Show LE LESSONS S FRO erom FROM I 1 LATE EVENTS THE tur events that have transpired in this community within the last three weeks afford food for profitable reflection the lessons they convey shall have their legitimate effect the results will be beneficial all around this however is too much to expect the occurrences referred to have a moral aspect and a brief recapitulation magot may not now be out of order the mormon eople people consider themselves oppress oppressed jand dand and a aggrieved grieved by what they thet deem a highhanded high handed deprivation ot of their rights and liberties they f hey are subject to bills of attainder ex post facto statutes religious test oaths oaties they are denied bal bail bai pending the final adjudication of criminal suits instituted against them they are subjected to flagrantly unjust lathe ia the courts of law mandof many of them have been forced into exile while others are imprisoned under laws which they deem unjust and oppressive and which are not impartially bial administered they are arc also maligned and lied about by conspiring men who seek to make political capital under the waves of prejudice against them with which they have flooded the country thus is given a plain and brief statement of their position from theli theil standpoint Is it therefore remarkable that they should mourn it would be wonderful if they were possessed of any other feeling in token of MIS general sentiment the fla fia flags gs were placed at half hals mas mast t on a numb number r of buil bull buildings dino on the F fourth oarth this was construed into and denounced by their enemies as a studied insult t to 0 the national ens lern larn bothin nothing nasf was further u r removed from their thoughts it was a signification of sorrow because they could no ioner longer loner rejoice in the possession of that liberty which c h republican institutions gahran tee but the insult theory was insisted upon and those who sought to draw down vengeance upon an uD unoffending offending community spread the news of what they falsely asserted to be an intended indignity to the country all over the nation A conflict between the mormons cormons Mor mons and the government belu bein being favorable to the designs of their enemies enemies who hunger to seize the reins of power an appe appeal al was made to the military at fort douglas to compel the hoisting of the flags i to full mast this request t of governor murray was not compiled complied with still evidently in the hope of precipitating a conflict that would compel the interference of the general government a body of men belonging to the grand army of the republic who were engaged in a picnic were notified of the naif half masting of the flags but the day closed without the occurrence of any open rupture railing falling in effecting a bloody struggle those wh who were anxious to produce it seized upon a myth in order to brin bring it about if it possible at an early date it was represented to general howard by governor murray and others that the mormons cormons Mor N mons propos proposed e d on gioi pioneer leer day to drape the flag in mourning ind d float I 1 it t at half halt basos masos mast no such intention ever existed but he subterfuge was used to induce president cleveland to order the mill to be in readiness tary to interfere in v case of any conflict that ml might ht arise in 0 consequence of something which never b was proposed s E but a conflict was wanted ly y the a enemies of the community corm corn sandwith and with gith 1 8 the military now at their backs a plan must be adopted by which a bloody 6 struggle could be inaugurated litas litls t proposed to use the several lodges in 5 this region of the grand army of the S republic for that purpose Sp speaking Spi atun atin i of the mythical halt masting and drap a ing of the flag in this city on pioneer t day the salt lake tribune the organ 0 of the anti mormon conspirators T said I 1 that would be a good day fortye forthe presence in this city of two or three thousand old sod soldiers lers federal adl aul confederate it would probably result ina lna in a speedy and enn eff effectual estuar settlement sett lemento ul the whole mormon business for uil mil such men here in force the nation fla flag would not be insulted with impunity eunity with the aid ald of the proposed propose dorgan organized iced mob it was evidently intended to i precipitate a conflict in any event adt aal i thus get the power of the whole nation natio including the military and the ca un i author authorized lz ed G A it 11 down upon t tin 4 3 mormons cormons Mor mons and settle the whit mormon business orders of G K R lodges were issued for its members to be in readiness to proceed to this cit city armed equipped and uni uli tona forni ed at short notice for the coila cods cons tia iia matlon mation of the conspiracy but there was one thing which teg seg men had bad omitted to take taue into act i in the furtherance of their lp baile obie i plot piot lot the dispensations of thelah the km dence ence of almighty god the ai aa mourned because of bf oppression A those who jubilate over their som would not allow them the poor pa iti I 1 liege of expressing their grief antl own way occasion was sought apel them by their merciless opponent 3 who know not the meaning of mk BUS banim ity and by their falsehoods the t i stirred ui up the wrath of the tho anat natii 3 against them they were accused ol 01 i intention of perpetrating an ins ids ansh insh upon the flag by using it to exar the poignancy of their grief on tle tie but behold the result ti TK whole nation is in mourning upon ta thu the day and adopted that as one of tili methods of exhibiting it bec because ausem OK of its great men has been taken to t tit v vast ast beyond nay more than tili he who was one of the chief accuses of the sain shin saints ts in charging them intention to half masl mast masi ie the national w ea sign and place upon it the emblem of mourning was the person to esst the order that the citizens of IN should adopt this mode of express expressly in la their sadness at the departure of off eif V great man the tre ire ener sentiment d di sorrow has driven all bloody instep anten eions from the minds of men who proa posed to come to this city on bent and thus has an event of goda god providence lu stifled the innocent who without being guilty of the intentional offense were treated asi as iq they had committed one of the mu niba atrocious crimes if these circumstances shall be take tale home by all concerned the events i the last three weeks will not be des dest 11 tute of salutary results they sn shou shon ho cause the hearts of the enemies lemies en of tl saints to soften toward them of seeking occasion against them st a working themselves up with diabolic dia dla bolio desire to have them wiped from tk face of the earth they should endiak to do them that I 1 ustice justice which is due deett I 1 all men it should be remembers that men are the best judge of the motives by which they are actuated and therefore more capa capable bled explaining them than those at leist who are their avowed enemies the lesson of the last three weel week should not be lost upon the saints 11 every issue it is imperative for the tle then tien to make a faithful presentation of offa ofaf t truth standing firm in their integ interial interi rig riV tl the god of heaven will do the rest |