Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1907-10-07
CONFESSIONS OF MoBocRATs.

NOANA Aft1HlANfsNA ~ ~
The speaker quoted from the con-
LESSONS OF members Of Missouri moos,
tcstifying tina. the Church had violated
no law Of the state. and was there
fore amena bic TO no law,
II DO not holt up TO you that our
people were wholly and absolutely
free from offense, for In some cases
there we're some who committed in
discretlons. bu, they did not offend
against the laws Of the land, for the
people lived above the law in that they
observed the law. II they were Ia
natical, perhaps In some Instances,
their offense was against the law OF
God, and not against the law Of the
land. They had broken no law, but
had simply been indiscreet in their
religious undertakings"
EVOLVES A LESSON.
out OF these circumstances / want
to evolve a lesson. both to the Latter
day Saints and 70 people who oppose
them. IL was argued by the Missouri
ans that the saints were northerners
and OF strange manners. But the time
came when the Missourians were fore
ed TO tolerate even the nasal twang OF
New Englanders Again the Missouri
ans complained OF the rapid influx
Of the saints but soon they were COM
PEELED TO see fast increasing hordes
Of northerners come among them.
Complaining Of the succor brought 70
the suffering saints, denied protection
by the state, the Missourians called II
an invasion. but the time came when
they saw what an army Of invasion
really meant Between Jayhawkers
and bushrangern. Missourians had their
MI Of rapine ana devastation.
FALSE CHARGES.
Missouri falsely charged the saints
with being abolitiOnists, and plotted
against them on that ground. | desire
to say that the saints and the Prophet
Smith were very conservative In re-
gard to that great problem. II the
nation had followed the advice Of
Joseph Smith at that time on the
slavery question, there would have
been no war. The great American
philosopher, Ralph Waldo Emerson. 20
years after the Prophets position was
announced advocated the purchase Of
the slaves from the owners by the
moneys received from the sale Of pub
lie lands. And the testimony OF one
OF the foremost of American his
torians, namely Josiah Quincy, gave
Joseph smith fun credit and praise
for his farseeing craftsmanship In ad-
vocating 20 years In advance Of other
mems wisdom what would have been
the means OF averting 70 this nation
the most DISASTROUS OF all the wars
In which it engaged.
Gov. Dunklin. In the midst OF the
troubles In Jackson county, when APP
pealed too for military protection for
the saints, could not see his way to
render the assistance. But in later
years. the people OF western Missouri
asked for similar protection from in
vasion Of Kansas Jayhawkers, and
the request was honored by Gov.
Stewart who took action unlike that
of Gov. Dunklin.
MISSOURI falsely charged the saints
with Illicit communication with Indi-
ans. This was also untrue, as the 9TH
or charges were. But Missouri learned
to realize what 1t was to make these
charges against the saints. For two
OF Indians were sent into
Missouri from Kansas. and the murder
and rapine perpetrated in that state by
these Indians. who had been given
liquor TO add TO their savage nature.
was OF the most brutal and horrible
nature, and this. seems 10 me, 20 have
come as sort Of answer TO the false |
charges against the Mormons al that |
time. Missouri was between the free |
states on the north and slave states |
on the south. and she was torn back |
and forth between slave and abolition
sentiments. and while she never left |
the Union. she had ten years OF inter- |
nal war. where the other states had |
but four.
WHAT MISSOURI LOST.
During the civil war Missouri fur |
nished 10000 men TO the Union army. |
including 5000 oolOred troops But out |
Of sympathy. 10000 men enlisted in the |
army. or IA per cent OF the |
population, exceeding that OF New |
England by two per cent or the men /
in the field $1,000 were killed or died OF |
their wounds. while the loss Of property |
TO millions and millions OF |
dollars.
Sterling Price, the man who fasten- |
ed shackles on Joseph, Hyrum sid /
ney Rigdon and others, az the head OF /
1000 troops. himself cut a swath |
through the state, fought 40 engage
ments. and destroyed more than SfO,-
100000 worth Of property belonging |
10 his friends who lived IN the very /
county where the Latter-day Saints /
lived. The history Of that time shows
that the officers Of the time were but
guerrilas al heart. and IN practise.
Everywhere devastation was the rule: /
old age was not respected men and 1
women were shot down, women out
ragged and property destroyed with
out limit, and Missouri suffered from
such a seige OF bloodshed and rapine
a. no other state IN the Union has
ever done. Thus the wrath Of God |
was poured out upon the people who
aised mob power against the saints
Of God and murdered and pillaged and
drove them forth from their homes
10 seek refuge I'm the desert.
MARVELLOUS PREDICTION
Gen. Donaphan was the friend of
Joseph Smith. and stood out against
he famous court martial. which was
Intended 90 end the existence OF the
prophet The latter made "A marvel
BUS prediction 10 Gen. Donphan con-
,erning the ruin that would come up-
1n Jackson county. a prediction verify
fulfilled Ia the terrible devastation ac-
tally wrought In that locality In the
year 1858.
RETRIBUTlON SURE.
Every false charge made against the
saints come back upon the makers.
piled up. crushed down and running
over 10 them. can you read The history
lf that state and doubt that "a God
,xists7 The lesson ] wish to impress
upon you Is, God stands behind HIS
people. and they are protected from the
assaults Of tho enemies OF God. Let
no man assault mine annolnted," said
ne Lord, ana although in individual
asses there may be cases which seemed
Id be- exceptions yet God Stands be-
hind His work and those WlID have /