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Show HLjil.' THAT COWARDLY LETTER. ' ; , n That man who sent the threatening letter to Hw:"'. the Stewart attorneys was either a cowardly l'' I1 . bluffer or a would-be-murdere . In either case he H I revealed the fact that he is not fit to call himself Hi I . ' a citizen of the United States or of any other Hl4j; ! civilized country, for he has not yet obtained the HIj4 J. knowledge that civilized society rests on obedience Hit ; t0 tne la-ws. Again he showed that if in earnest, 1 m ; be is a worse criminal than Mortensen, even as- HfiNtjL suming him guilty of the murder of Hay, for he (!t! deliberately threatens the murder of innocent R$h, jj women and children. Hf '$ Again he makes clear that he knows nothing of Hi '1 tne duties which an attorney owes to a client, the HE ' 5 duties prescribed by the consensus of the best minds among lawyers and judges after centuries of thought has been devoted to the subject. Again, he claims to be a tax payer. We do not believe that he ever honestly paid even a poll-tax. He should, if possible, be searched out and apprehended. appre-hended. His rightful place is behind the bars of a prison. The truth is there are a great many men yet in Utah who have no conception of the sovereignty that should attach to the laws of the country. Their minds have been trained to deride the laws of the Republic when they pleased to, and to believe that a higher law than any of the State should govern. It would be an admirable object lesson to every one of these could this bluffer be landed for a good healthy time behind the bars. Our belief is that the writer of the letter is but a cowardly, vicious sneak, because when a man is deliberating the crime of murder he does not advertise the fact. All the same this miscreant ought if possible to bo apprehended and caged. He is not fit to live among civilized men and women, for his letter shows that his lawless soul has never yet obtained the first glimpse of the duties which a citizen owes to his country. |