October 3, 1885 ~ Saturday

Oct 3^rd 1885
we have arived at a strange state of affairs in the
History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
I have recorded many Events in my Journals of
the History of the Church for the Last 50 years of my
life we have been persecuted by individuals
villages towns counties states and Now the whole
great Nation of the United States of some
60000000 of people have set their hand to destroy
the Church & Kingdom of God from off the Earth
The Congress Passed Laws in 1862 Against the saints
for practicing poligamy it being a tenit of our religion
the Nation was not ripe Enough to inforce untill
of late in 1882 Congress passed a law making
it a crime to cohabit with our wives made
it a fine of $300 and imprisionment 6 months
Marshals & Judges were sent to Utah to
exicute this Law And the whole government
is turning it into persecution and striving to destroy
the saints & church & kingdom of God from off the Earth but they
are strugling to try to do it under pretence of Law. The Judges
& Marshals seem perfectly insane Judge Zane puts
the penalty of those who will not Deny the faith to the full extent
of the Law then Blackguards the prisioners calls their
wives Prostitutes & Children Bastards For cohabitation
all who do not Deny the faith are sent to Prision 6 month
& have to pay a fine of $300. Judge Zane Desides that a
man can be indicted for Every Month During the 3 years
which would make 36 Indictments, 18 years imprisionment, $10800 fine

October 3, 1885 ~ Saturday

Oct 3rd 1885 we have arived at a strange state of affairs in the History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints I have recorded many Events in my Journals of the History of the Church for the Last 50 years of my life we have been persecuted by individuals villages towns counties states and Now the whole great Nation of the United States of some 60000000 of people have set their hand to destroy the Church & Kingdom of God from off the Earth The Congress Passed Laws in 1862 Against the saints for practicing poligamy it being a tenit of our religion the Nation was not ripe Enough to inforce untill of late in 1882 Congress passed a law making it a crime to cohabit with our wives made it a fine of $300 and imprisionment 6 months Marshals & Judges were sent to Utah to exicute this Law And the whole government is turning it into persecution and striving to destroy the saints & church & kingdom of God from off the Earth but they are strugling to try to do it under pretence of Law. The Judges & Marshals seem perfectly insane Judge Zane puts the penalty of those who will not Deny the faith to the full extent of the Law then Blackguards the prisioners calls their wives Prostitutes & Children Bastards For cohabitation all who do not Deny the faith are sent to Prision 6 month & have to pay a fine of $300. Judge Zane Desides that a man can be indicted for Every Month During the 3 years which would make 36 Indictments, 18 years imprisionment, $10800 fine