| Show A fair proposal and a few plain truths I 1 by the latest report from the states we learn that there is a wonderful uproar about the mormons cormons Mor mons notwithstanding their great remoteness from all neighbors of the class commonly termed civilized and christianized Christiani zed dying lying letters t li written by nobodies have excited and bewildered the public mind priests politicians and editors have lent their aid to fan the flame and all manned manner of rumors are afloat about the mormons cormons Mor mons while they are innocently peaceably and industriously walking r in the patha pathway lly ily of their rights as guaran i tied by the constitution Cons titu ti on and laws lawit of our common on country it has been iterated and reiterated abroad that there ard ari are many 1 in our midst who would be glad to get away from frona here if they could only be assured that they would not be destroyed upon attempting to leave and it I 1 is well known that there are thousands in the th stales scales who are extremely anxious to come here but are prevented from so doing by want of means for their transportation it is also most generally understood that the people in all the states and in all the territories except utah have had the the untrammeled privilege of locating in places of their own choosing while the Mor lox lormore lor mons mors inhabit a region so uninviting tb that aan jio others had bad ever made an attempt to subdue it neither would they now accept of it as a gr gracious clous cious gift with all its hard bard earned improvements prove ments should the mormons cormons Mor mons vacate in their favor fall under these circumstances it is now fairly a and nd frankly proposed bythe by the saints in utah and the propos alwill be most readily complied with oil on their part to forward safely and free freo fre 4 of expense to them all who prefer leaving utah and going to the states if the fhe people or the government of the united states will in like manner forward to utah those in their midst who prefer to dwell here 0 ye edit editors ciza priests and politicians is not that a fair proposition you may reply that in that case the government would have far the heaviest bill to pay as there are arc hundreds in the states who would prefer being bein 9 here to one here who he would elect to reside in the states and your reply would be correct but then why such a breand hue and cry about tyranny oppression and abom abominations inactions in utah when you Y OU so well know the main facts in tile the case and anti that you would be the losers in accepting so fair a proposition simply because you are bame same ignorantly so some me knowingly and all willingly led by a spirit that is madly striving to destroy the saints of 0 the most most high from off the face of this earth that he be may hee kee pita inhabitants under the gross gnoss spiritual darkness that until re recently hai has br boded over quarter quarters ther thereof ea f and which even now prevails lo 10 an extent the most pitiable and anti disgraceful in beings p professing of essing the least intelligence and mho who are accountable for their acts to the fat V er of al all ali 1 pur gur spirits t this course oe ihirg I 1 will acqua actually ily lly destroy themselves such malignity such audit perversion iop misrepresentation and lack of the most 0 ordinary degree degreeff of 1 kind andly lj feeling for their fellow beings 0 ng a as now characterize the speeches remarks and publications of so great a majority in hiir our boasted I 1 republic I 1 ic are indeed itil leed strange stran e thid tins continent has been pronounced to ll 11 be a la a above all ail arother another otner I 1 I 1 lands has bean peopled by those who red led from persecution erse cution and oppression ino in lher diber climes limes q and who successfully threw tyrants yoke about being bein fastened upon their necks bya power that st led itself the parent aad yet to the disgrace of human consistency and to the aiding 0 and abetting 1 the powers of darkness iri lri id opposition to the decrees of heaven ina lna many rl oe of the descendants of worthy sires are doing their utmost to abw thwart art att the purposes of high heafy heaven and to either fx exterminate terminate or eh enslave solely for their reli rell religions I 1 iotis bet bei I 1 ke F those who are lawfully entitled to the tile clear dear bought privileges rightfully beloti belonging ging to all the dictionary of our language lin guage voluminous as it ismias not words with bich to properly i hrs describe the miserably mise rabi and hellish principles governing such a course of conduct A r how much better it would be even everi solely in a political point of view for the government 0 of the united states to grant rant lands and extend aid and encouragement n t tt to those lii hi ady settlers who arp turning curnin Z her barren wastes into smiling 0 fields than to harrass Wp apportion of her citizens who are patriotic and loyal above all other who have bave withdrawn themselves far from other settlements and have jo joyfully y fully unfurled the t tars ars and stripes the insignia 0 of equal rights in the of her mountain fast no raft is in fn danger politicians are ar hungry for office ari ati and d sp spoils oils editors must print spicy articles to increase the circulation of their pipers papers papers and air alf all ali hell fiell must be sti stirred f up for tor the he extermination of the lateer latter day saints and the reversion of smiling bailin fields and happy h appy homes to dreary wastes and the habitations ris bf buzzards and wolves speculators and politicians reckless of the ives lives of innocent persons indifferent to the interests of the government caring naught 0 fog the welfare and proper employ employment ment of officers and troops in short regarding nothing but bat the tiie accomplishment of their own wickedly selfish purposes lur poses have laid a plan to deplete the yell yeli filled comfers coffers of our Treas treasury liry tiry and scatter some of or its millions among among miserably corrupt dris and what think you is the plan piali by carefully working tle the wires of slander er and exaggerating agge rating the influence of the paltry howling bollings how bow lings a of priests and editors they have induced pres i ident dent buchanan and his cabinet cab net to t 0 order a body lody of troops to proceed at vast expense to a cot country antry and people where all is and ever has h is been so ordery orderly proper and law abiding that no troops are nor ever have been needed B but u t what care those speculators and politicians for bior a far worse than useless expenditure of treasure toil and hardship so their pockets are well filled bythe operation a and nd a few offices distributed among aloag 0 them yet th their plan if it be persisted in will be a dear and a na reckless attempt to gain notoriety wealth and power by the sacrifice of principle and humanity and the more extensively it is carried out ut the 11 more disastrous will be the he result to all who parti participate particia cip ate therein and the more complete and signal L will be their final fia 1 overthrow barren and extended plains and rugged mountains and narrow defiles at great distances from friends and supplies are not the most inviting of routes and a people thus stir surrounded rounded and valiant for the truth are not of the most pleasant description to meet with in hostile array when they are only battling for their the ir rights their dear bought homes homei and the just existence upon the earth carth ot of themselves their wives children n and friends no mob has ever yet been able to successfully cope with the saints until they hev could come against them with a show of legal authority this our enemies well understand and therefore they are cunning enough C to trump up accusations to induce sole bome some action on the part of those legally in power and thus thug cover their I 1 nefarious plans with the shadow of what appears I 1 to be law in the eyes of the masses who do not reflect resle relle ct but it is really a pity that th at those who excite and an d urge u rge hostile operations towards us do not themselves come if any are to come to fight us why hydok hy bot not dot send the be 1 priests r ests the editors the letter ietter writers the poh pol itic ians and andi speculators those who are at the bottom of all ali alt aliel uproar inthe hy the states about abc rutus us we should be much pleaded heaed to see them on their errand of extermination atlon but I 1 they are too lilethe like ilke the monkey who mho used the cats paw for raking his chesnutis ches nuts out of th the hot embers we are of all ail al persons the 14 00 0 oes es they would prefer to avo avoid avold id for full wel well I 1 do they know the injustice ank and baseness of the I 1 representations ulion upon which chichis uhl chis is founded the 1 action a hey they hae llave hao sa so strenuously urged upon our government and the iti justice stice they would meet should they coin they keep aloof and much prefer thrusting into the tho gap officers who are 6 chagrined at bein being appointed to a work so il leal lq leai ral zal and litt utterly e aly uncalled for and innocent soldiers wig who ar are drilled to the baddin bidding z of their commanders com manders minders without tiit clit questioner estion onor or comment this is ii a matter mattar of real rehl regret for both office officers ra and soldiers so are arc aie are bound to obey the orders of heir their superiors ors in in comma command nd whereas if the miserable curses who have instigated 0 the send ing of trog troops an oh s such i a tom boin fools e expedition had came me irl iri in effi person we should know beforehand aher u here and how to meet leet them and what to do with them I 1 and as to the officers appointed by government ment for territories though s such itch appoints appointments e ants are r but arbitrary a and nd unconstitutional relics relies of colonial emage still should any come to utah and demean themselves like true gentlemen und ind condne their official antso their legitimate channels they will find their offices to partake more of the nature natura of mere sinecures sine cures than in any place pace theah ever seen hehr heard dor or read of and andl in nad addition 1 ai A to the most urbane I 1 treatment in our midst if they need assistance to help them in and will oaly only guarantee that they will carry out the above specified line lide of proper conduct all necessary alsista assistance nce nee will be promptly extended to them but poor miserable curses are not wanted here and all such characters r s will nind rind the mountain ain aln retreats of th the S stints wilk apo hochi hot far their comforti comfort fo for r 1 we gave cave lave already endured their insults aati abuse e and corruptions corrupt ions lons as long as human nature can bear |
