The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1908-10-26
SOME OF THE EVIDENCES.

We are under obligation TO our adver-
sary for admitting that the only founda-
| tion on which It's charge of treason rests
| is the belief OF the Latter-day Saints in
the prophecies Of Daniel.-Deseret News
editorial, October 10, 1903.
Which, of course, was written for
Latter-day Saint consumption, and is
therefore totally untrue,
In the first place, The Tribune did
not attack the religious belief of the
Latter.day Saints in the prophecies Of
! Daniel-it made no reference to that
subject. Nor did il make assault upon
the honest membership of the Mormon
church in any sense. What it did was
to point out the fact that the inner
most thoughts of the leaders Of the
church were of treason TO the coun-
I try, because Of their continual assump
ton that the priesthood had set up
kingdom within this Republic which
was to overthrow ell nations and de-
stroy all governments, the United
States being, very naturally, the 6rst to
fall under the sway of the polyga
nous cult. But so far as the prophe-
is this point to be considered: Merely
because Brigham Young asserted that
the Mormon church organization was
the kingdom OF which Daniel spoke, it
is not necessary for The Tribune or
any citizen 10 believe that it is so.
The News assumes too much when it
fatuously builds fabric Of pretended
logic upon its own insolent presump-
tion that the whole world accepts the
prctense that the Mormon church is the
kingdom which Daniel saw, and that
therefore the world must not criticize
its claims. teachings, and acts. That
proposal is altogether too narrow to
be acceptable TO thinking people; but
so long as it may servo the deceit
full purposes of the church organ and
it's masters. the Mormon lord e pub.
licist will utilize it to its fullest ex-
tept-to blind the saints aud to "fool
the Gentiles. -
However, if the Deseret News
imagines that The sole foundation of
charges of treason against the hierarchs
rests only upon belief in the
prophecies of Daniel. we beg It's leave
to present the following. in which
there is no Daniel, or any other prophet
of the oldeu times:
We have Territorial government. and
| am and Will be Governor, AND NO
POWER CAN HINDER TT.-Sermon OF
Brigham Young In Salt Lake tabernacle,
June 10. 1853.
When wicked men die-Zacharlah Tay-
lor Zachary Taylor, President of the
United States]. or any other wicked man,
Young in Salt Lake tabernacle, June 10,
1855.
Poor, rotten cureesI And the President
OF the United States, inasmuch as ne has
turned against us and will take course
To persist In pleasing the ungodly curses
that are bowling around him FOR the
destruction OF this people, he shall be
cursed, In the name Of Isracrs God, and
he shall not rule over this Nation, be-
cause they arc all my brethren; but they
curse him and all his coad1utors in his
cursed deeds. in the name of jesus |
Christ and by the authority OF the holy
priesthood and all Israel shah say Amen.
Send 2500 troops here. our brethren, TO
make desolation of the people. God |
Almighty helping me. / will fight until
veins. Good God! 7 have wives enough |
To whip out the United States!-Sermop
of lIeber G, klmball In Salt Lake bow |
cry. July 70. 1857.
Let us now notice our political posi- |
rion In the world. What are we going |
earth, Now. yong ve lI kings p0SsfsS snS eme lne
perors, help yourselves If you can This |
is the truth. and IL may as we'll be told
John Taylor in Salt Lake tabernacle,
April 8. 1858.
! have been Governor OF this Territory
ever since II has had one, and in all my
official transactions I have acted in ac- |
eordance with the priesthood. If
! continue to be Governor OF this Terri
tory ! shall magnify my Office by my
prlesthood.-Sermon os Brigham Young
In Salt Lake tabernacle, February lS
They will threaten us with u. :. trooDsi
why your impudence and Ignorance
would bring blush to the checks OF the
veriest camp follower among thcm. we
ask no odds OF YOU. YOU rotten carcasses, /
Sermon of Jcdediah NJ Grant In Salt
Lake tabernacle, March 2. 1856
The kingdom OF God is an order OF gov
ernment established by divine authority
IT Is the only legal government that can
exist In any part OF the universe All
other governments are Illegal and un-
authorized. d.-Orson Pratt IN The King
dem OF God" part .. page l.
We have stood the damned vilainy of
these scoundrels for thirty years In this
Territory I would sooner live
among savages than among these cursed
Government officials. and the Government
Itself is as corrupt It's officials II Is
a disgrace among the nations, and will
soon be wiped out of eXistcnce.-Sermon
of Joseph F. Smith In Salt Lake taber-
nacle. August 10, 1879. :,
All of these quotations may be found
n the Journal of Discourses. OF in tho