Show the vedette in another column is sc c publish a commini communication frow front an old rc resident aident of salt luke lal e city over the signature of observer which speaks in highly complimentary compia terms of tile the vork the VEDETTE is doing we trust that nobody will imagine that we print this or similar testimonials out of mere vanity it Itis is not our desire either cither to vaunt our it tiles or hope ta prove by others how low much better we tire nrc thin than other men we reject and abhor phairis busm and in fact pride on our modesty however grateful it is to our feelings to have the approval of our follow fellow men and to enow that our motives tire arc not misjudged by everybody wo we are arc not so lain aidi as to take every expression c of approval as a just tribute to exalted virtue moreover we are arc nare that there who do not begird are arestine ares soine perhaps many all the e ns as tile best newspaper in all tile the land and most devotedly find and lacap curses curse on our head for the deeds thus done in the body of f our paper but we give place to observer because wrapped in bomely phase he be tells plain truth about some things lings ti and proves that our exertions like the seed spoken of in scripture havo have not fillen on stony gro ground tind observer s communication isbit is but one of many any that wo we receive and which coming iro from in the people as they do are gi ing our paper was to do good not to male make not to exalt any per class not to vilify or abuse but to state such facts as come to our knowledge asli when n tile statement is calculated Calculate dio io produce pi aduce good if we can by fair arvin argument out wean one man mad from error jf if by the exposition of wrong or the evil deeds of bad men who thrive best among ignorant or deluded people we ran can restrain rest iain iniquity y or meliorate the condition of the misses if we can contribute to advance in intelligence tile the great mass of the people eliat they may see nud and think and act for themselves we is ft ill have lied the work we set before us in the establishment of tile the VEDETTE in a spirit of kin kindness diess nith that degree of clin charity rity tois towards ards tile the failings or misdeeds inis deeds of others which we would d hiie to be extended to us and which perhaps we require as much as anybody also no tile the tak and tile iho pleasure pic asure of giving to the people of utah an independent baily paper whether wab have at times the high mark at which ne aimed is a question quentio n fur for s to and it is is i afif 3 ing to receive such testimonials as observers though wo we may not always print them thein the ak DUTE Is millie on abe high rond road to success its reception by tho the people has been and continues to be most we vc ire arc glad to increase ase our subscription list not on account of the money for the price b barely arely I 1 ses us its for the blank paper on v T aich it is printed but because ne HC wish it to 11 have ave a far and wide circulation to be tho the welcome visitor at every family fireside circle A man that cannot be reasoned with who will listen to no argument which does doe a not tally with NN ith his own bews is not calculated calculate to be a good citizen and will lilt mako make no advance in intelligence wo we aio aware that on many points we differ radically and probably honestly with a greit great many in this community when wo we shall havu have been converted concerted to principles and ideas which vilich are arc pie prevalent valent nt in utah we will sa say y so 0 just us as frankly as IN wo c now low combat them and is wo u expect when we convince some other man it as to the of his acts act or the fallacy of his present opinion that the result will be duly heralded in that our labor thus fir firbas has not been entirely in vain wo sic have ample testimony that thattie bavol neui red the displeasure dis P leasure maybac the anat anathemas ana themas bemas of some there th ere is probably as little doubt but in ill the latter case like most other me iuchi in similar circumstances cum stances NN wo e lay la Y the fluttering flattering flAt terin unction to our soul that they ire are not the bet men nor the best citizens who expend their precious in cursing tiro tile VIDETTE VEDETTE VI DETTE 1 I error of opinion may be tolerated when truth is left le ft flee to combat it said the lather father of the dec lar lara tiou of independence and of our glorious constitution and ever since that declaration declai atio n freedom of thought and belief has prevailed nil all over this broad bro ad land the last refuge of cons constitutional civil anil and religious liberty wo we regret that nil men do not agree with us because every ciery honest man thinks his own opinion the best and the truet truest but so ion long as mere belief and opinion does docs not eu culminate I 1 in in evil to society violation of law outrage rage on the constitution and treason to the the panoply of our free constitution tt tOrl holds them sacred and wraps tb them cm in in its ih protecting folds recognising recognizing these just principles in their fullest extent we propose to pursue the even tenor of our wiy way with the best lights and all the intelligence which w II 11 I 1 to h provide providence cc has bestowed on us its |