| Show AFTER aeter tiie THE DEMERS AND mcl MCI DENTALLY A A FUW FEW FOLKS SAND ridge davis duvis D uvis ivis county dec oth 1884 editor deseret nas veles pardon rardon me for troubling you as it is 6 seldom I 1 do so but there are some sonie little things that I 1 cannot quite quit reconcile with ith iny my ideas of consistency and ancl I 1 would like you to help me ine out I 1 am not going co refer to anything of very great importance this time and yet small smail is the matter ls I 1 that I 1 will mention thereby hangs a tale taie some time ago mcjohn Mr John olin Q cannon of bf your city was lined 15 for taking satisfaction out of the tins b hide ide of one of the lying liim scribble scribblers rs of the daily scan hcan dat dal moncer monzer tribune of salt lake the tile conduct of mr Can cannon noi nol III in sound soundly chastising chast izing this bohemian Y vagabond i may not have been justi justl justifiable flable or even excusable in the eye ec of the la law but mr cannon cannou knew as do the whole people of utah fu 1 l well weli that tor for him there WAS avas no remedy in the hope of it a righteous execution ot of the law nor any possible bedr redress ss in the united states courts for lie he is a imor mormon 11 and massuch as such lie lle has no rights in common with other and as a citizen being a mormon 11 he is de deban barred eci eel from justice but the lying scribbler WAS A a pro teine or pet of tife the courts and knew he had not only their sympathy and the sympathy of the influential portion of the bar but also their influence and authority auth nuth onty to protect and shield him f from rom any possible punishment etith in the 4 law for ills lils crimes mr cannon cheref therefore ore was forced either to pocket the insults and indignities daily perpetrated upon him andels and his bis relatives dearer to him than his bis own honor lionor by this scandal mong er and quietly await aalt and contemplate the probability of an indictment found by a racked PACKED inquisition composed of his bitterest enemies upon the str enath oi of the lying statements published and by tile the aforesaid fal fai falsifier and and organ olvan of said inquisition and consequent subjection to all tho annoyance insults and expenses of goiner through a farce before the third district court and perhaps mpr imprisonment S in the penitentiary pending an appeal to the higher courts on the mere suspicion of the likewise packed and bitterly partisan trial ury jury and the spleen of tile the judge and prosecuting attorney or personally demand a retraction of the lies and slanders which had been published so shamelessly and when refused enforce his demand with the only means sorry to say it at his lils command or in his power nir dir cannon is well known throughout the territory as a most peaceable citizen and an honorable honor aole high minded and intelligent gentleman it is also well weli known that nothing but the most hust extreme circumstance such tuch as would seem to him necessary and justifiable could induce him to commit a breach of the peace in view of these well WULL KNOWN FACTS and of the further farther fact that disturb disturbers ers of the peace drunken brawlers crawlers braw lers who make night hideous sometimes with their yells oaths and imprecations men who assault peaceable citizens and the thu police of your I 1 city and resist on cers in the di discharge of their olli oili cial clai duty while under tile tiie influence of intoxicating liquors f frequently threaten threatening ing lug and ew endangering dan gering their lives ilves orta arta generally lined fined about y and seldom more than thail alo aio it 10 I 1 ask iri in the light of thesa facts as almost daily attested hy by your police reports report was not the fine imposed upon mr cannon excessive does doea the vindication di of tle law der demand nand or is it the sense your acting justice or alderman aiderman that demands this distinction Is the breace of me peace when committed by a gentleman who has been mercilessly merci leasly goaded to anc act in sheer self defense it a crime so bo much gre ter than the same off offense offence ence euce committed by bv a drunken brawler or a quarrelsome rel some petulant unruly despe desperate de rau and dangerous person that the law can only oaly be vindicated in the orif jonii ca cae cau e by a fifteen dollar fine tine while uhlie in the other oilier case a tine line of live dollars is quite guitel sufficient clent to the maj majestic estie estic honor thereof the I 1 am aware that DOLLARS anly AND cents cents a small smail figure by the side of uin yin principle ciple elpie but tinus tines and penalties are designed by lawmakers law iau makers to prevent crime as asmo aarm asrouch much uch urh it nut more inore than to and if the oftener offence bonim trel by air alf 1 is 0 mileti areat rrt at r Vs t lii ili ii ol 01 0 ep CV u y less peaceable less respectable offenders ders sas nas as gauged ia nied by the devree decree of punishment inflicted by by your alderman I 1 please pleasa let us L know flow it tills tilis inetter twilit luver have called outa out a remark fro from in but for tile the fact that MR am etui NEI of logan as in your paper last evenin evening ev euln enin another peaceable citizen and gentleman a substantial business man in the co where lie he lives live havin having i been balled aal aai led in enllie the tanie sanle malicious manner in inner and having li aint only the same samly means menns of if preservation from the vindictive slanders of his luls detainer to that mr air cannon and other citizen lias ilas if he be a mormon mor hou sou sought hought lit redress in the same way avay the op eil ell justice taking I 1 the tiie cue from his brother t I 1 er justice of the metropolis mulcted mulched him h t ill lii in the tine of il doisthe does tiie tile law require the infliction of this punishment if so then let every such onn off offense offence ence be so punished and when accompanied with drunkenness and profanity prof anity let thle the fine finc be increased proportionately talat the iia lla majesty jesty of the tile law may be fully vindicated but it i the 1 extent of f the penalty is left to the discretion of ane justice Justi justl cp and ne lle inflicts it to vindicate ills liis hagn moral ideas of then in the sublime language of patrick henry or some other sage id d n his high lush morality moba moia lity 11 but if the labore lav or exact justice demands this excessive une flue for castigating casti castl gating an infamous wretch who can only be be reached by ph phy force tae law beina helpless in the hands bunds of its adjudicators to punish 11 the thelle thaile it slanderers slanderer ers and defa le S where it is a mormon who wilo is th the 0 y victim I 1 c then I 1 say let lel the law be executed and it will not require the eye of a prophet to foresee the result honorable elle men are ari tiled FD or OF I 1 neing BEING INSULTED AND and it cannot be lle wondered at that they will occasionally take the law into their own hantis hanns in self defence rather t thau hau submit any longer to the debasing debay iii lii and cruel tyranny of the tiie soulless andin and infamous wretches who A would otheir otherwise ae of justice with unbridled aled license to perpetuate the their irvil villainous slanders upon the innocent and de fenceless let the proper stand be taken by those who have the serve NERVE TO DEFEND tiie and families from the autra outrageous ellius attacks of the utah ning hing ring 11 andt and it will nol not be lons long I 1 before the vile curs cars will keep within decent bounds or slink out of sight and the people will emoy enjoy a respite f from rom their than murderous onslaw onslaughts ats oil on character I 1 aill aril aware that to encourage by argument orthe or the recital of exilin existing the idea of taking till the law into onos ones own hands in self seif eif elf defense is by some deem derm be dane roii roil safe hafe the tile people is in far more linger danger vuen wuen I 1 the execution of the law is I 1 I 1 entrusted to pirates unscrupulous adventurers and desperadoes who trample train pio plo under foot the law as they do every vestige ellige ot of tile the rights of citizens the law in lit their liand lland is nt not oui oni only powerless to protect prote t but converted ini into a powerful powei powel ful fui engine of oppre oppression sIon nion and destruction ot of the rights orttie pie PIL people OPle opie it is time tune thele these were thoroughly looked at aud and SILT I 1 cannot but hut admire the lor bor vigor and he be archin arching justice with which tile the new news has handled the tile of late I 1 commend coni mend your our course cours te and predict that greater yi eater and better results res will follow the present ent polly policy ot 3 our ete paper has ever resulted from the former let alone policy keep neep up the battle and that N bictory is sure patience and forbearance may mav e virtues but there Is 6 a point beyond which they degenerate to cowardice and absolute thralldom 0 our 1 it enemies long ag ago c mistook our corbea forbearance I 1 aud and long suffering for forfer fear eliut unless they ai are e checked in their thel i r restless career they will inevitably wake ako up the old adam in many all ali an individual before the end canies conies canies who will demand and have redress for tile tiie Nv wrongs rons and injustice piled upon him let them yo go slow and let our high moral mor it justices also beware j or people who are insulted by a sip mip per cilious distinction between aud and for policy policas poli cys sake will be constrained to use their elective f franchise rall rail in behalf of netter men wishing the public weal lain iain I 1 am OM onn or OF tin till PE pedru |
