Show vor for the deseret news I 1 POLICEMAN A A J 11 V U M E B E K n 1 I s W acx A ahlers yu lakin latin kin notes 1 and baith hell prent them filst K at having many opportunities to observe some facts during my perambulations which might ie be interesting to the pu public lilic and supposing that they might Light conduce to good I 1 offer iny my leflek the readers of your columns I 1 do not however aspire to be accounted amoia the motley crowd who dabble in writing for the newspapers known as camp joics correspondents our own correspondents pon ondene dents s I 1 S special correspondents ac ac 1 have ha I 1 be been n acqua acquainted cited with the press for many years yeats and I 1 know their character and principle go so well that I 1 utterly repudiate any buch euch office or ortere term being applied to tome me I 1 write not for fr the dimes dinies nor to t 0 satisfy the taste of the public but buts having baving a little spare time while I 1 vik dik my beat will 44 4 shoot folly as it flies ed and catch the living manners es they khac khae a s and drop deop afew few thoughts for the general good thus you perce perceive perceiver iver ivey I 1 do not seek to get your paper into popularity by pleasing the itching ears cars of the body politic I 1 write feagles fearlessly sly siy and asfar as I 1 can with truth while connected with the press I 1 was disgusted with the unfairness of its reporters when called upon to report proceedings edings or of courts elections party squabbles lectures ame mac fee instead of giving bot both sides impartially that the public might be correctly informed and judge righteously the reporter linked to his own part part yand and moved by his own prejudice invariably wrote to suit the readers of his I 1 periodical 1 i d ical and the caprice and opinions of his faction tin as will wll be seen by their co columns luning one hun aun dred lines iines to self and thirty to opponent thus makin making the mighty former ot public opinion an instrument to corrupt and mis misguide L alde aide every little littie incident or mistake that a high minded minde d man man v i overlook or debit to the proper a account corint would be turned to ridicule and to si niter sinister or selfish ends diverting the mind from the truth ho how do I 1 perceive my past agree with iny present experience on reading the eastern papers facts as the they y occurred are withheld wickedness wicked ss in themselves and ind associates overlooked I 1 licentiousness encourage encouraged secretly and it matters not ll 11 how w debased and dera degraded ded conduct their friends may be guilty of and nd the eval influence rie they inay may exercise all are passed over or covered with tinsel to io deceive abil while on the other band the trifle of an individual is charged to this community the most 61 and noble deeds of sons some con appear vicious and uncharitable constructions placed upon innocent and even ble bie actions who that has read cusp as of correspondents from this place but musts mu cometo the same conclusions they I 1 eyes upon everything every thing he here re AI 4 they therace The tha yaCe dee die upon tha the sun with smoked glass se its spots and condemn its it alight ligat or in oth ew ards odb 1 0 fi i i some f folks I 1 use tise spectacles of green tAn devery object thatis seen ja 1 1 5 verdant appears oth oswe bine blue DA vand kand then a rich cerulean hue sf ft each object wears bey beg fey r f i what P opinion p 1 rion can ive form of any man wilo who rite entering tite ring a city looks only for vice evil and wrongs 99 who concludes from irom the reports v vf a amkha amina enemies the character he deserves dese ryes who wilt wig condemn the limpid stream because 3 there thele I 1 is s a little mud mad at the bottom who will dils riis diford pard the lovel lovely y field fi leid of wheat because a few feis aveni ivesda aie ale are seen erecting their heads beads in it that men who think they can write a sentence or two yet love loie not to earn their i bread by byth th sweat of their brow nor pay due attention to any business who would not mould an anoble towards building these houses nor dig with the spade to raise one grain gram of corn i will assume the qui quill 11 and put themselves up tip fora for correspondents correspondent 7 their confusions or eddu effa i ions lons are swallowed swallow edwith with avidity by the pre press s any anything hib bib from Utah anything against the mor monsa mons will gain credence the greatest mon are believed I 1 rumor ia is created truth and suspicions printed although doubter doub teu Is it riot not marvelous marve lous loua that the public again and d again azain deceived should at all relish the renewal j of the practice these literak literary y aspirants j though aate to pen a fac and i wh drush crush at a conclusion blindly are paid for i the r slanders and chuckie chuckle at the gullibility y of i editors and readers they make a sorry appearance pe arance however ho irever in this place combe and i fowler would ifould pronounce pronoun eq melr their mental calibre j smail emair theli their physiognomy indicative of any j thing but honor am anti their intellect requiring culture their conduct is 13 not improved by heir their its assumption their secret haunts though known are not illumined by their beir presence and they dono do no credit to what should be that expositor exposi tr of thought and refiner of opinion thear th eTress si As pope polie says may be said of th thear j ef still al an itching to enide deride ri nd ain obid ouid bo be tipon upon the laughing eide elde I 1 bave have had the mortification to be introduced to gome bome of these scribble scribblers erg era rs andt thanked god i that 1 belong p not the facts rne ine men and their supporters I 1 feel feet justified in baving having concluded to doubt any state statement mentin in the papers until I 1 have bave I 1 learned the th facts from some reliable source and never to believe gny report of if any person not even e en my enemy until verified b by responsible parties the these thebe ee conc cone conclusions ire are lre the results of long experience and observation 1 I and I 1 venture to assert that they are the I 1 I 1 feelings of the majority of those acquainted i with the workings of the press 1 the press is i pro prostrate its co columns are open to iov low lov s crib scrib and regardless of truth an innocent community must in suffer under their unfeeling and reckless lashes having lengthened this note beyond my in y intentions tent ions I 1 defer further remarks until next week I 1 fi careless of censure not too fond ot of fame still pleased to praise yel yet et not afraid to blame averse alike to flatter tia tier or offend city november M ath 1858 1853 ALBERT carrington CA ERINGTON ESQ EQ SIR sin your letter of the ad dinst was received too late for fok me to furnish for your last publication the communication which I 1 herewith send bend you please insert it in an your journal and much oblige your obedient servant J FORD ley early in september last 1 I with others signed a letter ietter addressed to judge eckels tendering derin him a dinner previous to his departure forta for the e east I 1 presumed the letter was merely an invitation to a dinner without either applauding p pla d i or condemning 0 his policy the gentlemen who requested ma me to sign v the ietter letter assured me it was merely an invitation to a dinner consequently I 1 signed the letter without reading it the following is contained in said letter 64 that regret however is lessened by their belief that your presence at washington will do much to remove misapprehensions apprehensions mis aill seem to prevail there and to cause measures to ie be taken for the better security of the persons and property of loyal citizens of the united states who are residents in this community I 1 had no design to cas cast reflection even by any implication on this or any other community 7 especially not in such buch an oblique manner much aluch less was it my design F to call in question the official boycy of any federal officer inthis territory yours truly J FORNEY |