THE CONTRIBUTOR. JUNIUS F. WELLS, EDITOR. Salt Lake City, February, 1892 AMNESTY. THE following petition for amnesty has been presented to the President of the United States: SALT LAKE, Dec. 19, 1891. "We, the First Presidency and Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter- day Saints, beg respectfully to represent to your Excellency the following facts: "We formerly taught to our people that polygamy, or celestial marriage, as commanded by God through Joseph Smith, was right; that it was a ...

"To be at peace with the Government and in harmony with their fellow citizens who are not of their faith, and to share in the confidence of the government and people, our people have voluntarily put aside something which all their lives they have believed to be a sacred princi- ple. "Have they not the right to ask for such clemency as comes when the claims of both law and justice have been fully liquidated? "As shepherds of a patient and suf- fering people, we ask amnesty for them, and pledge our faith and honor for their ...