Show AW AN LETTER FROM C 1 I TO BIDER L SNOW AND OTHERS anve ve have been permitted to give publicity to the following correspondence ON BOARD THE CARS GOING HOME october 10 1886 elder lorenzo loremo snow and fellow prisoners in the utah penitentiary dear brethren having passed through a hard mission for believing in an the principles of life and salvation I 1 think I 1 can the more heartily sym with you in your afflictions when when we get home it will only lack a few days from two years since we left it for prescott Pre the officers lit in detroit extended to us every privilege the rules would allow and I 1 never received one unkind word n ora from aiom any of them except from one irishman and that apparently caused his removal when we left the general superintendent invited us to make our home with him and for two days we enjoyed his and his excellent fa fam ilys most pleasant and welcome hospitality and one whole day the president of the house albov allowed ed him to escort us around town to see the sights and make a f few ew purchases detroit is a very beautiful city well laid out it would please me to telli you our we left the H house ouse but no pen could do it brother tenney shed tears of joy oy while every inch of brother Christo pherson was a complete smile from the very top of the head to the soles af his bis shoes lie he gould neither sleep nor eat for several days while I 1 for my part felt very cool knowing that though we we were re free there is no true freedom for us until the day shall dawn dan when true justice shall be accorded to all people A As long as I 1 know that ray my brethren whom I 1 love and honor for their their integrity teg rity are unjustly lingering lingerin in prison I 1 cannot cannon feel that we are free I 1 now comprehend more than ever that we are as a body and the pain in one li limb mb is felt by all if our enemies however could comprehend the consequence of this raid I 1 think they would soon grow more tired of it than we are I 1 tell you vou brethren if we had bad labored in detroit 10 y years cars as missionaries we would not likely have gained as many friends or removed so much prejudice from the people in fact the manner in which we v e were treated by preachers and leading mer men in de was marked and all whom we had any conversation wita acknowledged that though most of them were opposed to poly polygamy amy they were also opposed to td injustice and felt that we should have justice honest and fair and that the best way to root out ut polygamy was to commence at home and let utah and the territories alone until they had their own platter clean I 1 further find that the segregation system is looked upon by all respectable people with disgust and contempt COD tempt and there are many who for years have entertained faith and reliance in the infamous res lies and falsehoods of such authors as kate field and who are now investigating the truth the fact is that while our suffer ine lne causes a few fainthearted hypocrites to leave our ranks hundreds of of pure and honest people join us in their place and at the same time our enemies who hope and believe that they are gaining political political Soli honor and fame ere long will find nd that all honorable people will only allow their names to descend to posterity as a disgusting remnant of barbarity of the century I 1 hope however that god will be more merciful to them than they are to us it is often said that the future the hereafter will fully compensate compea sate us for what we suffer in this life but I 1 feel that aside from all future consideration the world has nothing worthy to cl compare meare with or exchange tor for the jure pure prin principles caples of the gospel ot jesus christ it basino associations I 1 boulo exchange for those of the saints of god it has no joy I 1 would exchange for we me pure happiness I 1 I 1 enjoy when I 1 keep the commandments of god and hence while the prison bars deprive us of liberty and of the society of dear ones we have a happiness chappine and a satisfaction that hat very few pe people op 1 e on this earth have bever known I 1 do hope these lines will find you all well as they leave me and while I 1 do not ask you to write to me I 1 would like that some one ot of your family informed me how you all feel you are all kindly remembered by me and though brothers tenney and Chri are not now with me I 1 can assure you of their full fall sympathy kind regards to all your brother and fellow sufferer in the gospel cg apas cpas I 1 kempe alpine apache county arizo arizoca Ar izora r a |