unchastity. a
N he welcomed as citizens and .
ewed rs Of good moral character.
We do not know what further {,
Fps can or viii be taken in {
IS matter, but we do not propose u
let it rest here. The opinion of p
Idge Anderson is not an exposi- Ii
IN of ''Mormon" doctrine but an il
no of the misrepresentation of its n
Iscrupulous adversaries. The :;