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Show TIIK TRUTH. We publish with pleasure the following follow-ing communication from Councilman Pembroke which is in full accord with the sentiment of Tut: Times on the subject sub-ject of the libolotis articles in tho Illustrated Illus-trated American: Saw Lake city, Feb. 4. isiu. Eiiiron Timk.s. I think auftli lent has been saldou thu iUi-atlon uvcitatlnx business I'lrcles the past few d lys, and I do not proposa to en-tt-r any pont rover j as t ) wnat wss anil w hat wasnot submitted originally lo the g ivernor or by the goverror. There are niany peop e In Salt Lake, however, how-ever, who kn i'.v th f rc of the E mllsii lai-Kiiaire lai-Kiiaire ami the value or effei-t of in punrtua-tlon, punrtua-tlon, thoreforo 1 urge that ths paragraph lu-ai'rtt-d In this moriilnij s Tribune In small type, and covered by quotation marks Is mlsleadlnir tn the exfnt of the assumption on the part of the public ihat sin h paragraph was a tually subnill teil for the governor's nlk'nature. I simply add now, as a mi'mrer of that o n-mlttee, n-mlttee, that we had no dtlre to pTintt. a church nue-tlon to be ral-el either by ourselves our-selves or the governor. The bus'nosa men of thla lly are now more united than ever, on tho proposition to Hubor-dlnato Hubor-dlnato all church ami anti-church quailon to the development and maintenance ofthatof the general material proLTes and lute -est, of the pntlre peopln. i have a'.wys been In that position aud nt no time stronger than now. H. Pkmbuoke. And as a matter of justice to all concerned con-cerned we print herewith also the substance sub-stance of the resolution rejected by the committee, the substitute for which as finally accented was first reported la The Times. We are Informed fiat l!lusfatoil articles haTe been puhHA-,eit In your paper purportn? to be written by aft old mormon and tenilln to carry the Impresalou that civil war Is Imminent Im-minent la I'tiih. Much an Impression Is In our opinion wholly erroneous anil Is calculated to do irreat Injury to the territory. We believe life and properry to he as safe here as in any portion of the country. The only conflict that exists bere Is the conflict 1 which has been waged between the mormons and the non-mormons and which will continue until Utah In In all respe Ms In harm my with the purposes and alma with the o.her states aud territories nf the union. With rexpect to any statement made by your correspondent asto the dlaloynlty of the mormon mor-mon church to the laws and Institut onsof our country, we affirm them to he essentially correct. cor-rect. We ask t h:it you gle this statement the same f uhll city that you have tho article referred re-ferred t . While The Times was the first paper to urge the refutation of the libelous articles contained in the Illustrated American, it is duo to truth to say that Councilman Pembroke, by his prompt initiative in tha council and outside, ennstea puuuc opinion in u manner creditable alike to himself aud to the city. If the resolutions wired ail over tho country shall have the effect of reassuring reas-suring capital and meu that Utah is all right, that investments here are safe, that the territory is at peace with itself and with the rest of tho world, the honor for it will be duo in the first instance to him. We agree with him that enough has been said about the matter. Thero is a signilieance, far greater than the one incident indicates, attaching to this spontaneous protest against the infamy perpetrated upon the good name of this territory and the truth and the whole truth might as well appear of record. |