Show DONT DISPUTE ABOUT TASTE TASTES W T i V mankind are on this earth with a requirement qui rement to do right and with a permission t to 10 do lo wrong each one being pr privileged ivil eged to make his own choice good and evil ard ardd here in direct opposition that man may choose whether he will listen to the correct teachings of the one for his welfare or follow the alluring blandishments blandish ments of the other to his injury these are old truths and alyd as true as they are old but too often not fiot wisely reflected and practiced upon this is said to be a I 1 fast age I 1 and we frankly coincide with the statement but in what direction is it making the most speed 8 eed As a community we came her hero here to avold avoid contamination of many of tho the ithe fast and so cairl calli civilized practices BO so much in vogue elsewhere budwe bu have not yet succeeded in entirely escaping their influence evil does not yet let good alone neit nelt neither ion ien lor will it so long as it has place on the earth and itis so much easier floating with than iteming the turbid current of evil cyll that thai some become weary relax their efrost efforts s arid and are swept down this is their privilege but in exercising 0 htwe object to their infringing upon the rights of others every bno one ono that prefers it can exercise a taste for stealing swindling line cheating misrepresent misrepresenting billingsgate language etc etc throughout the whole cafa catalogue logue of evil but he should bear in trinh that sooner or later he must meet the consequences of that preference now that trader is rapidly increasing ii me platform laid by laborious and successfully prosecuted agriculture and home manu manufacture fact ure une is is making some f commendable progress toward our self support we will not dispute the tha taste of him who prefers the oc occupation of buying and selling saling to th producing but we s suggest ug st that so far as lie he professes to 6 be ote ore ofus s lie he does dae not hot iii in his llis greed for far gain forget the tights rights of his neighbors and be swept down by the current of mammon hammon worship As 0 to o those who are lare iare professedly tp to make money out of gur pur labors they of course will exercise their choice in such manner as they may deem most conducive to t that h at object and others must deai deal with them aon upon that understanding for they have come under no obligations to expend their means for the common welfare of those from whom they uvo uve have havo 04 derived IV ed t their h ein eln increase i not but what they iii in many instances deal as cheaply and fairly as some who claim to be in ill the great great objects we came here jo but we have no cause to 6 expect from them the mutual aid we have a right to look for from i those professing to have a care for ane falth faith we hav embraced in addition to houses bouses orchards fields gardens and other comforts and luxuries of life our population is rapidly increasing and with greatly increased and increasing facilities happy hapy intelligent and refined social circles are rapidly multiplying throughout the tho length and breadth of our bur territory now uncommon in common with other choices in taste a person has the privilege of being a gambler gambier profane a liar a drunkard a cheat a debau debauchee cheb chee an of our faith etc and desire to mingle in our socie society tva and deem himself hardly hardly dealt with if not peral permitted eted so to do calling C us unsocial and exclusive while we dont dispute about tastes we want indistinctly it distinctly understood that we also tastes in this as in other matters herein mentioned and unmentioned and have an equal right to exercise them and to choose with whom when and how we will associate a right common to all without its being questioned or growled about and right here we will state that we em with the te classes specified and and all classes of similar character except for their enlightenment 7 unless they will r repent of their bad taste in evil choice in short without wearying with more detail of instances our taste in choice is eni ent entirely liely in favor of the kingdom of god and his righteousness and of those who practice that taste and disclaiming all dispute we are always readith ready 1 to peaceably concede to others the largest reasonable rd liberty in their exercise of a different taste wishing that they may at least attain sense enough toba to be satisfied with associating dealing etc ete upon the principle ahat that birds of bf a feather flock together 11 and not hot one oab flock be everlastingly pecking at and tai trying dit die fit fo to fatten debauch or destroy another in the meantime it will be well for each one aa as fast as possible understand toi to what his taste really is isn ju regard to all things and it ir found correct ien ten deavor to follow it i or if nou not found to bo be the besa besl strive to better it which will wili require much more care patience watchfulness self seif ex ei self denial faith and obedi ence than many maily seem to be aware of or at least more than they exercise |