Show A VERY SOFT BUNN buss buns of idaho has written a letter to fred T dubois the person who is endeavoring to manipulate the political affairs of oneida county in the interest of the antii mormons cormons 1 here is the letter as published in the utah journal BOISE CITY idaho oct 19 imd dear sir yours of tile the loth came clime yesterday and filled me with hope for the redemption of idaho from mormon violence k knavery navery and dw degradation rad atlon by the election afan antl ant aimoku legislature I 1 sincerely trust your pro nos baynot may not be ill lii founded and from my knowledge of your rare discernment cern ment and deep penetration I 1 feel assured they are not in answer to faints your our inquiries I 1 have to say that the saints of that unholy organization known as the mormon church live in violation of the laws of the general government and therefore are not entitled to participation or consideration in tiie tile makin making 9 of laws for the government or improvement pro of this territory it would eela poor weak babbling wab bling executive indeed id even listen to a class of jam iam jaw breakers ers in the framing of I 1 legislation la bringing to the discharge 0 of efm my y duties no infinite wisdom no sno infallible judgment no boundless experience coming here a stranger with no f friends to serve no enemies to punish standing upon poll u the broad platform that governments are created for the benefit of the governed and not the governor I 1 profess to have and hold no other ambition than to know the laws and execute them to study the wants and the requisite conditions of the territorial weal and abundant prosperity and use the functions of of my office and what influence I 1 may possess to suggest and forward such salutary legislation as may in in my mt judgment prompted by the tiie knowledge now e dge experience and wishes of the law abidin abiding people conduce to the general good asa governor I 1 have no party arty as a republican no faction as a citizen ii no 0 interest r esi est that con conflicts fl icis with the public welfare and as a christian ho religion that d does es not rest upon the supremacy of god and the divinity of christ and is pronounced in its opposition to a creed that la is predicated upon the debasement of woman and the corruption of man ithane you most heartily for your pressing invitation to address the people of eagle rock but am constrained by a combination of circumstances fo 0 decline which I 1 as suie sule you Is muc mue h against my inclination please extend extent to them forme for fon me my f full fuli ull uli sympathies with tiem viem tiem in their highly laudable desire to stay til the 6 advance of the black shadows of polygamous mormonism end accept for yo yourself my highest esteem very truly yours W WM m M B BUNN UN governor bann if he lives a little lon gerwill perhaps learn a little more ills his wholesale lampin lumping together of the mormon people ople opie as living la in violation of the re baws ws of the general gov ern eminent ment is well weli known to bd ba incorrect 1 and its injustice will strike every informed and reasonable mind and the assertion that because they are mormons cormons Mor mons they are not entitled to participation or consideration in the makin laws for tor the government or improvement of the territory r 11 is so part izan bigoted and illogical illogic art that hat the governor Gover ot idaho could not have understood der stood the full purport of his bis own remarks when he made them he must be aware that those mormons cormons Mor mons who cannot be convicted of violating any law are entitled to just as much consideration side bide ration in laws that affect the common welfare and also to equal participation ci in the makin making of those laws with witti any other class 07 ot citizens in the territory we agree with the governor that any creed that as does not acknowledge the supremacy M acy of god and the divinity of christ is not christian and that a creed eed that is predicated on the debasement of women and the corruption of man is also not christian but if governor bunn imagines that the mormon creed is ot of this character he is very much mistaken it is clear he does not understand either the mormon creed or the mormon question and we think it will show more wisdom on his part if he abstains from committing con himself upon either topic until he becomes better acquainted with the subject |