Show NEW TODAY TO DAY to young sa s1 sin a your letter of the instant published in the daily telegraph of the in reply to the proposition of the twenty three met mercantile cantile firms gentilo gentile merchants made I 1 I 1 to the leaders of the mormon church has been read and duly considered had your letter terminated as it might in good go od taste have done with a refusal to accept t our proposition aud the disclaimer that no intimidation timi dation or coercion was to bo be used to prevent persons of your faith from aradi trading ngat at gt atile stores our correspond enco on the subject might ceil cn d but you ton have deemed it a part of 3 our oui duty or thought proper to make it the occasion and acted accordingly of launching forth in zealous invective a number lumber of glaring charges which are too serious to pass coming from you tho the acknowledged head of a religious faction and leader of tho the mormon faith a man whose name and fame is familiar throughout christendom they would find a ready credence among your followers and bo be entitled to consideration among other men w were ere wo we to impliedly admit them thein by silent notwithstanding the studied doubtfulness of your language in mal making ing t these h ese c charges hoag es and the apparent direction the they were aimed we flatter ourselves ours elvei wo no know who wilo aro are the objects of your lire truo true you aro are not ery cry specific as to whom you you lump thenia as a class I 1 doing business filthy in the territory but unmistakably convey the he impression that that there aro are but two gro classes in the territory and gentiles wo we know to which we belong and whom your shafta shaft a were aimed at we are not now and never have been the I 1 avowed ia ON ed enemies of this community nor hao haio we ire or in any other manner sought its disruption nud and overthrow as a flippantly set forth and authoritatively charged in your fulminating reply bern being american citizens wo we aro are vain elou enough to believe beeve i ourselves entitled to the rights and ad n privileges leges of members nici of the great reat republic public lle which the shield of its protection over the american merchant at home and rb road and as such if vo ue possess tho the energy and means ve can engage in mercantile or other I 1 legitimate 1 iti n ate pursuits on american merican 1 soil the C exhibition ell l of our goods wares and dize in the territory of utah falls far short of bolstering bolt ering up tip your charge and converting con law abiding peace peaceable ablo citizens into dinv inv avowed oa 05 enemies it is an anomalous mode t theologically considered as well as commercially of exhibiting enmity towards this community by purchasing thousands of dollars worth of goods each season in the atlantic and pacific states states transporting them hither ct at great cost danger and privation paying this exorbitant rents for houses to do busi business nesa in consuming the produce of the farmer at his bis own price pa paying dinall all licenses and ancs at times il illegal to the I 1 e city bounty and territorial authorities and selling them goods of all descriptions script ions cheaper by several per cent than those of then their own faith can afford to do and in man many cases having to amit six nine and twelve months ae years before receiving our pay if this thi i is hate or ill will we ire fear you will aill experience sonic some difficulty in convincing con convincing vincin 9 the intelligent portion of this community that it is injuries or impressing them with ith the truth or reasonableness of your charges those who are arc blinded by prejudice or controlled by pas passion siou feelings feelings likely to be engendered by your mm an and our bishops ani and and missionaries teachings tea ellings may accept them but you owe it to yourself and your position that chatto thatto to these you will W loofer wr ete hwe 1 1 uk 11 you aro are equally at a disadvantage in chang ing that the foulest slander alande P 11 a are a put t into circulation about tho the old citizens by this clafy of gentile nier chanta to ha e aided them in years yeam gone by as in the present with tho the means and material to make this alkaline kalino al delseit a lovely garden to blossom as the rose lose must bo be as novel a mode of slandering as it is harmless aside from slander being out of our line of business and never baciu having mado any ventures in it we can recollect from our youth that caie celebrated crated article in the decalogue Decalo guo that forbids bearing false witness against ones nel neighbor abor we revere and re respect that MY and respectfully suggest g that not only yourself s but your bishops and missionaries might read and inflect deflect on tho the same article with much profit and pleasure you will scarcely attempt to deny that rash and dang dangerous crous coune counsel el has bas been given to the I 1 old citizens here by yourself vours elf end and the other dianita dignitaries ries of tho the mormon church on temporal rf affairs that acts of dolence and bloodshed lian hn e been perpetrated hero here on the property and persons of gentiles in consequence 13 19 too patent for refutation and if these things have been commented on and condemned ther e was sufficient latitude to do 10 so within the botu bounds idt of naked truth with without 0 ut encroach encroaching i n on the limits Iii nit of slander or falsehood I 1 I 1 the un kindest cut of all is where you paint us drawing the hearts blood of this people and coining it to bring our machinations to a successful issue mr pi es ident not to put too fine a point on it that is a fine rhetorical figure fitere equal to raw head and bloody blood y bones but ut it its application is singularly incorrect who has been dra drawing iving the hearts blood from this community for fb the past two decades whose coffers nie aie now swollen with voiced contributions from liard hard labor who revels iu in luxury and wealth N while hile the toiling hand of honest industry is inia in logs and want who invents thousands of thousands of dollars iri railroads o oi eiland stage line telegraphs banks merchandise houses nud and lands is the decimal portion of the prodie prod ucla ts and profits of the 5 3 car roll jn 40 1 who iio eloids it over temporal tempo temp olal ial affairs generally in this Terri territory ory ancho and who profits profit sall all the sweat and toll toil blied and exerted to make utah what she is Is it the I 1 class doing bui business rica in m the territory as 3 ou ita atlo ic us no sir but zin on tire arc by facts in dying eagin so out with them it is your duty as a citizen of utah to make the facts public and to libold the persons whoever they may bo be out to public execration it is doubly your duty ag aa a christian take proper steps to avert any such calamitous practices sa S if you lenity i are in in possession of the facts you so seriously allep allege place them before tho the public at once you lou are now a party part to the record and have surmounted the great difficulty of more diffident men tho first step this you have taken openly and fearlessly feat lessly and you yon cannot well m ell pause ause where you tire are I 1 f the faan facts mint mind not blooml and thunder harai harangues gues or innuendoes or in fc or other charges and accusations are not forthcoming it mai may shift the charge 0 of f foul slanders inders sl to 0 o other shoulder fc and alake make people think that you drew on your imagination for the fino fine frenzy that gives tono tone to your railing ng accusations to tb refuse the mild charges that we ire have encouraged cou raged iio violations lations of law retarded the administration of justice fostered tice rice and vicious institutions increased disorders and substituted lawlessness anti and anarchy for peace and quietude wo we need oppose the fact that we astill still iino iho we ive are daily assured to be a bood 0 0 I 1 citius is is to bo be unmolested if wo we 3 lo io fl lato t any law of the land congressional or otherwise or encourage its it violation there tire hrar the courts and the criminal codo code to punish us as principal or accessory ac cessor why isit is it not done we do not noi refuse to pay our taxes aull and giro gire kimport to soll schools as charged but we do refuse to po go through tho the I 1 I 1 sweating process financially for the benefit of schools in this or any other under an ille illegal aa I 1 eu en I 1 NEW TODAY TO DAY where nobody is res 0 eusiblo except the taxpayer tax payer who is to pay w whatever alever a amount in aunt ho he h N assessed to any person who may demand i it t aud and ask no questions abut uso use it is to b be put to I 1 ait wo aare aro still unable to see tho the dorco or point eness of the charge that we have p petitioned coll congress 1 on our ur grievances and aro are supporting i 9 acs freely i an independent press As thero there is a warrant in tho the constitution of tho the united states state for so doing we will be only too happy to point the same out on request we ve hivo have much more to say upon this sub eject and in tho the meantime will sell every description of dry goods clothing boots and s shoes hoes hardware crockery gro groceries cenes provisions drugs and medicines es paints oils and dye stuffy stuffs cheap for cash or OF THE OF THE CARD CAM dea 1 tf |