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Show I ""r" " " ' " " "HOT1I SIDES.1' ' Wc liud many tiling in tlie Salt Lake Tribune not only unfair anil unjust un-just concerning the Mormons, but betraying be-traying a virulent animus against everyuVng (hat would indicate even j fair dealing towards theni; and the following article, under tho heading above, is all tho more remarkable coming, as it dooa, lrom it: Too often, in looking at this community, com-munity, only one side of tho view is i taken. Nor is that the best but the worst side. Tho errors of the Mormons : arc seen by some; nothing of their vir-j vir-j tues. This is not as it should he, with j the men whose business it is to see i clearly and judge impartially; nor must it for a moment bo imagined that the i nation at large will bu eatisGed with I anything less than a clear sight, a right j mindedness, and a just and considerate : dealing in the affairs of a strango, bat already historical pcoplo,who have been led in some respects into wrong direc-1 direc-1 tions by their religious faith. All think- ing men must admit that the nation has ! nothing to do with polygamic and patri-j patri-j arohal institutions becauso they are I morally wrong, or because thoy are the i relics of barbarism, but simply because I they aro repugnant to American instita-, instita-, tions. It is neithor right nor wise to i pursue the Mormons through the pro-j pro-j cess and methods of law as criminals, touching matters and relations which I to them arc altogether subjects of their i religion, involving, as they believo, their salvation; but it is both right and I wise to constitutionally rectify them. Undoubtedly tho Mormons are lotallv in the wrong, and their institutions are repugnant to modern civilization; but they aro as a rule not criminals, not : viciously disposed, not wicked in their ' intentions, but on tlie oilier hand arc ; virtuous, strict iu their moral and rc-' rc-' ligion according to" (heir own view. They are nlso a quiet, orderly society, 1 full of the instincts of industry and enterprise, en-terprise, but strong in their feelings - against Gentiles and apostates, whom they imagine are constantly working j for their destruction, and too persist-; persist-; ently bent in following their own ways, irrespectivo of tho will of the nation, and in detiance of surrounding society. , This of course is suflicient causo of action ac-tion against them, yet justice and fair yilay should be given them. Look at ; their two sides, gentlemen, and while ! you debit them with their faults, credit ' them wilh their virtues as well. |