| Show f U EDITOR HIMSElf Makes Reply to Vicious Attack By an Abusive Salt Lake Sheet CHRISTIAN HERALDS STORY tile Sentiments of Us lis 1 bor O ax H Oil Into Imo Convulsion Con IU m rn furans to o a from a anum num v br of friend 1 we reproduce the tha an un and d editorial from the thu column of ot th the Journal of Jan 11 published Ida The Te editor wa wu ma maii at fleX ii attacked by an abusive sheet m In this city for tor or somo sarno remark rem rk that h te he 14 bad made concerning th the foolish con conduct conduct duct dud of ot hot hosts ot oC women In n the United sut f who ho an 18 In IH i well known hud had been boen educed to their ther names s to a I alion the con lion lon to about which they vU knew nothing and un In which they were of ot Utah by b some ot of the women itt Ibe Christian Ch Herald which Is I ready any nUY little of ot ml UP Ut U to t pap nap formation ami turn everything from purported Mormon fl quotes a stAtement tit m nt nude by h the Current Journal and fal d l ascribe Its lt utterances to tot Mormon leaders leater who have noth nath nathIe t the calls the Ie id to todo do with that paper and article C it a tirade of at abuse ahue the tilO women of ot C America but In of If Its s bald bild assumption the Christian Herald can only cite these thane from frOnt the tho article to which It ot oh J tl Their conduct has become became Ir I unchristian and unholy They before God The TM Christian Herald calls that and sees goei oft ote Into convulsions bout Mormon In woman womanhood womanhood womanhood hood and explosive utterances The Herald lerald draws ws Us Its Inspiration ami formation 7 1 from tram tho the local sheet bove IMe referred to and therefore therdore l 18 e not Uk to bring forth anything but In Inconsistency consistency and folly foil The Tho editor of thi th Current Journal In III response to the and nit diatribes of the Salt aIt Lake Lal e organ oran of at ha this thle to say sa aft Our article a 1 row few weeks ago ngo under the heading A Million Foolish Worn Wom en tD has ha called cullel forth a 1 brutal reply from the Salt Sail al Uke Tribune That Tha t paper naked mike a n savage attack on tho the editor of the tte Current Journal because he tie pre pr med to question the motives of the WOmen who ho signed the tho petition against toiler Smoot but Iut more especially e be ho aue he M t the tt women omen In Salt Snit Lake Uke who sent n a telegram to the wom women vo en ee cub clubs In the en st thanking thorn them for their campaign We did not ct of 0 course that our views on that question would b be endorsed by the Tribune But flit wo wu had hall hada a Q right to expect a fair rail and decent cri crl criticism A paper that pones peace e aa nil the great champion of the tho American home bottle and the defender of ot every ever Christian virtue ought to be less le 8 foul toul In iii Its lis utterances anti and more mor fair In Its ItH comments The Tribune falls to point out any of or facts on our part It does doe not answer the questions that wo J raised railed or otter offer any fair criticism what tin em It simply calls call us u it number of ot otlIe vile lIe names nam s Insinuates Unit that we have havo no conception of oC the respect res peet due to women and M suggests luge tl that we ought to be horse bore chirped tor for what we wrote It then the matter motter with a few tew high phrases about American wom womanhood Oni om endorsing the e and especially commending the tha Salt fill Lake women for Cor the support thor that th tbt they y are giving It To the editor of ot the Tribune we e say eny A m man mn n who has broken his covenants with God Go who bus hus hu turned turnell traitor to oil his people and who cho day lIay after day pour pours out ut the vials of ot hl his hili senseless wrath U Uen Ui III on en those who once loved and attO trusted him Win and bestowed be tHell upon him hi m tim the high eit ett honor within their power should bu bit the lat last man to suggest horsewhipping hor for tr or an one if It tho the one ono article that w uc we wrote merits such a punishment att hat shall we say sa of ot his conduct 7 For Kor or orore more wor ore than a year car now nol every emy day dllY of ot his jf r he has ha not ceased cea ed to slander Blander the at home homo and abroad he thai e haa ha heaped heid hen d reproach upon them then ho h MI has his ridiculed their filth anti and made light t ef their most acred sacred ordinances From rom romr IM far r and n nar ar he lie ban ought aid to en compass oh th their lr ruin The Tha Principles for tor tort chith t he e hs his contended all nit his hl life lICe eal ad nd advocated before the tho world now nOI nOIh c uj of ot his di appointed h he e Insists nus are oM anO corrupt The rift i with n heaven endowed him hint J he has hu ha used to humiliate ai urine bring brinG name upon the lenders leaders of ot the Church ubo 0 year e rs aKa ago K sought to save him who forme tor e him his sin when hen he dishonored the a which h he n now nol w f M o hypo mo moth I th I Atten e n s There Is II no wrong hu haa thit ha h he e has hils riot nol done yet n no harm n him He na walked liked the tho tree r i t of M LIko Lik the ht among people ih that i he i ha as rind and B no h r 1 ha molested him Un Lie has hns been his hii Cr free V e M to ancl anil write oil all that was In test teat he heart am now nol Because We wo pro the I e that are aro Pi concerning the tho inn n th the motives of h ar n are this I ork heo i I In nefarious ca cults on th the tho men inca ot of Utah to This m our lr by y yr physical force er r who ho it breeder breed r ot of f fth strife strite and Blan elan Os ns II g martyr martn u 0 the anti stand n e haw ha the c n nerve to tonn nn hi Untouched anti for tor Ca another 0 er lives CS We C ot of h II a right l to ti the mt mu the NUll million women who en h Senator ot tars a they made a e n no o P protest t sen pen Vho th Conduct t hns been much ha ever ben S etc are to t be i at mou H It women clubs the murals oI ot of f the they i ey fn for tor ought nit t to demand l the th tamo Ilmo that at t thiV they i We AVe too tooth tooth th that t GIve i their attention n to evils ellIs all forry orry 7 o 0 ml rUM arouni anti d not the n COalitions Among out the theT tin until t they hind had weeded AM Os n nearer home homelIe lIe n for the In Snit Salt Loke co t far r im to w oj that wV It ta is I Christian r and wags g war r In upon their M neigh thanking their lt l n the they r for tor Su lh their lr Mormon rV to 1 nM ani en enIt n oM toil J aH all ih the eth III that are tift aren ar It 11 1 th e C Mormon lormon an n attack auak a a P people 0 on n every member of the t he Church As such w we resented It a nd we ve Ie lava have no apology to fur for fo doing d no so With nil all the tha virtues which the he t Tribune attributes to these women we 0 do not believe that they have ever ca corrected c a 11 th that t has hils been a mud made concerning the people that they ls live ive l among Tho The tact flet of ot the tho matter Is Isome tome ome s le of the women omen In Halt Bait Lake Luko have hav encouraged e and endorsed wilful r against the Mormon people They have havo supported women omen lecturers antI and a nd minIsters who have gone lone from ruin rom one end e nd of the country to the other spread lp Ing III l ug falsehood and altO stirring up the tho peo people lie p ie to auger anger them Money Motley hall hai been b een solicited under false pretenses to continue continua c title this everlasting agitation und lInd to these t women have been at the back backof of o f it We Ve ask uk again hiv the Mormons ever ver e wronged them tiera 7 Have they thoy ever evel everee been be b ee molested or Interfered lIh ith In nn way In 11 what respect have they out suf from these the c neighbors 7 HUll JIas J the tile Mormon religion been beell bee Haunted In III i n their faces Have their homes heen been Invaded i ii or their churches desecrated Have 1110 i they tIle tho ever been Insulted or 01 bused abused a Do not Mormon homes com con conro paro i ro favorably with wIt their own Is not their heir t conduct just JURt as II exemplary Are Arc Ar tH they hey the t not ns tie Industrious as aft temperate HS H 5 pure Let them show CauSe came fur for their s of ot this unholy crusade This Tribune considers con It perfectly pertel tI legitimate l to pour lour out Ha its It vile lIe false tillIe hood h day dit after aftel day tIa to slander the best hut men In III the community co III n II and heap re ro reproach P roach upon capon an nil Innocent people It II supports s the Salt Lake minister and alIt women omen referred to In III doing the an same lIoma me thing hing t To lie about the Mormons Is per f honorable according to Its stan linn dard d urd of ot morals But Hut let one of ot this titis un unpopular popular P Pf p sect ct lift his voice olce or pen jeu Jell In de tie Pt f ence of his people let him itin but hut ques loii t the motives mothes of ot those thoe engaged In III this his t campaign and ho lie ba bl becomes comes coines a II vile lIe ile wretch v retch a leprous crea cre ture Ure t and other choice epithets that could be coined only In III the Tribune of or fice The Mormons are not lIot going to be t e dumb driven cattle cuttle who will cower ai a nl cringe beneath the whip of ot their i They Tile Thc are oro not low Jow grovel I Ing t og things fit only to lick hick tho the dust from the t he feet of or those thoe who llo their rights r In the earth They are men mell ami women with rights that they propose to toWe maintain l Wo We perfectly p well welt the ho t purpose e ot of these agitators They The eek cek e to deprive the th Salute of o It f their rights as its American citizens citizen They propose to disfranchise them and make them dependent on their wilts and wishes Wo We wont stand Mand for Cor It Our fathom l planted the standard of liberty in this ills t western country Through Indus try tr t ry foIl and hard labor they the have hae redeemed r and ft made It fruitful They were IVere never nevor found f wanting In their devotion and loyalty l to their country countr both boeh In peace and In ip war sar Mst Most ot or them thena have now gone to their rest rent The ling hag that they tho I unfurled e here Moats over oer their graves grave But Dut before they paused passed away the Im hn Impressed pressed ed upon their children a II concep tion lI t l n lI of at the liberty that It represents It I t has greeted our eyes from coin our cant earli earliest oct est Infancy Wo e know our history h and 1111 what It Il cost to give It birth Every Ev r Fourth of ot July we ve have listened i to the story of ot Independence Freedom Is our OUI heritage nati we will never willingly submit for our rights to bu bl Invaded by the tho hungry hordo horde who ate uro seeking to trample them under their feet reel and destroy lestroy de them theta themIs Is lii It to 10 be he expected that we will sit calmly by b and smile at nt our detractors Pat Po t them on the butch back anti and tell them th m to togo togo togo go Shall Khali we keep silent because womanhood Is iii sacred 1111 and the tho ministry Is i s holy Shall Hhall wo ve 0 hesitate to show shull up the tile and deceit deett that Is behind this movement No When woman endorsee slander ISlander and encourages re persecution the halo hall that glori lied led hr her brow depart She Rhe loses Joses the sanctIfying beauty of truth and we art are areat at nt liberty to resent her iter actions notions anti and protest against hr h r course e When min haters give gle themselves to falsehood their pulpits are holy hoi hol no more mort their churches cease to be b lodl sanctuarIes The rue Tribune rails rall at us and our pa pu paper per for tor supporting the tho Mormon hier hierarchy archy We Ve are not supporting any hier huler hierarchy archy at least not In tho thu sense Ien e the tho Tribune uses u es the term Hut But wo Wl hate hao I defended the Mormon people popie II and pro propose i pose po oSe e continuing to do so 56 We AVe are lire not ashamed of our action In this matter mutter They The arc aro our people Their ThIr Interests Interest Inter are lire our their our fres fre dom dora When they the suffer cutter we wo suffer stiffer And we ve shall contend for tor their rights so Ions hong lon lonas as we have hI vo voice Land and pen to 10 do tb 10 It The Tho Mormon people tire are not slaves slave or crayons cravens who have no feelings They Tile ThE are 1110 as nil sensitive to wrong as other peo veo people veolie lie 1110 They The smart under tInder Insults In and an abuse as us quickly as ns anyone anone They The want to 10 II he be thought well of by b their fellows There Is no pleasure tar for them In the re no reproach reproach and odium that Is la heaped upon them theta At the same time they the dont propose to purchase thu tha good opinion of men at nt the price of ot their faith am honor Conscious ns as they the are arc of ot tilt the rectitude of or their Intentions and tin the of their motives they the vail can an af of ford lord to wait alt for tor their vindication Time Tini will do them Justice |
