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Show TlIUBSDAV DlUB.--i.-iu, w "i (iie TCr; ' form, rcl WHO CAUSED THE EXCITE" ,), prev MENT 1 clvh t, ' This is a qucmion now with no little tlie pur interest, lor that there lias been a ureal law and excitement cast relative to Utah mat- radical ters needs no argument. Wo propose theory- to answer it. lll!ieKr For months past certain newspapers eullniK l iu this repion havo been sedulously ground, endeavoring to excite public feeling pracliea against the old settlers of Utah. They can sell i i ;n tl.n tiK-isr vin- tlliV par li:ive ifien .-.i;hi'h;li ,Ml.' . - ' loot nnnr"!aJini citizens arm urn- tide rcl litfiiinj? llio entire Mormon people, that lh They' havo been using threats of a lice, it "fearful coining" for all who profcs.-cJ of fat o tiie Mormon failli ; and they have been indu.str. aided in their efforts by unscrupulous Mom correspondents and certain telegraphic vital ar. itemiz-.-rs having the eamc object in conllict view. One of tl.c worst of these has people been tlio Salt Lake correspondent of worth i the New i'ork Jhrald, which with its represe immense circulation has been used to elude t create a public feeling inimical to the change Mormons. This correspondent has our hoi t-eritovcr the wires the most inflaw- of oflic matory and incendiary dispatches, en- the sin deavorinK to make it appear that the offices Mormons are a most turbulent, violent our fai set, guilty of the grossest crimes and gone b capable of the most atrocious acts, was a Under dato September 7th this corrcs- a gove: pondent writes to the Herald that The "they (the Mormons) arc taught to lie in a go systematically, and no threats of judi- official! cial vengeance can shako them." We As "judicial vengeanco" covers the ing t! action of tho Utah judges wo are oauso willing to accept it, coming as it does just. from the warm friend of their honors, of me lie further says: "Bring a Mormon and th into a court of justice and lio will tell around the truth on everything of no import- to roak ancc; draw him on to evidenco against Tin the priesthood and ho will never tell contai tho truth." Then this lovely speci- tho gi men of New York mendacity refers to over t almost every homicide that has oc- they i currcd in tho Territory, charging them tho d on "tho priesthood," against whom he hones savs no Mormon will tell tho truth, nuilo Following this letter were a few read! telegrams which indicated how "judicial "ju-dicial vengeanco" was to bo executed Ti against a pcoplo whom ho had thus will described as banded in crime. And tho under date September 20th went Gres, another letter which assorted that a corrc number of men here "hundreds," publ is tho word whom he styles tho i "apostatcj," arc "under con- ston demnatton of death; their lives flam, forfeited bocausj they 'coaso to be ing fanatics;" tho Mormons being those mou who are thus madly anxious for the corn blood of these apostates, and in open leasl; rebellion against tho United States. tion 'Thus by a continued stream of false- otn hoods, tho public mind was excited be n and eagerly awaiting any belligerent regi; intelligence from Utah. Then tha try a "government authorities" of the Tcr- and ritory telegraphed for troops, and arou soldiers wero promptly dispatched.from sire an Indian country whero they aro ac- ancc tually. needed, to a Territory where have there is not tho least necessity for him their presence. These troops, thus cicn hurriedly started for Utah, tell of tho little demand made lor them on the route ihci coming hero, and tho news is tele- whii graphed east. It is also assorted that in tl two government officials, who had gone oppi up to Ogden, stated that they were ity : compelled to Hoc whether they so int said iu jest or earnest does not appear; , hut if in jest they aro as culpable as if " they had made tho statement insert- c ous falsehood, for that, too, was tele- graphed cast. Add to this tho con- , tinued threats of "judicial vengeance" ' tho phrase is eminently proper, for . it is not justice to be poured out on tho Mormons, bruited abroad with a' fiendish glee, and heralded to all points c.01 of the country, and tho cause of the excitement is plain. g0 Who aro being injured most? All mu tho Territory is made to suffer finati- rc cially by the fanatical course which v those "pious" offioials aro pursuing. Yet men of capital arc suffering most se' severely. Tho harvest has been gath- p(t: ored and tho majority of tho people D havo wherewithal to live in moderate W1' comfort, though markets for their sur- 1D plus produco may be closed. The 1 manufacturing industries arc moving WQ steadily along. But men having min tjl( ing property to sell, mines to develop, Qp or real estato to dispose of, lind a clog ja placed in the way of business by tho C01 very men who claim that they desire tcj to sec tho mining interests of the Territory Ter-ritory developed. Capitalists will not invest under existing circumstances; and some of tho most reliable Gentiles in the Territory arc seriously coatcm- pr plating tho withdrawal of their capital ,e from it. Pi Let honest men weigh and consider c theso facts, for facts they arc, inde- q( pendeut of anything thai may be said sc, |