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Show H Till! 1HIHI.S AU.VIX. B There Is at preset,!, as Is well known, H a great gathering tuOjden. Jtepre- B eeutallvea of the Wist liaro met to 1 consider the Interests of this part of K the country, and amoug ttieijucttlona Hl to Iwallled Is that of itttehood for the, Hji territories. Further, a congresiloual Hj committee Is jou coming West to In- j qulro Into tho qualification! of tho B' various territories fjr the boon of local BBJ' eovcrelgnty. BBJ) Tbeie facta account, to tamo extent, BBl for tho rc.currem.u1 In tho columns of BBJ) tho Bait Lake 7ntuiio cf thu bitter Hj artlclia In whloti that tbeet dally H oseaulls an uiiollandlng, lon-iulIerlng H peoplo, tho obcct evidently being to HJ Impress tho visitors with the looll.U H Idea that the Mormons nro n criminal H claw, daugirous to the Kovernment, H Insincere In ull tholr prutenilous and Hj not worthy to bu trusted as cltlzeus ol BH tho great rtepubllc. H Of course eerytiody who has bein J following thu oxplolti of that pa;ir 1 "during tho yean" knows that them Is BBI ut nu lln l truth In such statement; BBl I knows that the uipcr Itself doca not BBI J believe them, Licauso out of Us owu H mouth It can be shown to he most mi H scrupulous when it has nn end to gain; Hl that It has ty long yuan1 practliu mg. Hl ccidtU In reducing the urt of vlihtlug 1 the truth to an almost per vet bjsUiu, and that III bllterurM to the piople of 1 Utah la equaled only by Its owu di- 1 privity. Hut, of course, the articles 1 reftrred to ore not wnttun forthopeo- T'e who llvo biro tiuj who nro no- HIJ qualuted with thu rri.1 faett, Uium Hl tucn riadersthmfr rtwouhlbuwatUU; H tiny aru publlrbul In ordtr to uicelvr, 1 If pottlblr, ttrungerr, who nro tup- K P 50 I to bo easily bllndod by mere BBJ phraseology. H lu touoy'j Istuo tho charge BBJI la madci that Moimons aru (till BBlK Pratt clng what once was n peculiar Kuttof thilr filth, and United i'atu Mar 1ml Denton us will as his piedi. I cenortruby Impllcalluu made pirtlea 1 ! to the violation of llio law. And this BBJ I ' ''ono on the authority of wbut the BBJ paper calls a "cutolu n unnei I Uoi BBjji t,,c" It uud to bo i "oertalii nspen. J1 lble old woman" before this roba. f bly being a new devko to hide tho H Identity of the Individual at the 1 trtouno oftlcuwholsthereal Inventor j if tho slaument. It would seem lobe BBlJB but a poor testimonial tj tho Intelligence Intelli-gence of thotorlbe totupposo that ho can entertain the hope of bringing conviction to any of his readers by making mich etrlout cltorgoa on audi lllmty authority. Tho hot of tho mitter Is that tho peo(le of Utah as a class and na In. dlviduala compare favorably, morally and otherwise, with any people on earth. The Mormons havo nothing to conceal from tho view of the world. Invutlgitlun Is always o uted, pro. vlded It Islalraod 111 good faith. Tlioy were never known to break their promlsss. Their hlttory la a narration of tho growth of a community whoie only safeguard Is and always was truth and rtghttousntis nnd whoao success suc-cess eo far Is the exemplification of the victory of llioto engaged In a J'"' cause. Tho Mormons havo falling and liavehaliuch, ni other mortal. They do not proftsi jierfecllon. Hut In vain will any ouu lo-.k among them for the crlmts and criminals with which wrllura of the Tribune clsss have filled thu Imagltmtlon of many not realillng In the Terrltcry. They never did exist. Htutchood ItumedlAto or rcmott or not at all Is not the quistlon. If the TViiuneoppcsrtthoadmlitlon of Utah to thu Union, at II of courre doer, that Is Ha own business, It cau be respected respect-ed and may atciro n decent fo towing If It basi-s Its opposition on legitimate grounds, If audi thero be. Hut lo burl faIsenccuatlons against tho Moral ins; to tearopeu sorts scarcely healed; to itsb tho eoplc'j and thu Territory' In-tirrsts In-tirrsts agalu nnd again to the heart with daggers poisoned In venomous faliehood, that Is a jrocccdlug agnlntt which all must protest, and which every honest soul ought to del to strongly condemn. |
