| Show A SIMPLE tast TEST tae THE strength of tho the pretended friendship of many business men who have made fortunes out of their dealings with the people of 0 utah was waa clearly by py tho the petition to congress which they did not sign and which limply asked for inquiry into the tact facts sand and condition of affairs here shere before action should be taken in depriving people of the righta lights of citizenship alother another thing was waa plainly ex ax habited hibi ted that is the amount of man liness and independence ot of spirit whish which they do not possess men who have privately expressed their disapprobation of this whole business of agitation against the almor mor mons and wha what who have admitted the utter hollowness and sham of the pretexts used in the crusade have shown them themselves selvie afraid yeb yes F a positively afraid to manifest yby by their signatures the statements they have freely expressed when no rabid eater was waa within mathin hearing they dare not stand out la in their true colors nor acknowledge in public the feelings fee linga they hold bold in private they dread the lash which whips them into line and now let them never open their lips again about mormon submission to authority the petition which those men who have thriven on mormon trade were werm asked to sign compromised nobody it was not in support of any 16 mormon principle or practice it merely called for congressional dional inquiry before congressional action acU st a time of rash movements and fanatical legislation it was but a rational request that any fair minded person might have endorsed and should have met with a hearty response from those who had bad privately repudiated taking any stock in the sene senseless elesa eless raid against the ibe cormons mormons Mor mons but they who depend to a very large extent upon mormon patronage ake age have manifested how much real friendship they have for the people that have fostered and fattened them if they do not use part of the money obtained from the mormons cormons Mor mons who have dealt with them in aid of this new attempt to take away the simplest rights and privileges of citizens horn flom their main supporters they have at least they have not the courage to lii ili lift t a finger or utter a word in a public manner in the cause of com coin mon justice in the face of public opinion la this statement in the least degree incorrect des dei it put the matter too strongly asli isit not to use a frequent re quent expression rather drawing it mild the question may be asked well what do you propose to do about it we dont propone anything at present but bat merely state facts that ought to be known GO ilo that virtual enemies may not be counted on ai as actual friends and that those who falsely insinuate that the Mormon mormons Mor mons bare sara are aro not free to speak and act as they please pleases may think i upon the powerful wea weakness kniss of ba backbone abone exhibited by many tair fair spoken non cormons mormons when put to a simple teat test |
