Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-07-11
A NEW REORGANI1E FABLE

We rarely nay any attention TO The
publication called THE Saints Herald
Issued by the Rcorgauites al Lamom
Ia. once m a while. however our ai-
tenton IL directed to some particular
endeayor of thar weekly 90 helittle ana
miuepresent the Church OF Jesus christ
~ Latter-day Saints a number NJ
such illusions have been signed J.. A.
&. supposed 10 be the assistant editor
We have passed them by. usually, as
unworthy Of serious consideration The
signature Is appropriate. as hey Lao
very much behind the times and are
away in the rear Of literature law aul
logic. A friend has sent ms the first
two pages OF the Herald for June 20,
containing an editorial entitled When
California Came Under United states
Rule" The purpose Of the article is
thus set forth in the opening para
graph.
THE following facts IN the premises
will furnish 20 our elders IN the neld
ana elsewhere sufficient data 20 cor
rect the superstition that the settlement
made by those who settled u salt Lake
Valley. was outside the jurisdiction OF
the United States. II is not correct
one. for that portion Of The church
which went with Brigham Young did
not get out from under the jurisdiction
Of the United States
Then follow coplous extracts from an
article published September, 1890, near
ly sixteen years ago. IN the Century
Magazine. giving some account Of oc-
currences during the time Of the war
with Mexico and which are now TO b.
counted as ancient history having
been fully related many times during
the past haf-century and having no
direct bearing on the point the Herald
writer endeavors TO put forth We do
not wish to waste space upon their re-
production. for there is nothing new
IN them. and most OF them appear IN
whineys History Of Utah, and much
more IN Bancrofts California part OF
his History Of the Pacific States.
The object IN view In rehashing the
story Of the hosting u our country's
nag on the California coast while q
was sull part Of the domain OF Old
Mexico was to make It appear that the
claim Of the Latter-day Saints under
President Brigham Young. that when
they landed here this was Mexican ter
rtory and that they raised the United
states flag while Mexico still claimed
the country. Is untrue. II viii be seen
that this is announced as argument Tor
the Reorganlto elders in the mission
airy field. wherewith TO oppose our FL
ders and raise prejudice against them.
which appears to he the chief effort Of
the Reorganltes IN their proselyting la
bors.
Well. what does IL an amount TOP
Why, simply that during 1885, there
were several outbreaks on the coast Of
California, ir which the Stars and
Stripes and the Mexican flag alter.
mated on some old forts and custom
houses, Gen. Fremont Commodore
Stockton and General Kearney sue.
cesslvely figuring On the fights Tor the
possession Of the places referred 10,
Then comes an account Of the struy-
gle Tor the admission of California into
tho Union as state. the bin Tor which
was signed by President Fillmore. Sep.
TENDER 9. 1850. What that has 10 do
with the argument Of the Herald Il Is
not easy TO perceive.
Imagine the wonderful sagaclty Of
the Rcorganite editor iu discovering
that the United States rag was raisel
IN California durlne the war with Mex
SEQ. something that every schoolboy
who has studied American history
ought TO know, and then stand in awe
Of the remarkable reasoning by which
IL Is proved that the raising Of THAI
rag on foreign soil OF on the domain
Of neighboring government. made
that country part ~ The United States
Yet that is the contention OF The Herald
editor which he hands out 10 the Reor-
ganue elders vhtrcWith 20 confront our
missionaries when they meet them 'lr
the Held,"
why az iho same tlme that IRE.
mont and others were having their 40.
DO struggles ON tho coast. the Nor.
mon Battalion was carrying the far
from the Missouri 70 Santa Fc. Dit
that bring an the country over vhi-l
they marched ON that unparalleled
journey under the dominion Of ib.
United statese Does the raising Of th.
flag On O. foreign seaport establish a.,
government ~ ihe t'ule1 States there
Nonsense, During tho WAT with Mcyi-o
~ course. every occupation t1vcye
temporary ~ a erategitaI point Am,
every victory over no NNlans wa
flFnali1ed hy me hoistnc of ihc star
and Stripes Rut neither california
nor New Mexico nor other points ~
contention became really subject Go M
jurisdiction n me United states unt.
the treaty NJ Guadalupe Hdalg,
which was signed February lsis.
Il was on July @. 'sij that the 20
noers under President Brigham Youn
entered The valley ~ fhrGreat salt LAX
md occupied e. as cit.zels Of me tuIi
81 States, fully understanding 10 wa
then Mexican territory which 90 $40
until tho treaty was signed that ctlr
on the res'on noV known as California
Nevada, Idaho. Utah. New Mexico an
Arizona 90 the United states, In "Epl
tome of Ancient MedlsyM and Moder
History Published BY Houghton. Mi'
hln q Co.. Boston. % IL stated undo
date 'lSis. FEB. O."