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Show IS IT MXIUUK? Hie "rrlhuusV Uulogy or Hie 1'lti. niert-liiinparlii'n nllk Iho Hall M.iuJtr.. 7u tu Uidor: " That Iho Halt Lake 7rtfun should tptakwclUf "Pioneer Day" anden. courage Ilio olstrviitloii ol It and uf Ihu lueit and women whu made It tnumorable Is much tho eamu as If a gritvu robin r should praltu tliuin u hom he bad diflled, much the lame as If the llUitlueshould sallvutu Irtue w lilt ineoiulum, rhu Triivnc gon tijvn the BMiiiuptl ii tint Ihu Mormons do nottinderslanu ll.itn lthatb) throwing thimsumUcialonitlly Ihu nop ofau lusl ncen cumplinit nt It can I llud Hit m lu lu real purpose, which lelotlrlie tliem froni the homes they made Inn, b) iroiurlng laws ao onresslto that Hit) enn tu Imgir endure Hum, If the rttb 1 1 ever for one moment was Ian, lu inn i enough to fiel that Hie M rnim PI ii ,t. dll for tint alli) wlutt lu u ut ill I whin he la ml, I irai.i ill tun bird i Haln aul Hi I II lanl tu H i'Ioii," Id i i h i 'i i tin if lima a sHIitutithiubiebatid It of Ihu Mor- iHMlMHsalttflBi nun lento In everything Wlrtl II .a a Is true, lilt It will lake It nil baik to-nioirow ur next day In somo malic lout cbargo that the Mormons wire "tuescd out" of the Katt as traitor, came litre a traitors, and am traitors now. hen tho Mormon camo hero one of the first things they did was lo set up n "standard," and It was lha American ensign. Thiy brought here n civilisation, and it wa American cIvlllMllon. The Hittnlirda annihilated flflein million of n mora civllljcd o la than Ihomtelvia 1 he Mormons wire the first whites who oier won the good will of and n lasting it ace with the North Amcrlcati In tlhnsliy honest deallug with Ihem. The Mormon utime hi te poor, vi ry poor Wh).' llccm the etangi Ileal churcliM uf thu 1 aat Himtixh mob rubbed them of everything robbed them of mperty worth In 1 ill, according ac-cording to thu testimony i f ol Iho Is, Kane, fully ,( W). it isjor at liny were, "faimtkal" at (hey may have hueu, Just as fast at ll wa mII lu for thsiit lo do to they ItilllsclitNil houieiand e-lucateil their children Todav, while Iho 7noune nnd It f jllnwi rs am charging Hint Ilia Mutinous had1 no school nn 1 nocdutn Hon for llulr young, lliei fcl ruiualtia that Ulah standt ononf the four tortious tor-tious of our country bt whlih tiatu Utn aotinrdcil the highest liuttors for lllti lllgol tt. Had thu Mormon I lonet rt bt eu. bad the Mormon lo Ua through the last fnily tears what Ihu 7VioHne hat cliargnf them wllh btlng, It would uol bo true, uthat paper says, that wu stiinil 1 "do honor to those lew who sllll n main, to honor tho mem orleaef thoao who havo ttutdoii." Is It a good thing to honor the Arnolds, the Hum. the Iltvlsetof utir ctuntr)? Woul I lllagWMlthliiglo roiior the Pilgrim lalliirs halthey cumu n Hut cnemli of rellgl m and vonicltnia? Woul I II lie n good thing 10 honor Iho irnu n Pioneer If they imiiiu here to 11 n J aland where Ihey could bull I up a lower w hose solo aim wa to thstriiy tin Amiticau govirn-ineut, govirn-ineut, nt Ine Thouna continually chargetr Nol Yl the IXoime Is right In s tying that the living uh 1 the dot I nf that heroic laud of t linttrs ihoul 1 1 hounrud, and henco In eaylnit so thu 7rtAtiNe ml It own words of many )ifirsandilanJtilf.cunvlctfd. fha aWuM vert nlllly closta It article on lionecrlla) a follows '(loeof lhee day, when some of the hsrsher expcrleii'-eaof 1'tah shall lute Iaisse.1 away and Iwieii forgouen, lna Irtsl .anil will palm the aoene of I 111 flisl gathering In thla valley and ln lrel tnlu I will lelt In loftv vere the story, an I so the i hlldren of Hie nv.n and women wo-men who osme bare thou an I Ihelr A n.1n!a uughl to meet and do honor tu Iho lay" Why, now, will not the 7rtSuN be honest nil day long und everyday In thewetk? ll knows Hint thero never wot .mi hour whin the government of the United .SiMe wita In ilangirfnint Ihu Mormon ( litirtli. II kmowa that thu Mormon peoj h were (he liesl, thu v ry lieet liini-r in nil thlsgrrnt went em land. It knows that Ihey have been Irom tho llrst lovers nf the American Amer-ican firm ol government. It knows tint they have mile moru rapid pro-greet pro-greet In folly yiirslhaii wa male by anyone of lha oil cnlonlw In Ho years. It knows that the Mormon nllglou I lAil little illirerint In Itairganlisltoii from Hiat ect that Is It tiled t ) own thu frfuie and to have secret dislgu iiioii the givernmtnt. 11 knows that every so called Chrlttltn m1 Ulletis in the Kingdom ol (led on lorlli. It knows that the Mormons are Just ns honest, sincere ami trust worthy in any suit ou earth. Why, then, will It not lie tha Mormon with all the uther sects and ask tor them all the rights and nil Diet rod ctlou it la willing lot It. ml to nil tin. rcelf Why shouldlhe Vtouncsetk to kien ullve "the harsher uxrlencetif Utth," when It knows that Hie Mormons ham Irrevocably urdaiued that they will limn forth obey Ihu lawt", 1 hu yviiuiie i in irtal an I Iraptrfict, at all that lamirltl must to- Wh) will II nut si that bi p!t lu It ul I course, I to letroue tho lime when "lusilred inlii. Is will Ml In lofty verse" Ihu l lor) of Ut dp woes? W li) a III It notuiideintsml that lUtirorUto keenalltethuold hate and strlfu to grallf) II vanity, till It purer, and I audi r to thu malice of t iivlou pries! anilJivlouaollU'ii holders, It lo make forltxlfn iiusit uniiivlalile lis In that "lofty vi rsi ." IltheWutial.rlghtlulta lino article ar-ticle ou 1'iuiiet r Day It has Uen and Is wrung lu all II hav said for )eant against tha Mormons. If It will not Bi)itlt this, then It wrllts Itnlr down as Insincere; us having iblMieil this tribute (or Hie ttrinso of ill eltlug Ihu Murmuiriuoi lo Into a Mlef that It I tvally honest In Ha upiotltlou lothim. 1 Ullevothe W.uiia It intire In Ita com linn nt to the Ploui i rs and tin return re-turn 1 shall expect to see It drop all further fur-ther light against llulr ditteiidauta un 1 Join heit(lly lu tho resent move, tuiiit to bury "tho harsher vxitrl-i vxitrl-i nice" cf the ait and 1jcu Utah wlurefchu deserves lnl ClIAIIIM ILI9. |
