Show 4 nor ruama arel AREN A remark fax rAx rece nece recently made bya by a highly esteemed friend has thas reached us ile he tho thought Offit the news EW 1 liht profitably devo devote PW P let tet W 1 a little q more ai of its ids space spage to literary articles favorable to the community wr written liten by non mormons cormons Mor mons we agree with the idea pa BO far as the and profit of giving publicity to productions I 1 of that L lind kind ind iud th through these columns are concerned T 9 say that the NEWS has not been alvi ta 1 ercelle the propriety of pursuing the line of policy indicated by ulia 4 scarcely expresses the eager eagerness liess riess of our desire to place before our readers fair and honest expressions fram rpm outside sources upon the 11 mor vior they are aids to td our own efforts ef lorts to present the truth and expose the sham faham and un mitigated lles lies of those who army array themselves against an innocent and anu apparently defenseless c community 9 an and help to strengthen our position but alas aias we are confronted with a formidable difficulty which appears to bo be 1 increasing daily dally if not nov hourly bourly where shall we find arti artl articles cles cleg of the character to which our friend rd referred fe from what source shall A wa 0 obtain tain expressions of a f falc fair a if kindly and honorable charac te tercita r ither cr of tongue or pen in relation t to 0 i what at has as assumed not only the prominent position of a national question bul but a subject that as the gm I 1 elu eln ga iba ita will ill beco becot becotte in ne c a t s ri b jec for the considerate consi consideration derat I 1 on 0 of the 9 w 0 so far as this country is concerned in reference to the latter day dax saints and their religion the era of of reason has his departed there is d a rapidly diminishing disposition to investigate f lest iest its favorable r be ds covered while nearly every state aint nent no matiy matly matter er dow how false and even upon its face absurd is credited its only recommendation to reception be in its opposition to the mormons cormons Mor mons 11 the enn eff effect act of all this is that there are w en who have h ava sufficient lelent ind depend aw c 0 and strength ot will to tellie truth about the latte rd ants and their institutions and it is almost like hoping against hope to expect justice from irom any earthly source i attempts from non mormons cormons Mor mons to explain the subject without bias or ur bitterness are exceedingly scarce the pulpits do not supply them and to hunt over the ai journals ourn alsor or periodicals of the country j jil an quest of them is similar to search in a mountain of putrid rubs bish to find a gem em occa c signally sio nally a literary deamons diamond of the kind desired ide idd sired is discovered and we give it tt f urther further publicity through our columns af f this class was a recent p paper aper on the r antl anti 51 ormon raid from the facile E B G 11 of park tj pen of A hyde mass AI ass but such an article is seldom sheen men and compared with the flaming T sensational falsehoods on the other it S side it dislike is like ilke an oasis in a thirsty wil berness der ness it is a notable fact too that articles such as his are never replied to ile he places thel truth in such an unanswerable light that the anti antl mor imor mon scribblers scribble rs who dip their pens in ZA rathe fathe the ink bottle of bigotry consider it Y the lie lle better plan to pass by such ar rays of fact and logic in silence ipg under the circumstances one appears forced to reply to some of the multi tude of Munchausen ish statements indge made by the enemies of the saints exhibiting hi the truth as clearly as practicable and their contemptibleness and corruption at tile the same time those enthat undertaking occupy a position po next in point of isolation to at and fair expressions from outside sources it is up hill work and perhaps they are entitled to toa a degree of sympathy antl anti encouragement that chat the public may not be to accord A man who is engaged in defending f enc ting this community and their in exposing the hypocrisy hollowness and alid deceit of their en enemies emles under tinder exi exl existing stino circumstances appears like one stan standing u on a rock il in mid ocean shouting t to the angry waves to be still whyile is voice is drowned in the roar of the turbulent waters yet no enins man should ouid be discouraged so long as hels heis enlisted is a good one and if he were lef left t alone and the malice of the tile whole world were buried burled against him still should he battle for the right to the extent of his power in this tills struggle that is going on in connection with the A lormon mormon community there is one source of euf eup f coura gement that never hever falls the con ness of duty fulfilled in tile the H battle the Ali sil hight expects i this rii ril day that every man will M do his duty let this be remembered by every la lat 1 ter ten day dav saint in every position those 1 x who u keep this fact before their eyes may be e surrounded by depressing gloom but a brilliant ray of light wili will be clearly seen oven over the horizon of hope i any who desire to intelligently join us in our humble though earnest way in tae fight tor for right are arc kindly directed to the fact that the columns of the NEWS are open t theland the mand wo will also aiso with pleasure give place to ate articles that our friends may nind rind in other journals we twe have been fairly indu industrious in hunting foi papers of that description bu buh but the harvest has of late been exceedingly meagre agre showing that men of brains and thought who are willing to make an intelligent effort to lo stem a tide tlde of villainous calumny and oppre oppression slon sion against an inoffensive community are becom becoming liag beautifully small in number current swimmers are on the other hand an du immense multitude |