Show correspondence malignant misrepresentation re be fated FRANKLIN idaho idali july 15 1886 editor deseret news I 1 see an article in the salt lake tribune over the signature of hawkeye that tells plainly what kind ot of a spirit Js puss possessed essed by the anti anil mor mons of this place while I 1 am ready to admit that that they had a very good time on the fou i thin th in the grove at ac A and while I 1 do not wish to detract one syllable from what he says on that subject I 1 cannot see why lie should go into hito wholesale lying about the celebration at franklin every word he wrote is false and is is in accord with everything published by the anti cormons mormons aboud the Mormon sly and about everything ahel they do 10 lam 1 am not a mormon neither a du I 1 belong to any other church but I 1 was at franklin on the fourth and we had a very good time listening to songs recitations and patriotic patriotic atri otic speeches not a syllable or of what Hawk hawkeye eyell said about ds disloyal loyal speeches speech ps and cursing the union and government is true although there were doubtless loyal men al ai stalkers Stal kers yet I 1 am of tue tae apiu ion that all the disloyal element of ef franklin Fi anklin was there also as there iwas was none at franklin there are lots of men in this country country thal tha are keeping up an everlasting howl owl about loyalty that are continually violating the jaws and really dont know in what loyalty alty consists they will violate every principle of the government violate the laws trample on tile the constitution and then raise a f furore aurore about the mor mons to hide bide their own crimes and the people of this nation appear to listen to and believe tu anem ernand and pass unholy laws to try to meet something that does not exist we think truly judgment has fled fied to brutish beasts and men have lost their reasor very truly yours AUDI ALTERAM PARTEM |