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Show ATMI0UaO ritiJGblCE. The Argus, of Itock Island, Illinois, contains a Utah correspondence. correspond-ence. It appears over the signature of Mrs Lex, and purports to give an account of the travels of herself and a companion named Mrs. Alrshlne. The letter is dated here, and a goodly snare is devoted to salt Like City and its people. These two la Jits assure the Argxa that thtj are not likely to "adopt the religion of these Litter-day Saints " Basing our judgment upon the tenor of the communication, we entirely agree with this proposition proposi-tion of unlikelihood. In order to adoi t tbe religion of the Saints it is necessary to lay aside the spectacles of prejudice, look through the eyes of unclouded reasan, and give bigotry big-otry a back seat. The two ladles i u qutatiouappear incapable of taking a cour-o of that ki ud. As a simple of the wilful gull'-b'hty gull'-b'hty of the two toorhls we here In troi jce a sa-nplo of their literature in which Uicy mike allu-Ion to Fort Douglas: "The baud stand is in a beautiful green square, opposite a lino parado ground, from the most commanding point, six cannons are trained on the tabernacle, and during the ser ices one da the commandant amused himself 1 throning a ball ocr that building jast tocominco Brigliam that ho was within range. The shot hail tho desired de-sired cfiecf." Xow ' the o'dist inhabitant" lias no recollection of that shot having been tired over the Tabernacle during dur-ing service or at any other time. Sjc'i an act would have been barbarous bar-barous and brutal, especially if it had been fired during the progress of divine service. And as to why six gum should be specially trained upon the Tabaruaclo would be bard to discover, unless it was fur the purpose pur-pose of putting a quietus on tbe "Mormons" in acordanca with the mode prescribed by that mild-mouthel and gentlemanly Christian the Itsv. Talmage. His plan was to fill tha Tabernacle with the Saints and turn the guns of the U. S. Army upon the structure, that it aud its contents might le effectually ef-fectually demolished together. Somamllllao Jokera! the fort mut have been preying upon the ready credulity of the two female tourists, or perhaps their own inventive apparatus ap-paratus produced the absurdity. The letter is strewn throughout with statements that are untrue on their faee, b-it we will jiass them over and notice what is said about the services in the Tabernacle, attended at-tended by tho writer and her com-panlsin com-panlsin Tiro Elders held forth for the edification edifi-cation of the people; one upon the subject sub-ject of faith, and the other's speech was a tirade against tho capitalists of the countrj, nnd a lament for tho laboring classes who are kept down and obliged to wo'k for starvation wages, whilo their employers roll in wealth, this state of things, ho bc-icved, bc-icved, would bring onr land to nun. It seemed to us that such treasonable utterances should be checked, but probably Undo Sam feels that the Influence In-fluence of sneh men is o small, and the majontv of their followers so Ig- norant and debased that like the bark-ins bark-ins of a small doe, or tho noise of a mall child, it serves to amuse them, and docs the country no harm." , It b presumable that R1 could hardly ba the utterances of the Elu who spoke "upon the subject of faith" which were treasonable and should be suppressed, and we are bound to conclude that the expressions ex-pressions of the other preacher were, according to the two female philosophers', philoso-phers', of that character. It therefore there-fore becomes a sin in a "Mormon" to speak against grinding monopolists monopo-lists ani In favor of laboring men who work for them for "starvation wages." It is also treasonable to say that such conditions the ex-istenceof ex-istenceof which cannot besdenied will prove ruinous to tho country. It would be in order now for the government, according to these two tourists, to issue an edict commanding command-ing that the preachers in the Tabernacle Taber-nacle shall speak in the highest terms of praise of the rich and opulent and administer unstinted abuse to the sons and daughters of toll and poverty. The Arffaa letter presents a sample of the quality of tbe statements made by narrowguage transient visitors who come to Salt Lake City with their eyes shut against tbe truth, which Is favorable to the Saints. They keep their optics closed In tint regard during their stay, hence the insipid and absurd stories they palm off on the public as facts. These two ladies evidently evident-ly went about Salt Lake and vicinity vicin-ity with their little noses cleaving tho air and their mouths puckered puck-ered and pinched the indications indi-cations of a determination to receive no impression that would be favorable to those " orrid 'Mormons 'Mor-mons '" Some people are so fanatical fanati-cal in this regard that when the evidences of "Mormon" enterprise, virtue an J honesty are presented to them they can hardly repress their rage to find it so, they so much desire de-sire it to b3 otherwise. One big-framed, big-framed, small souled bigot, wiio vMted Salt Liko some two or three years since, was so overcome with chagrin and dlsappoIntmentaWfind-lng dlsappoIntmentaWfind-lng the proofs of the good qualities of the Saints that he bunt Into a volley of oaths, imprecations and profanity. There are othtrsw be come here filled with false notions, prejudices and unfriendliness toward the"Mor-nions," the"Mor-nions," through tho wild slanders circulated a boat them, w ho are overwhelmed over-whelmed with delight at having their minds disibuscd. We had the pleasure yesterday of meeting and conversing with a gentleman of that class recently from the east. Such individuals hive honest hearts, and minds open to the impressions of truth. |
