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Show IW ji upow mT muroi:. dEX. A lot It lia come and cone,and while here recelred suitable entertainment. entertain-ment. Thoonly thing we hate I ttrd of which marred tlm'!miuro of tho occaaion, woa a arurrllom and lltelloui liraujua distasteful lo the Genual and ercry decent rson In tho arty, made ty nn alleged lairjer named Frank Hoffman. A r rrscntailTo of the a. A. It. In Uila city he wm permitted todellirran addreu at the roomi of theUuli Coninilatlon tothoCleneral, ami made It an opportunity to Tent the "I.IWral" rptecn with which he and perhape a fow othera of hla Ilk were aurchargtd. Hero nro a few of hie ex. jrvulona to which we now call attention: atten-tion: Tor yrora we were here lu tho tvildor-tie tvildor-tie alone , rrachlns tho dnclrlnoof tin. erlmnUin aud loj ally to the lIB of our country In the enemy'a country. It 1 a fact the J imoa 11. McHcan poit of II A.IU orslnltod lu HT8 first linlurlod the 1IK of our country to the breeze, and maintained main-tained II aa lb emblem of American principle In thle Territory M " e have bei n met by n community ttlioso only ot Ject wua tbo eiact opposite and who, effort an 1 teachings Lave lawn first disloyalty to mir llaff, illsobi ill-enco ill-enco to the mandate of our (lot ornment, and an utter dlarrgird or all the obligation obliga-tion of the dutlea of an Aliierlcau cltl-"A cltl-"A II. A. It. tat If win at one time In thla Territory a ayintiol of disrepute, I ut, thank I lul, 111 now becoming a budge nf honor." 'Torobl thoo imny yenrllir poo-j poo-j le havo been taught to deplto the American Ameri-can got eminent, dlsoboy Ita Hag that we, "Ihatnliocn a witness In year gono ty when llrlghaiu doling tta nearly a god on earth lo IhU pooplo jlut what till ho tcarti them Hatred to everything that tta Americanism with ull that namo I in pile. " There are no doubt many gallantand LraTo men associated with tbo (J. A. It. In this vicinity. Hut they have not alioti n ladoni In choosing ru tht It 9 spokesman n iwrsoii of the calibre und disposition of thla llaunel mouthed do- famer of the jiqle. How much 1ib ho done tottarda " reaching tho doc- trlueeof Ametlcanlim" "Alone In I the wilderness," anl In "the enemy'a S country" too. Tho doctrine of whlaky yM ' ,llorv "K It, so far it he and eomu tin other nro conierned, and In "tho LIB country of the enemlra" to law nnd P order whoao haunt are occasionally MB roldtd by thu police. And If the "U. 'j.lyS A. It. badge" has ever been "lu thla t Vj Territory a ) mbol of dhirt uto" It hae tj hcen becauao eomo who ttorelttou- J JH UucttdthciuHclvef In audi a dlariput- . HI able manlier that they disgraced that L m token of honor and of valor. A I HI drunken brattler who Uelllta thenlr ( BU with hie bnatti and, profanity la no H lietler becnuae bo wtara tho U. A, It, HI ladge. Hut it la utterly falae to ru) 'JH that any Insignia of tho (1. A. II. has 1 jHI of llatlf b en at any lima In this Ti rrl- j HB lory "aejrabolof dltreuti.' ' KJ What cau m thought of a ptrwu Hq claiming to loan old naldiut of thla Hgl Territory who atatia that "thu Hag of f flw ourcouutry" ttaa "llrat unfurled lu tw thebrei,'lieret the U. A. It 7 All I IHJ In IMS, tool Thu i lonern unfurled lIHl tlmtlUg to the In i to In 1817. The JIkJ "Mormon" battalion carried It Into jlH; Mexico, HwoaLonsplciioua luiubllo iH Katberlnga of juungntid old In Utah jMp many yiara before thu U. A. It, ttaa Hflri organized. It ttaa maintained VII i aa tho embkm of Amttlcnn IS tlncllea lu thla Ctrrllory liefore HV , ilcflmanwaaublo toll "ling " No Hi 1 "Ir.kult" baa Wunoir. red tu thv Btars H X- and Btrlni by tho people of tills Teirl- H tory,andallthcattf mUthat hlvolHtn . madoto inanufncluru "Intulla" out of I' Hiiylhlngthatliua tceudonoor linag Inedlohavo teen done, nro tho ruokt Iblldlihofluveutlona or the olNprlug T -m of that bugua "loyally" that cornet frombralnabteotteJ with JItior. The community iai not (aught disregard dis-regard of the obligations and dutlea of American cltltena but (he contrary, nn I In their general deportment In thla or any other particular ttould aufler licllilng by compnrlaon with iiaona of the Ioflmnntrle. Tho Insult to (hat enerable pioneer and lender of men, llrlgham Voung, by itlcll lips aaj thoe (hat defamed him ytaterda , ought to be resented by every drct nt man In Utah. Brlgham Yoiiiib; never taught hatred of Ihu (JoTirlimcnt or of anything that It noble nn J ntrlotfr. We denounco tbo charge mado against lilm Ita falio and vile and a 1111 on lilt) name and memory. It bolokent not only a malignant heart but a mind lost to every ttiuo of manhood and common decency. Ho with nil the rant about, "Morinonlini with Its gory locka," "ulcerated form," "cankered laom" and the rest of It, The lips that uttered thoee words are entitled to (ho e( Ithita no vulgarly applied, ap-plied, and the ijeaktr almly dishonored dis-honored the order for which he ijato anddliuated llioae who heard hlro. We do not charge the CI. A. It. with the vulgarity an I falsehood of HotT-nun's HotT-nun's titrangue, butattrlbute It all to the source from which It emanated. tt Is (Into that sort of thing was banished with other relict of ttt anl-mcnlly, anl-mcnlly, nnd every society orgaulred In Utah ta romotu law, order and good feeling ought to put Ita quietus oil audi dlj lays of bombast and malevolence. |
