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Show 1 THE "Il.l.l'sTiMTHl AMI hrt'lS" V Adll.V. ' THR lUattrated American It niaVli g the moat of tlie notoriety It achieved I through taking up the "Mormon" n,uetlon. Tbe oljcct Its iwbllaliero bad In view In their tint fraud Un tin puttie n to Inakn motirjr. Tor , i thU tliry tnaniifrwturial the null' i "Mormon" rulildali which tliey palmed ufon ilietr readeri M tlie caution of an "Old Mormon." The alawrdlly of llil prttencu luring teen mode apparent, thrjr drntl the niaak nd avuaed that tlielr irpu m to jxit down Joit-rruoue "Morruonltui." Till wat a trantparent a Ihu flral device, for In the article they lutillihed, polygamy MOenlyadvo-liil MOenlyadvo-liil In the main, nnJ that which wuopjNMod hint no rcsvmhUnco to the J ttlem formerly advocated b the. h "Monnoiit," Now liierghntotlie world Hie re- I monitraneca, rorrectlom mid reolu 1 tlona mad by llio varlmit ofllclal mid . ) MMcUlloni In thU clly In the riirly t irl of thli nnntli, and iiiote omn ar- itlcleafrom tlio DraKlUT JTi an, Hull IaWq JlcraM, Timet mid Irifmne, tine of tho funny thing connect!! ' with tlio dl.puUN lint tbs .tiHtrAxin callt Ike Timet 'a Mormou organ." ' ilutlliU I mi wonw than tliuatalo- Inxil that llir action of the City Council, the oumniilteu appointed by the cltliena, the Chamber of Com ruvrceandlhe federal official, In refutation re-futation of the .ImcWoan'l .lander, wa 'a Mormon cuaractcrlatlo man ' lufre." 1 The number for IVbruary SHlla contain the communication and article we hnvo referred to. and among 1' Uie V luallonal headli nea much letter cl lulloj lu a one cent newppapvr than an llluttrated magailnv, are thww! "Wile of Mnrmonlun." "Scurrility of Mormon Mor-mon Orgau." "Wo aro Htlll Unruf-flrd,''ttc. Unruf-flrd,''ttc. ' The Idia that tho "Motruona" I managed the City Council, tbe Chain- Ivr of Commerce, tho Cltliena' committee, com-mittee, the (lovrrnor of the Territory, Judge Zanu and alj the rot of the l'cderal oDlclaU whoao lianun all noa-"Mormoit" are ati!nded to the remonatrancee agalnat the alandera uf the IllutiratcJ -tnierlonn,) m ludlcrou that the ulltor'a frltutU ought to lake pity on blm and advlae Mm to iult or lie will be Toted an Idiot aud La ranked a with llio dlafranclilaemeut lunatic of the Halt bako Tribune. I TheedJtorrepudlateiianyronntctlon j between tho Trl'junt and Ita own .1 alandera, and with almllnr loglo to i that of the home alanderer, prorra Ita '? lutby ijuolliig an anonymouf anil. I "Mormon" Utter from the column! 1 f tho Trl&tuu of July, HS7I And thla I l reproduced lw hi "confirmation" ' B . of the Mia that "tho Mormona are B' lirerlng to fight the Oorermm lit." W That la to lay, a pretcudnl conniiunl. f cation from aonw unknown xirwii I tty likely mauulacturrd In the Tribune fofllco at the time purporting to rr.t a oonvtirutlou with au nlln:ed "Mor. luou" on a tialn, u brought forward ' now to prove that the "Mormona' l mean to fight the GoTorniueut, In dc- A fen of u practice wlilcli they have ft rtwlrnl loaUmdon. That la TrVmne 3 loglo reetpd In New Vork. And It U ahowatliatiiotwlthilandlug lh Amcr. 21 cuh'j denlal,ltiuidranlU "Iruplra. lW tlon"from dirty landra lu the dirty MX Kail IaV.0 Tribune. WmK Tho truth ta that the clunuy hand K which, Jn the ofllca of the JUuntratal imfl American, compiled the old arm that Fj i given out u tho wrllliig of an j: J "Old Mormon," cople.1 verbatim the language of tlio JrUune In aomo in. ilanc, inokt likely illppud lurtlout rfp of artlclra from that prr Willi the tj aouaora, and otched them up with I fragmenia from Den. Kane'a famoui . lecture, and other documenta from I which larag'rapha wi-re boldly lnl,u. I Theaame hand trice ouooniore to I hide Ita own deception by concocting till more limit. II Inwrta a irporlei MUt from tho "OldMormoii,wt,out dalooralgnalure, and containing thli additional lionnnie: "I am rliargeil v tlli trranon for writ lugwhatlwrote. My life la threaten, itl; my iloalng hourt are liirauul." tto. ' ' No ''Mormon" would eer entertain I thonotloiilhataiijtliliigaroncould wrlle, honevir fale, woull Iw 1 1 : "treMon." Noliody acjualulwl with I nt!Mr In Utah today would utter the uouacUM coiilalued lu that paragraph i about hi) llfeUlugi'thriaUued." The I writer li Ignorant alike of "Mormon I i, aentlniint and tho "Mormon" ltu. atlon, and be ranuot cover up lila 1 fraud and villainy by nuking up more I allly HUii aa trauepareut aa hit llr.t aSiiilon. Thu America, bad better ' "y more, It ha nude a terrible 1 bunglootthe whole butlui-u tiupt rliaiM In telling many copl of the lrcionuiiiliig tho aiil."Mormon" ' arlklw; and tliat la a doubtful mere.., I let It will i.lnUl.li thereby a niU. lion for ntler unrollablllty uml thu I Kill low by It In tho long run. )Aa to tho credit which tlioiuira(J American alteniplt to claim, lu ad-ranee, ad-ranee, for the "not far dltiant" tun. , prtaalon of polygamy, It I. not enllllml toanjlhliig lu the woild, hut inch 4 iredlt aa la due loiter raking up old k kUM wherewltli to kliacli a dead Iwue. It nevir raid a nurd on ll nlject until aAerthe polygamy contest con-test wat over, and the "Mormon" tire-pleliadxdrninly tire-pleliadxdrninly neolrtfl to obey tho lawa of the land lu rclatlou to the practice In future, Tho lU'ittrnlrJ American hat nude a clumty blundtr and can do no good by reiTitlng lu folly, lit ftno aitl.llo work In otherdlrectlont hat bi-en aadly marrnlby Iheie aall-"Mormon"rMi. deia nnd dereptlifnt, and It la plllf Jl t aeo them tl le by tile Willi theeicel lent engravlni ant mperb plcturet which ulherwl-e tuloni lit pign. |