| Show Iro uTFD1 A > VOIU > IN UAMIV Superficial view on any question nc almnst sure to be erroneou Truth the old proverb said l lies at the bottom of a well and thom who reallj love I and desire It as a rule have to seek for It as for hidden treasure treas-ure The drift toward exaggeration and l shall It bo said deliberate falsification falsi-fication Is I In a fair way to hcomo chronic In this high pressure nation If 1 tile In < lleallona count far nnthlng In considering the question Thla fea ture iota more or Ielelhre and l If olher were no rllmlllar to us 00 ollr moan llonalltjJt Is possible that no hI clal rllalry coapee mary mIlls The telegrams of the dal press verity this position whatever may bo abe Ienson rtalnly one or Iho mot common manlretallon 10 I ttc corey day contradictions which so upscl and unsettle a truthful observer and olher lhat the nonretlabllllv of the press has become proverblit It used to be a clinching argument that a slatemnt wa aIm uSfleemceor Is truo because It was In the papers Today To-day things In general are doubted or disbelieved for the very same reason An eclltorlal noted hut the other day lI1Ot Ihe naalonal In man tInted directions was nisurplng the place of candid statement nay Slat villainous 0000emcnou toeing mnde out of whole cloth cither to lie comm com-m < ntej upon or quoieol ro at 10 rug goat entelrl ice and scure Incroaetl liotorlct and by Ihe way clicula llon ot course Whelher In Ihli tllrccllon the tomes mlnltrs 10 no Uonal dwlopmnt In Ihl way or na tlorml character Insists upon this erratic and fateful manifestation by the iresi Is I for controveislallts and philosophers lo decide The moralist and the religionist would fain hope that this Is I but the foam upon the crest of the national watersliut It ems to I BO thoroughly nnd universally tmnlfcst Itself that the hopeful view I sever y hOllr lIhjt to such obscllra lion that tho man of truth despairs of tho future nnd asks himself whether truth hath Indewl lied trom asoclnllon with nodrn man Without claiming any rhnrasalc righteousness memory realizes thai when a lad ot brief experience the lesson les-son was Ineffaccably fixed that nn opponent rarely If ever gives tho truth regarding the one opposed oil lineation cod misrepresentation were 1k weapons too freely uwcl b > both sides and the lad framed In his own mind l the Idia prcdlcaled > upon wider experience that Inherited prejudice ngalnst Frnrh and IIhmcn loam nearest neighbors as Catholics was not based upon lhat consideration which I was due to buSh for the securing secur-ing of approximate correct conclusions conclu-sions It too Ittso found that teat oneIda htwen lroletants ot varlauc grades was Just ns unreal as between the two mot homoctiacct of the churches The Methodists vvcjre denounced de-nounced In Ihclr day the 1rlmlllvcB In theirs the iptlit and the Quaker found I tOocoyu I road to honestly differ with their predecessors and In I ract all 101llou orgnnllollons lue had l fur a time la endure Ihose ordeals which might bo called persecution and was such until thej b > dint ot uca 1plllnrlll hod conlltucne and their Innovations bj famlllarlt A case In point under this heading an teen ated I letotce k In temarl tttccI nlnl the hilvntlon Army ivhlch during the few brief jcarn of Its existence loot passed through the bulb nocec000 ol ItlinoottOntotre Unionists until It has now become imp alum It rmmonll o01IllInents In Old England fran hi f majesty the queen nn1 on 1 t enoceqnefloe from the archbishop of the established church downwards md bj Imitation It not b yale thou y to the ndiplratlon and liuduilm of all dlOOdOO In the mUll r country We may not wonder that the angloi hoblans and caricaturist of Font York socletj ° now honor the panic 1 Salvation Armv Ot html in on ilen Itd nn the very In ornallou 0 mollginarotmayagoeo acoS zeal aod l unOllh t reeolIll1on by tho weathercocks of political end l I 0lnl 1 exeluslv cnens why only jester day These patient workers In our cIty already see tho fashionable Inclination Inclina-tion or mlelter anti churches townetl Ihelr labors anti by cad by their ec cntrlcIUs In edlence to outside rocognltlon will hecomo as ° a Iream or I the night Then popularity may play loan h with atret praying tambourine tambou-rine mdcc nntl elen the mournr hnch may heeomo nlolul thotrgh the military organization and col onlzatlon with attendant phases may secure religious Individuality I for many a seam tocome The slanders heaped upon the Mormon Mor-mon Church by tIlt Ijlng generallon have perhai heen bejond all precedent prece-dent for the facilities of modern times i have given wings to countless fabrications fabrica-tions of the same drift nnd In part for dm11 amrcanaaa to Ihoe organllatlons already referred to It Is I doublful whether this Church ilself has ever counle1 Ihe coat ot the mlrpanta lion In which Ihe world has Indulged Inlerested opposition crealed fostered I and fanned by mlnlslera of the Gospel Gos-pel demonslrale that tho record has onto one of conUnuou pollatlon te ultant arson persecution mobblngs drivings anti death The record has at eourse ler hcen Hlltn an the earth but It Is written and It will ben be-n that martyrdom of men women and children has been common and mnuntt cases ot suffering languishing languish-ing disease and death unnoticed l In Ihe chronlcl or crvcott are jet recorded clewher sod will bo made known upon Ihe houctops ° when Ihe books oro opened and the Judgment ia act Well pay jou what Is I the use or raking from the dead embers of nn almost al-most forgotten history these lurid facls of Mormon experience Simply Ihls that spile of Increased I liitclll gence nplle of corrccled I public opinion opin-ion fplto of missionary effort und un I 1I1sh representation thou same lying Bplrll li t yet abroad In the land It Is I I within our own borders Wo note Its manifestation every da > strange tote say to-te of this orlglnalcs with the I imr5ealnelrOOcfl S as aclgloated 510 dumb od ln duatardly I bolflgo at the pact I bVtet l acone Ioavc at tainlohero deny that the Mormon people nro i Cluls tlan hay nrouse nntagonlm where ever denominational or religious In fluenco extends Whenever traveling ministers proclaim r the duplicity of the Mormon leaders and l people In their public utlerunces abroad I they add i tart to the nre of Ignorant tonatlclm which without such encouragement woul lI be dead n IIn extinct volAaoe vet peichnnco relitmay bring deotyolo tIn on many soul Whm this class rr denomlnutlonnl exlonslonlay upon the leo jaIl re000 < l tecnngs tot well disposed people I secure ducats for jllescst schools churches or other ilsslonarv effort they should be called Iown Inconllnentl an1 ilodoocoi i naufirnor lalmato ace among tlo iwo pie Ihey Uaduce t lleEldes much of tni pint anti present pres-ent local iMlltlcnl plotting and echefn Ing has Its origin In I religious tlrrlcs oleo and In social circles where the Fame subtle Influence exerta Itself for most oC tIded politicians ore O1mber pr oh tire lmr prorsClI lollglonlt laiming to be exemplars and aa being lonerix among a llenlghted people S astor ot llbertj und proapellty I and yet they hav e In mt that tlnal i Issue I hich practical cvintemplalon tho I exlulon feast all Ince ot honor tttrst or rponlbillty thl very Star mon element that made this countrj by sacrifice anti straggle In Ihe deepest deep-est of poverty nnd privation looking far bejond even present clevelopmenl lo such glory of ctalesmanshlp anti I patriotism as become a city people teS upon a hill This Ignoring of Ihe people Is I dls lastefulthls delermlnallon oslrnclze the older citizens riles the masses and misrepresentation of conditions and Intent In-tent on the burt or the orn10ns In no way poothcs It rather exasperates To rebuke them as being Ignorant ns ho InS prlestrldden as having ulterior purposes and ever a something concealed con-cealed la not tho way lo win their confidence con-fidence or secure their esteem Thla criticism Is I only for thoso who are really and deliberately plotters The I urgoou mbeme who woul l be faIr ool cuatldcmabn arerotemote d eve If 01 times they do seem lo lack backbone i and yIeld halfway to sophistries and suspicions of Iho principal Wirepullers whether In religion or In politics Tho people hero are In no way probably the cquale ot theIr app acroSs In the Innnlp I ulatlon of Couctra convnUofs they are not so ready In debates or In eaprrat Ion partakIng more or tees of buncombe nut without being In anyway any-way the apologist of the Mormons It may be said that they love honor honesty hon-esty fair play Justice and truth quito na much no tho bet and allY more thon Sb ncvcr blatant sad l most ocarml lous ot their opponents |
