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Show A LMULK DOCLJ1K-NT. I Wo W--T0 fUvor-d with the fljw.ag ' soiuwliat-uni'iufl dcnimi-Tit c-tenUy o CV'.-ginif, and f..d obii':d to the z--'n''e- c m'.-n fur coming at ui ihruuli ih-iue- I diomofa Wfii.u.11 cuuiiii'Jnicatiun, a.- c the la-t time any oi' the editors oi'thi.-. ' journal were called on tor a retractions it was at the muzzle uf a six ."-hooter, t We did not make the retraction tic-: 1 manded then, tor we had simply stated , liiets, and we have not yet learned to , -withdraw any truthful statement we ' may make. Here U the document: 'j Halt La ice Cm, I l-b. ord, lTiii Editor U-raid: i In your is-ue of srimu du'e hi com- ' men ting on the .MeK-'an etidur-emL-tn a meciing, yuu .-n.-iik of tlio parties who B !.-nlK:d and attended that mcL'.iig as f tollows: ' ! "They are a clas who arc anxiuu.ito have a few Murmons liunged, whether c innocent or fjuiltj ; who would look ' complacently on while the liven of in- nocnt men were nwum away by Mich . ' beings as I lick man and Baker, and 1 who wuuid gladly form part of a jury j1 impannelcd to convict with or without . testimony if the accused were only a Mormon and the accuser u member of, the riuir." I 1 We the undernigned, who took part c in the meeting referred to, pronounce tho alwvc a vile andj maHciou-; .hinder an unmitigated iid.-ehood, 1 J and request you as public journal-1 ' Lts to retract the same. Mot 1 of us have lived many years in ; ! 1 'tab, are well known to the community, j who wo are sure will acquit us of any j , such base motives an you attribute to . us. David K. "Walker, Snmud Ivihn, ' Kli U. KeUoy, John L'hish-tt, 1 J. V. Mori-house, Al. JL. Walker, A. S. Gould, S. Sharp Walker, i 'L'lios. D. lirown, John Cinmiiigton, i A. E. Willi. i These gentlemen must have very sensitivo cuticles when they apply to themselves personally a remark made concerning a class. Wo did not "speak of tho Dartios who called aud attended that meeting," in the language used. And in their iro they mlsquoto the very first sentence, and pervert the entire paragraph from its plain meaning. mean-ing. Our language was "Thoy aro of the class," preceded by this statement: "Almost from the timo general Bates arrived hero, some of the activo men in thisMcKean endorsement meeting publicly declared their intention ot having him removed if possible." These "active men," thus clearly specified, aud who had uiado this public pub-lic declaration, were tho ones distinctly referred to as being "of the class. " Why tho gentlemen whoso names are given abovo should so consider themselves them-selves wo aro at a loss to know, as we have never oven heard of the majority of them being mcntiouod in connection with a desire to have Bates removed, before the meeting of Friday; while we have stated that we know tho parties referred to did make such threats. If the signers of this document will read our article over again, with calm, unclouded minds, thoy will soo that it is carefully written. It was well considered con-sidered before publication; aud wo cannot can-not recede from a single sentence, because be-cause wo stated what is notoriously a fact and susceptible of ample proof. . We repeat, that wc cannot sec why, or , wherefore, these gentlemen should ap-, ap-, ply tho paragraph quoted to theiu-, theiu-, selves; and consider that wc aro en- titled to demand a retraction from them of the falso and abusive charge they make against tho conductors of this journal. Wc will ask thorn, in ( conclusion, if they endorse the indict-I indict-I ment and confinement of men held in , high esteem on tho testimony of such s witnesses as Hickman and Baker; and . if they would silently stand by and sec j any man hanged on such evidence? |
