| Show tur TUE A nation aaion is up in arms if any one dares to criticise criticism critic ise the political utterances of lion ion john henry smith that organ raves and and raises hades with those who protest against 0 a republican orator proclaiming his political views in ill meeting it accuses those who speak their minds upon such things lings ti 0 of making an attack upon the authorities ties and yet that paper the bat nation ion goes out of its way in a recent issue to attack the lion moses thatcher it has done this thing before but in a cowardly insinuating way it now attacks him with all tile the venom that is characteristic of its spiteful disposition no one can call read its issue of last tuesday with out felling 0 that it has gone further in its attack upon mr thatcher than the tribune would think of going even the sarcastic standard was most respectful in its tone towards the speaker the ever flo lopping p salt lake times lad had noth nothing ing bad to say the tribune was corn com parit ively decent but it remained for the nation of all that list to show allow its real na nature and disposition towards mr thatcher we say the nation went out of its way to attack tho the gentleman it did ile he was not upon them the stump trying to make political converts he was ivas not trying to change the c of any nian man before him ile he spoke to a convention of democrats who haj had their minds made up already lie he was not in a religious 0 meeting 0 where he be might 0 as the nation iya tion balsly insinuates exercise an ecclesiastical influence democrats do not resort to such methods but mr air thatcher spoke in a convention which even the tribune admits that he be had a perfect right to do ile he only rose in re response to an ir demand made upon him by that convention and the Aa nation tion takes up tho the cry of church influence which it has fo F 0 o ion long contended was an improper topic for disca discussion sion and upon the slightest pretext imaginable 0 not only makes tho the charge but falsifies in trying to sustain it it would be well for the local republican organ organ to read that part of apostle john 11 W taylors conference sermon relating 0 to such conduct we give it here as it was reported in the lVa nation tion now I 1 wish to say eay e something om ething to you about at out newE newspapers papers I 1 have noticed of late that some of our local newspapers engage in abuse criticism and e cea eri go so far as to slander elander the priesthood when any papers indulge in this sacrilege age against god stop your subscriptions immediately or I 1 tell you in tho name of 0 tire the almi almighty lity god that their sin ein will fall upon your heads beads you had better administer poison oi sonto to your our posterity and gradually k kill 11 t in 11 by inch than to permit their minds to be embittered and pol poisoned against the sacred and holy ordinances of god |
