| Show THE LIBELS AGAINST OUR xoung crople PEOPLE ar john and his alleged statements to a reporter of the stlouis St Louls louis form od cd for rf a day or two one of the most moat lively subjects ot of common conversa con terea terba the public interest with the ihn great fire and explosion the tha indignation expressed at the libels published about the young people of Mormon dorall has not been coffin ed to the cM mormon ormon population many non mormons cormons having denounced the atrocious statements as false and on thursday afternoon mr lynch called on us and made a specific denial of uttering the language or expressing the sentiments at t 10 trl tributes iri fri tri irl buted to him concerning the girls of this city he stated that ho he had heid bield a conversation with the he be reporter and had spoken very plainly his detestation ot of polygamy and his conviction of its evil tendencies but had never seen or heard beard of the state ments concerning the young women of utah and other vile things contained in the report of the tho interviews interview until they appeared odin edin in print ho he claims that the many good things ho he told tho the reporter about the mormons cormons their industry order orden hone bone honesty etc were left out of the account and things that he had never sald bald but which vero vere probably told the reporter by others or that he be had read some inhere were attributed to him lle lie he was not very clear about the remarks concerning our young men as frequenters of hous houses B of ill fame and did not deny the remak remak remah that ele lle aho tho waa no much houses before tho the influx of gentiles was because the construction of mormon society a obviated the demand for any such establishments ho he declared that ho he knew nothing about the tho bates storsand sto story and was vas not responsible for anything moret morein marein in the article than domere marks maiks opposing polygamy on general principles and the testimony to the fidelity of mormon wives from what wo we could gather during the conver conversation satan baton with mr lynch we learn that while he denies the remarks at which we and the public have taken umbrage a his liis on the polygamy question are extreme and calculated to alvo give him a strong lb lasand to lead him when conversing with those who would receive his remarks acceptably to say things not justified py by the facts facto and impossible of proof by ment but to this we raise no particular objection wo have always accorded the right of every man to ON oppose obo oso any feature of our faith and practice and to do it vigorously but within the bounds of truth if he refers to matters of fact we did not i dispute the right of mr lynch to impress impre as the reporter with his peculiar opinions and the tho result of his observations on the 66 mormon question that Is ia all right even if his llis views are all wrong we do object however to tho the vilo vile slanders and shameful stories made hade up about our people peoples n and especially those re ra fleeting upon the virtue of our young I 1 adles ladles which is ia only assailed assail aten asen tiled sd by dirty dogs who revel in nastiness and love salacious libel with all the fervor of lust lost ridden and corrupt hearts such a cur Is the author of the libel about mormon girls foisted upon a fallen woman to bave save the tho hide of the inventor mr lynce intimated that it could not be denied tatt come young men of mormon I ft families milles had men wen been seen about the preMiSE premises 3 of a bagnio in this city wo we deployed thia thin as aa a tact aci fact act but denied that the statement was waa correct that the lethe sethe majority of the frequenters of nuch puch places were gung oung young men of mormon parentage parent ases ages I 1 if lvir mr lynch or anyone elb eib alae 0 wishes to maintain the tho unjust statement we can furnish incontestable evidence to the contrary the patrons of those dens dena are known lists can bo be furnished if necessary the depraved youths led away influence into a gentile social evil that could not flourish here except by gentile support may bo be counted on the fingers and their names can be had at the same time the names of most of the gentile entile frequenters frequent erb era can be produced if it becomes necessary to P prove rove this matter we are standing on no uncertain ground it these foul slanders are to be repeat ed cd and direct evidence becomes necessary to their rea nea neu refutation tation we shall not bo be backward in its ita production we brand the statement whoever vermay may bo be its author that the majority of the tainted male bipeds who visit honee housch sor of prostitution are of 96 mormon parentage as a bage and malicious lie wo we aro are glad to acquit mr lynch of the infamy which the republican reporters statement fastened upon him hirn we cheerfully receive and announce his denial but is it at all likely that if ff no direct at attention had been drawn to it the gentleman would have havo taken the vaine pains godla to disclaim any part of the scandalous beanda louk loua story we have no doubt that in other cases public men in this city have been credited by reporters with remarks that they never uttered some of them have declared as aa much in private conversation 8 but when the subject has been the of the mor mons how many of those high minded gentlemen have had the manhood to como coma out publicly and deny participation in the falsehood mr lynch has been named specifically na aa the be publican re porters authority forthe damnable falsehoods that he published will mr llynch Lynch deny those these things over hia his own signature eign aturo or through the associated press dispatches we shall see AB evidence of the willingness of mr jlynch who in this but represents a class of polygamy hater bater to accept evil reports about ane people ot of this territory ho he told us a report which he be had received from a certain individual who heard it from an old lady said sald to be the first wife 0 of f a bishop in Ban pete peto that there had been no girl married in a certain settlement in for some bome time who wag was 11 not ot previously in a condition to become a mother we did not dispute the fact that this waa wom told him nor that his informant heard epard the old homans womans gossip but wo we do dispute the fact of any such condition of affairs in or elsewhere in utah and we say further buch sueh stories are usually made mado up for ears that are greedy to receive prurient la and are credited by persons whose bias blas and prea prejudice dlce dice lead them to accept such stories greedily and these third handed and hydra headed yarns are the n for most or of the sensational fiction fictions fa about ff mormon depravity which e h are devoured with an appetite chewed as aa sweet morsels and smacked over as aa tidbits tid bits bita by fi christian lips we know bom som something ething of the world its morality and its social condition high and low we also know something of 91 mormon society in plural and other households and we can and do proclaim before high heaven and all mankind that jn in po no part of the globe of which we have learned anything are the virtue and chastity of women so BO sacredly estimated 2 guarded and maintained as in utah those who believe it right under given conditions and religious regulations t to 0 marry more wives than one also look upon any sexual intercourse ter course outside af fhe marriage relation as a deadly bin sin next in enormity to the greatest which is the unlawful shedding of human blood if any young or old male or fer female nale bins eins in that direction it is in violation of precept and covenant and the most moat solemn and eacret teachings and ordinances of the church that lapses from virtue occur wo we do not deny but we affirm that they are rare and are shameful and are usually known and dealt with as aa the law of god directs and where a olse oise to the contrary exists it is ia because some one in authority has failed to perform a disagreeable but imperative duty chastity is 13 a cardinal virtue and its maintenance a cardinal obligation among the mormon peo iio yio and all the revelations ceremonies and injunctions ot the church are centered upon and aud point in n this diree direction tion |
