| Show VARIOUS F K P ii it REGARDING 4 tiie the MASSACRE IT 11 Is somewhat curious to note the various positions assumed by the journals of the country in relation to the tile tennessee murders some are fearless and outspoken like the dial denouncing the mas was massacre sacre in unqualified terms us as a crime of the blackest and most inexcusable character some on the other hand are either bound down by a craven spirit which caters to popular senti sentiment ment meat under ali ail circumstances cum culli stances while a lew perhaps are influenced by narrow and contemptible prejudice pre iudice the hypocritical class to which these belon belong pretend pretend to dep deprecate in a milk an and water way ways depuente the rente horrible 0 r murders while at the same time partially condon condoning ing lug the critie by making false and slanderous statement statements s in ref relation to the Mor mormons cormons mons and andi practices among these is tile tiie new york vork herald who wilo mildly states that the occurrence is to be greatly regretted fretted gret ted d but offers offer sno no suggests suo sug suggestion gestl westi 0 n as to the ulle punishment of the ab assassins s ashin asbin s t that hat the law may be vindicated As s if to palliate the diabolical deed and erect a shield for its perpetrators tho tile the herald indulges in an untruthful tirade against th the mormons cormons Mori Mor mons attributing to therm there and their system of religion elements and acts that are entirely foreign to their genius the article winds wind up with the barbarous statement that liss lids has eith either elther ergot gol got to baab be absorbed s jibed ur or extirpated sch stich sentiments are strangely in n i dl discord icord with the claims of the ag age ge to superior civilization and make it appear that thal coin coln commingled in I 1 angled with vi th the tha marvel ous advancement of af the present historical epoch in many directions are bome mome of tue more rotten phases of i barbarism which a flimsy niini film of exterior refinement fails to dis uise alse ulse the retainers detainers defa deta iners of tile the latter day saints are of nearly all ali aalthe the infamous us charges preferred I 1 re da against 1 11 st them arilon artion among C the allegations 11 liolis it being 1 1 1 ig the bract practice ve of 0 a i species fc of barbarism it if lne the bloody I 1 crime committed it in aee ace 14 14 i nul nol Wr barbaric barbarie baric what kind of tn iu act acl auald bv be consistently classed among deed of that character that belm beim being the nature of that deed of atrocity alt ait palliations and excuses made in U behalf alf of its per petra tors are 11 with it and necessarily proceed iron hearts and brains brain in which genuine civilization which necessitates a humane disposition is a foreign element so far as one ot of its chief conditions is concerned |
