Show M MR AS A MARTYR MAKER IN the abusive tirade delivered in n the third district court on monday afternoon against his bis mormon victims and the church to which they belong mr dist district let atter attorney ey dicksoh characterized the bending of a latter day saint to the penitentiary for six months and fining him sn end d costs toe afi full penalty prescribed by the edmunds law as a species of cheap martyrdom tyr doin the gentleman gent lemaa inculcated a truth in his he was right A characterizing the suffering which his victims are witling willing to martyrdom but he is as usual a thousand miles wide of the nark mark is his estimate ot or the cost the price is so high that none would accept of it if they could avoid it without doing violence to the ir conscience of the existence of which mr dickson is apparently parent ly not aware me he evidently cannot understand that the still small voice can have a lodgment in ID these juose whom he be hate sand s and his course does not indicate that he carries much of the arti article cle I 1 in n at stock ac k h biru im telf elf one would look loci in vain for indications of it in his him official conduct when I 1 mormons cormons Mor mons are the objects ot his pursuit of course tile admission of the element of in the position assumed by latter day saints or an 0 overwhelming majority of them chemin inthe the i resent legal and judicial iudici al crusade against them and their religion was inadvertent on mr dickhous Dick sous sons part the price however was not of that character the whole expression was intended as an insult tue source ot of which is however auly considered inadvertent or er otherwise the admission Is correct here is gobblers wobblers Webb lers definition ot of a maiter mai tyr 1 one who by his death bears vitt witness iless to the truth of the gospel as stephen was the first christian martyr 2 rence hence one ond who sacrifices his life his station or what is of great value to for ahe sake of principle or to sustain a cause 11 the definition of the word when used as an active verb hits mr dickson where he lives 1 to put to death for what one believes belle veso 0 o be tile the truth to sa sacrifice crince on account of faith or profession 2 to murder burder to destroy 3 to persecute as a martyr to lo torment to tor tort tare yate 11 the cost mormon martyrdom om is in mr Dick sons eyes exceedingly small and therefore there fore he goes beyond all precedent to make it as great as possible but no one believes that he is a fit and proper person to estimate the price ot of the article it would be absurd to place him in the position of a just judge on the subject it would be a hideous mockery for tilts thiis reason he is according to te webster practically theone the one because ane judge appears to cut a minor figure in the matter who persecutes torments toi ments and tortures reason would suggest that those who are the victims of those processes arelina a better position to judge of their char character acte than he while he only feels delight in the inflections inflictions Inflict ions ious imposed it is the victims who feel the pangs therefore they alone know their real leal nature I 1 most if not dot all of those who are subjected to martyrdom the cost of which mr dickson ickson jD has so ingeniously not liot to 10 say diabolically increased are then men of probity endow endowed act with a high moral sense and with deeply aff affectionate ec natures in all civilized civili zeu countries I 1 in matters of jurisprudence the general character of men cla charged arged with offenses has due weight in lavor favor ot tile the accused in this manufacture of mar tyra in Iti which the district attori ahtone At tone ea is engaged such magnanimous consler actions are to td toe be thrown to the dog does it is ig not uncommon for men to lacerate the feelings of victims in their power by also i torturing before their eyes their wives and children this mode of procedure has been adopted in a more civilized way of 01 course so that the sensibilities of 01 the age may not be too severely shocked by mr dickson Dek abri lit IB all our remarks about him we nave have nover never in timatea that lib he did not possess ability such auch an intimation would be untrue his mental capacity cipa city is of the subtle sart keen out but by y means ot of a high order when women I 1 and children are brought before him and are compelled to testily in this exquisitely cruel crusade against their has husbands and fathers they are placed a his merciless crucible if there Is a tender mid and sacred feeling in the tee hearts of the theo helpless abich he cannot i each by t the he cowk poisoned dirt dart of his cunning it is not known lie he thrusts the enve domed blade deep into the sacred recess decess of the feelings of women and aad compels them vf ft the aid of the ourt court e to what the V victim cam would as soon die cite as dis disclose closi AS A the tender hearts ot of women and children bleed blebel and the accused ace used head of the family is fired with suppressed indignation and sar sorrow to see he loes thus thas outraged before the vulgar gazie gaze of the mr dickson simply gloats glo ats jle who is thoughtful and can look upon such scenes and then let his bis mind revert to what ne be has bag read ini m regard to the spanish inquisition and imagine if heton he can a parallel in ia some bigoted mock monk of those times who took pleasure in directing that the ankle crusher crasher be given an additional twist that chat he might glut his hie iron soul over the shriek ol of a victim these sideshows side shows greeted with wita jeers aers and hollow mockery from those who have neither conscience nor morality should be counted as a part of the cost of martyrdom in these peculiar times it is cheap in mr Dick sons estima tion for a naan man to be toris for six months the midst of his domestic circle and from every social amenity to be a thousand times worse than dead for that leriget t tot clr time to be compelled to lodge in a prison wh which ach is 18 a refit for the lodgment of human belag beings gs and to be uder the necessity oi of associating with some of the most depraved avea men mein on earth to be deprived of the privilege of supporting those dependent on the sufferer for maintenance with the knowledge also that their hearts are sorrowful on ac codet of his condition this Is what the district attorney calls cheap martyrdom and he goes outside of the provisions of jhb taw to make it as cost costly in 14 the matter of suffering as pos posy sible he also goes outside of eve every humane sentiment the district attorney is manufacturing tor for nim him selfa little Al cheap oh eap notoriety tori tor ety lety it is built on cruelty whose product is inestimable human distress these furnish the foundation while no such material as magnanimity mercy or justice can be found inthe in the ephemeral phe merai superstructure there being no enduring elements in the cora component parts it will soon be scattered by w breath eternal disappointment is the natural outcome of ilis his course make a note of it |