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Show A PERTINENT POINT. A private letter front a jjeiilleoian micd in mimiiS operations in New Vork to a juntlciuau .-imihrly occupied intliHcity,' n.MLlier tVin Mormons i,ai lien .otirt-.m-ly yhwl at our d.-,,.,,a. d.-,,.,,a. Ti,. wiiur, aii-r rd'omr)- lo private liM -in: " ' ' "v-pUn? somo inim.. pr.-p.-riy in tin re-ion, and :-uy li- li.t'l oII'ts from eapilah-il-i "w!if until ivo-nlly wer-: willing to pui-uli.i., and w.-ri ai:Lu:il!y preparing id travel 10 Suit Iik.: city, having t?iv-t:n t?iv-t:n ord-i1--. to a lu'uiiu on:;iiiO:r to pvu- (:jdo tln:iii. i i it ili'-y w.-w siopp-d ly tlie m-nv-i rm l.'iali uhoiU II i iham Vounjj, iho Sainu, judges, mukcls, itc,, and nuw liavc c;ni:'udcd lo '.'" examinations jind operations unij! priiv;." This U simply coulinnatory of what we havo lVllm lime Mtaloil ; and a'; a liirlli'-r voi.lii-malirm the v.'i-iti-r add-! ; Here uiiow uu1 u put on ii'.ni im: l'.i.-L that y.m lm-iii:::i hk-ii have hei'it very ivmi-.s in allo'.viiitf newspaper htorics to ivpivnL funeonlradieled) a smlo of limits as osislins? in I'lah which I am alMi"d does not exiit, nor any danger threaten, lint you, the representatives of the mtitntal interests arc made to .wjfir in order to satisfy the inorhid craving oi' the vo-tari'.'S vo-tari'.'S nl' imaginary " Unis. " ion, mining men, bankers merohanU, me-chanie.", me-chanie.", t-'amsters, railroad men, ought to holda huge public meeting record the truth, and proclaim it, thnouiu-uia newspaper lie and revolving lo oxpel I'roiu the Territory any newspaper scribhlor who Lima doe.s injury to the proapecla ol' huwinc.su. The writer, towards the close ol his letter, intimated that the quieting of political a Hairs in Utah can alono induce men of capital to conic hero and invest. But it should be understood under-stood that there ha.s been groundwork lor tho newspaper falsehoods of which the gentleman speaks. That the most glaring misstatements were written und telegraphed from this Territory to the eastern press is beyond all question; ques-tion; but tho parties really responsible aro the men who, under the guiso of enforcing Territorial statutes ngainst la.scivimisncss and adultery, which were aimed directly at lewd actions, prostitution prosti-tution and immoral deeds, actually commenced an utlaek on religion and religious belief, to include polygamy, the law of congress against winch lias not yot been quoted by Ihem, and under which, alone, of all legislation, is a convieLion for it is possible with an impartial trial before an impartial eourt and by an honest jury. Of the opinion expressed that business busi-ness men should assemble and adopt resolutions against a course that has so unfortunately alTeelcd the business of the Territory we have nothing lo say. J)idweurc;e it, the construction that would be promptly put upon our so doing would be that we were urging Gentile action to save the Mormons. 13 ut we know that the mat tor has been discussed for weeks by leading li entiles of the Territory, who are opposed to the "ring" mil its course, aifil who denounce in unmeasured terms a wicked and worse than foolish policy which has militated so seriously against their financial interests ami Jsfejs5ari!5r.,.M,.-uBt Knott of the Hawkins trial yesterday show.-that show.-that the a.-.-istant prosecuting attorney asserted that Hawkins belongs to o eliureh that does not look upon adul-c adul-c tcry as a crime. If by this he means tho Mormon church it is a slander so vile that it could only have emanated from some such porsou as thU "virtuous" "virtu-ous" prosecutor. There is not on the earth to-day a church that could reprobate re-probate the crime more severely oi would so quickly expel a member foi adultery as the Mormon church, and no better proof need bo asked than the euaetmcut of tho very statute uu-der uu-der which Hawkins' prosecution b brought. Did tho gentleman belong to tho Mormon church with his coad-julators, coad-julators, they would quickly Und whether tho Mormons view adultery as a crime. |