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Show Li Ul tiil riwrii or i'iu-umci- ! jSXf It la remarkable how prejullce a? ( llnum In the human mind aa I how S If. "Uroloriallllloucbie. When one It 1 W& gains away the out that It enthretle la I mr, tftenuticontclousof lit power, nl Ii d & bent and blaaed by lt Influauce eten f Ht when desiring; to be uptight or to lean In llio oipotlte direction. The K "Cg ''' 0' '" "lit Lake 7liun , j ( odtra striking llluetrallon of ii . W thin And n article 011 the HE , lint lolume , of tho lllrlory ot i ISM it Ulli, which appeerol on Hunday ' ' flff V mornlnc, Ii one of the mt recent Si KB' t" proofed It IK K Comtuenolnic with a will deserted '!"' Ml f eulonof the book a inBittilflcellt " r apeilmen of the printer's and binder's i , DB ' art, the writer irorrcde lo coufiM the i' J (1101117 of the teak biforo him In , Q renewing the work' In IK literary WM ' aepecl. He commenJi tho etjle at Mm "beautiful," iknowloili!M that It K la written with "care", hut Hj permit! hit prejullrei agilntt the Mm "Mormin" people an J Ihrlr faith to H nr to anil tinge all he liai to aay about BB tte Incident the book rchitei. lie recognize the eTlJent Intention B of the author to "make hlatorj" In B audi a way ai not "to throw any ISM MM light upon It eacopt that of ereilailln iBV truth," and yet a-iertt that he "putt I flp , Jown the Ideale which hit own faqoy J BJ hteawaketied,"lhathehaedonelo"ail ' H 1 ' through the book," that "he haa taken , B 1 tue rough lioy Joeeih Hnilth and J t H ' made him walk the earth a aecouil jjj IC 1 Lhrlit," that he hat made chargca of ' H "direct cruelty upon the uiiu of Ills- Hj T aourt, the men of Illluoli, and tho BjL I" Uiivernmeot of the United Hiatal HP before the Halnta came here," that he I ' mm i haa "Ihiu.t Into the book" the hlitory I OK of the Mormon llattallou "In a form tu I B ahow that a mlnhty hirJahln wai In- ' ', . E fllcted upon the Mormon people," ( k Wt that he hat "displayed the lameaplrlt I (k '" "J ,'w''t'"oa "' "" Mountain ! 4 w Meadowa ruawacre," that ho haa made 1 bl EW crltlclvmeof Judt-aandGoTernora In i Vt I'! the aametilrlt that we hare teen them I i IS'.' ' 'e,r "" Jc" '" "' Ueji hit 1 fJB Nawa," that "there ll not one place J A VRi where any man who oppoaod the Wu k5 Halnta In a Lukllo or prlraie capacity Wt IT waa right." And the work laauuiuied Wf' mf up ai "mat(ulflcenl readlufctut not E! v H hlatory eiceft aa to tho datta and 1 Vi Kf 1 eeenla and the bare fact itated " ,fj mil' WefearthatlnadJItlontotheelTeot i 1 Bj of irrjudlce Uin the crltle'a mind, la ' B W thewtakneeilhatcomcathroutfhlackof 'flffci B proper allenllon to hit aubject. lie inrar J n haa eTldently only aklmmed the bock Kut BjL hepratenla to review Irutead 01 diving jJJJ , Wtt lntolU Borne IhlDaa ha objecta to are lliflT., KM not In the work but lutrely In hU flnWf 4M lmalnath)n,andheiadlautlifiedwltb tW M It beiauie It la not colored to harmoti. itjkj S 9 wltli hit antl "Mormon" anlmcal. 5H J ' w tlea and Triiune leraloaa of Important L y occurrenua, thertltlpatoraln mauy Bf C of which ara lliloif wllntaiea l the Hi WF 1 unreliability of that ier'a attempt! jj B i 1 at iiatratlu. tK; f Theaulhoroftbo Hlitory of Utah cff'l f baa Indeed preanietllhlaKrtlon of hit wK work In auch a way ae tolmprctatha K-, 1 nadnlhat hltliiteutlon libot lothrow Bv any llbt upon ll eicept thatofeTer at, laatlng truth, and hit crltlo haa not , 1 fig Itlrrn ue evldencu of anything to the fl ' ' 3B ' i contrary. If thlalaonly "hlitiiry aalo ' f BH J ' ,' tho datra and erenti and thv grf ' ;. '",s fact," la not that hie- M; aH''; torJr '""ugh? And I line are '' Wil Wl"'1 ,lal,0P Whitney hat, gathered i 1 Kj' Into hie book, In confecutlvaorder,aud I H'l ' I KhJ In audi language aa to lorcu the con. I B fenloufromba crltlo that It uiaUi 'l' ' H'' "mugnlflcent rradlng." '' Si 1 Wecanalder the book alngularly frta h&' r 3 'rm "'" "'J"1'"" of tho writer '.ffli B' uJ '""" 'hctorlcal fllghtt and wtV Ks I theorellcal coraintuta. He giver, not BJ1 K i hit owuojlulona, but the Iniinailuna Wgji k I fcj ' produced upou the wople of the tluua I n 1 '" aM u r,,r" loinni1 thrao the crltlo con. I g;j B( j fuuuda with the author'a vlewa nud I fflil I ' iflr Inatead of making Joieph Bmlth "a U it ! ieroiidChilil,"thehltoryixhihllihli I Ik Pif! folllta and mUtakea aa well aa hla aui-uW aui-uW )) ISr ctaaee aud labora. In l ij Thvru It lo word In the liook that II Wl i' H chargei "iruelly upon thu Uuviin. II iflrl! sr menlWore the Balnta tame I ere," N I J '" Hut the cruelty of the men of Mluourl llffilj j 8'1 and the men of llllnola la BbK I ft itamd upon their Inhuman act', Bill I 1 'ft nd rcipilrrt nothing but tlu HjR" "t, 9V illation ol "tho datea and evtuta aud HHk tl ' '""" 'lt,i" which the ly-ioune adiulta HJ C K the author glvta, to brand tboao men HP'il F IB ' aa bloodthlrtl) rufllaua aud Inhuman I J I Irl'i i The ttory of the enllitmnt of the Hif i-J wli Mormou llattallou letniJo hltor BlM u i ID It la nut 7houne irveraloua nor uutl 111 ' Id' Moimon aK.logl. Neither la ll an BWll ' I ' attack uii auy iaon or any for what Hkfi 2V wa done or left undone, riierolauot WW ll ' ' "" '" "'"' narration that la net true, I v fc.J I atlnted by eye wltmnina and jr- I He "ft "' '1 Knauow living who pataud through I kan ' heacenvadttcrlbed. I I , 1 1 ' ' Theatoty of the mauacro at Moiin. I xP ' lA alu Mea Iowa excutui no ouo wliu waa I K 1 LJ mitagid In the awful crime. It It toll Ji 1. 1M arllhtttlct fidelity to the facta iluM'l I 3 ' ?5 ld, but not In accordance wllh the I 'S 1 ! , magluaryhorrora aud InvmUd Inol- I J if '"Uta, mauulaoiuredfor tho purpoieot ! millcallug the Innocent and blaming a wraonato whom the wicked new of that I r? rogedy It at abhorrent aa It It to the 1 togela. Si 1 .tfBy TV There la no crlllclim of Uovernora In the work. The crltlo haa once more drawn upon hit Imagination for an oljectlon Initcad ol on the look. What It told of the Judgea In the early da)t ol Utah It the tlrojle truth. It cannot becoulroverlnj. No attemtlt male to illiule what la raid. The Dm r.ltrr kh haa hat occaalon, yiar alter year, to tell tome of there facta and haiexreied oilnlont concerning them Tho Hlatory ol Utah relttrt the ociurrencra lut does not Indulge In Israelite. Without thla rarratlonlt would not be a hlitory of Utah. It It not true that tho author hat failed lo reCOgnUa the good or the right, where II exlited, In parr aoni private or offlu al who oppot'ed tho Halnta Wa could rovo the contrary If wa hl aoaco to quite from Ilia volume. The amertlon of the erlllo It raah an 1 ehowe at we have f ll I, thai he haa not read Ilia book ( ut only given It cunory ktlintluii lor, la he not thai editor or the Tritium, and It he not therefuro too exact to wilfully mlttale and too ganvroua to an a Ivor-aary Ivor-aary to Intentionally luliquote htm? Thaiartlclo la all dyed an tinted with the ttalna of prejudke, and ex tilbllaaiulnglel daalre to aay eonn-llilngpleaaanlaito eonn-llilngpleaaanlaito tha hlalorlan and dlaealllou to be bitter and apltcful aa to hla ople and their blalnry. It la a great mlaforlune to the bright mln I ao warpcnl and blaaed and, unfortunately, the infirmity a( ars to l Incurable. |