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

NJ e INIfNN NNN guy ave- 'Ni'.f'
publication called The Saints Herald
issued by the Reorgauitcs at Lamont
Ia. once On a while however. our at
tention is directed to some particular
endeavor Of that weekly SO belittle ana
miwepresent the church of Jesus Christ
~ Lauor-day Saints a number NJ
such illusions have been signed l., 4.
r. supposed 10 be- the assistant editor.
We have passed them by. usually, ~
unworthy of serious consideration, The
signature IS appropriate. AZ they Lac
very much behind the times and are
away in the rear of literature, Law AMI
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 SCI forth in the opening para
graph.
"The following facts IN the premises
viii furnish 10 our elders IN the field
and elsewhere sufficient data 20 cor
rect the suppositiou that the settlement
made by those who settled in Salt Lake
Valley. was outside the jurisdiction Of
the United States II IL not a correct
one. for that portion Of the church
which went with Brigham Young ana
not get out from under the jurisdiction
Of the United states
Then follow copious extracts from an
article published September. 1890. near
~ 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 10 BE-
counted as ancient history" having
been fully related many times during
the past half-century. and having no
direct bearing on the point the Herald
writer endeavors 10 put forth. We do
not wish TO waste space upon their re-
prediction for there is nothing new
in them. and most Of them appear IN
whliney's History Of Utah, and much /
more I'm Bancrofts California part OF |
his History Of the Pacific states.
The object IN view in rehashing the |
story Of the hosting % our country's |
nag on the California coast while Il |
was stIll part Of the domain Of Ola |
Mexico, was TO make It appear that the
claim OF the Iatter-day Saints under
President Brigham Young. that when
they landed here this was Mexican ter
iltory 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 Reorganlte elders in the mission-
AIRY held. wherewith TO oppose our FL
ders and raise prejudice against them,
which appears to be the chief effort Of /
the Reorganites In their PROSECUTING la /
bOrs.
Well what does 10 an amount to- /
Why, simply that during 1867 there |
were several outbreaks on the coast Of /
California, ir which the Stars and I
Stripes and the Mexican flag alter
mated on some old forts and custom !
houses Gen. Fremont Commodore .
Stockton aud General Keamey sue
cessiyely figuring I'm the fights Tor the |
possession Of the places referred 10. /
Then comes an account ~ the strus.
sic Tor the admission Of california into
the Union as % State. the hlll for which
was signed by President Fillmore. Sep
tember 2. 1880. What that has 10 do
with the argument Of the Herald Il IS
not easy to perceive.
Imagine the wonderful sagaclty 81
the Reorganite editor 900 discovering
thar the United States Tag was raisel
in California during the war with Mex.
SEQ. something that every schoolb,y
who has studied American history
ought 20 know. and then stand in awe
~ the remarkable reasoning by which
80 Is proved that The raising ~ that
rag on foreign soil or on the domain
~ neighboring government made
that country part ~ tho United states,
Yet that rs the contention OF the Herald
editor which De hands out N the Reor.
ganite elders whercwith 90 confront our
missionaries when they meet them I'm
the neldl"
Why 90 ne same time that Fro
mont ana @ rs were having their it,
no strug' 4 ON the coast the Nor
mon Battalion" was carrying the aae
from the Missouri 20 Santa Fe. MA
that hring an the country over which
they marched on thar unparalleled
tourney, under the dominion ~ ihc
United States? Does me raising ~ the
fag On a foreign seaport establish the
government ~ the United States there.
Nonsense. During the war with Msxi,o
~ course every occupation however
temporary NJ q strstegital point and
every victory over mo MeKl-ans was
elrnalifed by me h-istnC of the stars
and Stripes Rut neither california
nor New Mexico nor other points ~
contention became rc1Iv subject tr th,
jurisdiction ~ me United states uo,I
tho treaty ~ Guadalupe Hiialgo.
which was signed February q lsis
Il was on July %. l,li that The pio.
neers under Preslden, Brigham Young
entered The valley OF thsGrcat salt Lake
and occupied 81 as citizens Of the Unit.
81 States. fully understanding ~ was
then Mexican territory which % was
Until the treaty vas signed that coded
on the region now known as california.
Nevada, Idaho Utah. Nov Mexico and
Arizona 90 me United states. IN "Epl.
tome Of Ancient Medieval and Modern
History published by HouEhton. MI
nm & Co.. Boston. 90 Is stated. under
date 1855. Feb 30