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Show CALt'XMLS OF TIIK C'llllOMLl.r." The Han I'ranclwo arunWe haa al-been al-been entigonhtle lo the Iple of Utih, and utually ethlblU the lime Ignoranco In relation to "Mormon" alTtlrt thit It dlaplayel by tho majority of Ametlcan Journal!. Thearoac li an enterpilalng irand hat a wide i Irculallon. It It a pity that 1U wideawake wide-awake nuniger iloei not eet tome ono to writ on Utah uumlona who hu a little knowledgoof hUaubJectaod who will treat the matter wllh eome degree of falrneea. In a recent CJlronfc'e eJl-torlnl eJl-torlnl the following ipiara: 'Thre haa neter lieen anythloj In the conduct of the leadera of the Mormon Churc h lo Inaplre confldeoce or to make Ibe people of Iho UnlledWitee place any rallanee nn their promlace. Thty hive Iwtyt cltlnwl the right lo tbtolrt Ihein-Mlreeand Ihein-Mlreeand thoat whoixree.1 Ibtm from anyand trtry oblUallon, on the ground tbel the Inlere-Uoflhal'burth rmltled eml ei en required It, and there la no rti-m rti-m lo bolleto that liny bare abated one Jut or tluleoflbelrpretenalona." Thli contain., lu the flrtt place, a mUconcepllon of the facta, and lu the neit place a groaa mlarrpreaenUtlon of the rwiltlon taken by the gentlemen referred re-ferred to and of ttiet'hurch Inqoeatlon. The leople of the United HUtee who understand anytlilngof the court pur-ued pur-ued by the leaden of the "Mormon" Church, know rery well that they haro alwayt been true to their promlaet, and tint they hare iiirfrrrU rery much becaueo they would nt make promlaee they did not Intend to keep. However How-ever mtitaVen tbey may be con.ldcrtd In Ihelr faith and In their maintenance mainten-ance of It In the face of opposing publlo tentlmentftbtlralncerlty hit been conceded con-ceded by thinking oplo who hare known whit It haa coat thoro leading man to decline making agreement! which were demanded of them a the price of their liberty and their releaa front Iho preaauraoflhe law. The "Mormon" leidtn hire nerrr done anything which would Ju.llfy a laokofronfldtncelnthilr word. Hut, ou the contrary, th.lr whole court, through Ibe dlfllcultlet that hare en-compataed en-compataed them, liai been of a character charac-ter to Inaplre confidence, at leaat In their Integrity, end glre full reliance topromlne which they might agree to make. . The italement thit they hare "alwayt," or erer, claimed the right to abaolre thtm.elrra or elhera from "any and erery oblige lion" on any grounl whalerer, la a fiUehood thit hu no baala for lit tup-portnoreicuto tup-portnoreicuto far It utltrince. They hire nerer mile any euch claim, there U nothing lu the doctrlure or rrgulallont of the Church to warrant II. The "Mormon" peoi I do not be-litre be-litre In any tuch "right" nor apply to any man on earth for "abeolullou." Taperi like the ChnnW ought to be more careful In miking itatemenU that hare nothing to tuaUIn thtin, and ertn when a Church It uuwular, iheull nttjoln wllh the deprared and thellbelloutln tprradlng fala Information Infor-mation concerning It. There It nothing noth-ing In "Mormoultm" to Juitlfy theto aa-ertloni of the Chronicle, there It nothing In Iha conduct of Iti leading eionenU to eicute the attack tf the CArontof upon their chiracter. m |