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

s.s ,ie..c they sSv tha; their army Is
legal. and say thst such stAtemensls =
false as hell. and that they are = Iott 49, =
a pumpkin that has been frozen seseu Sn,,s
and then melted in 4 harvest SIN. SOns
on WIS ycr- thousands of illegally oruetsu
troops. aud I will promise you IN lIs
name Of Israel's God that you shaii met.
away rs the snow before July sun. 30.
We are not 10 be persecuted Ne VIC haee
been. Weean say. Cons a. mob ana VIC
will syyeeicn yOu up right suddenly. Ihey
never did anything against Joseph UNI,
they had Ostensi5ly leSaiiHed 4 nloo' ~. I
shall treat their army and every armed
company that attempts 70 come here, = a
mob. The congregation responded Amen. |
You might a. well tel me that you can can
make he'll into a powder honse. a 80 ~ nj
have peace. I intend 10 tell them and show I
them This. n they don't keep away bT 4
taking thu course. you VIII HAD nat ever I
man and woman feels happy; anu NJ, ~, ~ ~,
enemies shall not slip the bow on Oid
BriShi's necs again.
Referring TO the same subject,
President Heller G. kimball, in Au-
gust, 1857, delivered a discourse IN
this city. found IN volume ,, page
I:s3. OF the JOj1ndiCf Disc0Wses, in
which he used the following Ian
guagei
.wuI the president in the chair Of state
h. tirr.s! from his seate Yes. he VIII die
an untimely death, and God AlmtBnly
VIII curse him, and lie viii also curse Ms
successor II he takes the same s,Ahd, ali
He will curse all those who are his coad-
tutors, and all who sustain him what
fDrs Foe coming here TO destroy the
Kingdom OF God and the Prophets and
Apostles and Inspired men and women,
and God Almighty will curse . en-, aud
curse them In the name OF the Lurd Jesus
Christ according TO my calling; anu u
fhafe 4 any virtue In my cstilirss they
shall be cursed, every man That Tits his
heel against us from this day forth"
Elder Orson Hyde, in n discourse
delivered in this city, and found ia
the DEsERET NEWS, volume 7, page
975, used the following language:
.rbe last eastern mail, tl,ink. brought
me 4 pamphlet or tract written by ELDER
Orsou Pratt At Liverpool, Ensland-sub
iecf Gathering OF the saints and building
IN tie kingdom OF Cod Inc whole mat
ter Is handled IN q mastery way, free
| frDul blind obscurity, unchecked and IN.
restrained By fear, and untrammeled By
/ the religious or political docma~ Of the
age 10 Is the product OF a clear head, OF
: strong ueart. ard OF an unfincn-
m hand. In short, Il - heavens
] eternal truth. ! do exceedingly regret
having misiaid u. for j would Ike 10
| send il 10 Senator Douglas. with = request
| that he read 70 faithfully before he applies
| The knife TO cut out the lOathsOme ulcer
| Having read II, then II he shall be disposed
/ and able % cut, cut away, and carve up 10
] suit his own peculiar appetite and that also
! Of his friends. Will some person having
/ said tract or pamphlet be KIND enOugh 20
| mai! u to Hon. ste lhcu \. Douglas, " ash
Iugtou. u. c. But let all men. however.
/ know thatit what the honorable gentleman
I calls the loathsOme ulcer DC cut out, ac-
Il. HnfaHHa
/ United static will be cut of from being i
nation, and her star % emrirc set, and set
/ IN blood
In September, 1897, Brigham
I Young, in an address delivered in
this city, ami found In volume ),
Journal Of DiscOurscs, used the fol-
lowing language:
There cannot be a more damuabIe. daS-
tardly order than WIS issued by the All
l ministrstion to this people while they
| were in an Indian country IN lsih- Before
/ we left NauvOo, no less than two United
/ states senators came 70 receive pledge
I from us that we would leave the United
l states, and then, while we were doing our
I best 20 leave their bOrders, the POOR. low,
degraded curses sent q reVuiSitiOn for five
/ hundred Of our men 20 go and light their
I rattlcs4 That Was President Polk and he
Il now y-eiterlrE In hell, with cid Zlcha-
! righ Taylor. where the present admins
traitors VIII soon be y they do not
ported that this people have committed
/ treason, and upon their lies the President
I has ordered troops % aid in Oihrering this
I Territory. and II those officers are like
I many who have previously been sent here,
and we have reason 10 believe that they are,
! or they would not come when they know
thew are not wanted. they are poo-. m.srr-
able blackleSs, groken down political hacks.
robbers and whnrcmongcrs, men that are
I not % for civilized society, 80 they draEO0u
Z them upon a, for officers. ! feel that
/ won't bear such cursed treatment, and that
| - enough 10 say. for wc arc lust - free A.
the mountain air There
/ aud Il The law was carried oct. 10
| lrould hang up many OF them. and the very
act OF James r. Polk IN having i've hun
| dred ofuur men, while we were making our
] way out % the country under an agreement
l forced upon Us. would have hung him
between the heavens and the eIrth II the
I Laws had been faithfully carried out. And
| now, II they can send force against this
| people. We nave every constitutional and
/ LEGAL right 10 send them o. he'll, and we
/ calculate TO send them there. Our
| enemies had better count the cost, for h
! they continue the job they Will wan; 10 let
/ q out 10 sub contractors before ihey get
| half through With H. II they persist IN
I sending troops here, want the people m
! tie west and in the east 20 understand
mat ], viii not De safe FOR them to cress
the plains
Whether such language rs the
above instigated the Mountain Mea-
dow massacre, or whether that hor-
I rible butcheTy was done by direct
I probably never be known, uiiut Il +
a part Of the history Of this Territory
that about this time n party of peace
ful emigrants, who were passing
/ through Utah, on their way 70 Cali
I fornia, consisting OF about l3l men.
women and chill lren, were merci-
lesSly butchered 10y men under the
command OF John ID. Lee and Can
tain Dame, both MOrmOns Of high
standing.
On the 9Th day Of April 1853,
Judge Cradlebaugh causci the fol-
lowing order 10 be entered in
the records fhis court, to wit:
''This court has sought diligently and
faithfully To do it, duty, % administer the
laws Of the United states and % this Ter
rit0ry. u could have no other object But
at every turn Il has had to encounter diai-
cultics and emblrass mcuts- Men hish In
authority IN the Mormon Church. as well a.
men holding civil authority under the Ter
utorial government seem TO have cOnsutrcd
20 O5stTuct the course OF public Justice and
70 cripple the earnest efforts OF this court
The whole community presents a united
and organized opposition 70 the proper ad-
mIniStratiOn % justice. every art and every
cNpcdient have been employed o cover up
and conceal crimes committed bv Nor
mons. Witnesses have been prevent
ed by threats OF violence from
obeying the summons % this court,
Others that have testified have been
-
United States troops stationed near here
who II u proper 20 say are here on the re-
QUESTION OF the cpurt, and for whose nrcs-
cncc the court Is rcSponsible.-Thc absolute
necessity OF having these troops here have
been fully demonstrated by all that has
transpircd during the session OF the court
To crown all. the grand Jury. sworn TO per
form high public duty, has lent itself as a
willing instrument 20 this organized OppO-
sitiOn 20 the laws OF the country and re
fused to meet its obligations. a most will
lrg inclination has been manifested To
prosecute Indians and other persons not
MoImons, for their ouenses, while
Mormon murdercrs and thieves
This court has determined, a. it. action
manifests, that IL viii not be used by thiS
community for is protection alone, but
that u viii DO Justice TO all. or u will DO
nothing. Not being able 20 do this, the
court now adiourns without day.
Signed '.JNo- CHApLEnATsU.
Judge, End Judicial DIST,
Counsel for applicants, however,
contend that the feelings Of the
people Of the Mormon Church to-
wards the government have under
gone n change, and that in later
years the former feeling of hostility I
has disappeareI, or become greatly .
modified. The evidence. however. 4
does not sustain this claim. In [.
January, lSS7, at the dedication Of .
the st. George Temple, MILFORD /
Woodruff, who is now President Of
the Church, prayed for the destruc-
ton Of the government in the fol- /
lowing language, TO wit:
Therefore. q Lord our Col. we pray
that Thou wilt give Thy people faith that
ne may clam tbs blessing Of Thee, the
Lord OF Hosts; Thou wilt lay Thy hand
upon Thy servant Brigham unto the re-
newal % bis body. and the healing OF all
his inlTmitics. and the lengthening out Of
bis days and years Yea. - Lord. may he
i've 10 behold the Inhabitants OF Zion united
and enter into the holy order OF God. aad
keep the celestial law, that they may be
usf4Nel lgfure Thee Nav he live IL he .