Show I 1 i THE MORMONS DEFYING DEIFYING JUSTICE 11 THE tur above ia Is the title of an article in the philadelphia times of may velch which title is false to begin with we vve know probably quite as n much inch of the mormon olig as the editor of I 1 the times does a anda ud so far as our information extends instead of defying justice they are waiting patiently and have been waiting patiently for years yeara for justice to be done to them phet rei ret 1 l H c cassion of things pertaining to utahan U tah tab jn the new york lerald herald jeh jET erad acknowledges that it has a sensation al flavor and that great allowance is of course to be made for the fact that the gentile in utah has adl adi a direct interest in making the mormon mon play the part of the bottom rail and too many of these gentiles partake largely of the nature of the species ot of political vermin known in another section ot of the country as carpet yet the times itself indulges in misrepresentations and falsehoods of a glaring nature a few of which we will give givia as specimens of the resit rest there are nearly forty thousand children in utan who have bare been bonu boru there i and are to grow up under influences ii e aces in every way hostile to virtue and loyalty w false if there is a more virtuous and ibre ibro more loyal loyat domm dohm community unity in the laud than thin this where f is it certainly not in phil ads adi el ab and loyal as the people may oe 6 there they are taught aa as their ignorant fathers fathe rs and mothers have been that adultery is a christian duty that the life of a it gentile is worth no more than tile me life of a it dog if it it stands way ivay of mormon advancement and that the united states government which has given them a home and all that they have is a cre creature attire of the devil to be bo fought with nire fire and sword 21 false false false nowhere in the world is adultery accounted a more heinous cime crime than in utah children are taught things here these absurd teachings exist only in the imaginations of such persons as the writer of the article in in question in the timea times otherwise they are mere fictions and they are fictions thera there too united states government did pot flot give the mormons cormons Mor mons a home in these valleys it has given the Mor mons nothing whatever they have made their own homes here all that they have they have paid for have worked hard for and they have haye worked for more than they have been paid when thu tho 11 Is settled these valleys they were mexican territory the united states Gov government emment left the mormon people on the plains to io starve or live as best they ouid could this region was then considered incapable of sustaining lhing ci civilized life and the general expectation and hope were th that at t the he mormons Mor Aror mons would starve to death in the bait salt lake labe basin but they are not so eo easily starved to death they lived they struggled and tolled toi tol ieti leil they re ro deemed the desert desern they made it capable of sustaining civilized life they made it a place to be desired habitable and pleasant smiling with fruits and grains and vegetables ani and farms and gardens girdens and flooks flocks and herds and houses and towns and cities and schools and places of and of other public resort they caused a hundred and fifty tho thousand usand people to make their homes here what did the united slates plates goy gov government emment do to help them in jd this heroic and unprecedented Orece dented labor labors took live hundred of thell theli stron strongest est men to night fight against mexico after the mormons Mor Alor mons had demonstrated that white men could live and hild prosper in tills this region the government granted a territorial form of government to the nig se settlers tiles but has persistently denied to th the 5 people who have hive done all this f for or their count country rythe the rights and privileges of a state stale go ern eminent ment from the beginning of a territorial government in this region more or less of the government sent bent her here p have malle it their especial study to ridicule deride annoy insult harass and perse perte persecute cute eute in every conceivable cei cel vable vabie way the people who have made the desert a fruitful neld held and the wilderness a smiling and pros berous city insomuch that the 44 mormon people do not consider that they owe anybody any thanks tox fox or sympathy and help extended in making this thia part par of the country what it is today to day and they ask no odds of anybody in that regard if they could have been starved out and 0 so o exterminated they would have been starved out and so exterminated mina ted when they first settled these mountain vale vales for all that the united states government or any government iu in the country would have doub to prevent it so far as one ean can judge from the facts of the past the mormon children are ate not is a creature of the devil to be besought i fought with fire and sword s nor a anything of t the he kind on ta the contrary they are taught that this national federation was tho the result of inspiration from heaven he avento to i a great degree but bad apu get et power in the government soine gome times if not why the determined opposition of the times to m many any auy things which men hi high h in iii the republican party and aud an d dit lit the federal we would like to know the voice of of brigham must be above all other voices even should obedience involve all the crimes known to the decalogue sl false a again ga in time has boo i when a gentile 1 l dare not silo show W his face in utah after nightfall and new now the safety cf the gentile depends dap i enids duly d n I 1 upon ii dhe the knowledge that li he e cannot bb mur d dered derod edwith with impunity ity iti false again we have never beeh seen that time nor has anybody else withdraw w the tehi fear ae of bu tion at the them of lh abe united states blat blai es government gover rim J and ana the flow of would be bi greate athan that which ha has hns made st Bartholo mews day memorable as the bloodiest in the calendar calendi i 1 l false again adain moreover there is no fear bf retribution at the hands bands of the united states gov government e 11 1 1 the the question qui stion 1 is how long is this community 0 of f polygamists and cut throats t be tolerated weare we are mot not prepared to pay that thai the time has arrived meilen villen hen the federal gov vern ment should proceed rochea to extreme measures but we we do bay say that the day is not far distant and that the asfor mormons cormons mon s themselves are hastening it if the crisis does come there may be bloodshed but the end la certain afew A few shots shota a few hanged traitors traitor sand and america will be rid of tho the foulest spot now her escutcheon m i community of ts and I 1 cut throats is mere rant the federal government can do what it pleases As for the morans Morn ns they are hastening no crisis except that wherein peace and good will shall prevail among all men and nes nea cover the earth as the waters co cover coven the mighty deep 1 ifa f A few fewa hots shots and the hanging of a few f ew traitors will nid rid rii rit america of the foulest blot that stains her why is not the and the hanging done at once that ibs los is if justice demanda demands it who is to blame for the delay in conclusion conclusions we might ask if col alex K mcclure the editor editon of the times was not treated courteously when he visited utah if he wass was why does he rave so towards the utah people now 2 they areno are no worse now han ban they were then it is to be hoped they are a little better |