Show MASKS OF OSTRACISM DOU2G the recent investigation instituted Court in the Third District ed aud conducted by conspicuous managers of the Liberal party for sntpMormon political purposes the question of ostracism of apostates apos-tates from the Church by their former brethren was given a promInent prom-Inent place I There happen to be several pua sea to that subject but only one wa suited to the purpose of the active politicians who engaged the work ofmanufacturing capital from tin proceedings in point Two distinct Illustrated aspects were strikingly testimony whose witnesses liv two of the takenMr Henry W mony was Lawrence and Mr William Ward both of whom seceded voluntarily from the Church many years ago Tiio former stated thai In consequence conse-quence of the position he assumed decreased Ills business materially shunned by his former and he was associates If till were the case It to inquire into the may bo proper cause and alto to ascertain whether the shunning was onesided Mr Lawrence asserted substantially that he did not apostatize from the faith but voluntarily renounced the fel lowfJilpof coreligionists because ho held that the chief authority of tho Church usurped power that did not properly belong to him Had ho stopped there his jposllion would have been different to what it has incn and is L The local history of IOU J > asi tw enty years or so shows that Mr Lawrence has frequently bitterly and relentlessly assailed the Church and been hand and glove with the most virulcntand unscrupulous enemies ene-mies oftho Latterday Saints That ttlll ail his former associates < who here to the faith and in whose hearts the love of their brethren glows could under Rich circumstances I circum-stances bo expected to fall on his neck to to speak Is quite too much anticipate This howeverwo can state without fear of successful contradiction con-tradiction that the community aj a whole have treated Henry W Lawrence Law-rence with a thousand times more consideration and respect than he has exhibited toward the community commu-nity As a matter of fact also we may state that even tho unwarrantably unwarrant-ably prejudiced course taken by the gentleman toward his former brethren has not wijied out of the hearts of many of them a kindly and respectful feeling that has always existed toward him but which does not appear to bo met by my reciprocal sentiment from him hence the prejudicial attitude lie isfumcd on the stand manifested sxen in his repeated protestations of desiring to do the Mormons injustice Shakfpearo struck a patent pa-tent keynote when he put this Into the mouth of one of his characters Melhinks the lady doth protest too much The bias ho displayed was a disappointment disap-pointment because tome of the members of the community against whom It was directed expected better bet-ter things of him Butreturnlng to what has been designated des-ignated as ostracism it has always appeared to us a manifest absurdity fern man who has pursued a course of the most pronounced antagonism against a community to complain of being cut by a people horn he thus ostracize Even now there Is a friendly feeling among the people toward Mr Lawrence He may liave so nearly worn it out that it is not appreciably deep but notwithstanding notwith-standing his constant efforts to uproot up-root it a remnant still remains What there Is of it Is genuine Bud a man of his intelligence must know by this time that the real article ua the outside is decidedly scarce especially toward men of his class I There is plenty of that which is spuriousexhibited by demonstrative but unreal lip and pen service dealt out for the attainment of ulterior ul-terior ends Once in a while the real sentiment toward cxMor flieD in certain quarter crops out A reject came to us of a manifestation manifesta-tion of that kind that occurred two or three mouths ago When his probable effects were estimated there followed afiilsome dissertation upon the heroic qualities ofajostates In general Even among seceders from the Church there is h a growing belief that in the event of certain conditions arising tho h Liberals would demonstrate in a manner unqualifiedly un-qualifiedly practical that the clan referred to are only wanted so long as they can Loofuso for tho attainment attain-ment of the objects of their pretended pre-tended friends Mention was made by Mr Lawrence Law-rence in his testimony of the late T B H Stcnhousc Duringonc of the latters lost visits to this city ho said to an old acquaintance in the hearingof the writer Stick t 0 the Church There is nothing equal to It My experience has taught me this lesson that there Is no real friendship outside of it nUll without genuine friendship life is n blank Mr William Ward whoo name has already been mentioned belongs to a class of sccedcrs from the Church who incur no ostracism because be-cause he docs not ostracize Ho renounced re-nounced the faith completely He pursued his own course and left his I former brethren to pursue theirs Ho docs not fight them The consequence con-sequence Is there Is no bitterness on either side because he has not created cre-ated it Indeed his nature is fo kindly that we do not tclle e ho has an enemy anywhere lIe Is simply regarded here as we presume elsewhere else-where as an ablo architect and a good man and as such the hand of friendship is always extended to himThere There Is another phase of ostracism ostra-cism belonging entirely to the anti Mormon side of the fence erected erect-ed by that class When a non Mormon shows a humane disposition dis-position toward the Latterday Saints or in any manner exhibits a desire for them to have fair play he is dubbed a Jack Mormon lie is assailed bulldozed and vilified vili-fied In every conceivable way The assault Is mercilessly maintained until ho recedes from his iwsition and joins tho ranks of the rabldlsts The attacks are of such a character that but few can long resist then > This accounts to a large extent for the attitude of many really well diSpOsed U S officials who would I have done right if they bad possessed pos-sessed the courage of their convictions convic-tions But the war waged against square and fair administration is so wolfish and determined Uiatbutfew men can withstand Use unscrupulous unscrupu-lous antiMormon assaults Tills Is the antlMbrmon phase of ostracism It is devoid of reason and decidedly I Inhumau I tin peculiarly pecu-liarly and distinctively anllMor I mon and worthy of itsauthors |