| Show nuni PUNI punishment FOR SCANDAL MON GEkS THERE have haye been two tso recent in which gentlemen have resented seated re falsehoods that thad have been heen told boldin an re garito their pers personal onal aff affairs a ui the columns of the daily slenderer slanderer alias tribune of 0 this city by inflicting chastisement ti on the reporters who wrote the baseless libels this was because the parties could obtain no other satisfaction not only were the names of these gerit gerlt gentlemen lemen paraded in that infamous sheet coupled lies designed to injure them but the names of respectable ladles ladies were also dragged into the slander dresti greatly to their tar 1 mortification and with a freedom grossly insulting to theland the them mand maud and their friends the slenderer affects to be surprised that hat a mormon should thin thinkie khe has any reason to feel aggrieved over sueh such libels or object to having his name and that of a lady friend above re P published in a disreputable n newspaper roach L ws ap er with fabulous statements concerning arni ng their personal relations this is as complete a case of adding basult to as anything in that that we have ever become bacome with it would be resented in any civilized community and no paper that makes a practice of continually as assailing private character and holding up innocent individuals Individual of both sexes to opu public lic ilc ridicule or n 01 would ol d be permitted to continue I 1 its ts blackguardism and lying abuse in any other part of the united states except in utah and among the patient and peace loving mormon people buethe low lived Il bellers hellers pretend as regards one class of their slanders that the victims have nought to object and nd no le legal aal aai remedy dy because the allegations if true would not be bb te regarded by the parties partied themselves as charging anything improper r at the ctr car S same time the li bellers bold boid forth the acts ot of which they falsely accuse these parties qs as crimes and as a subject for public reprobation and they arge urge criminal procedure against thi inno cent objects ot of their internal malevolence are ate not the motives and intent of the slanderers slander 9 lander iander ers to be taken into inthac ac depunt in guaring the depth of their infamy it they regard the thel adt act of a which they accuse guiltless men and women as a crime are are Arc they not morally all ali and anu legally liable for that intended d defamation a mation matlon of eha cha character facter can they reasonably and justly claim exemption from censure and punishment nt under such circumstances for eor instance they catch up some piece of I 1 gossip ossip about the supposed mar marriage ilage liage of some married man moan to a reputable young lady set afloat by bv thoughtless pr malicious persons and anh addla addin 4 the thereto relo reto such insinuations and comments as their vile imagination may su suggest gest they publish the groundless slander with the names nameh name s of the par test and when asked for their author authors 4 ity refuse to furnish furn asli it this has been done time and time tima again and the ames names of ladies ladles and gentlemen have been een paraded before the public as liv ing ug in relations that are under the ban an of the law when no such intimacy existed or was contemplated and when the slandered slander ed persons resent this thia these scribes pretend that have giorl boright no richt right ht to be indignant and proclaim that the natural anger of 0 a jadv or gentleman thus assailed sailed isi if I 1 one of the funniest things I 1 imaginable su suppose posese we put the p part of this thys this question aside aw and aud take the case ease ofa ora of a rentie gentle gentleman man map who is unmarried and who linds finds ills llis his name held up before the public in connection with that of a young lady with whom lorn loin he hb has no other relations than those of common friend i ship and it is stated is as a matter of fact that has been established by proof that the parties have haye entered into a secret mar mai marriage biag e that added to the ile lie are comments ts and insinuations detri mental to td the iho character after of the lady and gentleman entler nanh nahn thus abused would the tc the alliance might gt be considered er e d ho fio positive bo disgrace to ao either party by themselves or lon the public be any ground of exempt exemption exempts i on for or the consequences of fh ha falsehood and if the cowardly scribe who wrote up the lie ile with malicious object and intent would not contradict the falsehood or give his authority for the libel would the general pub public I 1 ic con coa consider sider the man to blame who finding he had no other rego revo recourse tinse lirse inflicted personal chastisement on the slanderous creature that thus outraged him and the lady whose name and fame had been made the subject of oft gossip and ridicule suppose each party thus publicly misrepresented had other matrimonial intentions would it be no libel 0 or r cause for sor indignation to td have their names coupled together in a disreputable public print as married and that under suspicious circumstances well it a single man would have case cause for vigorous action in such a case bould not a married man have still more cause for anger no matter what his views might be as to the rightfulness f uinta of plural marriage id prin principle ciplet no matter if the young lady assailed should hold similar opinion sno matter if an alliance between the parties would not be considered improper by their friends and co rell reli religionists the fact that the report was uirl itil untrue true and placed aced them inan improper light be bc 11 tore 0 re the public would be enough to AS it with infamy and when added to this are the facts 1 that the object of the vile personal libel was tyas 0 o holdup up the parties to animadversion that the writer looked upon the relation with which he charged the parties as criminal that the effects are liable to lead to a suspicion that thai the q accused gentleman is ineligible to vote or hold office and to start a prosecution that no matter how bow great bis big innocence of the charge would entail upon him much trouble and expense are thern there not grounds enough to excite his indignation dig nation and thau that of the young lady and 16 relieve his case of any of those elements le ments of fun full which excite the ris abilities of the american gentlemen who live by slander and venti thel cowardly spleen behind the safeguards of the liberty of the press and the friendliness ot official authority now dewish we wish it ilc to be distinctly understood der stood tat we do not advocate the polly of violence anything that tem tends tenda to is wrong in principle the law ought to be aprong strong enough to vindicate itself A legal wrong should have a legal remedy lile lire ke Is a motive to which men and women should not surrender themselves let those who break the law lav be punished by the law we shall shail here be met with lne objection that a libel suit against impecunious slanderers slander ers would only leid trouble troubie lor for ones anels pains quite true But there Is the criminal law those malicious de retainers detainers defa deta lamers iners of the reputation of ladles ladies as well as gentle men pretend to be very anxious for the prosecution of a certain class 0 offenders and are so eager in this direction that they would punish people even for opinions opinion sake well if they breakville brea break kaile kille the ahe criminal law follow them uin up with the criminal law we be tusked asked is it likely they will be that remain remains to be proven probably not possibly yes now how cah can can you bod tell this till you try trl how do you know that the tho courts will screen the rascals rascal still till you give siv the tue courts a a chance those who remain all the time on the defensive will not make much headway the mormons cormons Mor mons have submitted apel awol borne abuse and abd suffered the traducing of esteemed ladies as well aa as venerated gentlemen by the have had perfect impunity in their dirty work until it is supposed the mormons cormons Mor mons I 1 have not the courage todo anything else but p exercise patience and let silence show their contempt any one with the feelings of a gen lemata would woula respect ahe quiet dig dip a slandered but quiet people eople p buith Bu uthe ithe ber persons sons sous to be walt wait dealt wilh with witti exhibit only the ule qualities of the bully and the blackguard with their li bellous impudence and cannot comprehend co anything short ina of some kinu of force 11 inthis iL this direction what should bedone be done resort to the bludgeon the knife and tile the revolver no indeed that would begetting down to too low a level and would ve be in opposition to the principles on which deplace we place our chief reliance but there Is a law faw against libel and a penalty is attached which ought to be meted out to those thoe assassins of reau taLIO tatlo 11 who wha have plied their cowardly and nod murderous trade unpunished for years except exception ina lna in a jew few instances of t meagre perso penso personal nal nai chastisement we think the law should by be appealed to for the protection of ladle ladie sand saud anu and gentlemen from the vile attacks of grovel ling penny a liners and suea sneaking king klug paul plays prays in ia whose eyes no privacy is sacred and no person exempt as a mark for slander A general movement iu in this direction sustained by I 1 public sentiment and if needful edth it itil public funds to pay expenses if f it did not bring the same punishment that f i would be meted out to a normon mormon lormon A offender would at least tend to make I 1 the culprits careful and in time would make the business of the salacious scandal monger an unprofitable trade to follow in utah |
