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Show I'M AfiUX OX THE Kl-IMGE. 9jrW Tjie no-nceept that Judge Ji j Carlton, formerly of tho Utah Com- Will mission, wouldbavea three-column W"M article on "Fair Play for the Mor- (SpsSl mons" in the SiiUina' Democrat, grail has thrown the editorial blackguard fi3 of the Triiane staff into one of his SbSm frequent fits of fury. Fair play for JgF-slrS the -'Mormons" Is more than gall ?f an wormwood to his bilious and ft:m alcoholic stomach. There Is no Kpjfy fanatiiismsoferoclousandunreason- BtP able as the anti-" Mormon" fpecles, jfij&J as developed in this scribe or Wj "scrub," as he would write the 'j" word; for every person who differs lineS with his views, particularly in JjtijM reference to the "Mormons," is, in ' Jt'JaS hl vernacular, ''hue born" and a JpfijB MTUb." fsii8 The dispatch conveying the an- h. jjB ueuncement says that Judge Carl- ijhMB ton Is an eminent Indiana lawyer 'if and for some years a member of the ,Jfl J I tali Commlwion. The TrAune rXBJB blaekguard resents this in bis own M e eet way and In this refined style: "He was never an eminent lawyer. E He wai Irn a fraud bred a fraud. n 5Hb IIe must liive leen a neit a' S' beeiuse he lui always been a sneak 'jW and a liar since he reached manhood." J. ' Judge Carlton asks. I , . l "Shall we in this enlifih tened coun- 1. ' try invoice legal coercion over the If-! i eonseienees of men in the matter of : ft1 relisiou ami resort to the thumb vj I8 J"; -renam r, political pros criptlon g J" ,"1 and disfraachisement as modes ofre- 55 I ' lipioui instruction and pe rsuasionT" ., x To which the Tribune fanatic re- r J sponds: J Which of course Is simply an old 1 , a hired traitor's political rot." w' ft The dispatch says: I, 3 Tbe article, vhiea is scholarly L- B throughout, aboun Is in striking and -" M original thought ami cannot fail to at- '": J&'&S tract widespread attention." t$ "Wtr M The "P' of llle ecntlemiuly i fsrrHie to this l f a o 'If K seholarly, Carlton ne er ,! i a wrote It; if it abounds in striking and jj f' ' 3 urfeinal thought it is the production of !' some other brain than Carlton's." iV,"i9 Anl then the rattled creature ' BOt" ou' ""'"K a column and a ' I ! quarter with similar froth an I ven- ' i Tfvt om. The truth is, Judge Carlton ' V i-fl 'ias 'ee" a lawyer of eminence in i f-,iAjj Indiana, he was for seven years on - V'Hf l'le tau Comniistion, lie was se- 1 !' , 8 lected with others for that position ; jl jj bseau-e of his abilities, reputation, i and standing, the President's desire ! ' S lieing to appoint only first-class 1 ' i men. We happen tj Lnon that he is T j t abriliiautVriter.tbathcLsascholar It -r lid a thinker, original in his con- y v t ceptionsand forcible in his styie, t and able to reach a bight in Iltera- m s ture which his depraved assailant ' ' jf cannot poHaiUy apjiroach. t; a A. mind that cannot view an op- M$ 5 jionent excel as "lured," 'venal,-' f U lying" an J '-traitorous" simply i& -j lecau; be takes antagonistic '', ground, is unfit to engage In polem- " la! "8 'es ani 's outtide the pale of respect- 'j?4 aMe journalism. He Is only fit for a li 1. paper like tbe "nAuie. i i Si Tlie oH-repeated assertion that tt ; "everi- Mormon is a slave to his 1 1 r chief," Is but one of the many flg- jjf- mentsofa di'ordered Imagination, . L a si mjitom of anti-Mormon rabies. -.A It is not true. Nothing but far- l J f t tehed artcrtions n Uhou t the fcllgh t- (' '1 et substantial proofs are brought to "X 5 supiwrt the fiction, and even If ' if"' all Utat is alleged on this point were j true it would be no answer to the 'liffyj rwrtlneut question pruiiounJed by ;,-' J udge Carlton. '"Ml i We ha ve no doubt that the article jEil- w ill indeed "attract widespread at- W toation," -Hluld tlie attack ruaJe j843? upooUiewriterbecauheadvocates '-fair jJay for the MormonV' will jBaaL lie seen by only a few, and when -JkHU, seen will but excite among respect- WPi aWepeopleafrt-lingof infinite dis- fi? E"t- |